Two men threatened to set their dog on a pair of teenagers during a daytime mugging. A 15 and 16-year-old were stopped by the men in Layton Road, Hounslow, at 10.45am on October 23, and told to hand over their mobile phones. The muggers said they
If we were to take everything we were told as truth, by now, everybody would have been driven into insanity by the media. Throughout the summer, we've been forced to listen to the constant whining of news reporters, frantically telling us that
A 41-year-old man was punched in the face while a gang of four muggers robbed him of valuables. The victim was walking in Barrack Road, Hounslow, when he was stopped by the group, stripped of his money and oyster card and punched in the face at 9.30pm
More than 120 runners braved the wind and rain during a 5km race to raise money for the South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust. Transport Minister Sadiq Khan gave the starter’s orders for the race, which was organised by the
An unsuspecting lotto player is losing out on more than one hundred thousand pounds as a winning ticket remains unclaimed. A Lotto prize of £149,559 has yet to be claimed in Sutton, so National Lottery players are being urged to double-check
Girls from Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College grilled local MP, Malcolm Wicks, when they visited the House of Commons on October 20. The eager Year 11 Law and Politics students put the MP through his paces asking him searching
Middlesex Ladies opened their South East Counties Championship programme with an amzing 6-5 win over Oxfordshire Ladies at Oxford City FC on Wednesday evening. I The visitors took the lead in the first minute when Holly Sandow’s crossfield pass was
Christmas parties at Hampton Court Palace Golf Club will have a distinctly Parisian feel through this festive season. That is because the club have have opted for a Moulin Rouge theme for their Christmas celebrations. The clubhouse will be decorated
Chris Robshaw will captain Harlequins in tomorrow’s Guinness Premiership clash with London Irish at the Stoop. Robshaw takes over from injured Nick Easter, while Quins are also missing Danny Care and Ugo Monye, who are away with England. However
Harlequins say tomorrow’s Guinness Premiership clash with London Irish is heading for a sell-out. It will be Quins’ highest ever attendance for a match at the Twickenham Stoop with the capacity having recently been increased to more than 14,000
This monstrous eight stone butternut squash is the talk of the town, according to the green-fingered Tolworth residents who dug it up. Emma and Toby Simmons decided to heave it out of their allotment plot to carve it up in time for a Halloween
Chelsea Football Club is giving fans the chance to pose questions to Petr Cech as part of the launch of the club’s official presence on social networking site Facebook. Cech will do his best to answer fans' queries in a live-streamed web interview
A dance-off at Chessington World of Adventures gave girls the chance to show off their moves to Barbie at the weekend. The eye-catching Barbie tour bus was at the theme park on Saturday and taught girly guests the a Barbie dance routine.
By Community Correspondent Olivia Cripps At a time when unemployment rates for 18-25 year olds are at an all time high and we’re suffering an economic crisis; it probably isn’t the best time to be looking for a job. This, however, is the situation
Vital evidence in the trial of a man accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend's mother could have been eaten by his dog, a court heard. Jobless George Maben, 45, of Rosehill, Morden, told the Old Bailey his dog was “in a habit of eating
Students were treated to a variety of fun activities and creative freedom as part of their bid to raise money for charity. Last week students at ACS Cobham International School hosted a charity week in aid of raising money for children’s charity
Organisers hope a new photographic competition in Surrey will give recycling in the area a boost. The Love Where You Live competition is offering £10,000 worth of prizes for the best pictures of people looking after their local environment.
By Sandra Aggrey The postal strike has affected nearly everyone recently not more so than students like me. You may be wondering how it affects students so much . I mean no we don’t have urgent bills that need to be paid before the due date
MP Andrew Pelling visited Auschwitz with students from Croydon with the Holocaust Education trust last week. The one-day trip was designed to encourage the students to think about the 1.1million people put to death in the camp and consider
Exclusive: Heroic soldiers returning from Afghanistan were told remove their uniforms if they wanted to continue drinking in a Croydon bar. The troops were forced to buy civilian clothes after staff from Tiger Tiger in the High Street
Councillor Maurice Heaster took centre stage at a civic presentation to mark his 40th year of serving the people of Wandsworth. First elected in May 1968, Coun Heaster has served on almost every committee and has influenced all aspects of council
The first of 30 new street trees was planted in Sutton High Street on Monday as the regeneration of the town centre gathered pace. The Chinese birch planted at the junction with Lodge Place is one of nine trees going in the ground this week
On Friday 16th October 2009 Surbiton High School held a choral competition in the assembly rooms just before the school broke up for its October half term. The performers consisted of 12 pieces from different houses that the pupils were put in when they
A little boy who was on a shopping trip with his father has slipped on excrement left on the floor of a supermarket. Cassius Frantis, 3, was walking alongside his father, Sam, at Asda in Wallington, when he slipped on a pile of excrement that
Bonfire Night could turn to tragedy for those who do not buy fireworks from established businesses, Wandsworth trading standards officers are warning. Consumers are being urged to steer clear of potentially unsafe fireworks offered for sale
London Scottish director of rugby Brett Taylor says his side hasn’t given up hope of catching unbeaten National Division One leaders Esher. The Exiles thumped hapless Manchester 93-0 on Saturday to move to third in the table, while Esher maintained
Last month, two Year 7’s from my school were hit by cars as they were crossing the road, although luckily neither was injured. This raised the question in my mind as to how much we take for granted the way in which we can cross the road safely, but also
Richmond director of rugby Geoff Richards is hoping some anger management sessions with skipper Henry Head will tighten up his side’s discipline for the rest of the season. Second-row Head was sent off in Saturday’s 40-19 triumph over Westcombe Park
Clapham-based Jonathan Batty ended his 13-year association with Surrey Cricket Club last week, after he opted to terminate his contract and join rivals Gloucestershire. The 35-year-old wicket-keeper decided to leave the Brit Oval, following the club's
Youngsters can audition for the next Songtime Theatre Arts run of Hairspray. Recent Songtime productions of the hit musical have been a sellout success. Songtime students can be seen in West End shows including Legally Blonde, Hairspray
An electrician who had his 21st birthday party cancelled at the last minute managed to find a new venue in time for the bash. Joe Ewing, from Sutton, could go ahead with his birthday celebrations when a room became vacant at AFC Wimbledon,
Loughborough Students 2 Surbiton 4 A second successive four-goal haul from co-captain Tim Pinnock ensured that Surbiton went back to the top of England’s elite national premier division on Saturday evening above Reading, who had briefly supplanted
Hampton & Richmond Borough have agreed terms with Newport County for the transfer of 25-year-old midfielder Jamie Collins for an undisclosed amount. He has agreed personal terms with the current Blue Square South leaders and joined them for training
Liverpool will be looking to maintain the momentum gained from their 2-0 win against Manchester United when they visit Craven Cottage this weekend. The Reds have dominated the recent games between the two sides having won three and drawn one of the last
Morden’s Lenny Daws admits he snubbed the chance to earn a £32,000 payday by turning down the chance to appear in the next installment of the popular Prizefighter series. Promoter Barry Hearn has set tongues wagging and ticket sales soaring with his
What a relief it was to get back to winning ways on Saturday. After the disappointment of the Leyton Orient match and our recent slide down the table, beating Stockport County was a must for the sake of the team’s confidence and my sanity. Yet, as
Dial M For Murder is perhaps best known for its big-screen incarnation directed by the master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, since Frederick Knott’s play appeared in 1952, it has also proved a consistent hit on stage, writes Will Gore. Daniel Hill
Sam Delaney, 34, lived a carefree life as a freelance journalist, going to bed and getting up whenever he pleased. Yet, that all changed when his first child Coco came along and the Barnes resident, who was recently appointed Heat editor, has
One of the films to wow this year’s London Film Festival has been An Education, an adaptation of journalist Lynn Barber’s memoir that details her adolescent relationship with a shady older man. Barber grew up in Twickenham and the film maintains
Bees boss Andy Scott reckons there is still plenty of room for improvement, despite coupling a cleansheet with a victory for the first time this season at the weekend. Goals from Charlie MacDonald and Myles Weston secured a comfortable triumph, but
Police have applied for planning permission to open a police counter in Hook Parade. The safer neighbourhood base for the Chessington North and South team, led by Sergeant David Boyle and Sgt Jon Truelove, would be to the right of the Debra
There has been a four-fold rise in online applications for school places in Surrey next September, the county council has said. More than 24,000 of the 27,000 forms the authority expects to get once paper applications have been processed were
Primary schools in Merton borough have the third lowest truancy rate in London, according to a study released this week. The Office of National Statistics’ latest figures show only 0.46 per cent of school sessions were missed due to unauthorised
A woman has been kicked out of her New Addington home after police found 40 wraps of cocaine and four bags of crack in the Central Parade flat. Officers from Croydon Council threw Jacqueline Nethersole, 51, out of the property after a drugs
Council tenants have been warned to use fireworks responsibly on estates in a bid to crack down on antisocial behaviour linked to Bonfire Night and Halloween. A blitz on selling fireworks to under 18s and unlicenced shops selling fireworks
A father living in a house for ex-offenders has spoken out against a campaign to evict people like him from Battersea’s Nappy Valley. Solomon Smith, 29, said he was trying to rebuild his life, but now felt uncomfortable and unwelcome in his
Police are on the lookout for burglars who hit WHSmith’s in New Malden last weekend and raised fears of a toxic chemical spill. Emergency services were called to investigate a suspected burglary of a safe at WHSmith’s shop in New Malden High
Scooby Dooby-Doo, where are you? On Wimbledon Common on horseback it seems. Walkers in Wimbledon Common did not have a Scooby-Doo what was happening when the lovable cartoon character appeared on the common on horseback at the weekend.
The mother of beaten footballer Robbie Hughes has described a meeting with Foreign Office officials as “Christmas come early”. Maggie Hughes, from Wallington, was invited to a meeting with FCO director consular services Julian Braithwaite on
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has honoured Streatham's major arts and cultural event, the Streatham Festival, at a reception at 10 Downing Street. The festival, and its chair Patricia Sauer, were praised as part of a special Community Heroes
Surrey County Council has agreed a deal to provide the NHS’s social care services for people with learning disabilities, in the biggest cash transfer of its kind nationally. The transfer means the council, recently castigated for its management
