Teenagers are rough, dirty and lazy, they don’t care about other peoples feelings and they don’t get up for the elderly on the bus. That seems to be the view of many adults of those children, aged thirteen to eighteen, who are otherwise known as ‘teenagers
By Community Correspondent Rebecca McGoran Naomi Kenny adopted five battery hen chickens following a programme shown after the news, where people had rescued battery hens; “like a fool I thought I could do that”. She then emailed the battery hen
Kingstonian's Ryman Premier League clash at AFC Hornchurch on Tuesday night has been called off. The visitors' boilers has broken, so they are unable to provide hot water.
A tour-de-force second-half performance, featuring three well-taken goals, including two from on-fire striker Bobby Traynor, saw third-placed Ks sweep away Hendon. It was an inconclusive goalless first half but as soon as striker Carl Wilson-Denis
Wimbledon 12 Chichester 11 When Chichester scored a try two minutes into the second half to go 11-0 ahead in this London League One South clash, it looked too big a hill for Wimbledon to climb. But the spirit in this Wimbledon team, as well as fitness
Kingston 0 Old Wimbledonians 10 In an evenly fought away match to league strugglers Kingston on Saturday, the Old Boys found difficulty in breaking down a solid home defence, writes Eddie Bell. Plenty of first-phase ball was won but the hosts slowed
More than 60 former Women’s Land Army and women’s Timber Corps (WLA & TC) members were entertained by the Mayor of Croydon, Councillor Margaret Mead, in the Town Hall at the weekend. The ladies luncheon was part of a national effort to recognise the
Children as young as 11 are getting involved in violent drug gangs in Croydon, according to worried parents throughout the borough. A series of focus groups conducted by Parentline Plus revealed children were joining gangs after starting secondary
Hampton & Richmond Borough have announced new agreements with both Richmond Council and Kneller Hall Royal Military School of Music. Kneller Hall, in the shadow of Twickenham Stadium, is the base for the Royal Military School of Music and offers phase
A doctor fluffed a resuscitation procedure on a dying Battersea man at St George's Hospital, an inquest heard on Friday. Robert Croucher, 39, of Grayshott Road, died of brain damage after doctors misdiagnosed his condition and later performed
Newly-opened Kew House care home is contributing £1,200 over three years to Merton’s Christmas lights sponsorship scheme. The home has also bought a Christmas tree from Holy Trinity Church in Wimbledon, with all proceeds going to the church
Crystal Palace captain Shaun Derry insists he and the rest of the squad are fully behind the club, despite not being paid on time for the second month in a row. Players and staff were supposed to be paid last Monday but were told after the Watford game
Croydon Council will have to find more than £1m to pay for free transport for the elderly next year, after train operators decided to increase their charge for carrying Freedom Pass holders by 25 per cent. Members of the Association of Train
Forty large pizzas were fed to pupils when they took part in fundraising for children in Africa. Sutton High School for Girls' headteacher said she was “so grateful” after Domino’s Pizza in Sutton supplied a stack of pizza to pupils when they
Midfielder Mo Harkin celebrated securing a permanent move to Kingstonian by playing an influential part in Sunday’s 3-0 Ryman League Premier Division triumph over Hendon. A Bobby Traynor brace - taking his season’s tally to 20 goals - and Carl Wilson-Denis
A young boy had a miraculous escape when he crawled out from underneath a car after a collision with a London Ambulance fast response car. The boy suffered minor injuries and a paramedic had to be cut free from her car after the crash on the
After the 130-mile trip to Nottingham, the London Heathrow Acers bus got to within two miles of the court and was then held in traffic for more than an hour. Running into the arena 10 minutes after tip should have happened wasn’t the best preparation
Residents of Wimbledon Chase have raised more than £600 for Help for Heroes, a charity dedicated to supporting members of the armed forces who are wounded in battle. Billy Lock, a local ex-soldier, had a sponsored shave-off after growing a
On Wednesday 25th of November, the awards evening for Christ’s School took place in St Mary Magdalene’s Church with guest speaker James Naughtie, well known journalist and presenter of the Today programme. As well as awards to individual children, the
Pupils at Downsend School, Leatherhead, were celebrating success after taking part in the South East Regional Schools Biathlon Championships held last weekend. More than 650 competitors took part from nearly 70 South East England schools in a 500m
Neil Warnock has hailed Clint Hill as Mr Reliable as the defender prepares to make his 100th appearance for Crystal Palace at Reading tomorrow night. The left back joined the Eagles from Stoke City a little over two years ago and has missed just eight
A girl was rushed to hospital for treatment to serious injuries after being hit by a car outside New Malden station on Sunday. The 17-year-old was taken to St George’s Hospital as a priority, after suffering severe head injuries during a traffic
Adults in need of social care in Lambeth are getting an above average standard of services according to a report from Care Quality Commission inspectors. The borough was judged to be "performing well", and better than the London average, in
Harlequins head coach John Kingston has signed a new contract that will keep him at the Stoop until June 2012. Kingston, in charge of the team since former director of rugby was axed over the Bloodgate scandal in the summer, said: "Eighteen
Crystal Palace midfielder Darren Ambrose was named Championship Player of the Month on Saturday. The 25 year-old scored in all four of the Eagles' games in November to take his tally to 12 for the season, his best ever season haul. "I am delighted for
A Lambeth Council worker has been appointed as vice president of the national Association of Council Secretaries and Solicitors (ACSeS). Mark Hynes, director of legal and democratic services at the council, was appointed to the position at
Warlingham went down to a 17-9 defeat at Sevenoaks in their latest London Division Two South East clash on Saturday. Right from the referee's whistle to start the game, Sevenoaks signalled their appetite to win this critical league game by immediately
Balham library has some impressive new pieces of artwork donated by students at Chestnut Grove School. The students worked with the glass artist Katerina Fotopoulous to produce abstract pieces with a reading theme. Pupils from years
Kingston's John Parfitt completed his first full season on the international NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour on Saturday with his first quad doubles title at the Prague Cup Czech Indoor after losing out to his doubles partner in the quad singles semi-finals
Veteran British actor Trevor Bannister will be the celebrity guest of honour at the Princess Alice Hospice’s candlelight Christmas concert this Saturday. The actor, most famous for his role as Mr Lucas in Are You Being Served?, as well as parts
Surrey County Council’s customer service centre has been recognised as a centre of excellence by the professional body for customer service. The ServiceMark from the Institute of Customer Service was awarded after a three-month assessment which
Leatherhead Swimming Club won the top club award at the Haslemere Open Meet on November 28-29. The team amassed 56 medals at the level two event – 18 gold, 19 silver and 19 bronze medals. Rising star Chris Green, 12, won seven medals, including gold
The transformation of a derelict tower block and neighbouring land into hotels and houses is to begin next year. Developers have been given the go-ahead to descend on Brentford’s former Alfa Laval site, which has been empty for more than a
By Community Correspondent Jungwha Gu On 8th December, Tuesday from 2.30pm, the Friendship Hour group will be holding a Christmas Party organized by Mrs Kumar in Surbiton High School. It will be held in the Common Room in the Sixth Form Centre
After the euphoria of the previous week’s destruction of Wealdstone, Sutton’s week of being brought back down to earth continued on Saturday when a spectacular goal from Wayne Gray consigned them to defeat. After a dour first 45 minutes, the second
Sutton United have announced that there will be no admission charged for their rearranged home Ryman League game against Harrow Borough. The game will be played on Tuesday, 22nd December, kick off 7.45, having been postponed from its original October
NHS Surrey wants patients, staff and residents to have their say in a national consultation on their rights, due to be included in the NHS Constitution. The new patient rights relate to waiting times, treatment in 18 weeks and urgent referral
On a day when Iain Hendry made his 400th appearance for the Tanners, it was Tommy Hutchings who stole the headlines with a superb hat-trick to power Leatherhead to a vital three points at basement side Chipstead. Tanners started brightly and in the
The battle to restore later collection times to post boxes in Raynes Park is focusing on a new target. Earlier this year the Post Office suddenly switched final collections at boxes across the area from 5.30pm to 4pm. In October, after protests
Paul Norris, the Banstead manager, was left reeling after another defeat left his side rooted in the bottom three of the CCL Premier League, writes Bob Lockyer. Banstead started brightly as they have done in previous games, but instead of dominating
More than 6,500 Lambeth residents are saving money and helping the environment by being members of car club schemes. Lambeth Council now wants to encourage more people to sign up by providing a further 80 dedicated parking spaces now with a
Around 100 Sutton homeowners will be among the first in the country to get home energy makeovers as part of a £4m Government scheme aimed at tackling climate change. The Government's Home Energy Pay As You Save pilots will give homeowners the
A clergyman who spent more than 40 years bringing hope to sailors a long way from home has picked up an award. The Reverend Bill Christianson from Southfields recently retired as head of the Mission to Seafarers - an organisation that cares
Peter Chambers continued his impressive cross-country season on Saturday as he won the intermediate race at the English Schools Team Cross-Country running finals. Two teams from Trinity School made the long journey down to Newquay and both
Pool and snooker protege Jack Smither’s reckons two titles and runners-up finishes means he is on course to be a world champion by the time he is 16-years-old. The Tadworth star lost 6-4 to Guiseppe D’Imperio in the Region Seven (Surrey, Sussex
Malory Eagles underlined their resolve to retake the Division One title this year with a 3-0 demolition of second-placed London Docklands. Coach Jefferson Williams’s mood matched the dark sports hall at Bacon’s College after a poor training session
Police are hunting a 24-year-old man suspected of being involved in a shooting in Putney last year. Laurence Piatti, 24, escaped bail earlier this year and is believed to be hiding from police, possibly in the Southwark area. Piatti
Magic tricks, an expertly acted evil Queen and a love story that ends happily ever after makes Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs a full on success at Fairfield Halls. All the cast come together to present two hours of almost non-stop laughter as Keavy
If Rosslyn Park fail to achieve promotion this season they will surely look back ruefully at this match, played in conditions not exactly conducive to running rugby. Worthing fought every inch of the way, but – with all due respect to them - they
For the third game in succession the Robins failed to score and, after a reasonably even first half, things fell away badly after the break. On a wet afternoon at Colston Avenue the performance of the team was as subdued as the support from the fans
Brentford once again turned in a disappointing performance away from home as they lost 1-0 to Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park on Saturday. The Bees had their fair share of possession, but were undone by a piece of quick thinking from Rovers at a second
With their men’s team playing at the top level of indoor hockey this weekend, Surbiton Ladies played in their first ever indoor tournament on Saturday at Haslemere, in a South League qualifier. The top two teams in the first of three six team competitions
Victor Maughn of Herne Hill Harriers claimed victory in the Roundshaw Downs parkrun on his maiden appearance on Saturday morning, writes Nicola Stevenson. He clocked 17minutes, 55 seconds to win from South London Harriers' David Baker (18:35) and Alex
An improved Richmond performance was not enough to secure victory against Lydney in a nail-biting finish at the Athletic Ground. In drizzly conditions, both sides played a lot more open rugby than that seen in the dire autumn internationals, but neither
Basingstoke made their first visit to Wheatsheaf Lane since 1996, as Staines attempted to halt a five-game winless run before taking on Millwall in their FA Cup replay. Steve Cordery resisted any temptation to rest players wholesale, the only changes
Old Walcountians remained in touch with the two leading clubs in Surrey League One after a rather laboured win against bottom club Farnham at Clock House last Saturday. The Old Boys looked distinctly unimpressive for much of the first half with a performance
A landfill site is fast becoming London’s largest urban nature reserve. As the landfill site at Beddington Farmlands reaches its capacity, owners Viridor waste management will open it to the public, and turn it into an ecological landmark,
As the season slid into December G’s welcomed friends and local rivals Chiswick hoping for a reversal of fortunes. In the end G’s performance matched the weather in so far as a bright start but gloomy ending. G’s played up the slope in the first
Streatham travelled up the A1 on Saturday with a full strength squad to face Peterborough Islanders. They got off to the best possible start with only 13 seconds gone in the game. The Islanders defence failed to clear the puck and Peter Molnar took
An urgent appeal is under-way to get festive gifts for families struggling to cover the cost of Christmas. Sutton’s Times Square Shopping Centre, supported by the Sutton Guardian, has launched a Christmas Appeal in aid of Home Start Sutton
Julian Speroni: Had little to do but pick the ball out of the net really and was badly let down by the team in front of him. Got a hand to the second goal and maybe could have done better. 6 Danny Butterfield: Emerged with some credit as his
GODALMING TOWN 0 v 1 CROYDON ATHLETIC Chris Piper scored a late winner on Saturday as Croydon Athletic beat promotion rivals Godalming Town 1-0 at Wey Court. A solid first half display saw Chris Bourne make an impressive debut at left back and the
Mark Plackett got his senior career off to a flying start on Saturday, with a top 20 finish at the Ellis Trophy race in Richmond Park, writes Matthew Kiernan. The 15 year-old Croydon Harrier stopped the clock on 33 minutes exactly in his debut race in
Melanie South insists she will come back fitter, stronger and faster in 2010 as she targets a return to the world’s top 100. The New Malden star, who achieved a career-best ranking of 99 back in February, has seen her world tally plummet over the past
Two would-be robbers who claimed they were armed demanded cash from security guards at a Banstead bank but fled without any money. The men pushed over two security guards as they were about to refill an ATM at a bank in the High Street just
Richmond rugby player William Browne reckons featuring in next week’s Varsity Match will be like returning to a home away from home. The 20-year-old winger is set to feature in the Oxford University squad to face Cambridge at Twickenham Stadium on Thursday
Dawn police raids linked to domestic, homophobic and race hate crime were carried out across Lambeth on November 26. Four Lambeth police teams visited 17 addresses in the borough, arresting eight people for offences including common assault
The Ram Brewery could house the most significant collection of brewery buildings in England, the public inquiry looking into the £300m redevelopment of the historic site has heard. But, it also heard, plans – which include creating twin towers
A benefits fraudster was ordered to surrender £6,800 found during a drug raid at his home. Earlier this year Michael Costellow, 59, of Fellowes Road, Carshalton, was ordered to repay £18,000 to Sutton Council after fraudulently claiming
Surrey’s Christmas drink-drive campaign focuses on lives shattered as a result of drinking and driving. On average, nearly four people a month are killed or seriously injured on Surrey’s roads, as a result of drivers under the influence of
Londoners are being warned of the dangers of drink and drug driving over the festive period as the Metropolitan Police launches its Christmas campaign. Officers from all of the capital’s boroughs will be conducting dedicated patrols using
Pressure from businesses and residents in Weybridge has forced Southern Gas to reduce planned works on Seven Hills Road from seven months to 12 weeks. The work to reinforce the local gas network will see the road, the main route between Weybridge
