Sutton United were today crowned Ryman Premier League champions for the fifth time in their history. The Gander Green Lane outfit beat Hastings United 2-1 yesterday thanks to Leroy Griffiths' goal and Andy Forbes' penalty, meaning Bury Town
Pupils at Rushy Meadow Primary School were inspected by the borough commander at a police academy passing out parade on Tuesday. Borough Commander Guy Ferguson and Chief Inspector Dawn Morris inspected three lines of smartly dressed pupils. The girls
Police were forced to take action against squatters in a disused nursery school after complaints about them using drugs and playing loud music. Residents complained about the yobbish behaviour which went on until the early hours of the morning
Artistic residents are being asked to get involved with future plans for the Pump House gallery. Their ideas will be incorporated into an exhibition between July 28 and September 25 entitled: A Future Pump House: Ideas, thoughts and plans.
A dedicated team of neurological specialists are helping residents recover from debilitating strokes in record time. At the beginning of this year, stroke services in Croydon were rated as some of the best performing in England by the Care Quality Commission
A man who managed to escape from his overturned car following an accident was found collapsed on the side of Croxted Road this morning. The car had been involved in an accident and overturned on Croxted Road earlier this morning. Ambulance and fire
The council has said it will extend free swimming for children under 16 until September despite the loss of a government grant. The grant was cut by the government last summer, but the council decided that they could stretch the available funds to last
Commuters face travel chaos as work starts today to replace the rail bridge on the A24 East Street in Epsom. It will be closed between High Street and Hook Road from Sunday April 17 to Sunday May 1 while Network Rail replaces the rail bridge. There
Suspected squatters caused a rubbish fire behind a derelict house on Brighton Road after setting a BBQ too close to a fence. The fire brigade were called out at 7.30pm yesterday to the large fire which took just 15 minutes to put out.
In the second part of our Hidden Elmbridge series, Jonathan Portlock visits the Foley Amateur Boxing Club in Thames Ditton to see the work the club does in helping young people turn their lives... The Foley Amateur Boxing Club’s head coach,
A vulnerable 75-year-old woman disappeared from her home in Balham yesterday morning and has not been seen since. Police have become increasingly worried about Miroslawa Kristina Hill, a Polish national who speaks both Polish and English. She was
Pub-goers in some of the Wandsworth's busiest boozers are being targeted by thieves, it has emerged. According to police, criminals have been eyeing up bags, mobile phones and wallets that have been left unattended or in coat pockets - with
A Peter Kay fan is keen to track down a Carshalton mystery man she met at one of the comedian’s gigs at the O2 Arena last month. Valentine Gumley, 29, went to the Bolton funnyman’s show with several friends on March 31 and, because of the seating
A skin cancer expert is warning people to take precautions against the sun following alarming figures which show a tripling of skin cancer rates amongst 15-34 year olds. Dr Christopher Harland, a specialist at Epsom hospital, says that the
Green-fingered residents are being urged to help save one of the UK’s rarest butterflies. The Small Blue is an endangered butterfly, only found in a few locations of London including an area of Sutton. It is also Britain’s smallest butterfly
Leaflets placed hairdressers, churches and libraries should help raise awareness of dementia in Kingston, according to a report. A group of councillors studied what happens to people in the borough from their first raising concern to the support
A charity shop worker made a shocking discovery while sorting through donations - stumbling across £1,000 of crack cocaine inside a shoe. Stunned Salvation Army officer Julian Short found the class-A drug stuffed inside some rolled-up football
The number of people killed or seriously injured on Surrey's roads has fallen, new figures suggest. The Surrey County Council and Surrey Police statistics show the number of people killed or seriously injured has reduced from 571 in 2009
Five independent pharmacies are claiming they may be forced to close when the new Surbiton Hospital opens leaving patients to travel further for prescriptions and medicine. A consortium of Kingston pharmacists fear chains like Boots and
Young entrepreneurs from from Greenshaw High School have won a business award aged just 16. Year 13 pupils, that created web design company Cut Here, won the 2011 Sutton and Merton Company of the Year on the Young Enterprise Programme, that
Domino's Pizza staff raised dough for charity last week by dressing up as characters from children's TV classic Rainbow and handing out free pizza slices. The staff from the Weybridge branch raised £191.59 for the Rainbow Trust on Saturday,
A student optician from Epsom met the Queen at a recent event when she was chosen to receive an award on behalf of her college. Chanel McGarry, 21, works at Specsavers on High Street where she studies dispensing optics at the Centre of Applied
