Today we find ourselves in a society obsessed with appearance and the value of money. Every day we are overwhelmed with multitudes of magazines, TV shows, music videos and films circulating around our celebrity culture. The message being portrayed is
Now, it may seem to the uneducated as if the premier league ascociation is doing a fine job. Yes, I have to admit that our league is almost without doubt the best league in the world. The spanish league is just constantly a two horse race, the mls is
Games They appeal to our minds and are played on a vast majority of electronic devices. Today's generation is spoilt for choice; from PS3s to iPods to Nintendo D’s to mobile phones. But do we really realise the dangers behind the games we play? Games
A swarm of people besieged the stalls; stealthily grabbing cakes from hungry opponents while a symphony of metallic clashes plummeted into the collection pot. Drinks were swigged down. Games played. Signatures carved into the various petitions. The Tea
The leader of the Croydon Green Party has handcuffed himself to the railings in the Town Hall public gallery. In a show of defiance against the secretive plans for a new waste facility site, possibly with an incinerator allegedly for Beddington
A woman accused of a racist rant on a tram broke down in tears as a video of the incident was played in court. Emma West, of New Addington, was charged with a racially-aggravated public order offence after a video showing a woman abusing
A murdered private investigator’s family is pushing the Home Secretary Theresa May for a full judicial inquiry into his murder. Daniel Morgan, 37, was found with an axe in his head in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham in 1987. Five
Grief-stricken friends have paid tribute to an art student killed after her bicycle and a lorry collided in central London. Former Kingston University art student Eleanor Carey died at the scene of the accident, half a mile from Tower Bridge
Olympic legend Sebastien Coe joined schoolchildren for a game of basketball and some boxing practice at the launch of a multi-million pound leisure centre. Pupils from Clapham Manor Primary met Lord Coe at the Clapham Leisure Centre on Tuesday
A "brilliant" student who suffered from alcoholism was found dead in his Finnish apartment, an inquest heard today. Charles Rodrigues, 33, of Deal Road, Tooting, was studying for a masters in Economics at a university in Finland while battling
A man whose dog savaged a woman to death faces jail after a court heard the conditions he kept his pet in may have contributed to the attack. Alex Blackburn-Smith pleaded guilty to keeping his 8st Neopolitan Mastiff in a cramped cage before
Dozens of emergency service personnel were deployed to Wimbledon town centre at lunchtime after a car crashed into a central reservation. The accident, at the junction of Wimbledon Hill Road and Worple Road, happened at about 1.45pm when the
More than 3,000 residents have agreed to pay for the council’s garden waste collection service despite the free service being scrapped last year due to budget cuts. Merton Council said 3,170 customers have now signed up to the scheme, which
Children at a primary school will be watching the cream of Britain’s athletes compete for gold at next year’s Olympics. Staff and pupils at St Jude’s Church of England Primary School, in Herne Hill, are celebrating after it was announced as
By Brian Meakin; Effra Road, Wimbledon I would like to ask your readers if any of them have, or know of, photographs pre-dating the removal of gates and railings due to the Second World War effort. My interest is for Effra Road SW19, or near
Five masked gang members who held a gun to the head of a young woman as they burgled her home have been jailed for a total of more than 40 years. Ashton Wright, 21, Andre Thomas-Richards, 18, Hadji Sesay, 18, Tyrone Banton, 17, and Christopher
Mark Beard exited Tooting & Mitcham this morning admitting he knew the axe had been coming. A seventh defeat in their last 10 league matches on Saturday, a 4-2 defeat at Bury Town, finally proved too much for the club's board with Tooting teetering just
The mayor of Elmbridge sampled a nursery’s winter menu at its relaunch. The nursery, formerly Leapfrog, officially became Busy Bees nursery on Saturday, November 26. Mayor Councillor John Sheldon was joined by his wife Councillor Mary Sheldon at the
Hundreds attending a public exhibition have given the thumbs up to a £40 million upgrade of Centrale shopping centre. The exhibition, held on December 3 and 4, gave shoppers at the Hammerson owned site the chance to see proposals for a new
Defiant residents have staged their latest salvo against development plans which they believe would worsen traffic and overload sewers. The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), which owns the Raynes Park Playing Field in Cannon Hill Lane,
Co-creator and author of Cbeebies hit TV series Rastamouse, Michael De Souza, visited libraries in Sutton on Saturday. The was scheduled to be part of the borough’s Black History Month celebrations in October, but had been delayed because of Mr
A former Whyteleafe Village Councillor known as Mr Good Evening who subjected a radio DJ to a Twitter hate campaign has been jailed for eight weeks. Samuel Wilkins, 33, Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, sent obscene messages to comedian Iain Lee and
Monster raving loony party candidate John Cartwright brought an element of farce to Croydon Council proceedings when he was ejected from a meeting for refusing to stand in the presence of the mayor. Mr Cartwright, who began his political
When the architect behind one of London’s most iconic landmarks congratulates you on your design skills, you know you’re doing something right. Chet Foster, a year 9 pupil at The Elmgreen School in Tulse Hill, has been commended for winning
An 86-year-old woman who went missing from her home in Cheam has been found. Elizabeth Ball, was found to be missing from her home in Sandy Lane, Cheam, at 9am on Monday, December 5 by concerned relatives. She was found safe by park
A 19-year-old pizza delivery man was attacked and had his motorcycle stolen last week. The robbery happened on Wednesday, November 30, between around 8pm when the man was making a delivery to a property in Gadesden Road, Epsom. After
A 96-year-old woman was among 25 brave individuals to abseil down 100ft last week in aid of children’s cancer charity, CLIC Sargent. The Plum Pudding Plunge took place from the top of the Queen’s Stand, at Epsom Racecourse, on Sunday, December
London Mayor hopeful Brian Paddick visited the Sutton Guardian last week to talk about why he should be London Mayor, his views on Sutton and the London riots. The controversial ex-copper, is no stranger to defeat; he was overwhelmed by Boris
Sutton United boss Paul Doswell hopes his side's FA Cup heroics can reinvigorate the town and lead to bigger attendances at Gander Green Lane. United eventually succumbed 2-0 to Notts County in the second round on Sunday, having been the
An opera singer will hold a concert in aid of a musicians’ charity celebrating its 90th anniversary. Walton’s Cathryn Pope studied at the Royal College of Music and sung at the English National Opera, and been invited to major opera venues abroad as
Lost loved ones were honoured by their family and friends at a special service in Kingston. Bereaved families held a minute’s silence as Hope Price, a Marie Curie Cancer Care nurse, lit a candle at the charity’s Lights to Remember event.
The Clapham Junction riots are the subject of a Channel 4 reconstruction being screened over the Christmas period. London's Burning stars David Morrissey and Samantha Bond as senior police officers working during the August disorder.
Notts County striker Lee Hughes has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault following an incident at a Croydon hotel. Police were called to the hotel on Purley Way at 11.10pm on December 3 following allegations of a sexual assault on a
Squatters who invaded two houses were given their marching orders in a “rare and extreme action” by the council and police. The two vacant semi-detached houses in Denison Road, Colliers Wood, were relieved of their unwelcome house guests after
This weekend sees an extra five trains added to the District Line from Wimbledon to central London during rush hour. London Underground (LU) said the new trains would start running on Sunday and would serve 4,000 more passengers during the
A gay club has re-opened its doors in Kingston more than a year after its owner died. Escape Nightclub closed last October after the ill-health of its managing director Martin Church, who died two months later from cancer. The club,
Notts County boss Martin Allen led the tributes to Sutton United after watching his side survive an FA Cup second round scare on Sunday. The Magpies were second best for much of the weekend's match played out in front of a 3,704 strong crowd at Gander
The son of a martial arts expert who trained Bruce Lee, has been inducted into the Combat Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Leon Jay, 56, has lived in Epsom for the last 21 years, but grew up in Hawaii and San Francisco, and teaches a form of jujitsu
A water company has issued a plea to residents not to waste water this winter after an abnormally dry year has left reservoirs depleted. Sutton and East Surrey Water said a continued lack of rainfall during a ‘vital recharging period’ could
A mother and daughter campaigning for better representation for the elderly have joined celebrity Esther Rantzen in handing a 137,000-signature petition into Downing Street. Chris Kitchen, 45, and Cara Kitchen, 16, of South Norwood were at
Sutton Foodbank desperately needs help to find storage space. The Foodbank is a group of volunteers who work to serve the community and fight poverty, however, from the end of December they will lose their existing premises where they store
A plaque explaining the story behind one of the UK's largest pieces of wall art has been unveiled in Sutton High Street. The plaque is to accompany the mosaic opposite Waterstone's, which shows images from Sutton's history. Councillor
A charity formed to support elderly in the borough has been saved by Age UK Croydon, which hopes to use its facilities to promote healthy living. Thornton Heath Darby & Joan Club established in 1951, has joined with the nation-wide charity
A pub landlord has kept his promise to don a dress after raising more than £1,000 for charity. Staff and patrons of The Royal Oak in New Malden took part in the annual Movember charity fundraiser in aid of Prostate and Testicular cancer.
A not-for-profit company that raises money for charities by scrapping unwanted cars has passed a £500,000 fundraising milestone in just under two years. The Putney-based Giveacar enables motorists to call the not-for-profit organisation, nominate
The red blocks of Kingston’s iconic tumbling telephone boxes have pride of place in a volunteering group’s new logo. The Kingston Volunteering Centre has changed its name to Go Kingston Volunteering as the borough prepares for a year that will bring
Pupils from the John Fisher School invited students from four special needs schools join them for a morning of sport. The activities were run by Year 10 Sport studies students and Year 13 Business studies students. Children from Carew
