With the United Kingdom hosting the 2012 Olympics what does it mean for my local area, with a recent survey saying that out of 1,275 adults only 7% understood the rules about the reselling of the tickets due to some people getting the tickets they didn
A good education grants you a huge number of opportunities. It allows you to be interesting and interested. But perhaps the most practical reason for a good education, and almost certainly the reason at the heart of recent governments’ decisions to invest
As a huge Agatha Christie fan, I was thrilled when my friends surprised me with a trip to Richmond Theatre for my birthday to see a performance based on one of her most established novels. I eventually discovered we would be viewing ‘Death on the Nile
It may have been 17 years since this band hit it big time, but Blur still have the ability to steal the attention from new talent, as seen at this year’s Brit Awards. Despite having to follow the controversial Adele cut off, Blur still managed to turn
After the extremely successful Wimbledon BookFest in 2011, people of all ages in and around Wimbledon are anticipating our next festival of reading! Last year, tickets for the BookFest sold faster than ever. Tickets for the family and children’s events
Being organised is being prepared, being in control and dealing with what needs to be done in sensible and easy understandable ways. In everyone’s life there is space for organisation but it takes time, effort and responsibility. However, when one
Tooting Common now boasts an exciting new children’s play area after a £215,000 revamp. Children can now enjoy exploring and playing on a large range of outdoor play equipment, such as large timber climbing pieces, a hammock, swings and a giant
Article Written By Ursuline High School Correspondent Jane West. It is not just the younger generations who enjoy getting to grips with new technology. It would appear of the estimated 61 million people who live in Britain, of those who use the
As I sit on my sofa writing this article on my newly acquired blackberry, it occurs to me that I could be doing this article on the computer, which not only has a wider variety of applications and tools at my disposal with a culmination of just two or
A simple Google search of the term ‘Valentine’s Day’ confirms not just the subject of this article, but demonstrates the sad fate that this romantic celebration, and arguably the whole infrastructure of modern society, has become a victim of. Commercialism
Walking down the South End in South Croydon, I admired the number of independent shops that were still open given the current economic climate. From restaurants to hairdressers, all had their doors open, readily inviting me in despite the unforgiving
One of Sutton's most over-subscribed primary schools has been given the green-light to expand, providing much-needed extra school places. Sutton Council’s development control committee gave planning permission to expand All Saints Church of England
During times of economic hardship facing our generation of teenagers, the weight lent to examinations in a young person’s life is becoming increasingly profound. The overarching purpose of timed examinations is to subject all candidates to the same ordeal
A labrador saved from a frozen pond has met the firefighters that saved him. Fergus escaped death when he fell through thin ice at Black Pond, Esher, on February 13. His owners could not rescue him in their canoe because of the ice and firefighters
A firefighter has relived the horror of the House of Reeves blaze, after a father-of-two admitted torching the 150-year-old furniture store. On Friday Gordon Thompson, 33, admitted starting the fire which decimated the historic Croydon landmark on
On the 23rd of February a serious bicycle accident happened in Esher opposite the Swan Pub. A man was cycling and came around the corner to turn on to Littleworth Road. As he turned the corner his bike skidded on the road and as a result he fell onto
Parents are being asked if they want a free primary school to open in Balham. Constable Educational Trust Primary Schools (CETPS) wants to open a school there, after identifying it as an area where there is a demand for additional primary school
Banstead will help host one of the world’s greatest cycle road races, according to Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The town features on the route for the London 2012 Olympic Road Cycling Race. The 250km men's race and 140kn women's race is around
Primary school pupils have joined a community crackdown on antisocial behaviour. 28 pupils from All Saints Primary School in South Wimbledon graduated from a ten week training course run by housing association Merton Priory Homes (MPH). The Merton
Food lovers are in for a treat when Streatham hosts its annual culinary festival. The week-long Streatham Food Festival includes, free food, tastings, cooking contests, open air markets, food demonstrations and workshops. Highlights include a pasta
A vet nervously kept an eye on the tail of a 90kg tiger for signs of it waking as he gave it a medical check up. Kelabu, a four-year-old Sumatran tiger, was put to sleep with a dart loaded with enough anaesthetic to knock her out for 40 minutes
A company director who fraudulently claimed almost £7,000 in benefits has been ordered to do 250 hours community service. Jeremy Osei-Asamoah, of Durrington Tower, Wandsworth Road, Lambeth, claimed to be earning just £65 a week as an employee
At the age of 14 the first vital decision is thrust upon us. What GCSEs do we intend to study for the next two years? For some, this is a great way to eliminate the courses that they find the most boring, or the teachers they dislike the most. This, of
A lucky Tadworth schoolboy will walk out at Wembley Stadium next week as the England football team's mascot. Ben McDougall, 10, will join the likes of Wayne Rooney, Joe Hart and Stephen Gerrard on the pitch before the national side take on
Two women who debuted as Britain’s first prime-time female double act for 25 years have received a mixed critical reception to their first show. Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver, hailed as the next French and Saunders, met at Tiffin Girls’ School
Baby twins can sleep side by side at St Peter’s neonatal intensive care unit thanks to fundraisers. The Chertsey hospital has bought a Kanmed twin babywarmer cot, which enables two babies to keep warm next to each other via a special temperature-controlled
Last Friday, Kingston’s basement played host to a charity gig organised and preformed by talented local students dedicated to raising money for Oxfam: a well established international charity aiding millions of people across the globe to battle poverty
Hundreds of people have been arrested as police target businesses across London suspected of flouting licensing laws. A widespread crackdown by about 3,000 police has seen thousands of shops, pubs, and clubs across London's 32 boroughs visited
A former film extra has won support from stars of Strictly Come Dancing in his latest charity walk. John Dodd raised £272 after walking five days from the birth place of English actor and singer Mark Wynter in Woking to the former home of the
Team boss Dick Bennetts has warned West Surrey Racing is in for its strongest season in the British Touring Car Championship since it won the title in 2009. New Malden’s Tom Onslow-Cole was last week confirmed in the three-driver eBay Motors-backed outfit
Vest is best for Sutton shoppers according to a sales analysis. Despite Simon Cowell’s recent chest-bearing efforts, Debenhams found that Sutton was in the fifth top store in the UK for vest sales. Woking was crowned Vest Capital of
A Chinese takeaway owner, fined after rat droppings and traps were found inside his shop, has apologised to customers. Hoi Shan Leung, of Fortune Cookie in Coombe Road, Kingston, blamed a four-month stint of jury service and a series of family
Tooting Library was one of eight winners at the 2011 Wandsworth Design Awards. The award-winners were announced after judges scoured the borough for the best building projects of the past two years. Tooting Library, one of the borough's most recognisable
Wimbledon Common has changed a lot in the past century and now there is a book to prove it. 'Wimbledon Common: 100 Years of Change' provides an illustrated account of how time has shaped the space – from the arrival of the bypass to playing fields
