Two men have been sentenced for their part in a gang fight in broad daylight in central Croydon. The Block Cartel gang clashed with the Don't Say Nothing (DSN) gang near McDonalds in North End at 7.30pm on Saturday, June 11, last year. The court
Police are looking to cut burglary in Streatham by getting more people to invisibly mark their property. The Smartwater Champions project involves a team of volunteers working with Lambeth Safer Neighbourhoods Teams to visit homes along roads identified
Losing a member of your family is the worst thing in the world. You feel like the pain will never go away and you will be stuck in this grievous rut forever. This is but one of the ways to deal with loss. The Evans family of Reigate, however, took an
More than half of adults with diabetes in Surrey are not getting the basic checks and services to manage their condition, according to charity Diabetes UK. It said 53 per cent of people with diabetes are at increased risk of diabetes-related
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at a block of flats last night. Firefighters were called at 9.07pm to Sutton Court, in Brighton Road, Sutton, to reports of a fire. They said the incident was being treated as arson.
The Elmbridge Community Safety Partnership is keen to hear from all uniformed youth organisations which are based within the borough of Elmbridge. In an effort to produce a comprehensive directory of groups such as army, air or sea cadets, scouts and
A campaign to stop the closure of accident and emergency and maternity departments has cross-party support. In Merton and Sutton the Conservative, Lib Dem, and Labour groups have said they will oppose the loss of the frontline services at the hospital
An ambitious ex-civil servant who nearly provided a major upset in the race to become London’s Mayor hailed her first campaign a success. Siobhan Benita came in fifth place in the Mayoral election, with 83,914 first preference votes and 212,412
We have had quite a few nominations for the title of Worst Building in Kingston Borough and we have decided to extend the deadline in an attempt to gather a few more bad buildings before we print the results. We want to know the buildings
A teenager was stabbed in the arm after being chased by a group of youths in Clapham. The 17-year-old was walking on the Oaklands Estate, off Clapham Park Road, at 10pm on Monday, April 30, when he was chased by a group of up to five men. They
A family were treated for smoke inhalation after a tumble dryer set on fire at a house in Ashtead. Firefighters from Epsom Fire Station were called to Grove Road at 1.24am today to reports of a fire. It is understood the tumble dryer
A new NHS telephone service is launching in Wandsworth which will provide advice for patients. The NHS 111 pilot is starting in Wandsworth later this year with care provider Harmoni selected to handle the service. NHS 111 aims to make
Every year the Croydon and Sutton branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) makes an award of pub of the Year in each of the two boroughs. This year our members have judged the Green Dragon 58-60 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1NA as our Croydon winner
An investigation is under way into a fire that destroyed a semi-constructed cricket pavilion in Caterham. Firefighters were called to a cricket pitch by Birch Avenue at 11pm last night to deal with a blaze that had engulfed the timber structure.
Away from the cash converters and fried chicken shops of Streatham High Road, a new drinking hole is bringing a little bit of class to an area which has been otherwise neglected. Pratts and Payne, a pub owned by the upmarket Antic chain, offers
James Bond actor Colin Salmon and Italian football manager Gianluca Vialli were among the guests at a party aimed at finding investors for a community film. One Square Mile (OSM), is the brainchild of writer and producer Leon Butler who plans
A mother has been charged with two counts of murder after the deaths of her two children. Felicia Boots, 34, was charged with murder yesterday and appeared at South Western Magistrates' Court in Battersea. Her children, 10-week-old boy
Your average winner of the Best act Ever at the MTV Europe music awards might expect to be selling out Wembley stadium rather than plying a trade in a spit and sawdust boozer in Kingston, writes Tom Barnes. But bequiffed crooner Rick Astley
Sutton’s mayor is stepping down this month a record-breaker after receiving the most royal visits in a year. Councillor Gerry Jerome has welcomed four members of the royal family to Sutton in the past 12 months – believed to be a record for
Squirrels with a rubber fetish are the prime suspects after electric wires were chewed through in an Epsom garden last month. Jo Thomas, 76, of Fairfax Avenue in Epsom, said: “Squirrels cause a lot of damage in the garden. “We came back
Esher’s byelection will take place on June 21 after the death of a candidate just before May’s local election. June 13 is the last day for new applicants to vote by proxy. Elections in the ward were postponed when Labour candidate Bruce King died suddenly
A couple had thousands of pounds of jewellery from their wedding day taken, as a neighbourhood was rocked by a string of burglaries. More than £6000 of jewellery was taken from Josh Sunker, 40, and his wife during a break in at their home in
Kingston Mosque is joining the growing trend for helping to save bees from dying out – by putting a hive on its roof. More than 800 Muslims regularly pray at Kingston Mosque, which has been at its current site in East Road since 1979.
A graduate of the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Epsom has won the Design Council’s annual challenge for social innovation. Alex Lampe, who studied a BA (Hons) graphic design degree at UCA Epsom, was lead designer on one of the five winning
Onlookers were given a first glimpse of what a new residents-led park could look like when it opens next year. About 250 supporters gathered in Cottenham Park Road to meet the team that will manage Morley Park, a new community space on the
A large ice-cream cornet torch was carried through East Croydon station on Friday, April 27. It was all part of the Brighton Fringe Ice Cream Relay which saw the ice-cream torch carried from Bedford to Brighton. A comedy rock band from
Wimbledon MP Stephen Hammond is backing a bid to bring the women’s Lacrosse World Cup to the UK. The English Lacrosse Association launched its bid to host the sport’s 2017 World Cup last week and Charlotte Lawson, a member of the England team
Sixty-two street parties will take place in Merton in celebration of the Queen’s diamond jubilee. The biggest number of street parties will take place on June 3 and 4 as the Queen celebrates 60 years on the throne, but parties will be taking
