Antony Williams wants to take AFC Croydon Athletic up the leagues after being named manager of the newly-formed side. The 31-year-old former Merstham boss was unveiled last night by the club that was formed by supporters of Croydon Athletic
Colleagues of a hero who died while saving a five-year-old girl from drowning have paid tribute to a "thoughtful and caring man." Plamen Petkov of Westmorland Drive, Sutton, drowned off West Wittering Beach on May 27. The 32-year-old
Police have issued an e-fit image of a man wanted after a woman was stabbed twice during an attempted mugging. The 39-year-old victim was walking home after getting off a train at East Croydon station at 12.30am on Sunday, May 29, after a night
A dozen colts are set to compete in Saturday's Investec Derby headed by the unbeaten Camelot. The 12-furlong Classic, in its 233rd year, starts at 4pm at Epsom Downs and offers a prize fund of £1,325,000, the most lucrative race in Britain.
As the country prepares to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee, we have teamed up with Branston to make your event go off with a real spark. Branston Pickle is the nation's favourite pickle which perfectly complements cheese, so it is ideal to
A second man is facing a lifetime behind bars after being found guilty of brutally gunning down a Streatham athlete on a council estate. David Nyamupfukudza, 19, from New Cross, denied killing 17-year-old Herne Hill harriers runner Sylvester
A hero who died while saving a five-year-old girl from drowning in Sussex on Sunday has been named as Plamen Petkova. Mr Petkova, of Westmorland Drive, Sutton, drowned off West Wittering Beach on May 27. The 32-year-old saw a five-year-old
A man has been spotted looking into windows and tried to enter a Sutton primary school on three separate occasions during the last week. The police are keen to speak to a man who tried to gain access to Manor Park Primary, in Sutton, via the
A London-wide police sting operation against financial crime has seen 81 arrests for offences such money laundering, drugs fraud employee theft and conspiracy to defraud. Operation Stimtone, launched this morning, saw more than 900 officers
A rescue operation was launched after a baby was locked in a car. Firefighters rushed to the scene, in Tudor Drive, Kingston, at 11.06am to break into the locked vehicle and safely remove the child. A London Fire Brigade spokesman said
A general ticket sale for the Olympic road race cycling at Box Hill and Hampton Court Palace have gone on sale. Tickets for the time trials went on sale at 11am, with cycling fans able to get their hands on them until they are sold out, according
A bid to demolish garages and build flats has been deferred once again amid calls for more affordable homes. Gillenden Development will meet with Surbiton councillors to discuss concerns over a 16 flat development on South Terrace, Surbiton
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Essential repair work has begun on a path that runs alongside a beautiful piece of Cobham riverside. The path between the old fire station and Cobham Mill is uneven and becomes a collection of puddles after rain so a new all-weather surface will replace
Fears over criminal gangs flooding the UK with fake alcohol ahead of the diamond jubilee and Euro 2012 celebrations have sparked a warning to drinkers. The safety message followed a prosecution by Surrey County Council trading standards of a shopkeeper
Young students played their part to help Epsom and Ewell look its best for the Queen’s diamond jubilee visit to the Derby on Saturday. Pupils from Wallace Fields Infant School, in Wallace Fields, Ewell, took part in a mass litter pick-up at
A pedestrian is in a critical condition after being hit by a car during the morning rush hour in Streatham. Police are investigating the crash, on Tooting Bec Road, at the junction with Garrad’s Road. The road has since re-opened but
A former New Malden schoolboy has his heart set on winning smash hit talent show the Voice after the audience voted him through to the final last week. Vince Kidd impressed with his performance of Back To Black by the late Amy Winehouse, who
London Welsh have been given an added boost ahead of Wednesday’s Championship final second leg with the Cornish Pirates with the news that Alex Davies and Nick Scott have both committed to the club. Davies, 25, has been prolific with the boot since joining
An 11-year-old girl has secured a book deal with a publisher after winning a writing competition. Eliza Jones, a student at Poplar Primary School in Merton Park, won the deal after entering a writing competition earlier this year as part of
The programme board of an NHS review panel met last week to look at the options for the future of services in SW London. The Better Services Better Value programme board considered the results of a financial report and the recommendation made
A patriotic embroiderer was inspired by her grandchildren to complete her latest work in honour of the Queen’s jubilee celebrations. Surbiton-based Swadesh Bhatia started working on the embroidery of Queen Elizabeth back in 2000 but got sidetracked
Former Wimbledon footballers are taking part in a charity football match to help raise funds for a severely brain-damaged baby girl. Evie Shears, from St Helier, was born at Kingston Hospital on January 18 but suffered severe trauma when the
A junior football club has been given a £5,000 grant to fund new teams for children and improve coaching. Mitcham Park Juniors FC are to make six new teams ranging from U8s to U12s, including an U12 team solely for girls. Alongside the
An aspiring footballer who was partially blinded after being viciously attacked by a group of youths outside a school has been picked to carry the Olympic flame. Jay Beckford, from Streatham, will join one of 116 teams carrying the torch from
Captain Chris Robshaw led the praise for Harlequins supporters on Saturday - admitting the guard of honour they received when entering the stadium left a tear in many players' eyes. In the lead up to their 30-23 Aviva Premiership final win
A man who raped and battered a woman leaving her "unrecognisable" following their first date has been jailed for 12 years. Peter Ramsey, 26, of Forest Hill, beat the woman so brutally she was left with 21 individual injuries during the attack
St Helier Hospital is preparing alternative options for its long-term future that would avoid the closure of the accident and emergency department. More than 40 doctors, nurses and other staff, from the hospital's trust, as well as local GPs
A Hackbridge-based designer whose shoes have been worn by the royals has made 10 pairs of special jubilee shoes. Aruna Seth, 30, from Purley, has created some very British shoes which are now available in Harrods to celebrate the Queens Jubilee
A vicar and a blind woman abseiled off a church's bell tower on Saturday to raise funds for its restoration. Reverend Simon Talbott, of St Martin’s Church, Epsom, volunteered to take his first abseil plunge at the church's diamond jubilee fair
Campaigning cleaners were celebrating after securing a pay increase up to the London living wage. The cleaners for St George's Hospital Medical School, housed within St George's Hospital, Tooting, have been running a campaign for increased
Contracts are due to be exchanged on the former Cobham police station so a community-led school can open there by September 2012 as planned. The sale of the Portsmouth Road building has been provisionally agreed by Surrey Police Authority (SPA). Cobham
The first step in appointing permanent bosses at a NHS Trust has been taken. Croydon Health Serviecs NHS Trust was left leaderless in March after the resignation firstly of CEO Nick Hulme following a poor Care Quality Commission report, and
A possible front runner has emerged in the race to buy Battersea Power Station, according to reports in the Sunday Times. London Riverside Development Corp, backed by billionaire brothers David and Simon Reuben, is understood to be bidding
A sea of emerald green is expected when Irish day returns to Sandown Park racecourse on Saturday, June 16. The day always attracts top jockeys from both sides of the Irish Sea and, with dancing, entertainment and music from the Emerald Isle, the flavour
Police have warned a dangerous man with links to Surrey is on the loose after he escaped during a hospital visit. Dominic Tamblyn, 27, had been in a secure mental health ward at Springfield Hospital yesterday, May 27, after being charged with
Hundreds of people turned up to a Tooting coffee morning last Friday to find out about community services. The event was hosted in the Mushkil Aasaan Community Centre, in Upper Tooting Road, and brought together 20 organisations who had been
Brownies, rainbows and guides from Woodmansterne and Chipstead united to celebrate the diamond jubilee at the weekend. The girl-guiding event, held at St. Peter's Church Hall in Rectory Lane, Woodmansterne, on Saturday, was enjoyed by 90 girls
Police have discovered cannabis and cocaine following a raid on a property in Purley. The Purley Safer Neighborhood Team applied for a search warrant following a tip-off and raided the address, on Wordsworth Avenue, on May 14. They discovered
By Sabine Stangl, via email I absolutely support any plan to close down the stadium as I think greyhound races are horrible. Most of the owners don't care about the animals at all! I will never visit a race and would rather prefer
Last year a number of organisations in the London Borough of Sutton came together to put on a joint community Paralympic Festival for people with learning difficulties in the borough. Following the great success of this event, with attendance of around
