A member of a smash and grab robbery crew abandoned by his mates when they raided a jewellery shop with sledgehammers has been jailed. Luke Doyle, 27, was one of four motorcycle riding robbers who drove into the Bentall Centre on Monday, June 25
Family and friends will say goodbye to tragic schoolgirl Tia Sharp at her funeral this week. Hundreds are expected to turn out to pay their respects on Friday to the Pollards Hill school girl, found dead in a New Addington loft on August 10.
Robbers have targeted a cash in transit guard outside a bank in Chessington, according to shopkeepers. Police cordoned off North Parade at about 4pm today and a number of shops along the parade have been forced to close early. Janet Milroy
A celebration of women in hip hop took place in St George's Park on Saturday. B Supreme featured open workshops, music, dance performances and hip hop battles. Rapper Sunanda Biswas, aka BGirl SunSun, gave a street dance workshop for kids
“There must be something in the water” was one explanation given for why a number of ex-Wimbledon Conservatives now find themselves running the country. Tariq Ahmad, who was recently awarded a peerage by Prime Minister David Cameron, has been appointed
Plans for the complete redevelopment of the north end of Croydon Town Centre are set to go on show. Retail company Hammerson, who bought Centrale last year for £100m, hope to add The Whitgift Centre site to their portfolio to create the Whitgift
A car crashed into a road sign in West Norwood in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Vauxhall Astra was left partly blocking Knights Hill at the junction with Ernest Avenue after the collision at about 12.40am. A witness reported the driver
Offenders have repaid the community by carrying out work on Tulse Hill Station. The Community Payback team cut back growth from the embankment and cleared waste into a skips on Monday and Wednesday this week. Southern Rail and waste collector
An elderly cyclist killed in a collision with a lorry last week in Walton has been named by Surrey Police. Robert Cherry, 79, of Cardinal Drive, died after suffering a head injury following a collision between his pedal bike and a lorry carrying
Hundreds of volunteers from Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals have received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service for their outstanding achievements and dedication. The Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, Dame Sarah Goad, presented the prestigious award
As if the cut and thrust of domestic politics were not enough, one Merton councillor took time out of his summer holidays to help campaign for the election of an American president. Councillor Peter Walker, who lives in Wimbledon and represents
Ten members of an organised crime gang who conned vulnerable residents out of £120,000 were jailed for a total of 40 years last week. Among the group, that targeted elderly and vulnerable people across the South East, was Paul Bennett of Ferndale
Businesses in New Addington are to become a major drive behind the economic development and regeneration of their own area. Next Monday, Croydon Council cabinet members are expected to give their support to the proposed New Addington Business Improvement
A labrador who “got a bit carried away” had to undergo surgery after swallowing 90 pebbles during a trip to the beach. Barney, the three-year-old chocolate-coloured dog, started vomiting the stones he ate at the seaside on Monday, September 3,
Mystery remains over the body parts found on Tooting Common with police teams continuing to check the area. Despite spending much of yesterday checking some of the isolated wooded area, further searches were carried out last night and this morning
Police have arrested a 22-year-old man following an early morning drugs raid on a property in Muschamp Road, Carshalton this morning. Officers forced entry to the front door and seized a quantity of suspected drugs and cash. The man was arrested
This may look like a fairly standard old china loo, but it is just five inches tall and two inches wide. It is one of thousands of objects, many of them bizarre and arcane, which are preserved at Bourne Hall, in Spring Road Ewell. The museum
About 20 firefighters wearing breathing apparatus fought a blaze in a flat in Streatham Hill yesterday. Four fire engines, from West Norwood, Clapham and Tooting fire stations, were called to the burning flat on Montrell Road at 3.17pm. A London
Epsom Library at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) is calling on all Epsom and Ewell historians to help identify this picture, which it believes is of the Epsom and Ewell Art School established in 1896. If you recognise where the photograph
A problem bollard has been blamed once again after yet another car flipped over on its side in Wimbledon town centre. A man and woman had to be helped out of their car by officers from Wimbledon police station after their car collided with the
Mitcham and Morden’s MP has taken legal action against The Sun newspaper's publishers for an alleged invasion of her privacy after her mobile phone was stolen. Siobhain McDonagh lodged the claim with the High Court on Thursday, September 6, which
A 25-year-old telecoms engineer who groomed 14 year olds on Facebook for sex was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday. Croydon Crown Court heard how Glen Wilson befriended 19 girls on the social networking site over two years and invited
This was the moment a Ford Fiesta turned into a fire ball in Woodcote yesterday. Firefighters were called to Woodcote Valley Road, close to the border of Sutton, just before 2.50pm to put out the blaze. Sanjiv Patel who witnessed the incident
An organised gang of conmen who tricked thousands out of the vulnerable have been jailed for a combined total of more than 40 years. The gang, consisting of nine men and one woman, were awarded sentences on a joint charge of conspiracy to commit
A Weybridge woman has spoken of her distressing loss of hearing as part of national hearing awareness month. Emma Boardman, 38, began to suffer from hearing loss at school but only sought help when she encountered problems in her career in television
A woman has been jailed for five years after an attack on a woman that left her needing reconstructive surgery on her jaw. In an unprovoked attack, Stacey-May Buncher, 26, punched and kicked her victim in the street in Wrythe Lane, Carshalton on
Vocality Singing is opening up a new community choir in Walton. The Elmbridge business is thriving off a recent surge in public enthusiasm for community singing, and has already established popular choirs in Claygate and Surbiton. The unconventional
A disability campaigner will try to give the major political parties a bloody nose by standing in a parliamentary byelection. Adam Lotun, from Tolworth, will stand in the Corby and East Northamptonshire seat on November 15. The independent
A paramedic’s bag containing drugs, needles and medical equipment was stolen from the back of an ambulance. The police have issued a warning that if the drugs are taken incorrectly they could be extremely dangerous. They are appealing for information
Max the dog is just one of the pooches expected to turn up for the best dog show in town. He was rescued from the streets of Sutton a few months ago and will be looking for a new home as part of the event on Saturday. The Sutton Good Dog Day
One thousand cupcakes were created at a 24-hour charity bakeathon at the weekend. Sophie Clapton, from Worcester Park, and her friends Amy Lelliott and Sabrina Wood, from Epsom, embarked on the mission to raise money for charity Health Improvement
