Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman on the Cambridge Estate in Kingston on Sunday. The woman's death, which was reported at about 6am on Sunday morning, was originally treated as a potential murder investigation
A car sharing scheme which aims to give people who without cars the ability to drive around has had a negative reception from many in Sutton after they found white Smart Cars parked in their streets. car2go launched in Sutton this week. The scheme
A road next to Epsom Downs Racecourse flooded again last month sparking calls for action to find a permanent solution. After heavy rain a large pool often forms covering half of the Tattenham Corner road at the roundabout next to the grandstands
Rail commuters have been stung by news that fares will rise above inflation next year. South West trains confirmed a 4.1 per cent rise to all tickets today with the single cost of a journey expected to rise by 16 pence on average from January 2
A pantomime prince is going to rock Epsom with a free gig on December 18. Bryn Lucas is a Channel 4 presenter, actor in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at Epsom Playhouse and also the member of a rock band. Mr Lucas, on vocals and guitar,
Councillors last night finalised changes to the meals on wheels food service which is set to save Wandsworth Council £150,000. The local authority say the amendments to the service, ratified at last night's full council meeting, will give people
Armed police tasered a market trader found with drugs and weapons following a random roadside stop. Tore Gabalo, from Victoria, was driving his Mercedes in Friar Road, Battersea, in the early hours of June 17 when two police cars pulled him over
A singer is bringing Christmas songs, stories, comedy and drama to help get shoppers in the festive mood. David Harrop will entertain visitors with The Big Christmas between 12 and 3 pm on Saturday, December 15, at the Ashley Centre in Epsom.
A plague doctor is coming to speak about the horrors of the time to children’s history club. The event on December 15 will take young members of the Bourne Hall Museum Club back in time to London, 1665, when doctors busily tended to the many victims
Stars of totes amazeballs 'reality' TV show Made In Chelsea have been filming in Sutton. Oli Proudlock, Millie Mackintosh and the vast majority of the cast were at Nonsuch Mansion to film Mark Francis Vandelli's birthday party episode which is
Streatham Redskins returned to losing ways in the National Ice Hockey League Division One South with back-to-back defeats over the weekend. Having won two on the spin, the Redskins were put to the sword on Saturday losing 12-3 at title-chasing
A brewery has collaborated with a popular market stall for a new beer with a kick. The Cronx Brewery has teamed up with Mad-Ass foods of Surrey Street market, famous for their hot sauces, to create their Mad-Ass Entire Chilli Porter. Brewers
Tooting and Mitcham United midfielder Lee Hall may have lost the armband to the more experienced former Premier League star Jamie Lawrence, but he still has cause to smile. His demeanour is even more unlikely given that the suspended Hall had to
Police investigating the fatal stabbing of Damon Weedon found a knife on the floor next to his sofa, a court heard. Kingston Crown Court also heard that a machete and a cosh were found tucked down between a seat cushion and an arm cushion of the
A pair of dodgy dealers has been asked to pay back more than £150,000 after being caught selling Chinese-made fakes over the internet. KANN Trading Ltd, based in Gap Road, Wimbledon, was struck off the Companies House register in December 2011
New Malden could have new street furniture, public art and a revamped rail station entrance, if fresh ideas for the town go ahead. Ideas proposed by residents during a summer consultation are likely to be included in a new town centre strategy,
A hip hop dance crew has managed to snap up this week’s Brightest Spotlight of the Week gong for Kingston Spotlight. Vital Signz won the borough’s busking talent contest after performing four energetic dance medleys over the weekend. The dance
Epsom and St Helier Hospitals will spend £1.4m this winter to cope with increased patient numbers. As part of their winter plan, money will be spent on recruiting more nurses and doctors to work in the accident and emergency departments, preparing
Croydon College recently celebrated the 11th year of its partnership with the Ministry of Defence. As part of the Education Outreach Programme, students had the chance to practice their interview skills with the MoD, as well as being able to visit
A 17-year-old television actor is to stand trial accused of the rape of a 14 year old boy. The Sutton actor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have forced the boy to perform oral sex on him at the New Wimbledon Theatre and groped
Police have released a picture of man wanted in connection with a theft of an electric guitar from a Croydon music shop. A Yamaha electric guitar worth £500 was stolen at about 3pm on Saturday, November 3, from the Rock Bottom store in London Road
Hercules Wimbledon's women produced a better overall result in the second of this season's Surrey ladies League meetings, finishing seventh of the 15th Division One teams. They were led in by Amy Aronson and Claire Grima, who were 24th and 25th
You can’t buy the perfect Christmas – that’s the message from a debt charity which today released its own top tips of staying in the black over the festive season. Christians Against Poverty, which has a newly opened local centre in Sutton, sees people
Voters are heading to the polls in a byelection to choose a new councillor in Stonecot ward. Polling stations will be open for people to cast their votes until 10pm before the count happens at the Civic Offices in the town centre. A winner is expected
Children had the chance to visit Santa’s grotto last weekend as Morden Hall Park hosted their annual Christmas Market. Dozens of market stall holders turned out to sell their wares from Christmas cards and decorations, to crafts, food and gifts
A derelict former mansion and mental hospital caught fire yesterday. Firefighters tackled a blaze at Hollywood Lodge, at the corner of Christ Church Road and Horton Lane, Epsom, just before 11am. The former residence, believed to be Georgian
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has come under fire after Transport for London's seven-year investment plan made no mention of the promised tram extension to Crystal Palace. Last year Mr Johnson vowed to push through the stalled tram extension, after
A paedophile teacher who raped an 11-year-old girl on a church floor in the 70s has been jailed for a string of historic sex offences. Pervert Bernard Haunch, of Marlins Close in Sutton, now 72, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 20 years
One of Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Club's newest signings, Lisa Crow, made a winning debut for the club in the Wimbledon Common parkrun on Saturday. Crow, a talented 800m track runner in her younger days, was returning to racing after taking a
A punter gave chase after a bookmaker in East Molesey was robbed this week. A reward is being offered for information after a man entered the Ladbrokes branch off Hampton Court Way shortly before 6pm on Tuesday and pointed a gun-shaped item in
The wife of a businessman left severely brain damaged after botched medical treatment has said £2.35 million in compensation "won't make it right." Charles Organ of Netherne-on-the-Hill, Coulsdon, suffered a head injury after coming off his bike
A popular parrot owner is hoping he can find one of his beloved birds after it went missing. CJ Harwood, a familiar sight around Crystal Palace and known affectionately as "the Parrot Man", has looked after his two pet parrots Jack and Annie for
A police constable who lied to investigators after crashing into a moped driver causing him serious injuries has been jailed for eight months. Paul Baker, 30, a former Kingston officer who has now left the force, knocked the moped rider off his
Inequality between the borough’s rich and poor appears to be getting worse, after new figures revealed a girl born in Mitcham can expect to live on average 11 years less than one born in Wimbledon. Five years ago, the gap in average life expectancy
Donning their gumshields and shin pads, the 1st Hinchley Wood Beavers Group took part in a special hockey session at Surbiton Hockey Club recently. A group of 25 beavers took on four young coaches to build up their hockey skills and have fun in
Parents are being reminded to monitor their children’s coughs and colds this winter. Seasonally, more adults and children catch colds, coughs and develop respiratory problems, putting health services under pressure. Many parents take their
Mitcham town centre could soon benefit from a £3m facelift as a consultation on a three-year project is launched. Rediscovering Mitcham is the first phase of a multi-million pound plan to regenerate the town centre and Fair Green. While the
Protesters campaigning against a waste incinerator proposed for Redhill Road, Cobham, stood their ground outside Surrey County Council this week. Thousands of signatures were handed over in boxes to county councillors Bill Barker and Ian Lake on
Pathology experts have strongly criticised plans to centralise a service away from St Helier Hospital, a leaked letter has revealed. Consultants in cellular pathology from Epsom and St Helier, Croydon University and Kingston Hospitals have written
Carshalton Village welcomed its first Frost Fair on Saturday. There was a variety of craft stalls, folk music and handbell ringing were all available outside Honeywood Museum and the Memorial Gardens. Hundreds of visitors turned out for the
A postman with a fondness for felines has turned his morning round into a “Street Mogs” spotting blog. Gareth Lewis, 42, from Banstead, started documenting the many cats he meets on his rounds across Wimbledon in September capturing each mog on
A hospital patient was given the chance to launch a new book with a celebrity chef last week. Dominic Head, 13, of Sanderstead, helped raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity by launching the new ASK Italian cookbook with
Wallington fire fighters were called out to a car fire in Nightingale Road, Carshalton this morning. The blaze was reported at 8.33 and sent a cloud of smoke above the area but it was out within 15 minutes. No-one is thought to have been hurt.
Police are concerned about the whereabouts of a mother and her two children who are currently missing. Tanya Campbell, 33 and her two daughters aged eight and four, who are black, were last seen in Croydon on Wednesday December 5. It is believed
Croydon's entry for the New Years Day parade will combine the classical sound of the London Mozart Players (LMP) with Dubstep. The borough's entry is entitled 'Croydon-Connection Cultures' and will see the LMP joined by Toby Harrison, a rising
By Chris Hibbert; Meadow Road, south Wimbledon I fully support the 20mph campaign, however experience tells me that creating the zones is only half the solution. The other half is enforcing it. I am fortunate to have had a 20mph zone on
Croydon has become one of the first places to join a scheme which aims to save coffee packaging waste from landfill. Set up by Kenco and TerraCycle, the Coffee Packaging Brigade allows people to reduce the impact on local landfill, while raising
Epsom, Sutton and St Helier Hospitals have been ranked as the best in the country for making sure patients do not stay in hospital longer than necessary. Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012 found the trust had the lowest rate of ‘excess bed days,’ which
Stoneleigh will be lit up for Christmas for the first time in 10 years due to the generosity of councillors, shops and residents. Christmas lights will be going up along the length of Stoneleigh Broadway, from December 7, thanks to a financial
Former Croydon North MP Malcolm Wicks has been posthumously granted Freedom of the Borough. The MP died after losing his battle with cancer on September 29. In a special meeting of the council on Monday, Mr Wicks' wife Margaret was presented
A calendar of students hoping to become the male answer to the Calendar Girls is now on sale after securing sponsorship with a little help from the Epsom Guardian. In June 12 upper-sixth form pupils at the private Ewell Castle School, in Church
Women in tears and angry residents are protesting against the development of a massive student development in Kingston Vale. The proposal to erect 133 flats for students has met a campaign against since it was submitted on June 6. The proposal
