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  • Barnsley dent Palace’s promotion push

    Palace 0-0 Barnsley Crystal Palace fell further behind in the race for the automatic promotion places as they drew with relegation-threatened Barnsley. The result saw Barnsley, who had to wear Palace’s away shirt at referee Kevin Stroud’s request

  • Thousands brave cold to attend spring fair

    Thousands braved the cold weather and flocked to a spring fair which is expected to raise £9,500 for a leading children’s charity. Families made their way to Tadworth Court on Easter weekend for The Children’s Trust’s annual spring fair. Visitors

  • There’s a Ray of hope, claims former Carshalton skipper

    By James Barrett Ex-Carshalton Athletic defender David Ray has not played a full game since the start of this season but, as he comes back revitalised at a new club, he is hoping his old side can beat the drop. Ray started the season as the

  • Brown is still an AFC Wimbledon fan as he ponders next move

    By Bruce Archer Three months after being sacked as manager of AFC Wimbledon, Terry Brown was among the fans singing the team’s name at Stadium MK. The Kingsmeadow legend, sacked in September last year, clearly harbors no ill-feeling – and he

  • Rail enthusiasts to flock to model railway exhibition

    Railway enthusiasts will be flocking to a model railway exhibition in Ewell this month. Epsom and Ewell Model Railway Club is holding its annual exhibition at North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot). The show will boast a superb selection

  • Stuart eyes a golden future at the Lane

    Sutton United skipper Jamie Stuart has signed a new contract on the basis that there is a bright future on the horizon at Gander Green Lane. The 36-year-old put pen to paper on a deal that will keep him at the club until the end of next season.

  • Earlsfield business owners invited to network

    The Earlsfield Business Network is inviting the Mayor of Wandsworth Adrian Knowles to an informal launch event. Organised in association with Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce, the event, at Bar366, Earlsfield on April 24, aims to bring together businesses

  • East Croydon tram derailment caused by track circuit failure

    The first ever derailment on Croydon's tram network was caused primarily by a track circuit failure, an investigation has found. The tram came partly off the tracks at East Croydon stop on February 17 last year after the electric current that locks

  • Mum and son found with drugs strewn around family home

    A mother and her drug dealer son have avoided prison after police raided their house to find cannabis and amphetamines littered around their house. Daniel Lambourne, 20, has been given a 12 month suspended jail sentence on March 26 after police

  • Acorn Antiques leaving performers falling about laughing

    From the group that brought Calendar Girls to the stage earlier this year comes a comic musical based on Victoria Wood’s classic soap opera parody Acorn Antiques. Kingston Vale Operatic and Dramatic Society (KVODS) brings the show, with script

  • Speedsters delight at Brooklands Museum

    The world land speed record holder for a steam powered car will be in the hot seat for a fundraising event at Brooklands Museum. Speedster Don Wales will give a talk and a private tour of the Weybridge museum in aid of Sam Beare Hospice on May

  • Red alert: Stories and actual jokes from red-head comedian

    An up-and-coming Surbiton comedian will be filming her fourth show at the Ram Jam Club this week. Award-winning comic Diane Spencer, who has been compared to Joan Rivers and Jim Jeffries, will perform her latest show, Exquisite Bad Taste. She

  • Art exhibition in Putney reveals hidden love story

    An art exhibition of Italy's landscapes has a hidden love story behind the paintings. The pictures of small Italian town Recanati by Chris Hall are being displayed at The Russell Gallery, in Lower Richmond Road, Putney. Mr Hall's love of the

  • Sutton & Cheam swimmers haul in the medals

    Sutton & Cheam Swimming Club have 31 medals going into the final weekend of  the Surrey County Swimming Championships. After four meetings of individual endeavour, the club are lying eighth in the medals table, with four golds, 16 silver and