I’m sure we’re all familiar with marathons, the running kind of course. However well known ‘Wattpad’ ambassador and author, Natasha Preston recently found herself taking part in the ‘Notting Hill International Book Festival’- otherwise known as Nibfest
A sporty MP says a financial boost for the area's schools will build on the Olympic legacy. Primary schools in Sutton have been given Government funding of £386,750 shared between them with most schools getting just under £10,000 to spend on encouraging
A military charity raised more than £1,000 during their St George’s Day fundraiser this weekend. The Excalibur Unit, a Croydon based charity which raises funds for serving and ex-serving military personnel, were out in Croydon High street for St
A new farmers' market launched in glorious sunshine on Saturday. North Cheam Farmers' Market held its first event, featuring everything from free range sausages to home-pressed apple juice, at the Crossroads of Malden Road and Cheam Common Road
The murder of a Claygate family in the French Alps may never be solved after key evidence was said to be "accidentally contaminated". Saad Al-Hilli, 50, of Oaken Lane, his wife Iqbal, 47, and his mother-in-law Suhalia Al-Allaf, 74, were shot dead
A man hoping to raise £1m for charity through a series of cycling and endurance events has had his racing bike stolen. Andrew Pirie, from Weybridge, was going to compete in an Ironman endurance race after running his third London Marathon, to raise
The Crystal Girls are holding open auditions for new recruits this Sunday. Auditions will start at 10am and with those taking part required to wear crop tops and shorts. Those auditioning have to be 18 or over and need to bring along a recent
A gang who attacked a courier with a hammer and smashed into a New Malden bank have been given prison sentences. The three men followed a G4S cash in transit van in New Malden High Street, on January 10 last year at around 9.25pm. Two of the
A Purley businessman pocketed thousands of pounds selling bogus insurance policies to British Gas customers, a court heard. Jay Firmager, 30, of Whytecliffe Road South, allegedly co-founded and managed telesales business Feature Me Ltd, which operated
A man who survived an attack by cows and a damaged leg on a 190 mile run along the Thames said completing the marathon on Sunday demonstrated defiance of terrorism. Ed Vanson, of Pelman Way in Epsom, who works in the parking department at Surrey
By James Barrett Carshalton Athletic manager Tommy Williams still believes in Ryman Premier Division survival despite missing out on three precious points on Saturday. The Robins succumbed to a goal in each half to promotion-chasing Wealdstone
A sports centre is due to close next week after 40 years in the community. The Monks Hill Sports centre is closing on April 30 to make way for a new centre which will be attached to the new Quest Academy school. It is expected to be completed
Athletes at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre are set to benefit from a £750,000 award pot. The money is being made available by the Greather London Authority and GLL Sport Foundation. Chris Gregory, a Team GB volleyball athlete based
A 23-year-old woman has died after being hit by a train at Barnes Bridge station. British Transport Police (BTP), the Metropolitan Police and medics from the London Ambulance Service were called to the scene shortly after 5.30pm on Tuesday, April
A fitness event took place to raise thousands in memory of three girls who died of a brain tumour. It was the second event in a series organised by Anita O'Connor, of Northcote Road, Battersea, which took place on Wandsworth Common last Friday.
After all the hype, you could be forgiven for thinking Lawrence Okoye's National Football League move was a done deal - but the man himself knows there is plenty of hard work ahead of him, writes Andrew McSteen. The 21-year-old Olympian is available
A swimming pool built specially for babies has opened. The London Baby Swim centre, in Hardwick Square, Wandsworth, is the second of its kind to open in the UK. Newborns are adapted to swim straight from the womb and can block off their windpipe
Thieves broke into a popular late night takeaway this morning, stealing cash and £20,000 worth of kitchen equipment. The burglars forced their way into fried chicken outlet Chic-O-Land in St James Road at 6.30am today, stealing about £2,000 from
A woman whose dog was found with a severed and bloodied tail has been banned from keeping animals for five years. The alarm was raised to the RSPCA when Bluey, a Staffordshire bull terrier, was seen with a raw wound and her tail severed to a six-inch
AFC Wimbledon chief executive Erik Samuelson says relegation from League Two would not be a disaster. Dons fans face a nail-biting end to the season when Fleetwood arrive at Kingsmeadow on Saturday, knowing only a win will secure their safety.
A bike hire and new tool sharing scheme are among the environmentally friendly ideas to come out of a new cafe workshop. An Ideas Café in Hackbridge looked at how to improve the quality of life in Sutton and make the borough greener. The café
Firefighters have been called out to two suspected arson attacks in the same street in recent days. A tree went up in flames in Randalls Road, Leatherhead, shortly before 6.20pm last night. A Leatherhead firefighter said: "The fire is believed
A woman was taken to hospital after falling from a third floor window last night. Firefighters and London Ambulance were called to the property on Streatham Common North at 8.46pm, to reports a woman had fallen on to fencing on ground level.
Croydon Harriers Neil Aikman and Mohsin Harhara conquered the Virgin London Marathon with lifetime best performances on Sunday. Aikman bettered his previous best by more than nine minutes, set last year at Brighton, after crossing the line in three
Paralympic hero David Weir came fifth in yesterday's London marathon, missing out on a historic seventh win in a thrilling finish. The Roundshaw wheelchair racer was bidding for a record seventh win and was within touching distance of the victory
Kingstonian assistant coach Martin Tyler has denied the Ks management team were too quick to give up on a play-off place this season. A 1-0 win over relegation-threatened Thurrock on Saturday means fifth spot remains a tantalising six points away
A shakeup of planning law which could make so-called 'garden grabbing' easier has been criticised. Sutton Council asked the Government not to go ahead with planning reforms which will make it easier for people to build large structures in their
James Mason was the pick of Herne Hill Harriers' athletes at the London Marathon, clocking two hours, 33 minutes, as he finished 62nd out of more than 35,000 runners. Mason was one of seven Harriers' entrants to break the three-hour barrier, with
Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill applauded his charges despite finishing their home season in National League One with a 36-17 defeat to Esher. With one game remaining, at Wharfedale this weekend, Richmond are seventh in the table although
Rosslyn Park beat Blaydon 34-27 on Saturday to ensure they will finish the National One season unbeaten at home. Park have won 13 of their 15 games at Priory Lane, drawing against Ealing Trailfinders and Cinderford, but they will be playing on
Sutton United kept alive their slim hopes of making the Blue Square South play-offs with a 3-1 win over AFC Hornchurch on Saturday. The sixth consecutive league win leaves them four points off the top five with two games remaining. Goals from
For frogspawn to be laid in mid-April is most unusual but that is what occurred in my pond and elsewhere. The first spawning took place on 7th March but thereafter the big chill descended for almost six weeks keeping paired frogs comatose on the
Having read your article ('Sutton Council's top 10 favourite spy car hotspots revealed') as well as Lorraine Miller’s letter (‘Charges are tax on cars’), I’d like to make the council’s position clear. Fining people who break the law is by no means
By Tom Hughes Against Leicester on Saturday, the Eagles finally ended their brutal goal drought after roughly 482 minutes of non-scoring awfulness. That sounds like an exaggeration but sadly it isn’t. And who was the scorer? You guessed it,
With reference to your front page about the council having shares in tobacco companies. Are there any other sin stocks the council is investing in that Croydonians should know about? A Hardy South Croydon Make sure your voice is heard
A cab driver who complained about noisy staff at the supermarket below his house has been banned from every branch of the store in the country. Steve Wright, 56, has been written to by the Co-op and told that if he was to enter any of the stores
Wimbledon completed their best ever season in London Division One South with a comfortable 29-12 win over Haywards Heath. The Beverley Meads side had long cemented their final resting place of fourth, but Saturday's win confirmed their superiority
A 70-year-old man was rescued by firefighters after setting his bed alight. Firefighters were called at about 6am this morning to the ground floor flat in Thirsk Road, Battersea. It is believed the man did not put out cigarettes properly, which
A man was taken to hospital after waking to a house fire. Firefighters were called to Benhurst Gardens, Selsdon, at 2.30am this morning, where 75 percent of the first floor was alight. The occupier, a 59-year-old man escaped the property before
The director of an dodgy land bank has been banned from acting as director for nine years. Wasim Minhas, 31, from Sutton, was the director of a company that illegally sold plots of land to the public and then failed to account for £1 million in
Four people were arrested after two diggers were stolen from a residential property in Claygate. Officers from Surrey Police received a report shortly before 6.30am on Thursday, April 18, that two diggers had been stolen from a garden off Oaken
The new chief operating officer at Croydon Health Services will begin the role later this month. Karen Breen will oversee the day to day delivery of both community and hospital based services, while providing leadership to the clinical directorates
An officer has been awarded the solid gold Queen’s Medal to mark the end of his training at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Thomas Marshall, 23, from Epsom who went to school in Sutton, received the award for achieving the highest scores in
The M25 Cobham junction has been shortlisted for an award in engineering excellence, alongside three other Surrey projects. The £24m scheme to build a new junction on the M25 to provide access to Cobham service station without causing disruption
A patient was left waiting for 17 minutes after calling the new NHS 111 non-emergency number in Kingston on Good Friday. And the longest wait since monitoring began on March 26 was 20 minutes. The average figure for the longest answered calls
Folk singer Adrian Duffy returned to Twickenham last month after working in Sweden and in sessions for Robbie Williams. Duffy and his brothers were working in Sweden with First Aid Kit and are currently in the mix for slots at this year’s New Forest
The demolition of 1930s buildings marked the start of a controversial estate regeneration project. People gathered in the Peabody Estate, in St John's Hill, Battersea, to watch the demolition of existing 1930s buildings last week. The work
A little boy finds himself in a sticky situation in a new production for young children at Epsom Playhouse. Floyd gets his kite caught in a tree at the start of Stuck, written by award-winning author Oliver Jeffers. He throws up his shoe to
Kingston Council is considering forcing the new owners of a listed building to pay out and repair damage done by Franco Lumba. CNM Estates, which bought the building for £2.6m from Mr Lumba, may be hit with an enforcement order to restore parts
Former Gala Bingo owner Franco Lumba was cleared of a string of fraud offences, including money laundering, earlier this year in a trial that can now be reported. Mr Lumba, 45, of St Margarets Road, Twickenham, had denied 11 charges, including
“To think about, talk about and learn from art” is the message of the Galsworthy Group, who are inviting people to their spring 2013 art exhibition in Richmond. The exhibition, hosting a variety of artworks, including paintings, drawings, prints
