It was a successful return to the Premier League for Marouane Chamakh after missing nearly a month out through injury as he featured as a late second half substitute in the Eagles’ 2-0 win against Leicester. Chamakh picked up a hamstring injury
A 26-year-old man has been jailed for more than eight years for raping an 11-year-old girl. James Albert Bodenham, of St Luke’s Close, South Norwood, attacked the girl in Addiscombe after befriending her in March. He was caught after a police
Sutton United's latest acquisition was saved from a Southend nightmare to sign a season-long deal at the Lane. Bedsente Gomis made his debut in last weekend's FA Cup win at FC Romania after spending the previous week training with his new United
In Spain they call him “Que Crack”. It’s a curious, ungrammatical street phrase that can be translated as “What’s happening?”, or “Isn’t that something?” or, in a footballing sense, “That’s one fantastic player”. Atletico Madrid fans apply it to
Whyteleafe’s rise to third in the Ryman Division One South table owes a lot to the goals of Greg Andrews, and his former employer says there are more to come – with a proviso. The former Leatherhead man has hit seven league goals this season, including
The first part of a huge development project around Sutton Station has been officially opened. A new entrance, which opens out onto The Quadrant and has a pathway to Brighton Road, has been in use for nearly a month, and was opened last week
Richmond Canoe Club’s Lizzie Broughton was simply relieved to finish as she won silver at the ICF Canoe marathon World Championships in Oklahoma last Sunday. Broughton pushed Hungarian Renata Csay all the way to the line but was not quite strong
AFC Wimbledon’s latest rising star may have only signed pro forms last week, but he is already thinking of a life beyond football. Academy product Ben Harrison signed on the Dons dotted line after impressing since coming off the bench to make his
Ventriloquist Paul Zerdin made his first puppet out of a teddy bear as a child but his current sidekicks are a lot naughtier. Zerdin will control a potty-mouthed teenage puppet, a gangsta rap-loving senior citizen puppet and even real-life human
It has taken months in the making and pulled in help from artistic volunteers from all walks of life, but the Fun Palace is in town this weekend, writes Olivia Demetriades. The Whitgift Centre will be the hub of a huge network of activities designed
An East Molesey business sold coffee and cakes to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Henry’s Kitchen hosted an event on Friday, September 26, for the world’s biggest coffee morning where the mayor and mayoress of Elmbridge came along on
