Hannah Yetman, a seventeen year old two time silver medallist and one time bronze medallist recalls her experiences at the biggest amateur rowing event of the year. How do you prepare for a race? “In preparation for a race, probably about five
A controversial licensing scheme designed to clamp down on rogue landlords has been pushed through a fortnight before new Government rules would effectively ban it. Croydon Council this week pressed ahead with plans to charge every private landlord
Kingston's adult education services could be on the move yet again - this time to a rented former office block in New Malden. Adults taking educational courses could soon be studying at 46-50 Coombe Road, a four-storey office block close to the
Comic Relief fever took hold on Friday with a school doing its best to raise more money than ever before for the charity. Students were sponsored to do funny things, staff wore 60s themed fancy dress and all enjoyed sweet treats at a cake sale
"He had come home for Mother's Day, we just had his favourite dinner" said the father whose 20-year-old son Rakesh Joshi was killed in the Sandy Lane car crash in Cheam. Loved ones have been travelling to the family home in Downs Side, Cheam, from
Corinthian Casuals are after a record Ryman Division One South points haul this term. Veteran former Kingstonian striker Carl Wilson-Denis struck to give the Casuals a 1-1 draw at Tooting & Mitcham United on Saturday as they bounced back from
Today's mistiness is seriously restricting the view from the 10th floor. Croydon has been out of sight all day and only Sutton's town centre churches are clearly visible. To make a dull light more interesting, I used a red filter to capture this
Kingston & Polytechnic Harrier Pippa Earley collected a silver medal at the England indoor pentathlon championships in Sheffield at the weekend. The 14-year-old won three out of five events – 60m hurdles, long jump and 800m – to be the second-placed
New London Welsh head coach Rowland Phillips says his players are determined not to be labelled the worst Premiership team in the competition's history. The former Wales defence coach and dual code international stepped into the hotseat this week
In one of his well known songs, the great Nat king Cole pleads 'let there be cuckoos a lark and a dove'. A fine sentiment indeed but not such an easy request to grant these days. Ok, we can do a few doves including collard, stock, rock, some white
Credit cards and mobile phones were stolen from lockers which were broken into inside changing rooms at a sports centre. Between 4pm and 4.30pm on Tuesday, March 3, six lockers were broken into at Banstead Leisure Centre, in Merland Rise, in Tadworth
Plans to impose 20mph speed limits on most of Croydon's roads got the green light last night. Tightened restrictions on nearly all residential roads across the borough, in a bid to improve safety and reduce car use, were approved at a meeting of
Suspected paedophile Carlo Dawson from Croydon is one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives and is believed to be holed up in Spain. Crimestoppers and the National Crime Agency have released a picture of him as part of Operation Captura – a campaign
Crystal Palace defender Adrian Mariappa had a rare Premier League outing on Saturday - just his third appearance of 2015 - helping Alan Pardew’s men to a 3-1 victory over a woeful QPR. Rarer still for Mariappa was an appearance in midfield - not
Kingstonian goalkeeper Rob Tolfrey remains under investigation by the Football Association’s disciplinary department over ugly scenes at Kingsmeadow last month. The 27-year-old climbed over perimeter fencing to tussle with away fans after the final
Tuna is apparently off the menu at a Kingston junior school - following a four month campaign by one of its students. Freya Greatwood, 11, convinced friends at St Paul's Junior School in Princes Road to boycott the school's tuna bake lunchtime
