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U-turn over OAP eviction
8:30am Thursday 24th July 2008
Sutton Council have made a dramatic U-turn on the decision to evict almost 100 pensioners from their homes.
Comments (0)Cop councillor blames 'soft' courts for knife crime
8:28am Thursday 24th July 2008
A former Metropolitan Police commissioner has blamed Croydon’s knife culture on soft sentencing in the courts.
Party ends in stabbing after being put on networking sites
8:16am Thursday 24th July 2008
A 17-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man have been questioned by police over the stabbing at a Feltham birthday party that was advertised on an internet networking site.
Police bribe kids to be good
7:30am Thursday 24th July 2008
Police are bribing schoolchildren to be good with Big Macs, stuffed crust pizzas, computer games and new clothes.
Scrooge could switch off Epsom's Xmas
5:40am Thursday 24th July 2008
An almighty row has broken out over who is going to pay for Epsom’s Christmas lights.
Leslie rape investigation dropped
7:57pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
No further action will be taken over a rape allegation made against former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, police have confirmed.
Team hopes to make difference in Africa
7:32pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
The organisers of a project to renovate a school in Africa and create a football pitch there are hoping to be given the go ahead next week.
Sutton town centre regeneration under way
6:20pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Benches, flower pots and cars will be removed from Sutton town as part of the council’s de-cluttering process.
Hitler, home-made kit and the 1936 Olympics
6:10pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Aged only 16, and wearing home-made kit, Dorothy Tyler won Olympic silver in the high jump at the 1936 Berlin games. The double Olympian tells Ben Thompson how things used to be done.
New police teams to target train stations
5:54pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Police teams will be based at Staines, Richmond and Raynes Park train stations as part of a £1.8m project.
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Archbishop in call on aid promises
Updated 8:44am Thursday 24th July 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will call on governments to keep their promises on aid and development or face further starvation, disease and premature death amongst the world's poor.
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Robbers target Woolworths store
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Croydon MP back from battling depression
Andrew Pelling marked his return from battling with depression as he spoke for the first time in a year at Westminster yesterday.
Five months of roadwork misery for Wimbledon
Five months of roadworks affecting one of Wimbledon's busiest streets kicked off this morning - and are set to last till Christmas.
Winehouse wants five kids
Singer Amy Winehouse has said she wants at least five children with her jailed husband Blake Fielder-Civil.
Chocolatier planning knife crime sculpture
A Streatham Vale chocolatier wants to make a statement about the knife crisis on Londons streets through the medium he knows best - chocolate.
Birds cause £10K of damage to church
Marauding rose-ringed parakeets have done £10,000 worth of damage to the spire of 150-year-old church in Shirley.
Win! A pair of tickets to Earls Court’s Doctor Who Exhibition
Deep beneath Earls Court in the Museum Hall, a whole new universe has been created. In the largest exhibition of its kind ever, you’ll have the chance to get up-close and personal to some of Doctor Who’s most famous and most feared enemies.
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