FRIDAY NOVEMBER 23MUSIC: Live acts at the Fountain Live Music Venue, West Green Road, Seven Sisters. Admission £3 after 8pm. 8802 0433. EXHIBITION: Highgate Watercolourists. Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill. Until Sunday. 8348 8716. ART:
s=10TWO Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies athletes collected awards from the Mayor of Redbridge in the Sportsmen of the Year competition last week.o s=9Andrae Davis won the junior athlete of the year while, despite still being a junior himself, James
Leyton Orient3 Oxford United0 (Division Three)AS THE O's secured an easy win, young midfielder John Martin, 20, capped a fine display with Orient's second and his first senior goal in his 41st game. On 16 minutes Billy Jones swung in a free-kick from
Scott Barrett was the hero for Leyton Orient on Saturday afternoon as he made three superb saves late-on to keep his side's 1-0 lead at second division Bristol City intact. Steve Watts gave the visitors a deserved lead on the half-hour when he lobbed
Health and safety regulations don't mean much to the 20 dancers of the Georgian State Dance Ensemble, whose traditional dances of the Caucasus region include some fearsome fight sequences. Catch them at Dorking Halls next Thursday (Nov 29) and Wimbledon
By Peter Kings=10WHILE Orient's Matt Lockwood is sure that he will be returning to first team action soon, he is still unsure that his long term future lays at Brisbane Road.o s=9Lockwood, who has successfully begun his comeback trail from a life threatening
English county landscapes have been honourably musicalised by composers in the past Somerset and Dorset by Gustav Holst, Cornwall by Bax and Hubert Bath, Shropshire by Vaughan Williams, Walton and George Butterworth, writes Hilton Tims. Now it's Surrey's
STEPHEN Clemence looks set to give Glenn Hoddle a selection headache by returning to training ahead of schedule after a serious knee injury. Clemence limped off at Blackburn in August with medial knee ligament damage, but he is now expected to be in action
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (PG). The long-awaited big screen adaptation of JK Rowling's bestselling novel has finally arrived. Join Harry and an all-star cast including Dame Maggie Smith and Robbie Coltrane in this fun-packed fantasy and
GLENN Hoddle may have a selection head ache soon, but this time it is for all the right reasons. After a summer in which the Tottenham physio room was getting pretty crowded, Hoddle now faces the challenge of picking between all of his strikers now that
I would like to make a comment regarding the fox and people's gardens. We all know that foxes dig in gardens, but they are looking for the earthworm to have as a meal. Earthworms come out at night, so does the fox, so maybe a dog biscuit left out could
I am watching a constant stream of planes flying over my house but of course it cannot be true because BAA says it's a figment of my imagination. All I can say is that management must have lost control of its air traffic controllers and they are feeding
Congratulations on your important story Moving rubbish mountains' (October 19). The volume of rubbish must be reduced not only to save our council huge costs (the landfill tax is bound to rise) and residents rates but because of the adverse environmental
It's possible that Mariah Carey may not be to blame for this heroically bad film, writes Andrew Richards. Glitter does complicate the matter of studio interference. On one hand you have the mangled career of Orson Welles (post-Citizen Kane), a lifetime's
On November 11, my husband and I went to the war memorial at the bottom of Streatham Common as we have done for the last few years. There were about 200 people representing many churches, the British Legion, councillors, MPs, scout and guide groups and
What has been your best ever part and why? Orpheus in "Eurydice" because it involved going through every emotion a character could possibly go through. Very enjoyable. Which actor do you admire most and why? Al Pacino, because he's a very believable actor
It is probably with dismay that your readers learned that only one of four CCTV cameras in Danebury Avenue was working (WBN, November 16) when a shop customer was stabbed by a senseless criminal supported by two accomplices sitting in a car. Your August
As a retired lecturer, my advice to Jeannette Leigh (letters, November 16) would be to read what someone has to say before passing comment. The proposed cycle track across Tooting Bec Common has, among other things, the aim of reducing the number of cars
A passionate love affair, a host of comic characters and a soundtrack assembled from the best of contemporary pop all feature in a new play coming to Wimbledon Studio Theatre. Described as a romantic, feelgood piece, Sorry I Love You opens next week and
At this time of year, when most people are beginning to look forward to Christmas, there are several religious communities already celebrating their own festivals or religious practices, writes Yvonne Gordon. The most important festival in the Hindu calendar
A Carshalton kidney cancer patient who is only the second man in the country to undergo stem cell technology, is now waiting to see whether the treatment will pay off. Following his transplant, Kevin McKiernan and his family must now wait six months before
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is seeking to recruit more constables after admitting that black, Asian and other ethnic minorities are under represented. The MPS has established positive action teams responsible for working closely with the recruitment
The owner of Kendrake Book Shop in the St Nicholas shopping centre has been chosen to sit on the judging panel of one of the UK's most prestigious children's book awards. Roy Flowers, who has run his shop in Sutton for four years, will help judge the
The opticians Optika has raised more than £650 for a new incubator, known as The Giraffe, which is needed at St Helier Hospital. The store owner decided to raise money for the £45,000 machine, which will help save babies' lives, by holding an auction,
A major high street bank has been accused of ignoring customers' views over the merger of two branches in Sutton. Sutton and Cheam MP Paul Burstow has hit out at Barclays after it closed its North Sutton branch this month, forcing customers to use the
Having your car stolen while away on holiday is bad enough, but finding out it has then been scrapped by Sutton Council was enough to leave one BMW owner feeling totally crushed. Stunned Gary McIlroy returned from his holiday in Cyprus to find his N-reg
An exhibition of artwork by the elderly residents of Nightingale House, Balham, was opened by the Mayor of Wandsworth Councillor Ron Smith. Creative Age 2001 shows a range of work including art, pottery and knitting created by some of the home's 300 residents
Pudsey Bear visited the branch of a Roehampton supermarket, while staff swapped roles to raise money for charity. Managers at Asda, Roehampton, swapped duties with colleagues all last weekend to raise money for Children in Need. Pudsey visited the store
A Southfields primary school has opened a new learning resources centre. Councillor Malcolm Grimston, cabinet member for education, officially launched the centre at Albermarle School, in Princes Way, on Monday, November 12, to a fanfare played by the
The standard of education achieved by pupils in Croydon's schools continues to rise, according to the Council's Education Standards and Quality Report 2000-2001 published this week. Coinciding with the publication of performance tables by the Department
Piles of rubbish have been causing grief for owners of a recruitment agency in Worcester Park. Prospects Recruitment in Central Road is disgruntled about bags of refuse being dumped outside the agency. But thanks to the Guardian's intervention, the council
A Tooting woman may make legal history by winning her High Court bid for six-figure damages for the trauma she insists she is suffering after seeing a police motorcyclist die in a tragic road accident. Elizabeth Fagan, 39, claims her back pain and post-traumatic
Wandsworth's trading standards team joined forces with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to highlight the dangers of getting into debt as part of a national campaign. The campaign Keep Debt Under Control was launched to coincide with National Consumer
Wandsworth children aged between 10 and 13 can help their environment by planting a tree during the 27th National Tree Week, which aims to increase young people's involvement in tree-planting and related activities. A special website has been set up for
A new scheme launched to make London a more sustainable capital city is being headed up by a Sutton man. The London sustainability exchange is aiming to ensure that within the next 15 years London becomes the world's most sustainable capital. Sutton man
Unwanted books are not useless it's official. Books which may have been read at one point or another but are no longer needed can now be sent to Book Aid International. The charity, based in Camberwell, can take old books off your hands and recycle them
Leyton1 Enfield Town0 (Essex Senior League)AN IMPRESSIVE display from Jamie Hussey in the Leyton goal saw the home side leap-frog Enfield to go top of the league in a game of little skill on Saturday. With both sides intent on cancelling each other out
Wandsworth Council is employing teachers from New Zealand because it claims new recruits cannot be found on home territory. During a recent trip to New Zealand, recruitment chief Brendan Ryan and Hotham Primary School headteacher Pam Young selected 24
Street crime is surging in Wandsworth and neighbouring Merton as criminals target outer areas as anti-terrorist security is increased in central London. Wandsworth's street crime, including street robbery and muggings, almost doubled compared to the same
Home help staff are balloting on strike action this week over the council's decision to hand over work to private companies. Councillors have already agreed the controversial new arrangements but staff could walk out on December 12 - the day the decision
A woman fought-off a suspected sex attacker who threatened her with a knife and attempted to drag her into bushes in Wildcroft Road, Putney, last Friday night. The 33 year old, from Putney, has been praised for her bravery after she struggled with the
I wholeheartedly agree with most of the sentiments expressed by Mr John Spencer (Guardian, November 8) regarding the graffiti and acts of sheer vandalism in the Wrythe Green area of Carshalton. He mentioned the disused toilets in Wrythe Recreation Ground
One could think Councillor Peter Geiringer is trying to mislead your readers. In his letter printed on November 9, he refers to letters of complaint about the refuse collection system. The letters were identical standard copied letters, with a line on
St George's Hospital is heading for a £5.34million overspend after years of borrowing and no cash to invest in the site. The hospital's dire financial position was revealed by trust board members this week, when it emerged that the need to borrow from
The demolition of a former children's home for a block of 12 housing association flats has been stalled by Labour councillors. Despite the planning committee approving the development last week, the Labour group has put a stop notice on the decision,
On Sunday we decided to walk down to the ponds at Carshalton to attend the Remembrance Day service. Noting on the way the verges strewn with beer cans and burger boxes, the graffiti covered walls of the bakery at the Beeches, and the newly smashed telephone
I refer to last week's Guardian in which a resident complained at having a ticket put on his car at 6.40am. He forgot to mention the car was there all the previous evening, so therefore he deserved the fine. Most of us who live in Shap Crescent have this
A Thornton Heath nanny could be the saviour of parents all over the borough this Christmas, thanks to a seasonal babysitting service she is launching this month. Deborah Eliff, who runs the Little Masters and Misses (LM&M) nanny agency on Woodville
The Sean Hanna hair salon in Worcester Park had its cut of the action recently when it raised more than £480 for charity. Manager Kim Dudley and her team of five stylists took part in a children's haircut event to raise money for Help a London Child.
WHAT is the connection between a lad born into a poor Jewish emigrant family from Poland and two of this borough's major supermarkets? The answer can be found in Walthamstow author Dr Jim Lewis's newest book, London's Lea Valley: More Secrets Revealed
TEACHERS at Northumberland Park Community School spent the day in a wheelchair on Friday to raise money for charity. The event, organised by senior class pupils, raised money for the charity Action for Kids, which helps children with disabilities.
HARINGEY Council has pledged to tighten up recruitment procedures after it was revealed this week that a paedophile worked as a primary school cleaner in the borough for nine years.o Kypriacous Georgiou, 52, was dismissed from his job in September after
RESIDENTS of Blackboy Lane, Tottenham, staged a road safety protest last week. More than 100 campaigners brought traffic to a standstill last Saturday as they marched through the area carrying billboards. Since neighbouring roads were closed residents
TOTTENHAM MP David Lammy and popstar Peter Andr were among the special guests invited to the opening of a new £7,000 recording studio at Lea Valley Primary School. Mr Lammy officially opened the studio in the presence of Haringey Mayor Cllr Mary Neuner
SANTA will make a special appearance at Capel Manor's Christmas bonanza on December 9 to dish out some early Xmas gifts. He will arrive at the festivities on a sleigh pulled by Capel's Clydesdale horses, before dishing out presents to good little girls
WITH the much awaited derby against Arsenal out of the way, Tottenham can now concentrate on the game of football rather than the hype that surrounded the biggest game of their season so far. The return of one-time Spurs captain Sol Campbell was always
ENFIELD Council has joined forces with police to launch the Take Pride poster campaign in the hope of ending anti-social behaviour and hate crime. Under the slogan 'we all belong to the human race', the new posters will be displayed in the borough's streets
PUPILS from Swan Valley Community School paid their respects by laying a wreath to those who died in the First World War. They were on a trip to Ypres and the Somme as part of their history curriculum. The wreath was laid at the Menim gate in Ypres during
BLACKADDER and Time Team star Tony Robinson was in town last week. He was visiting Thamesmead to launch the ambitious Gallions Ecopark project. The innovative scheme will create 39 new homes incorporating the latest in environmental technology, together
A MONEY bag was snatched from a security guard in a robbery at an Eltham Post Office. The guard was followed into the post office in Court Yard, Eltham, at 2.39pm, last Thursday (November 1). Two men grabbed the bag as the guard tried to put it into a
EUROPEAN health and safety week was celebrated in Greenwich and Charlton when 110 children from seven playclubs entered an art competition. Contestants aged five to 11 were asked to create pictures and models to promote safety at work. Cash prizes totalling
PACKED shoeboxes filled with gifts are on their way to needy children around the world. Pupils from Oakdale Infants School in South Woodford, have been thinking of others in the run up to Christmas by sending boxes of toys and other items to those living
BUDDING Kate Mosses and Naomi Campbells strutted their stuff across the catwalk recently at Snaresbrook Primary School. The school's Parents Association organised two fashion shows which they hope will raise around £600. Money will be put towards paying
PUPILS from Woodbridge High School and Language School, Woodford Green, celebrated the festival of Divali. Hindu students were joined by their fellow classmates in decorating classrooms with festive lights, ornaments and tasting traditional food. Pupils
YOUNG maths students were rewarded for their efforts at the Kumon Maths Centre in Woodford Green at a special award ceremony on Tuesday. Parents were also able to take a look at what pupils have been doing and talked to tutors on their children's progress
THE winners of the Safe Kids rollerblade competition received their wheely good prizes from Millwall's Marc Bircham. The defender, who is a patron of the Lewisham campaign, presented both Louis Williams and Andrew Martin with a pair of in-line skates,
GREENWICH Youth Offending Team is looking for volunteers to help with a ground-breaking approach to tackling crime. Residents aged 18 and over are needed to sit on the new youth offending panels. Coming into force on April 1, 2002, they will receive referrals
MEET young Harry Wright singer, dancer and now winner of a talent contest. Harry, seven, of Woodview Avenue, Chingford, decided to put his dance lessons to the test when he went to a holiday caravan park in Devon last summer. Having trained at the Ridgeway
GOODNESS Gracious Me star Meera Syal joined students at Forest School in an ambitious three-hour show to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of light. The enjoyable event in the Deaton Theatre at the school in College Place, Walthamstow, raised well
THE spiralling cost of housing in London has led a swarm of tenants and buyers to move to Walthamstow, because of its fantastic value for money. While the East End has been gentrified and property prices have rocketed, E17 still provides a reasonable
I share Councillor Slaughter's concern about the possible impact on Bexley of proposed changes in the way government allocates money to local councils and I am arranging a cross-party deputation to the Minister. But Councillor Slaughter does not help
This week, Bromley has increased its daily parking charges at its public car parks by 50 per cent e.g. Westmoreland rises from £4 to £6 per day. The Gatsby Spa at Holmes Place is now demanding that its customers pay in full at time of booking an appointment
As a resident of Bromley and a director of the Association of Retired and Persons Over 50 (ARP/050), I would like to draw readers attention to an important Bill which comes up for its second reading in the House of Commons on November 23 The Age Equality
Residents of Bromley may have been intrigued by recent reports that crime was at it's lowest for a decade. Any drop in crime must be welcomed, but I fear many people will not feel this is the case. Whatever the facts are, it is my belief any crime is
Avenue Road Tramstop - Response to Cllr Tickners statement of 25 October. The WBRA have been campaigning since February 2001 to improve security, reduce the incidence of vandalism, burglary and trespass on to the live rails by graffiti vandals to restore
What price the life of a child? The cost of a parking ticket, is the answer. Have you tried to drive past a school in the morning or evening, it's very difficult sometimes impossible in a car, try it in a small or large bus! I and quite a few others,
BLACKADDER and Time Team star Tony Robinson was in town last week. He was visiting Thamesmead to launch the ambitious Gallions Ecopark project. The innovative scheme will create 39 new homes incorporating the latest in environmental technology, together
A LITTLE bit of je ne sais quoi is coming to Lewisham as the High Street is transformed into a real life French mar-ket. On Sunday, November 18, 30 traders from Le Havre in Normandy will join Lewisham market traders and sell a wide selection of local
A MONEY bag was snatched from a security guard in a robbery at an Eltham Post Office. The guard was followed into the post office in Court Yard, Eltham, at 2.39pm, last Thursday (November 1). Two men grabbed the bag as the guard tried to put it into a
EUROPEAN health and safety week was celebrated in Greenwich and Charlton when 110 children from seven playclubs entered an art competition. Contestants aged five to 11 were asked to create pictures and models to promote safety at work. Cash prizes totalling
London Division Four, North East CANVEY Island were the visitors to Eton Manor last weekend, and the Manor set their stall out early, pressurising from the start. Yet even so, it took 20 minutes for the Manor to get the breakthrough that they deserved
Scott Barrett was the hero for Leyton Orient on Saturday afternoon as he made three superb saves late-on to keep his side's 1-0 lead at second division Bristol City intact. Steve Watts gave the visitors a deserved lead on the half-hour when he lobbed
THE National Judo Championships two weeks ago saw three talented youngsters keeping it in the family as they swept the board, each bringing back a medal in the respective events. The event held at Crystal Palace boasted just under 900 competitors from
A RESIDENT at Elmstead Residential Home in Chislehurst is celebrating after reaching the ripe old age of 100. Ivy Knott was treated to a special birthday party which included live musical entertainment to mark her achieve-ment. She was then presented
In the absence of the first race winner Jade Wright, her St Mary's College, Twickenham, team-mate Tania Sturton raced away with the second of this season's London Colleges Cross Country League meetings in Richmond Park, writes Tom Pollack. But Tania,
There was a repeat win for Herne Hill international Dave Taylor in the second of this season's Sweat Shop Surrey Cross Country League Division One races on Wimbledon Common, writes Tom Pollack. From the start, Taylor took control of the five-miles race
Surrey County Bowling Association - The association's 90th annual general meeting, held at Leatherhead Leisure Centre, attracted less than a third of the clubs affiliated to the county, writes Geoff Martyr. Mike Haigh of Cheam became senior vice-president
Erskine Rovers FC are seeking a quality goalkeeper and striker for their Morden and District Sunday League side. Call Steve on 020 8395 1956. Epsom Eagles U15s are looking for new strikers and goalkeepers from the Sutton or Epsom area. The club, who play
British Masters lightweight champion Brian Gentry's scheduled first defence of his title has been cancelled. The 26-year-old, who won the title last April, had been due to make his first defence against Peterborough's Liam Malby at York Hall Bethnal Green
Epsom Nomads' korfball games against Croydon are always competitive affairs and last Sunday's fixture was no exception, with the score reaching 2-2 within five minutes. Nomads picked up the tempo with some good shooting and excellent defence and were
Unbelievable news this week from our area of a match angler taking a monster 15lb 3oz barbel during a match. Alan Clark had been fishing local club matches all season but, until this week, suffered in the draw bag. The match was fished at Upper Benyons
Basingstoke 12 Sutton and Epsom 20 Sutton and Epsom dominated their league game away to Basingstoke and the winning margin does not reflect the balance of play. An early penalty from Sutton skipper Sam Frost was answered by a try from Basingstoke's Jason
Whyteleafe 0 Carshalton Athletic 0 Carshalton's recent unbeaten run came to an end on Tuesday night when they lost 2-1 away to Aylesbury United in Ryman League Division One. The Robins' defeat follows their 0-0 league draw with Whyteleafe on Saturday,
Crostyx6 Bedford2 (Printwize East Hockey League Premier A Division)CROSTYX came up with the goods once again to put themselves back into second position in the league. A first half hat-trick from Gareth Ingram saw Crostyx take a commanding lead as they
London Division Four, North East CANVEY Island were the visitors to Eton Manor last weekend, and the Manor set their stall out early, pressurising from the start. Yet even so, it took 20 minutes for the Manor to get the breakthrough that they deserved
Even football-haters who don't know their elbow from their Arsenal can't fail to be entertained by Finland's greatest ever export, http://www.akiriihilahti.com. Crystal Palace's strapping midfielder is getting more plaudits for his battle with English
Imagine paying just over a pound to see a great comedian hard isn't it? But this week the Roar With Laughter Club is offering four comedians for £5, and that includes two award-winners, a film star in the making and an Australian. And the Australian is
What have Cornwall and the Middle East got in common? On the face of it nothing at all, yet both have been captured by artist Caroline Mills, whose latest collection, From Padstow to Petra, goes on display at the Soane Studio, SW6 next week. The Twickenham
THE National Judo Championships two weeks ago saw three talented youngsters keeping it in the family as they swept the board, each bringing back a medal in the respective events. The event held at Crystal Palace boasted just under 900 competitors from
Hailed as Britain's finest young string quartet, the Belcea Quartet which includes the Kingston violinist Laura Samuel among its founder-members visits Roehampton next Wednesday (Nov 28) for a concert at Southlands College. Last month the Belcea launched
HE'S FROM Chingford, he plays for Ridgeway Rovers and is an avid Manchester United fan sounds familiar? Anyone who knows their England captain should know those connotations normally apply to local lad David Beckham, but these days they are being linked
David Syrus, who lives in New Malden, conducts the two final performances of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte at the Royal Opera House next Wednesday and Friday. November 23, 2001 12:30
The Worcester Park Club will be rever-berating to the sounds of one the world's greatest guitarists this weekend when Santana tribute band Viva Santana make their debut at the venue. Carlos Santana shot to fame with a memorable appearance at the 1969
Richard James was correct to criticise our councillors' arrogant ignorance about how much better Lambeth runs its open spaces than Wandsworth. They have up to date management plans while the Tooting Commons Management Advisory Committee has been pressing
In response to the article written by Diana Worthy in last week's Wandsworth Borough News, I should like to make a few brief points. As a UK Labour MP, I have long campaigned for greater equity and for international development issues to be pushed to
Romance and mystery are the ingredients for a great play but they make a pretty good giveaway as well. And we can offer both chills and romance in this weeks sensational giveaway offer of 15 pairs of tickets for two great shows. The first giveaway is
I read with surprise the comments in the Wandsworth Borough News (October 12) regarding the proposals for the regeneration of the Lots Road power station site. For your information, our application was submitted on June 5, 2001 many weeks before the tragic
It seems like the whole world is trying to impersonate Elvis. You can have fat, thin, black, white, Chinese, naked or female Elvis impersonators, all dancing as though they were in the terminal stages of sciatica. The Secombe Theatre will open its doors
Eardley Primary School is housed in a large, three-storey Victorian building surrounded by spacious grounds, in a quiet, suburban street, writes Yvonne Gordon. Located just within the borough boundaries, in Cunliffe Road, off Mitcham Lane, the school
I don't believe it! Richard Wilson (One Foot in the Grave) is back! And we have tickets for the recording of his new sitcom High Stakes up for grabs. The sitcom, set in the world of high-flying international finance, stars Richard as Bruce Morton, locked
The Prison Service has this week come under scathing attack for its "gross mismanagement" of Downview Prison in Downs Road, during its turnaround into a women-only prison. The Board of Visitors' (BOV) annual report, released on Monday, highlighted key
Hundreds of former polio patients in the borough may be suffering in silence unaware of the late lethal punch of the virus, a Carshalton mother has warned. Jennie Pocock, now joint secretary of a Sutton support group advising on the late effects of polio
The Wallington NatWest branch has been slammed by parents and teachers alike after opening accounts for scores of 11-year-old boys without their permission, during a school visit. Parents of Year Seven Carshalton High School for Boys' pupils were shocked
What do Laurel and Hardy, John Coltrane, Dirty Harry and Michael Owen have in common? They have all inspired artist Simeon Farrar, whose latest exhibition, The Street Poets An Exhibition of Cityscapes, is now at Gallery Q2 in Battersea. Simeon works at
A race night at the Butterchurn pub in Sutton raised £897 for the Robert Coombs wheelchair appeal fund. Robert, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, needs to raise £6,000 for a new electric wheelchair. The fundraising events will climax on November 30 with
Wallington residents complaining of living in squalor have threatened a mutiny unless conditions improve. A group of mums say they will withhold their rent until broken windows and leaking ceilings in a block of flats in Morden Road are repaired. One
Butterflies flew into November as autumn arrived later this year. Was that as a result of temperatures throughout October being the highest since 1659 when records began? Perhaps other factors were at work such as the high water table or further evidence
Four pupils from a Tooting school finished in the national top five out of 352,006 candidates for their GCSE scores in English literature. Meirian Jump, Michael Donkor and Hannah Jones, all 16, and 17-year-old Zoe Pilger, from Graveney School, were placed
A Wandsworth firefighter has celebrated 30 years of service. Peter Smith, 48, has commuted every day for the past 20 years to Wandsworth Fire Station, East Hill, from Crawley and was a firefighter with the London Fire Brigade for the previous 10 years
Umar Alvi and his friends had their tongues firmly in cheek when they began measuring who had the biggest ears, nose, feet and other body parts at school. But now just a few weeks later the 14-year-old ADT College student from Tooting can proudly point
A day of madcap fundraising events organised by the Tir Na Nog pub raised more than £1,400 for the Charing Cross Hospital Dialysis Unit last Sunday. Punters and staff from the pub began the day with a three-legged race down Garratt Lane, downing a drink
Local voluntary groups working with the borough's most vulnerable adults and elderly people are being invited to apply for from the council's social services department. Social services has been grant aiding local voluntary groups for many years and it
An exhibition of patients' artwork was held by Springfield Hospital's Forensic Mental Services Team last weekend. All the art on display was created by inpatients of the Forensic Services Department, all of whom suffer from mental illness, which has led
A group of Southfields teenagers swapped south London for southern Spain on a council trip in the summer. Members of the Westside Youth Club, based in Windlesham Grove, enjoyed the great outdoors when they visited Atajate, a mountain town in the Province
A damning report on the state of London's green spaces should be taken as a warning for Croydon, the borough's GLA representative Andrew Pelling has claimed. The GLA's Green Spaces Investigative Committee report published earlier this month found that
Residents are being urged to take greater fire safety precautions after it was revealed Wandsworth has one of the highest numbers of fire deaths in London. Between 1996 and 2000, 13 people were killed in fires in Wandsworth, putting it alongside Lambeth
A tribute record written by a Southfields musician to honour murdered 10-year-old Damilola Taylor, is released on Monday, the day before the first anniversary of his death. Lead singer of Osibisa, Gregg Brown, originally wrote Wake up the Morning after
More than 100 affordable homes will be built on the former Shell oil depot site in Wandsworth, nearly 18 months after planning permission was first granted. The council's housing department will allocate the 107 lower cost flats, which will be rented
Homes in Balham and Battersea are more prone to burglary according to a new crime report. Although the total number of burglaries in the borough has dropped to 2,761 for 2000/01, attributed in part to the success of the council's anti-burglary schemes
A Battersea school has improved its results drastically this year according to new league tables, published yesterday (Thursday). The tables show the proportion of students passing at least five GCSEs at grades A to C at Battersea Technology College rose
A £300,000 refurbishment of Putney's Ashlone Wharf is expected to be completed by July after planning chiefs gave it the go-ahead last week. Until last year the future of the building had hung in the balance amid fears the council planned to demolish
Enfield Football Club has been shocked by the death of the club secretary who suffered a heart attack minutes before Saturday's fixture. Keith Hughes, 67, from Cuffley, was talking to E's manager Tom Loizou prior to kick-off at Chesham United when he
THE National Judo Championships two weeks ago saw three talented youngsters keeping it in the family as they swept the board, each bringing back a medal in their respective events.o The tournament, held at Crystal Palace, boasted just under 900 competitors
A whopping £1,000 was given to Jigsaw, a Sutton charity which gave teddy bears to more than 250 abused and bereaved children last year. The money was raised by the Worcester Park Women's Club, which has two major events a year to generate funds for local
Wandsworth is to increase the number of CCTV cameras covering its estates and town centres to more than 500. To cut crime and increase efficiency, the council is also to bring its separately monitored Housing and Technical Services camera systems together
Your correspondent Brian Barton, who is organising an old boys' reunion at Welbeck Road School for pupils who attended between 1948 and 1954, brought back many childhood memories for me. I went to Welbeck Infants' and Junior School. I remember the headmistress
I was very impressed to read in the Guardian that Sutton Council would take away up to five items of furniture twice a year. However, when I phoned them last week to ask if my 14-year-old suite could be taken away I was told that they couldn't take it
The front page of your paper of November 8 prominently gave out the news of the pending closure of Tesco store in Sutton High Street, with the line: Shock as 171 workers face uncertain future'. I can fully understand their shock having been made redundant
Campaigners furious that the Government has given the go-ahead to a fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport have told the News they may appeal against the decision. Transport Secretary Stephen Byers finally approved the £2.5 billion scheme on Tuesday eight
I would like to thank a couple who helped me. I went to visit my daughter in Worcester Park for a weekend and went to the station to get the 15.33 train to Waterloo. No trains arrived, it was now after 4pm. I had a Green Line coach to catch at 17.10.
I would like to thank the thieves who stole a blue Fiesta from a chained up car space in Elm Grove in the early hours of Wednesday morning, as my husband lay terminally ill in the Royal Marsden Hospital. They crashed through the chain, breaking the padlock
Your article about ME and the attitude of the council highlights a serious situation whereby children with this illness are being short changed with their education. Talk of recognising Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) but not ME illustrates the confusion
A letter I wrote to you was in the Guardian, headed Cancelled nine times'. I said in my letter that I would kick up a stink every time I got a cancellation. Since writing to you I went for a blood test and because I get a rash from plaster I asked to
A few days ago my daughter and her friend came upon a man at a local station, probably drunk but certainly in physical distress, with smashed teeth and bloodied face. The man was in some mental distress as well, as he repeatedly asked for help to die,
Sutton Business Federation is hosting a free business breakfast for local companies. The federation, in conjunction with event sponsor Turpin Barker and Armstrong, has organised the event to create an opportunity for local companies to make new contacts
This week the Guardian looks back with David Roberts to the Second World War and his harrowing brush with death. Up until June 16, 1944, the war had been confined only to his eight-year-old world of games and playing, but it was on this day that it became
A PENSIONER was killed in a hit and run accident in Tottenham last week.o Giadutt Misser, 74, was crossing Burlington Road at around 6pm on Thursday when he was struck by a white Mk II Vauxhall Cavalier. The car failed to stop after the collision. The
PUPILS from a Wood Green secondary school have been chosen to join celebrities for a one-off gala performance of the hit West End play The Mousetrap. The pupils, from St Thomas More School, will join 12 other schools on Monday evening at the St Martin's
HARINGEY has the fifth highest number of tuberculosis cases in London according to recent figures.o Since 1987, cases of the disease in the borough have increased from 44 per year to 158 in the year 2000, prompting concern from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey
A MATHS teacher from Southgate hopes to raise more than £5,000 for charity by cycling an exhausting 260 miles along The Nile.o Mr Bun Constantinou, a teacher at Salisbury School, Edmonton, will embark on what he describes as a 'challenge of a lifetime
GRAVESEND'S Four by Four Bhangra Youth Club last week presented "Denton Diwali", a charitable evening intended to both entertain and raise awareness of the festival. Proceedings took place at The Family Centre, in Lower Range Road on Friday November 9th
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a fire work was set off in a Gravesend house causing a large fire to break out. The attack which happened in Old Road East last Tuesday is being treated as arson and caused £25,000 of damage. At the scene police
A LITTLE bit of je ne sais quoi is coming to Lewisham as the High Street is transformed into a real life French mar-ket. On Sunday, November 18, 30 traders from Le Havre in Normandy will join Lewisham market traders and sell a wide selection of local
Langley Park school for boys is holding a reunion to celebrate its hundredth birthday. The celebration takes place on Saturday, November 17 between 2pm and 7pm. All former members of the South Eden Park Road school are welcome to attend and be shown round
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a man was crushed to death under a train outside Eltham station. The man, who has yet to be identified, was standing on the tracks outside Eltham station when the 15.09 Connex service from Dartford to Charing Cross
HEALTH issues concerning Redbridge residents have been highlighted by Ilford North MP Linda Perham. Earlier this month, Mrs Perham met with Vijay Vasu and Peter Murphy, who are chairmen of Redbridge, Barking and Havering Hospitals trusts, to speak about
WORDS were the order of the day for pupils who took part in Trinity Catholic High School's sonnet writing competition. Youngsters at the Woodford Green put pen to verse and came up with some gems. Their efforts were praised by the school's assistant head
I was one of the local residents who eventually received the anonymous letter referred to in your article 'Islamic School Outrage' published on October 31 regarding the proposed development at Darul Uloom School in Chisle-hurst. I cannot comment on whether
I was left rather confused by the front page article in the News Shopper. From my understanding the Conservatives are proposing to increase council tax in the borough by 21% next year, after telling us repeatedly how terrible it was that the Liberals
The Mayor of London has demanded a 40 per cent fall in the rate of accidents in the capital and surrounding areas. This is a noble request, which however, has not been looked into properly when dealing with some roads. Using Transport for London's own
I do hope that those of you who attended the Chislehurst Firework Display enjoyed yourselves. As a long standing resident of Empress Drive I have seen and enjoyed the many functions that go on in the park like yourselves. However, I think many of you
Re; Councillor Graham Holland and OBSCA I was appalled to read about the OBSCA decision to stop Councillor Graham Holland standing in the next year borough elections, he has for many years been the most har working Councillor, devoting his life to the
I read with great interest a statement in Tuesday's Docklands Metro (November 6) by T/L busses boss Peter Hendy. He spoke of the short list of bus companies, one being Stagecoach, and the other Metrobus, up for an award. I quote: "These garages have gone
It is not good enough for the Leader of the Council to say the Conservatives aim to keep 2002/3 the Council Tax increase down to a single percentage figure. The increase should be no higher than the annual R.P.I. increase. His party discontinued the link
Langley Park school for boys is holding a reunion to celebrate its hundredth birthday. The celebration takes place on Saturday, November 17 between 2pm and 7pm. All former members of the South Eden Park Road school are welcome to attend and be shown round
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a man was crushed to death under a train outside Eltham station. The man, who has yet to be identified, was standing on the tracks outside Eltham station when the 15.09 Connex service from Dartford to Charing Cross
Crostyx6 Bedford2 (Printwize East Hockey League Premier A Division)CROSTYX came up with the goods once again to put themselves back into second position in the league. A first half hat-trick from Gareth Ingram saw Crostyx take a commanding lead as they
s=10TWO Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies athletes collected awards from the Mayor of Redbridge in the Sportsmen of the Year competition last week.o s=9Andrae Davis won the junior athlete of the year while, despite still being a junior himself, James
Leyton Orient3 Oxford United0 (Division Three)AS THE O's secured an easy win, young midfielder John Martin, 20, capped a fine display with Orient's second and his first senior goal in his 41st game. On 16 minutes Billy Jones swung in a free-kick from
THE winners of the Safe Kids rollerblade competition received their wheely good prizes from Millwall's Marc Bircham. The defender, who is a patron of the Lewisham campaign, presented both Louis Williams and Andrew Martin with a pair of in-line skates,
GREENWICH Youth Offending Team is looking for volunteers to help with a ground-breaking approach to tackling crime. Residents aged 18 and over are needed to sit on the new youth offending panels. Coming into force on April 1, 2002, they will receive referrals
HE'S FROM Chingford, he plays for Ridgeway Rovers and is an avid Manchester United fan sounds familiar? Anyone who knows their England captain should know those connotations normally apply to local lad David Beckham, but these days they are being linked
By Peter Kings=10WHILE Orient's Matt Lockwood is sure that he will be returning to first team action soon, he is still unsure that his long term future lays at Brisbane Road.o s=9Lockwood, who has successfully begun his comeback trail from a life threatening
A CHRISTMAS concert in Orpington will be held in honour of the late football commentator Brian Moore. Brian had hosted the charity celebration of carols and music at St Olave's Secondary School, Goddington Lane, since it began 25 years ago This year,
A MOTTINGHAM youth club has received a cash boost of more than £1,000 from Prince's Trust volunteers. Castle Coombe Youth Club, Castle Coombe Road, desperately needed decorating, and volunteers are painting a massive mural across the walls of the hall
BROMLEY Hospital will have spent more than £5m in one year on agency nurses making it the 10th biggest spender on agency staff in the capital. London hospitals agreed to spend on average £800,000 on temporary nursing staff in 2000/2001. But Bromley Hospital
TWIRLING BATONS: Girls are being sought to learn the sport of baton twirling, pom poms and marching. The Silver Stars twirling team meets every Tuesday evening from 3.45pm to 5.15pm (five to 10-year-olds) and from 5.30pm to 7.30pm (11-plus) at the Midfield
The annual Belgrave Harriers open seven-miles road walk, which is being staged at Wimbledon tomorrow for the 82nd time, may not be held again, writes Tom Pollack. Over the years, Britain's top race walkers have competed in the Belgrave event and past
FRIENDS and supporters of Bromley Scouting marked the 25th anniversary of the group's residential building. The Great Oaks building, on the grounds of the Wilberforce Scout Centre, in Downe Road, Keston, is in use most weekends throughout the year and
Hard work to bring a more personal and private atmosphere to the Dewey Ward at Bromley Hospital has earned Maria Chuter the Staff of the Year Award for last year. Maria was nomi-nated by her col-leagues at the hospital for loyalty to her staff and the
Kingston Boxing Club trainer Freddie Barr says the sport is taking off among girls. Barr first opened his doors to females 21 years ago. He said: "I was probably the first trainer to have girls at the gym in 1980. I don't really like it myself, but if
Croydon's Wayne Alexander wasted no time during his long awaited first defence of the British light-middleweight title on Saturday, writes Ziad Chaudrey. Alexander comprehensively blew-out Scotland's Joe Townsley inside two explosive rounds at Bellahouston
