Police Appeal for Witnesses to Crash in Egham
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman crashed her car on the M25 in Egham.
The 47 year old was left with serious injuries after the smash in a 4x4 Mitsubishi Shogun.
It happened at around 8.10-8.15pm on Friday, between Junctions 12 for the M3 and 13 Staines, on the Clockwise carriageway of the M25.
Anyone who saw the car just before the incident is urged to contact PC John Bell at Surrey Police on 0845 125 2222 ext.38620
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 11:56 pm
A London Firefighter Raps to Recruit
A rapping firefighter is using his lyrical talent to encourage people from all walks of life to join the fire service...
“Follow me my people this is the way, sign your name for fire brigade open days. Oh what a rush, no job can touch, the job that I got this job is too much. We need more brothers and sisters lets go, don’t matter if you’re x or y chromosome”.
This is just one of the lines from London Firefighter, a hip-hop track penned by Stephen-Remell Coleman from Streatham.
Stephen or 'Controversy' as he’s known in the hip hop world - hopes his music will inspire young people and women to consider the career.
He wants youngsters from ethnic minority backgrounds to put something back into their communities and consider joining the London Fire Service:
"As a black man I don’t fit the usual stereotype of a firefighter. I really hope with this new track I can show people there is no stereotype to conform to"
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 11:33 pm
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Troops march on Hounslow
More than 500 soldiers home for Christmas from Afghanistan took to the streets today.
The parade was organised to welcome back the Second battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers after their tour as well as to commemorate the seven soldiers who lost their lives.
Before the parade, the regiment was given the freedom of the borough which allowed them to march through the town with fixed bayonets and with colours flying.
The parade began at 11 from London Road and continued along High Street, onto Lampton Road and arriving in Lampton Park.
Darren Graham captured these shots for us.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 2:24 pm
Police hunt two men after attempted bank robbery in Banstead
Police are investigating an attempted bank robbery along Banstead High Street.
Two men entered the branch at ten’o’clock last night and demanded cash from cash-in-transit guards.
A scuffle left the guards with cuts and bruises and the suspects made off empty handed.
They’re both black, and were wearing dark clothing.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 1:39 pm
New dialysis centre to open
A new dialysis centre will open in the centre of Sutton on December 8th so that kidney patients will be able to get the treatment they need even closer to their homes.
The new satellite centre in Grove Road, Sutton, will offer kidney patients from Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust the opportunity to use the centre to undergo haemodialysis.
The centre will operate in addition to the renal department at St Helier Hospital and five existing satellite units at Kingston, Croydon, Crawley, Farnham and West Byfleet.
Joint lead renal nurse Susie Mallinder.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 12:25 pm
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Woman is rescued from a house fire in Streatham
An investigation is under way after a woman was rescued from a house fire in Streatham.
It broke out yesterday morning in the two-storey house in Fountain Road, damaging the kitchen.
The woman was treated for smoke inhalation.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 5:34 pm
Christmas parcel scam
People living in Hounslow are being urged to watch out for a Christmas parcel delivery scam.
Delivery men from the so called Parcel Delivery Service leave cards at the homes they target.
The cards instruct residents to phone a premium rate number which costs £15 per call.
The Royal Mail has confirmed the scam is operating nationwide and are telling victims to contact its fraud department.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 5:30 pm
Kingston Council offers residents energy saving advice
Residents in Kingston are set to go green.
The council has secured funding of nearly £10,000,000 to initiate HEEP – the Homes Energy Efficiency Programme.
Residents in the Berrylands and St Marks wards are to be offered a free visit by an energy expert.
They will offer advice and fit simple energy and water-saving devices, such as monitors, standby 'power-downs' and efficient radiator panels.
Households will also be advised whether they are eligible for grants for insulation or a new heating system.
The pilot will run until March 2010.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 5:15 pm
Wandsworth PCT issues a warning
Funding shortfalls in the NHS in London have forced health bosses in Wandsworth to issue a warning.
The Primary Care Trust says it is likely to reduce the number of planned new clinical centres from ten to six.
The original proposals were developed partly in response to the closure of the Bolingbroke Hospital and would have seen the creation of ten new fully modernised health centres.
The PCT has also confirmed that it is abandoning its plans for a primary care centre at the vacant Putney Hospital - a decade after the hospital closed.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 5:05 pm
Anti-social drivers fined in Woking
More than a 100 vehicles have been stopped in a crackdown on anti-social driving in Woking.
Police were checking for offences such as speeding, using a mobile or not wearing a seat belt.
23 drivers were fined £60 in the operation.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 4:33 pm
Fulham murderer back behind bars
Convicted murderer Jane Andrews is back behind bars this evening.
The former dresser to the Duchess of York went on the run from an open prison in Kent on Sunday night.
It’s believed she was reported to police by a cabbie after making a trip from a hotel with her parents and brother.
She was jailed for 15 years in 2001 for murdering her boyfriend at their home in Fulham after her refused to marry her.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 4:30 pm
Mayor with Rev Paul Davies and bell ringers from St Mary’s Church in Sunbury
The church bells were rung last Friday to mark the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Quiberon Bay when ships under the command of Admiral Hawke achieved a most significant victory in the Seven Years War.
Lord Hawke lived in Sunbury (in what is now Hawke House in Green Street) from 1771 to 1781. His memory continues to be held in high regard in the Royal Navy.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 3:03 pm
Man on fraud charges
A Surrey businessman has been arrested over an alleged fraud.
48 year old Kevin Halligen’s firm Oakley International was hired by Gerry and Kate McCann last year to look for their daughter Maddie who disappeared in the Algarve in 2007.
The firm was paid around three hundred thousand pounds.
However he’s now been taken into custody following a discrepancy over a hotel bill in Oxford.
He’s also wanted in America where he stands accused of conning a law firm out of 1.2 million pounds.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 1:38 pm
Jail for Balham aristocrat
An aristocrat from Balham will be sentenced tomorrow after pleading guilty to stealing thousands of pounds from charity.
The Honourable Jonathan Davies was investigated after it emerged over 200 thousand pounds was missing.
The 65 year old had raided a fund set up by his late grandfather to fund his lavish lifestyle.
The Dinam Trust provides funds for research into international conflicts and animal welfare charities.
Davies began taking the cash in 1995 when he became trust secretary.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 1:08 pm
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Single to be released to raise money for the Shooting Star Children's Hospice
A group of Shooting Stars including Wizard’s Roy Wood and Slade’s Dave Hill have helped create the ultimate Christmas song in aid of The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice in Hampton.
All profits go to Shooting Star so by downloading the single, you can help make a real difference to our children and families this Christmas.
Can My Christmas Card To You compete with the X-Factor single? It’s up to you! The song will be available on all download sites from Sunday 6th December but you can pre-order it now and help get Shooting Star into the charts!
Simply text XMAS09 to 78789. Texts cost just £1.50.posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 11:40 pm
Feltham Goes Radio Gaga
There was rock royalty in Feltham today.
Brian May came to town to unveil a memorial to former Queen singer Freddie Mercury.
The star settled in the area in 1964 when his family moved from East Africa.
Freddie Mercury’s mother Jer Bulsara told crowds that coming to England gave him the opportunity to develop his talent.
(Photos by Darren Graham)
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 4:27 pm
Monday, 23 November 2009
War over troops home coming
Troops returning from war this Christmas won’t be allowed to march on Epsom because they’re ‘not local enough.’
That’s according to Tory Councillor Sean Sullivan.
He’s asked the council to grant The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment Freedom of the Borough.
It means when they return home they’ll be allowed to march through the streets.
However the Council says it would not be appropriate as the regiment is not based locally.
A decision will be made at a meeting on December 15th.
What are your views on the subject? Please email lucy.mayer@radiojackie.com and she'll pass on your thoughts. They might make a difference.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 7:10 pm
Bye bye Terminal 2
Passengers have checked into Heathrow Terminal 2 for the last time.
The 54 year old building is being knocked down as part of a one billion pound redevelopment.
Work is due to start next year and finish in 2014.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 7:09 pm
Cost to tax payer was huge
BNP Leader Nick Griffin’s stint on BBC Question time cost the taxpayer over 100 thousand pounds in police protection.
The MET had to draft in thousands of extra officers to television centre in West London for his appearance last month.
It’s thought they spent 21 thousand pounds on road closures alone.
They also used a helicopter to help with the protection process.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 7:09 pm
Teen to stand trial for Greenford murder
An 18 year old will stand trial for the murder of a mother of two in Greenford.
Geeta Aulakh was found dying in the street a week ago – her hand had been cut off.
Police haven’t ruled out an honour killing.
The teenager was arrested in Ealing along with a number of other men last week. He’ll appear at the Old Bailey in March.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 7:08 pm
Police hunt dangerous woman
A woman sentenced to life in prison for murdering her lover in Fulham is tonight on the run.
The Duchess of York’s former aide Jane Andrews was convicted of the murder of Tom Cressman in 2001.
She beat the 39 year old over the head with a cricket bat and stabbed him as he slept at their 400 thousand pound home.
Andrews lawyers had claimed he had been about to rape her and she’d committed the crime in self defence.
However she was found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey by an 11 to 1 majority verdict.
Prosecutors won the case claiming she killed him after he refused to marry her.
Andrews absconded late last night after an outing from East Sutton Park Prison in Kent – an open prison.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 7:07 pm
Wallington gardener in Court
A gardener from Wallington has denied murdering a woman and dumping her body in Banstead Woods.
54 year old Linda Casey from Coulsdon was found five days after she was reported missing in August.
50 year old Peter Ling will stand trial at the Old Bailey in February.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 7:06 pm
Double murder trial begins
Two teenagers have gone on trial for a double murder in Tooting.
15 year old Maleha Masud and her sister Nabiha died after their house was set on fire in June.
Their mother, brother and another 17 year old boy survived the attack in Lessingham Avenue.
A 14 year old from Croydon and 18 year old Rasan Khan entered a not-guilty plea at the Old Bailey on Friday.
The trial began this morning.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 6:24 pm
Warning for night time drivers
Part of the M25 will be shut tonight so gantry signs can be replaced.
The road will be closed between Junctions 13 for Staines and 12 the M3 from 10 o’clock and will reopen at 3am.
Drivers wanting to use that stretch are being advised to come off at Junction 11 for Chertsey.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 2:12 pm
New year's resolution of Surrey boys to help vital charity
Two Surrey lads have made their New Year resolution already – ‘to do something positive for Surrey’. The 22 year olds from Walton and Wadebridge will climb Mount Kilimanjaro, in Eastern Africa, the tallest free-standing mountain in the world and raise £2,000 – enough money to help the Surrey Air Ambulance carry out a life saving mission.
Luke Rendell and Dave Smith, both musicians, will leave the UK on January 8th to start their 19,340 feet climb two days later. They’re scheduled to reach the summit on 14th January.
The pair, who have been best friends since primary school, started their training for the epic challenge in late August and have been running, swimming and walking to build stamina and strengthen their leg muscles. Some walks have included carrying a 10kg bag of cement in their backpacks over Boxhill on the North Downs for resistance training.
posted by Radio Jackie News Team @ 2:10 pm
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