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Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Campaigning cyclists will wear car frames in Hammersmith today to protest against drivers who "hog" roads

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Micromobility firm Dott estimates that by reducing the number of cars used in the capital by 20,000 - equivalent to less than 1% - would fre...
Monday, 30 May 2022

Chelsea statement following takeover completion.

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Chelsea Statement in full.  Roman Abramovich has completed the sale of Chelsea Football Club and related companies to an investment group ...

A further 16 people have been charged after protesters caused significant damage at the Cobham and Clacket Lane services.

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35 people were arrested in total after officers were called to both service stations on Thursday morning.  Police reported they were gluin...

A cyclist has died in a hit and run in West Croydon.

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Police were called to Mitcham Road outside the BP garage at 3am. Officers are in the process of tracing the man's next of kin. Anyon...

The 4-and-a-quarter-billion-pound takeover of Chelsea FC by a group led by American billionaire Todd Boehly has been completed.

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The net proceeds of the sale will go towards the humanitarian effort in Ukraine. Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich can't make money fr...

Saturday’s Epsom Derby is to be run in memory of Lester Piggott.

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The jockey, who passed away yesterday, won  the flat-race a record nine times. It is understood this is the first time The Derby has been ...

A 27-year-old man has died and two women are in hospital after a collision in Twickenham.

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Emergency crews were called in the early hours of Saturday to St Margaret’s Road. The two 18-year-old women are said to have non-life-thre...

Liverpool fans are once again being blamed for the delay to the Champions League final

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The French sports minister, who's meeting Uefa officials this morning, says large numbers turned up without valid tickets - and were res...

A large dispersal order is going to be in place in Epsom for the Derby

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From 11am on Friday to 6am on Sunday, police will be able to order people to leave the town, train stations, and racecourse areas. The tacti...

The sports pavilion in the Purley Way Playing Fields has been destroyed by a fire

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Emergency crews were called at around 6.20pm on Saturday.  The brigade took 12 calls to the blaze, but there are no reports of any injuries....

The Surrey Cricket League's Premier Division is polarised, with the top team yet to lose and the bottom team yet to win

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Bec Old Boys continued their losing streak, going down by nine wickets to St Luke's. Meanwhile, Surrey Warriors Strikers continued to do...

Budding historians are being given the chance to get involved in a project to build a better picture of Hounslow’s heritage

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Libraries across the borough are to start hosting exhibitions this week. They’ll showcase fascinating finds from Hounslow’s archives over th...

Today marks 50 years since the Battersea Funfair disaster

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Five people died and 13 were injured when the Big Dipper wooden rollercoaster came off its tracks.  Wandsworth Council Leader, Simon Hogg, s...
Sunday, 29 May 2022

England exit the London round of World Rugby Sevens Series with defeat to Ireland at Twickenham Stadium

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Defeat by Fiji in the quarter-finals set up England for a clash with Ireland in the 5th-place semi-final.  Radio Jackie's Natalie Osborn...

A Sutton-based cheerleading team have made history as the first-ever UK team to win the world championships.

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Unity Allstars Black were awarded gold, whilst Team Ruby were crowned bronze champions. The Unity Allstars team was established in 2006 and ...

England defeated by a dominant Fijian side in the Quarter-Finals of the Rugby Sevens at Twickenham

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 It is the second day of the Rugby Sevens at Twickenham Stadium.  Radio Jackie's Natalie Osborne reports on England's defeat at the ...

Staff working nights at Kingston Hospital have been given access to a sleep expert

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The ‘Night Club’ programme has been designed specifically for key workers and has been stationed at the site for the last month. Professor...

Kingston’s newly restored Coronation Stone has been unveiled to the public

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The Grade I listed stone is said to be the site of the coronation of seven Anglo-Saxon kings. It was commissioned to be refurbished as par...

Kingston is going to sample some of the iconic Edinburgh Fringe Festival this summer

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Roundabout, an award-winning portable pop-up venue which frequents the festival, is coming to Memorial Gardens in July. It will host premi...

Croydon Council has officially launched the George Floyd Race Matters Pledge

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The aim is to bring organisations and businesses together to unite against racism. The Pledge was developed in the wake of the murder of G...
Saturday, 28 May 2022

Tennis star Boris Becker could be deported from the UK after serving his prison sentence

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It’s being reported that he’s been transferred to a category C Huntercombe prison for foreigners, near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. He...

Three teenagers have been convicted after the fatal stabbing of Abdirizak Hassan in Roehampton last year

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Elijah Rowe of Wandsworth was found guilty of murder. Muhammed Danso and a fifteen-year-old boy were found guilty of manslaughter. Police ...

Surrey Police says its continued activates across the county to prevent and tackle knife crime has resulted in the safe removal of 136 knives from the streets

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They were all handed in at one of the county’s forces five knife banks. Eighteen were recovered by officers from known hotspots in the cou...

A number of Royal artefacts are to be auctioned in Chiswick at the end of May

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  ‘The Happy and Glorious’ auction lots include Queen Victoria’s bloomers and a tapestry of the Queen Mother. There is also a surprise sph...

GlaxoSmithKline is making headway in the fiercely competitive Chinese vaccine market after winning regulatory approval there for one of its cancer vaccines

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Cervarix is designed to fight two types of human papillomavirus. The Brentford based pharmaceutical giant is the first foreign producer of...

Wildlife Aid Foundation will be planting two weeping willows at its new wetlands habitat in Leatherhead on Monday

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It’ll mark the first phase of the charity's £10million headquarter project. The willows are part of a £50,000 donation of trees and pl...

Chelsea have confirmed an agreement has been reached to sell the club to a consortium led by LA dodger’s co-owner Ted Boehly.

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The UK government, European commission and premier league approved the four-and-a-quarter-billion-pound deal this week. The deal is due to b...

Surrey Police are appealing for witnesses following a violent assault yesterday afternoon in Woking.

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Officers were called to Chertsey Road at around 140pm to reports of a man being attacked. A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault ca...

More than 140 Platinum Jubilee street parties are due to take place in Croydon over the long bank holiday weekend.

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The council says one of the reasons it waived road closure fees was to help more people get out and celebrate.  The Museum of Croydon will l...

Newly arrived people from Hong Kong will host a special Jubilee afternoon tea in Sutton on Tuesday.

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100 guests will enjoy a cup of English breakfast tea alongside Hong Kong ‘milk tea’ in Manor Park. Around 2,000 people have settled in Sutto...

The “driving force” behind Hammersmith and Fulham’s Foodbank has received the Freedom of the Borough.

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Daphine Aikens joins a select group of people who have been singled out for the honour which marks exceptional contribution. She set up the ...
Friday, 27 May 2022

Gardeners and tree surgeons are being warned they could face a £5,000 fine if they disturb nesting birds.

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Wildlife Aid Foundation is coping with an influx of hatchlings at its centre in Leatherhead.  These include abandoned and injured baby birds...

A woman has been rescued from a house fire in Colliers Wood.

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Emergency crews were called yesterday just after 11.30 to Phipps Bridge Road. She was assessed at the scene by ambulance crews but wasn’t ta...

An 85-year-old Member of the House of Lords has collected a PhD from Kingston University.

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Martin Thomas, The Lord Thomas of Gresford, is currently the Liberal Democrats’ shadow Attorney General. He spent 17 years researching his b...

A new woodland is to be created in Richmond Park to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

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Manger, The Royal Parks, will start planting 70 trees in an area slightly larger than two football pitches in the winter.   The woodland, co...

An autistic man from Tooting is taking Sainsbury's to court after the supermarket refused to let his assistance cat in.

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Ian Fenn, who's 51, says he was asked to leave a branch in March because of his feline friend Chloe. He claims she stops him feeling ...

Kingston’s Kingfisher Leisure Centre will retain its swimming pool and gain another when it’s knocked down and rebuilt.

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Councillors have given the green light for the redevelopment.  The new building will also contain 5-a-side rooftop football pitches, a climb...

Richmond Council is expanding a popular business support programme to help boost its economy post COVID.

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The Phoenix Enterprise Programme has been offering free support to 800 start-up and early-stage growth companies.  The latest offering inclu...

A trio of health workers have abseiled down AFC Wimbledon’s Plough Lane stadium to raise money for charity

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Dr Mohan Sekeram, Barry Causer from Merton Public Health, and Dr Laura Jarvie have amassed over £1,000. The money is going to The Dons Local...

One of the industries hardest hit by Covid is struggling to keep up with the renewed demand - with airports warning of long waits this half-term

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Birmingham's struggling to get its staffing up to full capacity. 147,000 people are booked to fly from there over the Jubilee weekend - ...

Are you Kingston’s greatest hobbyist?

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Website Eventbrite is looking for the nation’s biggest hobby-crafter as part of its Hobby Hero competition.  It’s urging people in Kingston ...

Kingston University bosses say they are “disappointed” that some staff have decided to partake in strike action

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University and College Union members have stopped all activity related to grading students’ work, including exam papers.  It’s in a row over...

A plea is going out to save Surrey’s songbirds

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It’s being issued by Leatherhead charity, Wildlife Aid Foundation, which has seen a spike in the number of hatchlings its taking in.  Garden...
Thursday, 26 May 2022

A number of keyless cars have been stolen in Cobham.

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It’s reported that a Mercedes was stolen from a driveway in Pony Chase and later two BMWs were taken around Sandy Lane. Officers investigati...

Five teenagers have been arrested at Clapham Junction station after officers seized five knives.

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Officers chased the group after they witnessed a knife being dropped and picked back up during a patrol last Friday.  In total, 42 people we...

Another Conservative MP’s calling for the Prime Minister to resign following the publication of the Sue Gray report.

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Stephen Hammond says he "can't defend the indefensible" after the inquiry found a culture of partying and boozing at Downing S...

George Clooney has been spotted filming in East Molesey.

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He was seen at the Boat Club on Barge walk directing his new 1930s movie “The Boys in the Boat”. It’s based on American rower Joe Rantz, who...

The Met Police recorded 510 e-scooter casualties in London last year which is more than double the year before.

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Nine deaths were also reported across England, Scotland and Wales, one of which was Twickenham shopkeeper, Tony Mumford.  Use of privately-o...

Women are being invited on a “walk and talk” with police in Wandsworth tomorrow afternoon.

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Met officers and the Deputy Mayor of London will be patrolling the area around Lavender Hill Police Station. The aim is to give women the ch...

Police are hunting for a man that exposed himself in Laleham.

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It’s reported that the incident happened on last Thursday the 19 th at 3:30 in the afternoon. The man is described as white, tall, slim an...

A man from New Addington has been found guilty of multiple sexual offences towards a young girl.

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28-year-old Simon Hayden-Reno attacked her at a home between 2017 and 2018. It was only in October 2018 that the victim told her mother what...

St George’s Hospital in Tooting could face “severe disruption” as staff prepare to walk out over pay and conditions

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Members of the GMB Union employed as cleaners and hostesses will go on strike for three days, starting Monday. The union says that contracto...

An energy bill discount of up to £400 could be among measures outlined by the Chancellor this lunchtime

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The reports in The Times come ahead of Rishi Sunak's package of support to help with the rising cost of living. He's expected to rai...

A garden focusing on the plight of the “Mangrove Nine” has been awarded a Silver-gilt medal at the Chelsea Flower Show

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The black activists were tried for inciting a riot in protest against the police targeting of The Mangrove restaurant in Notting Hill.  Thei...

The Prime Minister's still in his job after a day of criticism following the Sue Gray report

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But the partygate scandal isn't off his plate just yet - with a committee of MPs to say whether he misled the House of Commons. The inqu...

Heathrow Airport bosses are urging the government to step up their strategy to support the recovery of the aviation sector from the pandemic

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The Department for Transport's released its Flightpath to the Future plan - committing to making the UK a "global leader" in a...
Wednesday, 25 May 2022

An investigation is still continuing into a serious assault in Weybridge this month.

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The victim was walking near Brooklands Road on Tuesday 17th of May at around 11pm. Three people took part in the assault who made demands fo...

A councillor for Tooting has died.

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Andy Gibbons was first elected in 1994, and was deputy leader of the Wandsworth Labour Party. Tooting MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan says he was “a...

Two teenage boys have been charged after a burglary in Epsom

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The 16-year-olds, from Epsom and Carshlaton, are also accused of aggravated vehicle taking. They’re due to appear in court next week.

A report has found a railway worker who died while he was working on the tracks near Surbiton was “distracted” at the time.

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30 year old Tyler Byrne from Hampshire was struck by a train in February last year. Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigators found M...

Andy Murray says Wimbledon will "never feel like an exhibition" as the row over this summer's tournament continues.

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 Some players worry the Grand Slam will feel less important. This follows on from a decision that was made to strip the ranking points to st...

Pfizer's not going to make any money from selling certain medicines to 45 low-income countries - including a Covid treatment and a breast cancer drug

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 Patented medicines will be offered at a not-for-profit price - which the boss says may benefit more than one-billion people. Albert Bourla ...

Prince William has met with staff at The Royal Marsden in Chelsea.

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The Duke of Cambridge made a surprise visit to The Reuben Foundation Imaging centre and spoke with staff and patients. He also witnessed a l...

“Record” numbers of people are coming forward for prostate cancer checks across London and Surrey.

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Urgent referrals for urological cancers as a whole across the South East reached an all-time high in March. Over 4,300 people checked in tha...

The Prime Minister says he wants to renew his apology to the British people after Sue Gray's report into Downing Street lockdown parties was released in full.

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The Prime Minister says he wants to renew his apology to the British people after Sue Gray's report into Downing Street lockdown parties...

A 400-year-old Chinese white gold bowl is just one archaeological find that has been saved from landfill by a lecturer at Kingston Uni.

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Dr Helen Wickstead is leading a campaign to save thousands of pieces of history that cannot find a home in museums.  She’s formed Recycle Ar...

Kate Moss has testified at the libel trial in the US between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.

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The model from Croydon, who’s the Pirates of the Caribbean star's former-girlfriend, denied he ever pushed her downstairs or kicked her ...

Staff at Kingston University have launched a boycott of all duties related to marking and assessments.

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They say it’s part of ongoing industrial action over four issues including excessive workloads and insecure temporary contracts. Staff will ...

Headmasters is marking 40 years in the cutting and styling business.

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Its first salon was opened in Wimbledon Village on this day in 1982.  Since then, the group has opened 57 premises and training academies UK...

A five-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital following a collision in Wandsworth.

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Emergency crews were called just before 4pm yesterday to Herondale Avenue. The boy was riding a child’s scooter, and the driver stopped at t...

A 22 year old woman has been arrested in connection with a dog attack at New Malden station.

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British Transport Police were called to the station’s rear forecourt at 6.45pm on Friday. A bystander was filmed trying to subdue the anim...

The Government has issued a license allowing the sale of Chelsea - giving the green light for a takeover of the club by a consortium led by Todd Boehly

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A spokesperson said they are now "satisfied" the sale won't benefit former owner Roman Abramovich "or any other sanctione...

One of the gardens at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show is aiming to support mothers who are struggling to adapt

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Pollyanna Wilkinson’s design is promoting the work done by charity, Mothers for Mothers.  Perinatal mental illness affects up to 20% of new ...

Surrey Police say a viral tweet apparently showing their translations of “youth language” is slightly misleading

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The force says “the photo is from our friends at Lancashire Police” and is “totally a joke”, it was just reposted by them in 2018. Among the...

A teenage girl has been “verbally harassed” by a man in Colliers Wood

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Police say it happened to a secondary school age girl outside the library. Anyone who knows the girl involved or may have witnessed the inci...