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Alcoholic jailed for drink driving
Updated 7:20am Monday 13th October 2008
An alcoholic woman has been jailed for driving while four times over the limit at the end of a Bank Holiday weekend - despite already being disqualified.
Tooting Common to grow?
Updated 4:02pm Sunday 12th October 2008
Wandsworth Council has unveiled new proposals to expand and enlarge Tooting Common by more than 12,000 square metres.
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Court ready to try dead man
Updated 6:50am Monday 13th October 2008
Kingston Magistrates’ Court turned into a farce when officials couldn’t prove a man who died after setting himself alight in Surbiton was dead.
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Updated 10:55pm Saturday 11th October 2008
Terry Brown warned his team they must get better if they are to progress in the FA Cup - then hit out at referee David Rock.
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Three in court over Kinsella death
Updated 9:14am Monday 13th October 2008
Three teenagers are due to appear at the Old Bailey accused of killing 16-year-old Ben Kinsella.
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Clapham skyscrapers a step nearer
Twin skyscrapers, taller than the London Eye, could be built above Clapham Junction Station if ambitious plans submitted to Wandsworth Council are approved.
Escaped convict has links to Wandsworth
A convicted prisoner with mental problems - who has links to Wandsworth - has escaped from custody.
Free nursery places could create 'institutionalised children'
Gordon Brown's plan to provide free nursery places for two-year-olds risks creating a generation of institutionalised children, a child psychologist from Roehampton University has warned.
Special constable saves suicidal man
A young special constable from Clapham has told how he saved a suicidal man from jumping in the river.
Train death man identified
A man who is thought to have jumped to his death in front of a train at Earlsfield overground station last week has been identified.
Woman refused drink 'because she is black'
Racist pubs in Hungary refused to serve a woman from Balham because she was black, she told the Borough News this week.
Crane group win victory
The grieving mother and girlfriend of a man who was killed when a crane fell on him in Battersea have welcomed news there will be tighter guidelines on crane safety.
Celebrities to take part in charity Question Time
A panel of celebrities and MPs will take part in Question Time: Putney’s Perspective, to be held at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) next Friday (October 10).
'Money doctors' to help students
Students are to be offered the help of ‘Money Doctors’ to help manage their finances better after research at Roehampton University revealed that young people are the worst at handling their finances.
Dry cleaner receives fine for fly-tipping
The owner of a Battersea dry cleaner's has received a £500 fine for fly-tipping.
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