Despite competing with The Notting Hill Carnival and the Metro Weekender on Clapham Common, an event to celebrate all that is good about Tooting Town Centre was hailed an outstanding success. Businesses took centre stage during the Discover Tooting three-day
Nearly one-fifth of all lung cancer sufferers at St George's Hospital may have experienced potentially life-threatening delays in their treatment, a research project has revealed. About 18 per cent of all patients did not have their x-rays followed
Amp Fiddler's smooth soul is slickly produced and sung in silken tones, but something is lacking. The collection is quite eclectic, with tracks including funk, motown and hip hop references, jazz breaks and old school synths. A good thing, too -
Mekon is back! No, not the return of Dan Dare's melon-headed green nemesis - it's a fantastic new album from producer John Gosling. A big beat hero and former member of Psychic TV, Gosling has only released one record in the last six years - single
BOSSES of a business being bulldozed to make way for the new £45m Woolwich Civic Centre have held an unusual protest. Funeral directors Sue and Paul Hopper brought Woolwich town centre to a standstill as they walked through the streets, bearing a Tesco
THE great nephew of the first soldier to be shot for desertion during the First World War has challenged a parish council to fulfil its promise. Terrence Highgate says now the Government plans to pardon 306 soldiers executed during the 1914-1918 conflict
THE great nephew of the first soldier to be shot for desertion during the First World War has challenged a parish council to fulfil its promise. Terrence Highgate says now the Government plans to pardon 306 soldiers executed during the 1914-1918 conflict
More post offices will close as a result of the Government's decision not to renew the Post Office Card Account in 2010, warns Kingston MP Edward Davey. He is worried that the withdrawal of the account, which provides ten per cent of a subpostmaster's
A coroner described as "tragic" the death of a pensioner who couldn't call for help because her telephone had been cut off. Widow Winnie Goddard was 88 when she bled to death in her home in Newberries Avenue, Radlett, in March. Her BT line had been
The groundbreaking and incisively topical, BAFTA Award winning spy series "Spooks" continues on DVD with the September 2006 release of Spooks Season 4. To celebrate This is Local London is giving away three copies of the five-disc DVD. This special
An office worker who claimed she was sacked by her accountancy firm for having an arranged marriage has won a "substantial" out-of-court settlement. Ayesha Sheikh, 21, alleged that bosses at BDO Stoy Hayward pried into her private life after her parents
A teenage asylum seeker who passed his A levels with flying colours could now be forced to leave the UK. Latymer School student Christian Bola,18, of Bulwer Road in Edmonton, north London, scored three As in maths, physics, and French in just one year
JOCKEYS may want to hang up their jodhpurs and riding hats for good as maggot racing has taken over from horses in the betting stakes. Punters in Three Horseshoes Pub in Flackwell Heath, near High Wycombe in Bucks, have been gathering around the big
Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to west London on the first day of the 42nd Notting Hill Carnival - the biggest street party in Europe. Police said 300,000 visitors turned up for Children's Day on Sunday, with the main parade on Monday expected
The family and friends of a five-year-old girl killed after she was struck by a bus in Edmonton, north London, have paid tribute to their "angel". Katerina Jacovos, of Chester Road, Edmonton, was hit by a 192 single decker bus in Hertford Road at the
