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Catholic pupils still ‘deprived’
Despite accusations that it "deprives" Catholic pupils in neighbouring areas, Wimbledon College has had its admissions policy upheld. Wandsworth Council had submitted three separate complaints about Wimbledon College to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator
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Local support for Congo elections
A London MEP has just returned from the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo in Africa to observe the country's first democratic election in four decades. Robert Evans is an MEP based in Feltham, who has a special responsibility for numerous London boroughs
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Fly-tippers pay the price of illegally dumping waste
Two men have been fined hundreds of pounds each after they pleaded guilty to illegally dumping waste in Sutton. Steven Cornell, of Milton Road, admitted fly-tipping waste at Sherwood Court in Sutton on March 23, at a hearing held at Sutton Magistrates
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Rape cases up by a third
Overall crime is down but the number of rapes and sexual offences reported in Kingston has shot up in the past year - according to Met Police figures released on Monday. The number of people who reported being raped in the Royal borough has increased
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Fury at hospital parking hike
Health bosses at St Helier Hospital have announced price hikes in parking charges despite already being one of the five most expensive hospital car parks in England. The move is believed to be part of a drive by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals
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Bullies made my girl’s life a misery
A mother claims her daughter's life has been ruined by bullies who tormented her for almost two years at an Upper Norwood school. Brenda Harris, from Thornton Heath, says her 14-year-old daughter was the victim of five bullies at Westwood Language School
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Life’s a wheeze for asthmatic borough
Merton and Sutton are home to the highest number of asthma sufferers in London, according to new reports. Figures released by the Department of Health reveal that Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust (PCT) treated nearly 20,000 patients for the respiratory
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Teen guilty of torching family home
A teenager has been found guilty of arson after a court heard how he deliberately set fire to his home in Stanwell while his family were asleep. The jury heard how the kitchen was covered in white spirit which the boy, who cannot be named, had bought
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HIV acquittal ‘first of many’
A man who last week became the first person in Britain to be cleared of deliberately infecting someone with the HIV virus could be the first of many - according to a leading HIV charity. Matthew Collins was acquitted of grevious bodily harm in what
