Merton news

• Morden Road crash: Man in his 40s dies after collision between lorry and car

  21-11-2019 10:50 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A man in his 40s was killed in a crash between a lorry and a car in Merton this morning.
  
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• Here are your Wimbledon candidates for the upcoming election

  20-11-2019 17:40 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  The Wimbledon constituency has been represented by the Conservative Party since 2005.
  
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• Armed police make arrest in Morden Hall Park after man seen with a gun

  20-11-2019 15:06 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A man has been arrested this afternoon after being spotted carrying a gun.
  
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• More than 60 per cent of Merton Council meetings cancelled in lead up to general election

  19-11-2019 17:51 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  More than 60 per cent of council meetings in Merton have been cancelled in the run up to the general election.
  
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• New Malden restaurant refused alcohol licence following string of immigration offences

  19-11-2019 12:31 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A restaurant in New Malden has been refused a license to sell alcohol after a string of immigration offences which led to £40,000 in outstanding fines.
  
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• Police close investigation into alleged Wandle Park rape

  18-11-2019 16:17 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Police have closed its investigation following allegations of rape in Wandle Park last month.
  
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• Adventurer completes historic feat of endurance - running 2,620 miles across the UK BAREFOOT

  18-11-2019 11:31 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A super-tough adventurer has completed a historic feat of endurance - running 2,620 miles across the UK BAREFOOT.
  
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• Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister - The Irish Times

  16-11-2019 07:00 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister  The Irish Times
  
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• Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister - Irish Times

  16-11-2019 07:00 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister  Irish Times
  
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• GRAPHIC: Moment Wimbledon mum gives birth in hospital corridor captured on video

  15-11-2019 17:00 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  This amazing video shows a mum giving birth in a wheelchair in a hospital corridor - after just 90 minutes of labour.
  
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• Mirror Book Club: Paul Merton's anthology of comic stories will put a smile on your face - Mirror Online

  14-11-2019 20:39 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Mirror Book Club: Paul Merton's anthology of comic stories will put a smile on your face  Mirror Online
  
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• The shocking number of children in Merton facing mental health problems - MyLondon

  14-11-2019 17:33 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  The shocking number of children in Merton facing mental health problems  MyLondon
  
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• Assaults on staff at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals are on the rise

  14-11-2019 16:26 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Physical assaults on staff at Epsom and St Helier Hospitals have risen over the past year.
  
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• Regeneration work on Morden town centre might not begin for another FOUR YEARS

  14-11-2019 11:17 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  After more than a decade in the pipeline plans for the regeneration of Morden town centre seem to be progressing – but it could be another four years until any work actually starts.
  
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• Major delays as person hit by train at Penge West

  14-11-2019 10:34 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A person has been hit by a train between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction, with all lines between the two stations currently blocked.
  
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• Depression, anxiety and eating disorders - Pressure at school impacting thousands of Merton students - Your Local Guardian

  14-11-2019 10:27 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Depression, anxiety and eating disorders - Pressure at school impacting thousands of Merton students  Your Local Guardian
  
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• Depression, anxiety and eating disorders - Pressure at school impacting thousands of Merton students - Wimbledon Guardian

  14-11-2019 10:27 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Depression, anxiety and eating disorders - Pressure at school impacting thousands of Merton students  Wimbledon Guardian
  
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• Depression, anxiety and eating disorders - Pressure at school impacting thousands of Merton students

  14-11-2019 10:27 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Pressure to succeed at school is contributing to young people in Merton facing mental health problems including depression, anxiety and eating disorders.
  
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• Investigation ongoing into Merton Street death - St Helens Star

  13-11-2019 18:31 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Investigation ongoing into Merton Street death  St Helens Star
  
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• Morden woman stalked married man and his wife for three years after he rejected her advances

  13-11-2019 15:21 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A spurned Morden woman who stalked a married man and his wife for three years after he rejected her advances has been issued with a restraining order.
  
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• Burst water pipe disrupts transport between Surbiton and London as pig weighs in

  13-11-2019 14:22 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A rogue pig stalled the repair of a burst water main that disrupted rail and road users between Surbiton and London today (November 13).
  
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• Grazing farm, 357 Shaws Rd at Merton for sale - The Weekly Times

  13-11-2019 14:00 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  Grazing farm, 357 Shaws Rd at Merton for sale  The Weekly Times
  
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• Food artist creates 'Candy Murray' statue to open Wimbledon Art Fair

  13-11-2019 13:39 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A tasty statue of Andy Murray has been created with sweets to celebrate the opening of the 46th Wimbledon Art Fair, paying tribute to Wimbledon’s two-time champion.
  
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• Morrisons and Tesco shoppers warned to ignore voucher scam

  13-11-2019 12:21 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Shoppers are being warned to ignore fake supermarket vouchers offering £50 off coupons.
  
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• South Western Railway: Severe disruption after burst water pipe

  13-11-2019 11:31 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Passengers on South Western trains should expect delays until this afternoon due to a burst water main on the railway between Surbiton and Wimbledon.
  
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• Alice Merton's Contestant Wins THE VOICE OF GERMANY - Broadway World

  13-11-2019 01:00 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Alice Merton's Contestant Wins THE VOICE OF GERMANY  Broadway World
  
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• Merton Council fine criminal landlord £5000 for health and safety breaches - Residential Landlords Association

  12-11-2019 13:23 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Merton Council fine criminal landlord £5000 for health and safety breaches  Residential Landlords Association
  
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• Former South Wimbledon pub to be partially demolished to make way for flats

  11-11-2019 16:29 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Part of a South Wimbledon pub which has been closed for more than a decade will now be demolished to make way for flats.
  
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• Remembrance Day: New Malden woman says remembering veterans is vital

  11-11-2019 14:00 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Marie Scott was just 17 years old when first relayed coded messages to the troops during World War II.
  
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• Mitcham landlord fined for flouting fire safety rules

  11-11-2019 12:09 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A Mitcham landlord who flouted health and safety laws has been fined.
  
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• Man dies after industrial incident on Merton Street - St Helens Star

  11-11-2019 11:30 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Man dies after industrial incident on Merton Street  St Helens Star
  
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• Man shot in Morden as police hunt for attacker

  11-11-2019 11:20 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A man was taken to hospital last night after being shot in Morden.
  
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• Another landlord successfully prosecuted by Merton Council

  08-11-2019 14:11 via Merton Council News Room
  
  Another landlord has been successfully prosecuted by Merton Council – the third in the last four months for breaches of the Housing Act 2004.
  Ronak Patel has been ordered to pay nearly £5k at Lavender Hill Magistrates, for operating a flat illegally in multiple occupancy (HMO) and for flouting the health and safety laws designed to protect the lives of tenants.
  Mr Patel, from Upper Green East in Micham pleaded guilty to failing to apply for a licence to run a House in Multiple O
  
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• Merton's first joint sexual health strategy set to come into action next year - Your Local Guardian

  08-11-2019 11:36 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Merton's first joint sexual health strategy set to come into action next year  Your Local Guardian
  
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• Merton's first joint sexual health strategy set to come into action next year - Wimbledon Guardian

  08-11-2019 11:36 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Merton's first joint sexual health strategy set to come into action next year  Wimbledon Guardian
  
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• Merton’s first joint sexual health strategy set to come into action next year

  08-11-2019 11:36 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Merton’s first joint sexual health strategy is set to come into action in 2020.
  
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• Plans approved for nearly 300 homes on former New Malden Homebase site

  08-11-2019 10:30 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Plans for 297 homes at the old Homebase site on Kingston Road have been approved by the council, despite concerns about loud noise from an industrial estate next door.
  
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• Merton Living - Muswellbrook Chronicle

  07-11-2019 22:30 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Merton Living  Muswellbrook Chronicle
  
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• Merton outlines new sexual health strategy - MyLondon

  07-11-2019 21:02 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  
  Merton outlines new sexual health strategy  MyLondon
  
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• Thomas Merton photography exhibit to leave Gumberg - The Duquesne Duke

  07-11-2019 13:08 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  Thomas Merton photography exhibit to leave Gumberg  The Duquesne Duke
  
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• A night of horror with #LadyWimbledon

  07-11-2019 09:00 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Love it or loathe it, the 2,000 year old festival of Halloween roots itself in the days when the old world marked the end of summer and the beginning of a cold and dark winter.
  
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• Cost of policing Extinction Rebellion's 'Autumn Uprising' were in excess of £20 million

  06-11-2019 12:52 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A court has heard that the costs of policing the Autumn Uprising were in excess of £20 million.
  
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• London Ambulance Service crew 'forced to swerve and stop' after fireworks aimed at vehicle

  06-11-2019 11:10 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  London Ambulance Service has put out a plea after fireworks were aimed at one of their vehicles last night.
  
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• Bishopsford Road Bridge still closed five months after collapse

  06-11-2019 10:00 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Nearly five months on from its collapse, the Bishopsford Road Bridge remains closed to traffic.
  
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• Film Dialect Coach Surveys Merton's Speaking Styles During Talk - Catholic New York

  06-11-2019 06:05 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  Film Dialect Coach Surveys Merton's Speaking Styles During Talk  Catholic New York
  
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• Merton Living - Hunter Valley News

  05-11-2019 22:30 via "allintitle:Merton" - Google News
  Merton Living  Hunter Valley News
  
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• New therapeutic log cabin a 'dream come true' for charity

  05-11-2019 17:39 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A charity serving Merton and Sutton is celebrating after a new timber cabin was installed at its Mitcham office.
  
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• Person taken to major trauma centre following medical emergency

  05-11-2019 17:15 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  A person was taken to a major trauma centre yesterday afternoon after suffering a medical emergency.
  
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• South Western Railway workers to strike for 27 days

  05-11-2019 16:32 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  Workers on South Western Railway are to strike for 27 days before the end of the year in the long-running dispute over guards on trains.
  
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• These are the worst polluted areas of Merton

  05-11-2019 12:10 via Your Local Guardian | Wimbledon
  
  The quality of the air we breathe can have a big impact on our health.
  
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