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Tory candidate launches hooker hotline

Conservative candidate Mark Clarke in Bedford Hill

6:50am Friday 5th September 2008

Prostitutes on Bedford Hill are causing such a nuisance that one resident has started his own one-man anti-vice campaign.

Warning the White House is crumbling

The White House in Norwood Grove

7:30pm Friday 5th September 2008

A once magnificent 19th century mansion is becoming a crumbling ruin. Kirsty Whalley reports on calls to save the White House at Norwood Grove.

Pissoir it all away

A pop up pissoir ready for a big night.

6:20pm Friday 5th September 2008

Gentlemen will soon be able to relieve themselves legally on the Clapham High Street - when space-age ‘pop-up’ loos, which disappear underground in the day, are installed.

Man hurt in house fire

6:21pm Friday 5th September 2008

A man has been injured in a fire at a home in Staines.

No phone because 'the builders relocated your house'

Disconnected: Henry Weston is waiting on a phone line

5:08pm Friday 5th September 2008

For one Richmond resident the joy of moving into a newly rebuilt home has been spoilt by the revelation that “the builders have done something” and he now lives in Cobham.

Brian Paddick speaking at gay society

Former London Mayor candidate Brian Paddick is speaking in Croydon

3:10pm Friday 5th September 2008

Former London Mayor candidate Brian Paddick is one of a number of high profile gay speakers expected at a series of talks in Croydon.

Driver prosecuted for using Blue Badge

3:11pm Friday 5th September 2008

A 26-year-old woman from Brentford has become the first person to be prosecuted for Blue Badge fraud by Hounslow council.

Royal Mail ordered to pay workers

2:21pm Friday 5th September 2008

Streatham Royal Mail postal workers who had their pay stopped without good reason will be reimbursed following a successful employment tribunal.

Residents stranded by level crossing

1:56pm Friday 5th September 2008

A faulty level crossing gate in Ashtead left motorists stuck for almost an hour last night.

Internet soap crosses over to television

Sofia's Diary will soon be seen on television

11:38am Friday 5th September 2008

A teen soap on the internet has made it on to national television for the first time with support from Croydon Enterprise.


National News

Hundreds facing scan delays

Hundreds of patients facing scan delays over isotope shortage

Updated 2:08am Saturday 6th September 2008

Hundreds of patients face delays to vital scans for cancer and other diseases due to a "severe shortage" of imaging agents, experts have warned.


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