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  • The world-famous viola player of Marryat Road

    This week marked the 37th anniversary of the death of Lionel Tertis of Marryat Road, Wimbledon, said to have been the greatest viola player of the 20th century. Tertis, who died age 98, is commemorated by the triennial Lionel Tertis International

  • 'Gestapo parking attendants' scaring off customers

    Business owners have forewarned the death of the village after changes to parking restrictions. Shop owners have reported a sharp downturn in business since Merton Council altered parking charges in Church Road about three weeks ago.

  • Man jailed for mowing down grandmother and pregnant daughter

    A car thief was “lucky to escape a murder charge” after mowing down a heavily pregnant woman and her mother in a bungled robbery with horrific consequences. Scar-faced Darren Stubbs, of Mitcham Road, Croydon, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment