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  • A volley good poster for Wimbledon 2012

    Students from Kingston University helped design the official poster for the 2012 Wimbledon tennis championships. Twelve entries were chosen from 52 and condensed into one poster, for the competition that was sponsored by the All England Lawn

  • 'Angry Britain' to blame for riots

    The destruction and ransacking of shops in London - including Colliers Wood - last summer has given the UK an international reputation of being angry, a charity has claimed. Wimbledon Civic Theatre Trust, a group which aims to help disadvantaged

  • By-election due as councillor stands down

    Voters in Wimbledon Park will be asked to elect a new councillor at the same time as deciding who will be London’s Mayor. Councillor Tariq Lord Ahmad, who has represented the Merton Council ward since 2002, exclusively revealed to the Wimbledon

  • The Wimbledon radical who rivalled Dr Johnson

    One of the 18th century’s most controversial radical politicians died at his home beside Wimbledon Common exactly 200 years ago this weekend. John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) retired to Chester House on Westside Common towards the end of an unconventional