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  • Vehicle fire causes traffic diversion

    A lorry on fire has prompted a main road to close this morning, causing pileups between Wimbledon and Morden. Morden Road is closed in both directions after reports of a vehicle fire between Mertantun Way and the junction with Kingston Road

  • Miss Marple was a Wimbledonian

    The character actress Dame Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972), best known for her big screen portrayals of Agatha Christie’s detective Miss Marple, died 40 years ago this week. She grew up in Wimbledon, was one of the most famous former pupils

  • Special birthday surprise for residents' champion

    A popular community activist dedicated to making his patch of Merton a better place was given a surprise 60th birthday party. Keith Spears, founder of “Making Colliers Wood Happy” and the “Friends of Donald Hope library” was thrown the party

  • Foodbank Collection at Sainsbury’s, Wimbledon

    Help feed local people in crisis! Visit Sainsbury’s in Wimbledon, on Saturday, May 26th and you’ll find Wimbledon foodbank collecting all kinds of non-perishable food from the public to feed local people in crisis. Supermarket collections are one of