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  • Twenty arrested in crime crackdown

    Twenty people were arrested this morning on a day of action in Merton where police are carrying out a “total war on crime”. Early morning raids on the Phipps Bridge estate, in Mitcham, were carried out after Merton police raided the addresses

  • Communal park lost in favour of 'river corridor'

    A communal park, used for years by residents, has been lost because of a desire to create a “wooded river corridor”, the council said. Residents complained after Merton Council dramatically reduced their grass cutting duties from up to 12 times