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  • The wartime minister whose Wimbledon hideaway was bombed

    Last Friday would have been the 119th birthday of Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron of Devonport (1893-1957), the controversial Transport Minister who championed the cause of road safety in the 1930s, was sacked as War Minister by Neville Chamberlain

  • Weeds Growing Mad!

    Dear Sir, I have contacted Merton Council 3 times over the past month to deal with the unsightly weeds growing on the Crossway/Westway footpaths in Raynes Park. I live on Westway/Crossway and the height of some of these weeds are astonishing and