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  • Mitcham set for new cinema?

    Plans are emerging to build a cinema in Mitcham as part of the regeneration the town centre. Councillor Peter Walker, who represents Figge’s Marsh ward, has written in support of redeveloping the Sibthorp car park, near Fair Green, as part of a

  • Councillor's 'mince pie' invitation sparks political row

    The festive spirit was dampened by political infighting this week after a senior councillor was accused of using the public purse to help protect his own electoral prospects. The leaflet, advertising a drop-in session tomorrow evening (December

  • Mitcham is great - leave it alone

    By Barbara Mansfield, Mitcham Park I would like to follow up your main letter in last week's edition. The 16-page A3 size Rediscover Mitcham brochure was supposed to be delivered along with My Merton to all CR4 households. Some estates,

  • Distraught man dies one month after girlfriend

    A distraught sufferer of a rare disease died within weeks of mourning his girlfriend’s death, a court heard. Ian Peto, a 31-year-old IT worker, was found lying on the floor at his flat in Arterberry Road, Raynes Park on September 21, after calling

  • Boy hospitalised after collision

    A young boy was hospitalised after a road traffic collision in Mitcham. Ambulance crews, including the London Air Ambulance, were called to Gorringe Park Avenue in Mitcham just before 11.30am on yesterday. A boy, believed to be 10 years old

  • Local Muslims raise money to help vulnerable children

    Young Muslims turned up in force across the region to collect money for Save the Children UK. Members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) from Merton have been helping Save the Children as a mark of good citizenship and a testament to