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  • Calls for council tax cut as reserves grow to £90m

    This year’s budget has been branded "lazy" by Merton's opposition councillors, who say proposed cuts to services are "unfair and unnecessary". Councillors will meet tonight at the Civic Centre to discuss the draft business plan for 2013-17, in

  • Man cut free from car

    A road was closed this afternoon after an accident in Mitcham, where emergency services cut a man free from his car. Emergency services were callled to Western Road at 2.36pm this afternoon to an incident at the junction of Mount Road and Lavender

  • Twenty minutes free parking reinstated after year long delay

    A twenty minute free parking period in Wimbledon Village was officially reinstated by Merton Council this week - twelve months after it was first agreed. Merton’s three opposition parties agreed in March 2012 to overturn a decision made by the

  • Tearful phone call to mum of DJ found dying on train

    A man who died after a fight on a train, sparking a murder investigation, phoned his mum the night before in tears. Warsame Warsame, known as Sammy, was found unconscious on a train at Raynes Park station on Saturday, on the 1.16pm Waterloo to

  • Council ditch plans to cut youth project funding

    A popular youth project which was facing cuts to its funding has been given a last minute reprieve. The Duke of Edinburgh Scheme was earmarked in Merton Council's draft business plan for 2013-17 to have its funding stripped saving the council £25,000