Wimbledon Guardian: Your neighbourhood, your news

Residents are campaigning against council, not Tories

6:50am Wednesday 23rd May 2012

Letter to the Editor: "Councillor Peter Walker’s letter is shocking given his record of inappropriate and disgraceful behaviour which resulted in him being sacked as cabinet member for education."

'Horrified' by the Queen's no-show in Mitcham

5:48pm Tuesday 22nd May 2012

Letter to the Editor: "In Cedars Avenue we were handed flags to wave from a person who worked for Merton Council. What for? Nothing."

Merton has biggest knife crime drop in London

3:57pm Friday 18th May 2012

Message from Merton Police: "Burglary and Robbery are still reducing and we have the biggest drop in knife crime in London at the moment.

Relocating Sainsbury's in Colliers Wood would be 'nonsense'

9:58am Friday 18th May 2012

Letter to the Editor: Colliers Wood is congested enough already. With a football stadium, the roads will be gridlocked and we certainly could do without that.

Auction of an Olympic Medal (recipient born in Wandsworth)

10:58am Wednesday 16th May 2012

An opportunity to buy a slice of Olympic history with the sale on May 30th 2012 of a Silver Olympic Medal for the 100m backstroke. Miss Phyllis Harding won Olympic silver in the inaugural 100 metres backstroke at the Paris Games in the summer of 1924, being still a few months short of her 17th birthday. She attended the next three Olympics and, though she did not progress in the 1928 Games, she came fourth in the 1932 Games and seventh in the Berlin Games, both in the 100 metres backstroke. She was in fact the first woman to compete in four successive Olympics and held world records in the 100, 200 and 400 metres backstroke in 1932. The cup awarded to her at Bologna in 1927 was said to have been presented by Mussolini himself who attempted to seduce her but without success. On the other hand, she danced with Hermann Goering during the 1936 Games and found him to be “the perfect gentleman”.

The MAZE Illusionist Event - Wednesday 23rd May - Rose Theatre Kingston

9:09am Wednesday 16th May 2012

Come along to MAZE, the first London visit of a European tour which has been extremely popular in the US. A dynamic, eye catching and thought provoking Illusionist show asking the question 'What is truth?'.