Drivers are being warned of 20 items that could pose a serious risk when driving

Although Census Day took place on 21 March, the official closing date for the online form is Monday 24 May.

Pictures show a community demonstration outside a car dealership on Plough Lane following the destruction of eleven trees.

The UK's first ‘bring your own towel scheme’ has launched at a hair salon in Merton.

In a quiet housing estate in Vauxhall is a shop lined with long tables piled high with produce.

A paedophile from Sutton who raped and assaulted seven young boys over a period of more than 40 years has been convicted of rape and sexual assault.

Public Health England (PHE) has identified a new strain of the virus and it is being described as a variant under investigation.

Sadiq Khan visited the new Nine Elms Tube station today as the Northern Line extension nears completion.

Calls for dogs to be allowed off leads in Richmond and Bushy Parks have intensified – despite a 3 month ban in deer birthing season.

A South West London communications officer is raising vital funds for Mind, Shelter and Cancer Research UK.

Council flats in South Norwood were “uninhabitable and unsafe” according to the Regulator of Social Housing.

Police have launched a murder investigation after a 39-year-old man died in hospital following a stabbing in Richmond this week.

A former Great Ormond Street hospital porter who sexually abused boys in the linen room left his victims "profoundly scarred", a court has heard.

Merton Council have issued a statement following the "disaster" on Plough Lane following the destruction of a tree canopy

Plans to repurpose the Guildhall building as part of a redevelopment project in central Kingston continue to divide opinion months after they were announced.

An investigation has been launched after a man was rushed to hospital with severe burns following a fire in Sutton.

The government’s transport secretary has said he is “pushing very hard” for a partial reopening of Hammersmith Bridge this summer.

A teacher from Harris Academy Wimbledon is starring in a new film supporting the Get Into Teaching campaign from the Department for Education.

A man and two women have been arrested in Pollards Hill in connection with the supply of Class A drugs.

Police have launched a public information appeal after receivinmg reports that a man abused a woman on a bus between Kingston and Epsom last month.

A mysterious, guerilla group of knitters have struck again with their latest offering of warm and fuzzy things directed at Epsom Downs Post Office.

Surge testing will take place in Hounslow amid a sharp spike in reported cases of the  B.1.617.2 'India variant' of the Covid-19 virus.

The driver of the Croydon tram crash in 2016 may have been in a "microsleep" when it happened, an chief inspector told an inquest into the deaths.

The Indian Covid variant has now been found in a multitude of places across the country.

Armed police "flooded" Sunbury Cross shopping centre after reports of a group of youths fighting on Wednesday evening.

Police have issued an appeal to help locate a man missing from the Purley area.

A 12-month trial of e-scooter rentals in London will begin in June, TfL has today confirmed.

Armed officers and a helicopter were deployed by Surrey Police in Walton on Monday night (May 17) after they received reports of a man sighted with a weapon.

Hundreds of residents have encouraged a yarn group to "crack on with their colourful displays" after they received an anonymous letter asking them to be removed from the streets of Merton.

More than 200 pieces of IT equipment has been donated to schools across Sutton to help bridge the digital divide.

The roof of a home in Epsom was burnt through by a sudden house fire yesterday that was reportedly caused by a chance lightning strike.

A car dealership has issued an apology after chopping down eleven trees in Wimbledon.

More wet weather is forecast to follow this week after thunder and lightning was joined by a freakish hail storm sweeping across south London yesterday.

A Tooting MP has spoken out in criticism of a joint operation by Met Police and the Home Office, targeting food delivery drivers

Richmond Park MP Sara Olney has criticsed the Israeli state's aggressive actions in Palestine in response to an open letter from the Muslim community.

A former probation officer with the Met Police in Croydon has been sentenced after pleading guilty to assaulting a fellow member of the force while off duty.

An elderly couple linked with a veterans' care home in Surbiton have spoken out about their experience living with dementia to mark Dementia Action Week.

A man is in a serious condition after being violently stabbed in Richmond.

A nurse who looked after Boris Johnson when he was seriously ill with Covid-19 has resigned, citing the Government's 1% pay offer and its lack of respect for the profession.

A Russian supermarket which has been dubbed the new Lidl has set its sights on opening a store in south London.

A man in his 30s has been hospitalised with a serious head injury following an unknown incident in Croydon.

Kingston and Epsom and Ewell both inaugurated new mayors in recent days as figureheads for their respective boroughs for the coming year.

Emergency services were called to the scene of a house fire in Epsom this afternoon after a lightning strike reportedly hit a home on a residential street.

Concerns over the spread of a new and highly transmissible strain of the Covid-19 virus first detected in India are being furthered with cases detected in a number of south west London boroughs.

Transport for London (TfL) has secured another short-term extension of its Government bailout as negotiations on a longer deal continue, the authority announced.

A pedestrian crossing has been painted in the colours of the transgender flag in Sutton Town Centre.

A charity football match featuring former legends of the game will take place at Selhurst Park on June 1, organizers have announced.

A prison governor who spends his spare time as a pacer at marathon events is taking on 11 marathons in 11 days.

Clapham cheerleaders are going for gold at a national competition.

South London councils in Sutton and Kingston have joined with flooding tech providers Aquasition to introduce an early warning system designed to help deal with future flooding in their boroughs.