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Merton has biggest knife crime drop in London
It seems only a few days ago that I wrote to you telling you about what a good week we had - I think this means that I must be enjoying my role! Of course I am and what is really encouraging is to see the effects of what we are trying to do paying
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Ambitious plans for brand new dog track
Plans for a brand new £30m greyhound stadium have been submitted in the latest twist in the saga for Plough Lane’s future. Irish businessman Paschal Taggart said he wants to build a new four-tier stadium with a capacity for 6,000 spectators
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Big changes to new council shadow cabinet
Merton Council’s Conservative group has unveiled a new top team as their councillors enter a third year of being in opposition. Councillor Debbie Shears, the group’s leader, announced sweeping changes to an enlarged shadow cabinet which sees
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When trains first arrived at Wimbledon
Passenger trains have been operating to and from Wimbledon for exactly 174 years this week. What was called Wimbledon and Merton Station opened a few yards south of the present site on 21 May 1838 when the London and South Western Railway ran
