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Residents anger over plans to close vital hospital services
Hundreds of residents have expressed anger over plans to close vital services at St Helier hospital. Residents packed Morden's civic centre on Thursday for a public meeting led by Siobhain McDonagh, MP for Mitcham and Morden, after an independent
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Residents mark fifth year of unfinished bridge
The firth birthday of the infamous ‘unfinished bridge’ was celebrated by residents last week. Residents gathered at the bridge on Wednesday, June 20, with unfinished cake, unfinished songs and unfinished poems to celebrate the unfinished bridge
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The African Emperor who found refuge in Wimbledon
Exactly 76 years ago this week in June 1936, the exiled Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1892-1975) stood before the League of Nations to appeal for international support against the Italian Fascist conquest of his country. A few weeks
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MERTON COUNCIL OFFICER WINS ROAD SAFETY AWARD
The prestigious Laurie Bunn Road Safety Award 2012 was presented to Keith Filby, Road Safety and Smarter Travel Officer from the London Borough of Merton for his work on the Borough’s ‘Be a Brighter Biker’ Project. The Brighter Bike scheme comprises
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Former Pub reveals old signs
From a location just outside the original boundary walls of Merton Priory , The former Princess Royal pub in Nelson Grove Road is thought to be one of the earliest buildings built in historic Merton still remaining, standing on the nearest first developed
