- Rewarding Sutton's young readers - 29/09/2006
This summer over 2000 children from all over the borough took part in 'The Reading Mission' a national competition that set children the task of reading at least six books during their summer holid...
- Antiques at Sutton Library - 29/09/2006
This Saturday 7 October 2006, Sutton Central library will be hosting the first of a series of regular antique fairs in the Europa Gallery.
If you deal in antiques and would like to take part...
- Top performing Sutton appoints new head of communications - 29/09/2006
The London Borough of Sutton is delighted to announce the appointment of Darren Bindloss as head of corporate communications.
He will be responsible for a 11-strong team covering all inte...
- Awards for Sutton's Environmentalists - 28/09/2006
Sutton's green champions received awards for their outstanding environmental work at a ceremony held in the Secombe Theatre, Sutton, on Tuesday evening, 26 September.
Launched this year, t...
- Landlords - register now for new licences! - 27/09/2006
Sutton Council is asking local landlords of large rented properties to register for a new licence or face a potential fine of up to £20,000.
Landlords and property managing agents who let ...
- Planning the future of Hackbridge - 27/09/2006
Is Hackbridge a sustainable suburban village? How do people who live there feel about their neighbourhood? How can local people and the council identify future needs and improve this distinctive pa...
- Happy birthday Wallington Library! - 26/09/2006
Wallington Library is 70 years young on 3 October!
To celebrate the library's 70th Anniversary, staff will greet customers in 1930s period dress on Tuesday, launching a month of special fr...
- Sutton Primary Schools Cycling Championships - 25/09/2006
Sutton Council is once again supporting this year's Sutton Primary Schools Cycling Championships at Cuddington Recreation Ground, Worcester Park, on Friday 29 September.
Pupils from ...
- Schools celebrate great ideas for green travel - 25/09/2006
Former BBC weather forecaster Helen Young will be presenting awards to Sutton schools who have been promoting sustainable travel at a ceremony in the Holiday Inn on Thursday 28 September, from 3.30...
- Watch out for scams - 22/09/2006
Sutton Council's Business Regulation Service is warning residents and businesses about the El Gordo Spanish lottery scam. And about another scam in which rogue traders send emails to bank cus...
- Resident fined for fly tipping by waste carrier - 22/09/2006
A Croydon resident has been fined £500 and ordered to pay costs of £350 for failing to ensure that his household waste was transferred to an official waste carrier.
Mr Noah Muiruri pleaded guilty...
- Historic Telephone Directories Go On-Line at Sutton Libraries - 22/09/2006
Do you recall the old local telephone exchanges? FAIrlands for Sutton & Cheam; DERwent for Worcester Park; FRAnklin for Wallington & Carshalton; and MELville and VIGilant both serving Sutto...
- Sutton's young people rise to fitness challenge - 22/09/2006
A group of young fitness enthusiasts will be rewarded for taking up Sutton Council's fitness challenge this summer at a ceremony at the Phoenix Centre on Tuesday 26th September.
During the school ...
- Successful double prosecution of two benefit fraudsters - 20/09/2006
Two mothers who fraudently claimed Housing and Council Tax benefit of over £13,000 each from Sutton Council and the Department of Work and Pensions have been successfully prosecuted by the council....
- A warm welcome at Wallington Library - 19/09/2006
Members of the public are invited to visit the newly refurbished Wallington Library.
The library has proved very popular since re-opening for business in May. It attracted over 60,000 visit...
- Bess of Beddington - 19/09/2006
Author Anna Beer will be talking about Sir Walter Ralegh's wife Bess Throckmorton, a little known but fascinating historical figure, at Sutton Central Library on Thursday 5th October at 7pm.
Oxfor...
- Protecting lizards and other wildlife in Nonsuch Park - 19/09/2006
Local residents and groups are being invited to get active and help turn a derelict piece of land in Nonsuch Park into a nature conservation area.
The land, formerly the site of Cherry Orchard Nu...
- Buses roll into the High Street - 19/09/2006
Two vintage buses which young and old can climb on and explore will be the big attractions in Sutton town centre on Friday and Saturday, 22 and 23 September, as part of a week-long promotion of gre...
- Improvements to Sutton's parking service continue - 19/09/2006
New parking permits for carers and health workers and an end to the £2 charge for issuing disabled badges are being introduced in Sutton.
The carers' concessionary parking scheme will run for a 12...
- Borough libraries celebrate Black History Month - 15/09/2006
Britain's rich cultural diversity will be celebrated by Sutton Library Service throughout October during Black History Month, which is themed Moving Here, telling our story of migration.
S...
- Sutton is going places with Smarter Travel campaign - 15/09/2006
Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, and Sean Brennan, leader of Sutton Council, unveiled a £5 million transport initiative to cut congestion in the borough, which is a UK first.
The Mayor and Cllr B...
- Sutton's Good Going Week - 14/09/2006
A week of fun events encouraging Sutton residents to leave their cars at home and walk, cycle or use public transport starts this weekend.
Good Going Week (15th-23rd September), aimed at c...
- Delivering a scam straight to your door - 14/09/2006
Sutton Council is warning residents to be on their guard against a bogus company called Parcel Delivery Service (PDS).
The company posts a card through the door saying that they were unabl...
- Sutton's Good Going Week - 14/09/2006
A week of fun events encouraging Sutton residents to leave their cars at home and walk, cycle or use public transport starts this weekend.
Good Going Week (15th-23rd September), aimed at c...
- Modernising learning disabilities services - 13/09/2006
Sutton Council has given the go-ahead over plans to modernise residential and day care services for people with learning disabilities to give service users more choice, control and independence ove...
- Care centre improvements - 13/09/2006
Two of the council's care centres for older people are to undergo a significant programme of building improvement work next year.
The work will be carried out at Franklin House and Oaklei...
- Building Schools for the Future - 13/09/2006
Sutton Council has nominated Stanley Park High School to be rebuilt under the Government's Building Schools for the Future 'One School Pathfinder' Scheme.
The council will receive approxi...
- Your chance to talk books at Wallington Library - 12/09/2006
Have you ever wanted to discuss a book you've just read with someone else to either rave about it or criticise it?
Now you can share your ideas with other enthusiastic readers at an...
- Sutton Sports Awards 2006 - 12/09/2006
It's time to recognise our local sporting heroes and heroines!
Nominations are being sought for the Sutton Sports Awards 2006.
The awards aim to recognise the achievements of loca...
- Sensational salads boost school menus - 08/09/2006
Children at Muschamp Primary School will be celebrating National School Meals Week, and the launch of new salad options in Sutton schools, with a Ready Steady Cook competition on Tuesday 12 Septemb...
- Chance to have your say in Sutton's economic future - 08/09/2006
Three hundred businesses in the borough will get the chance to make a contribution to the future of Sutton's economy by taking part in a research project for Sutton Council.
The opinions, ...
- What do you think of Sutton's library service? - 07/09/2006
In the week beginning 25 September, Sutton Libraries will be surveying our adult customers using the national standard questionnaire for libraries.
Although we are always happy to learn yo...
- Food for thought - 07/09/2006
Pupils across Sutton's primary and special schools will savour the taste of healthier and tastier meals when they return to school in September.
The new healthier meals were cooked up to m...
- Are you into antiques? - 05/09/2006
Sutton Central library will be holding a fabulous new Saturday antiques fair on Saturday 7 October 2006.
The bright and spacious Europa Gallery will be the venue the first of a series of r...
- First and last celebrate renewal at Roundshaw - 05/09/2006
The final phase of rehousing residents of the Roundshaw Estate was marked by Sutton Council and Sutton Housing Partnership at a special celebration in the Phoenix Centre on 31 August.
...
- Hey Big Spender! - 05/09/2006
Owners and managers of businesses large and small in Sutton are invited to the launch of an innovative new networking group, the Sutton Business Forum, on Friday 6 October.
Th...
- Change nappies and help the environment - 01/09/2006
Sutton Council is encouraging local mothers to consider buying reusable nappies rather than disposables in order to reduce landfill and the impact of nappies on the environment.
The...
- Residents fight back with 'No Junk Mail' stickers - 01/09/2006
Householders are waging a war against junk mail with the help of Sutton Council. They are using the Council's 'No Junk Mail' stickers to reduce deliveries of leaflets and advertisements to their ho...
- You can now apply online for school places - 01/09/2006
Do you have a child who is due to start primary school or transfer to secondary school in September 2007?
If so, you can now apply for your child's school place on the internet by visit...
- Asda guilty of food contamination at Beddington Lane store - 01/09/2006
Asda Stores Ltd have been fined for selling food contaminated by mice, following a successful prosecution by Sutton Council's environmental health officers.
Asda pleaded guilty to three fo...
- Celebrate National Farmers' Market Month at Wallington - 01/09/2006
September is National Farmers' Market Month and this Saturday 9 September, Wallington Farmers' Market returns to the Old Town Hall gardens between 9am and 1.30pm.
As well as the usual qual...
- We want your vision for Sutton
Sutton Council is asking local people and groups for their ideas on the future development of the borough over the next 10 to 15 years.
A major consultation exercise is underway as ...
