- Year round focus on local democracy for our young people - 30/03/2007
Sutton Council is extending activities normally run during Local Democracy Week to grab young people's attention all year round.
Instead of a week of activities, the council is encouraging...
- Success of joint visiting service - 30/03/2007
Hundreds of Sutton pensioners have been able to claim benefits and services they are entitled to thanks to the joint visiting team set up by Sutton Council and Sutton Pension Service.
In i...
- Council extends call centre opening hours - 29/03/2007
The operating hours of Sutton Council's people call centre service, 020 8770 6080, have been extended as an added service to residents. The call centre is now open an hour longer at the start and a...
- Easter parking in Sutton - 27/03/2007
A reminder that there will be no charge for parking in pay-and-display car parks and in on-street pay-and-display bays in Sutton on Good Friday (6 April), Easter Sunday (8 April) and Easter Monday ...
- A Taste of Italy next weekend in Sutton - 22/03/2007
Sutton's High Street will be transformed next weekend when an Italian market comes to town.
The ever-popular Italian market will give Sutton's weekend shoppers a chance to pick up some authentic I...
- Helping hand for small businesses - 22/03/2007
For anyone planning to start their own business, or running one already, Sutton Council's first smartbiz@sutton event on Saturday 21 April at the Holiday Inn is a must.
The free event, being held ...
- A bike ride down memory lane - 21/03/2007
Young people from Ecolocal's Bike Street project recently invited older people to share their memories of bicycles and transport in Sutton for a forthcoming reminiscence book.
A Smarter Travel Sut...
- In-depth look at transport issues for school relocation - 21/03/2007
In-depth look at transport issues for school relocationThe Traffic and Transport Statement in relation to the rebuilding of Stanley Park High School is now available to the public. The ...
- Council signs new computer services contract - 20/03/2007
Sutton has signed a groundbreaking contract to provide a resilient and more flexible infrastructure for all of the council's IT services. These new arrangements will see all of the council's comput...
- Sutton Primary Schools' Cycling Championships - 20/03/2007
Sutton Council is once again supporting this year's Sutton Primary Schools Cycling Championships at Cuddington Recreation Ground, Worcester Park, on Friday 23 March.
Pupils from many of the ...
- Health and safety failures costs Sutton business hefty penalty - 15/03/2007
Sutton-based company Westmead Business Group has had to pay a heavy price for poor health and safety standards after being fined a total of £39000 in a prosecution by Sutton Council.
It is the hig...
- Short break carers needed to help Sutton's children with disabilities - 15/03/2007
Sutton's Family Link scheme desperately needs volunteers to be short break carers for children with disabilities and their families. Anything from a few hours a week to a few days a month or more w...
- Help Marie Curie and enjoy Daffodil Day - 13/03/2007
There will be fun and entertainment in Sutton town centre's Millennium Gardens this Saturday, 17 March, celebrating Marie Curie Cancer Care's annual Daffodil Day.
Music will be supplied by Radio S...
- Resident jailed for benefit fraud - 13/03/2007
Sutton Council has brought two successful prosecutions of benefit fraud amounting to a total of almost £40,000 in overpayment.
Sylvia Bridger, of Browning Avenue, Worcester Park pleaded guilty at ...
- Sutton cycles into spring - 12/03/2007
Local cycling champion Louise Mahé joined Councillor Colin Hall at Sutton Council's Cycle into Spring event in the town centre on Sunday 11 March.
The council's Smarter Travel Sutton team organise...
- Gymnastics trials for Sutton's London Youth Games team - 09/03/2007
Sutton's young gymnasts are invited to team trials, which are free of charge.
These trials for both boys and girls for places in Sutton's London Youth Games team take place this Friday 16 ...
- Improve your netball course at Easter - 09/03/2007
Sutton Council's Sutton Sports Development team are running a Girls Netball Skills Award Day during the Easter Holidays on Monday 2 April at Cheam High School, Chatsworth Road, between 10am - 3pm.
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- Nonsuch Primary School celebrates excellent Ofsted report - 09/03/2007
Staff and teachers at Nonsuch Primary School, Stoneleigh, are celebrating the outcome of a recent Ofsted inspection that called it 'an outstanding school'.
In every category the school sco...
- Sutton girls reach Lords cricket finals - 07/03/2007
Sutton girls under 13 cricketers pulled off an amazing win in the London Youth Games Indoor Cricket Cup when they won all their three matches in their group.
Now they are in the finals on...
- Sutton Council continues to wage war on the waste criminals - 07/03/2007
Sutton Council has continued its zero tolerance on waste crime with five successful prosecutions. This enforces the council's determination to rid our streets of any unwanted litter and mess.
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- Congratulations to customer services staff - 07/03/2007
The highly professional customer services staff at Sutton Council were rewarded for the service they give the public when 40 of them received prestigious awards from the Institute of Customer Servi...
- Lemon drizzle cakes are back at the Farmers' Market - 06/03/2007
Wallington Farmers' Market returns this Saturday 10 March to the Old Town Hall and library gardens between 9am and 1pm.
One stallholder back after illness is selling gluten-free and wheat-...
- Reaping rewards for cycling to school - 06/03/2007
Former BBC weather presenter Helen Young launched Sutton Council's new Go Bike! reward scheme at Wilson's School in Wallington on Monday 5 March.
School children at Wilson's will re...
- New budget safeguards services - 06/03/2007
A budget that will continue to meet residents' needs for good quality services at the least possible cost was agreed by Sutton Council on 5 March.
The £127million budget for 2007/08 has be...
- Back us in our Big Lottery bid for new library - 06/03/2007
Come and have your say next Friday and Saturday 16th and 17th March between 10am and 3pm about plans for a new library at Middleton Circle.
Sutton Library Service is bidding for £1.5m from...
- Sutton wins the yellow jersey - 05/03/2007
You can test your cycling speeds on the world's toughest bike race next weekend when the Tour de France roadshow comes to Sutton High Street.
The council's Smarter Travel Sutton team is r...
- Stanley Park - one of the most improved schools in the country - 05/03/2007
Stanley Park High School has been ranked joint 10th in the country for improvement in key stage 3 results over the past four years it was announced by the Department for Education and Skills last w...
- Sutton Council prepares for social services inspection - 01/03/2007
Sutton Council, recently rated as a 4-star authority that is "improving well" by the Audit Commission, is getting ready for a review of learning disability services by the Commission for Social Car...