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Pipettes push for power pop
11:01am Wednesday 27th August 2008
Most music fans have probably stood mouth agape at a gig, dreaming of what it would be like to join their heroes on stage.
KCS in celebratory mood
10:59am Wednesday 27th August 2008
Kingston Choral Society will be gearing up for their 60th anniversary season by holding open rehearsals ahead of a string of celebratory concerts.
Feeling Blue
3:30pm Wednesday 27th August 2008
Blues Brothers Banned pretty much have their niche covered - after all, how many other eleven-piece tribute acts do you know?
Comments (0)Angelina Ballerina dances back into Wimbledon
4:43pm Friday 22nd August 2008
Like some kind of pirhouetting, female, mousey prodigal son, kids’ favourite Angelina Ballerina returns to New Wimbledon Theatre for two nights, having had her smash hit show debut in Wimbledon a year ago.
Just a minute, it's Nicholas Parsons!
12:59pm Friday 22nd August 2008
When we reported on St Luke’s Music Society’s new season a few weeks ago we mentioned opera singer Willard White and violinist Nicola Benedetti as potential highlights.
It's Carnival time at Tooting Bec Common
12:54pm Friday 22nd August 2008
It is about time Tooting Bec Common was taken by the scruff of the neck and made it into a playground for the senses one summer weekend, and that is exactly what has happened, with the inaugural Balham and Tooting Carnival taking place this weekend.
Howie, Smith and Sinha top week's comedy bill
12:56pm Friday 22nd August 2008
With Edinburgh Festival winding down again, London is welcoming back some highly talented comics back into the fold - to the benefit of our local comedy clubs.
It's all Greek to Pick n Myth at Colour House Theatre
12:58pm Friday 22nd August 2008
Abbeyfest may have come to an end for this year, and culminated in a fantastic Kidsfest on Sunday, but the Colour House Children’s Theatre in Merton Abbey Mills still has plenty lined up to entertain any restless child before school starts again.
Singing the Blues
2:08pm Thursday 21st August 2008
Channeling the sounds of the streets of London, The King Blues are the latest powerhouse punk band attempting to make waves.
The last stand for Rhona
10:17am Thursday 21st August 2008
The Rhona Cameron of today is not the Rhona Cameron eight years ago.
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UK condemns Russian military action
Updated 3:34am Thursday 28th August 2008
Britain has condemned Russia's "excessive use of military force" in Georgia.
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Britain's Olympic heroes reunited with families at Egham hotel
Egham’s Runnymede Hotel welcomed Britain’s returning Olympic heroes today.
Surfer braves current to save children from sea
A surfer has been hailed a hero after risking his own life to save a teen and two children from drowning – and then unwinding with a cup of tea.
Chariot Festival brings music and worship to Tooting
Tooting was bought to life with colour and music today thanks to a stunning spectacle of Hindu worship.
A 20-mile ‘super sewer’ will start in Chiswick
A huge crater may be dug in Chiswick to make way for a massive underground “super sewer” entrance.
Frying tonight: Fire crew tackles blaze in chippy
An investigation has been launched after a fire broke out in a fish and chip shop causing staff and nearby residents to be evacuated.
‘The public should have a say in park’s future’
A Brentford resident who has seen Gunnersbury Park go from riches to rags has accused Hounslow Council of being undemocratic, after meetings on the park’s future have been held in secret.
‘PCT ignored my letters’
A campaigner for the Stroke Association has criticised what he described as the “rudeness and callous indifference” shown by Hounslow Primary Care Trust (PCT) towards the charity.
Merton exhibition will bring out the child in you
Visitors to Merton’s Heritage Centre will have the opportunity to get in touch with their inner-child thanks to a new exhibition.
Only one per cent of you know MPs...
An investigation by the Croydon Guardian has revealed that 99 per cent of Croydon residents do not recognise their local member of Parliament is and 100 per cent have no idea what their European parliament representative looks like.
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