Merton

Resident Charlie, 51, said: “We quite often hear as someone gets stuck underneath, it’s become a local attraction for the neighbours we go out and have a look.”

Calls to block a huge expansion to the Wimbledon Tennis Club have been made after more than 1,000 people objected to a planning application.

The Mitcham and Cricket Green Community and Heritage group says it has been trying to get the rubbish in Willow Lane sorted for months.

Rexon Rebidelmo, 19, was driving at 81mph in an area with a 20mph speed limit.

If approved it would span 67 hectares between Wimbledon and Wandsworth.

An elderly man has died after being taken to hospital in critical condition following a car accident. Police are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. A black Mercedes hit the 83-year-old, who was a pedestrian, on Edge Hill Court at around 7pm on Tuesday, November 2. The man was taken to a South London hospital in a critical condition.

A huge 13-storey block of flats could be built on a former soft play centre in Colliers Wood. Last week, Merton Council gave backed plans for a block of 116 flats in Station Road. Due to the building’s height it will be passed on to the Mayor of London to make the final decision. A planning committee on Thursday night (October 21) heard from locals against the plans.

In April 2019 work on strengthening the bridge over the River Wandle started but two months later disaster struck and heavy rain saw part of the bridge collapse. After more than two years of disruption to locals, the revamped Mitcham Bridge reopened on Monday night (October 18).