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Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems

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Sales of new build homes in London collapse to just 26 in June says Land Registry

Not a single new home sales has been recorded in the borough of Merton this year

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OPINION - Forget Havering quitting London, this is why we should kick out Clapham, Merton and Camden first

In a landmark moment in London's history, a local MP is campaigning to annex his borough from the wider London Pangaea and float off into the home counties.

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Londoner arrested on suspicion of assisting the suicide of a 17-year-old boy

A woman, 29, from Merton has been arrested in connection with the death of teenager Vlad Nikolin-Caisley, who died in May last year

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Roads in southwest London borough in 'terrible state' causing danger to residents, warns MP

Ministers have been warned that Britain’s roads are ‘in a shocking state of disrepair’

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Twelve firearms and £340,000 worth of drugs seized in Met police crackdown in Merton

Forty arrests made as part of efforts to make south west London borough safer for residents

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'Terrified' London family evicted from home on day daughter started exams

A single mother of four, whose son has a disability and whose daughter was sitting GCSE exams, has been evicted from her Merton house

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Wimbledon poised for tense match as council votes on ‘industrial tennis complex’

Campaigners criticise loss of open space as Wandsworth prepares to decide on plan for 10-storey show court

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Monday briefing: Inside the All England Lawn Tennis Club’s awkward expansion

In today’s newsletter: The home of tennis wants to get bigger so it can compete with other grand slam championships in New York and Paris

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Wimbledon expansion a step closer after Merton Council approval despite protests

Ambitious plans still to face Wandsworth Council and London Mayor before spades can go in ground

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Wandsworth Council announces £1m Ulez scrappage scheme

The announcement comes after neighbouring Merton Council announced it was also launching a scrappage fund

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Merton Council launches its own £1m Ulez scrappage scheme

The council said its scheme will provide £1,000 grants “to help the poorest areas in our community that are not well connected by public transport”

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Wimbledon serves up £200m boost to London as Britain’s biggest sporting earner set to get under way

The study found that £74 million of new money was brought into Merton and Wandsworth alone

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TfL to slap 20mph limit on 65km more of London roads in September

Transport chiefs have announced plans to bring a 20mph speed limit to more of the capital’s roads in September.

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Council’s role in restoring gothic Toynbee fountain in Wimbledon

Letter: The deputy leader of Merton council, Eleanor Stringer, responds to Polly Toynbee’s claim that local authorities have been ‘far from cooperative’ in such heritage projects

The Independent UK

Residents from scene of south London’s fatal explosion still in hotels six months later

Several families evacuated from Galpin’s Road in Merton last year still living in temporary accommodation

The Independent UK

Residents from scene of fatal explosion still in hotels six months later

Several families who were evacuated from Galpin’s Road in Merton, south London, on August 8, are still living in temporary accommodation.

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London hospital rolls out life-saving allergy bags in schools

The allergy bag scheme has been rolled out to 140 schools in the boroughs of Wandsworth and Merton

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Merton: Man arrested after pedestrian dies following car crash

Police rushed to Worple Road in Merton at 1.45am on Friday following reports that a Mercedes CLA had hit a pedestrian

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Classic Ford car driver admits killing Deliveroo moped rider in Merton crash

Jason Hoblyn has admitted causing the death of Marcos Mateus Alves through dangerous driving

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Severe Weather ‘escalated Quickly’ With Likely Tornadoes Touching Down In Milwaukee Suburbs

Severe weather rumbled across Wisconsin on Wednesday, spawning at least two suspected tornadoes and causing thousands of power outages across the state

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Merton Council vows streets will remain clean as it scraps bin contract amid pressure from residents

The contract with Veolia will end in 2025, prompting fears over cleanliness for the next three years

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South London councils binning their rubbish collection contract following complaints

Merton Council will be the first of four to make a decision

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Residents evacuated after deadly blast unable to return home almost a month on

Dozens of residents from Galpin’s Road in Merton, south London, have been told they are unable to return to their homes until mid-October.

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London weather: Flood alerts issued for 10 boroughs

Wandsworth, Merton, Lambeth, Croydon, Sutton, Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich, Richmond and Kingston are affected

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