Awareness week higlights life saving benefits of cervical screening
Tom Brake MP joined other MPs to support Cervical Screening Awareness Week and highlight the potential life-saving benefits of cervical screening, also known as ‘smear tests’. Cervical screening prevents up to 75% of cervical cancers from developing and saves an estimated 5,000 lives across the UK every year. However, one in four women do […]
Family History Society will focus on Women and WW1
The next Meeting of East Surrey Family History Society Sutton Branch is on Thursday 5th July At St Nicholas Church Hall, Robin Hood Lane, Sutton, SM1 2RG Doors Open 7.30 pm. Coffee , Tea and Biscuits be for the Talk at 8pm Women on the Home WW1 speaker Ian Porter Note No Meeting in August
Plight of Palestinians to be highlighted at public meeting
Sutton for Peace and Justice invite you to a public meeting on The plight of Palestinians today Friday 6 July, 7.30–9.30pm, doors open at 7.00 Sutton Quaker Meeting House, Cedar Road, Sutton, SM2 5DA Sutton for Peace and Justice invite you to a public meeting: The plight of Palestinians today The killing of Palestinian demonstrators […]
Sutton High students drop phone from space – and it survived!
A phone dropped from space? Sounds crazy, but Sutton High School for Girls partnered with UK start-up Mous, known for their viral marketing and engineering know-how, to do an epic 36-kilometer drop from outside the stratosphere. And to everyone’s amazement, the phone survived! “It all started with our viral marketing videos” says Lucy Hutchinson, co-founder […]
Rents rise while wages fall – union study shows
Rents across London have soared over the last six years whilst wages have fallen far behind. A new study by the GMB union shows that between 2011 and 2017, rents for 2 bedroom flats in London increased by 25.9% to an average of £1,500 per month, while monthly earnings increased by just 9.1%. […]
Grandson trying aiming to publish the full history and exploits of one of borough’s greatest World War One heroes
The full history and exploits of one of the borough’s greatest World War One heroes Frank Brock has been written and the author his grandson is now looking for support to get the amazing story published. The Brock family were central to the borough and to the war effort during the 1914-18 conflict. The Brocks […]