More than one million Covid-19 vaccinations given in south west London

More than one million Covid-19 vaccinations have now been given in south west London. Latest data confirms that the NHS has administered 1,011,913 doses in the boroughs of Merton, Wandsworth, Croydon, Sutton, Kingston and Richmond, with 330,461 being second doses. The seven-figure milestone has been reached 22 weeks after the south west London vaccination programme […]

Duke of Cambridge visits police custody centre

His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge visited the Met’s Croydon Custody Centre today (Wednesday, 12 May) to pay his respects to Sergeant Matt Ratana, who was tragically shot and killed while on duty in September 2020. During his visit, The Duke was welcomed by Commissioner Cressida Dick and introduced to Matt’s partner and some […]

Borough joins “Breathe London” trial

Sutton Council is one of the first London Boroughs to join the ‘Breathe London’ trial which gives it access to a network of air quality sensors and pollution data. This will help significantly reduce the costs of sourcing accurate air pollution data for local projects and schemes. As part of the InnOvaTe Project, the Council will […]

Wallington firm offering three new jobs

Wallington based social enterprise Cygnet CIC has three new vacancies. The company is looking for: Part time marketing manager IT support engineer IT Helpdesk technician For further information go to http://www.cygnet-it.org/jobs/

Cost effective training initiative launched to protect your organisation from cyber crime

In response to increasing concern from businesses, voluntary organisations and schools about cyber security locally based Cygnet CIC has launched a new training initiative. The Wallington based company now has available a range of on line video training sessions which highlight how to minimise the many ways that emails, websites and other on line access […]

Man jailed following investigation into a sexual assault on night bus

A man has been jailed following an investigation by officers into a sexual assault on board a night bus in south west London. Edward Chirmicii, 24 (7.11.96) of Waltham Forest, E11 was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, 7 May to 16 months imprisonment. He was also given a five year sexual harm prevention […]

NHS Trust secures nearly £3 million to support adult community health services

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG) has been successful in securing £2.8m to support the development of its adult community mental health services. The funding will be used to deliver improvements as part of a larger investment over the next three years in community services. In line with ambitions set out in […]

Focus on fostering identifies 200 children in the borough who need our help

Foster Care Fortnight takes place from 10 – 23 May and provides an opportunity to celebrate fostering and the impact it has upon lives. The borough’s Fostering Service has been working tirelessly throughout the pandemic to provide homes to some of the borough’s most vulnerable children and young people and have captured the stories of […]

Council appoints borough’s Mayor for 2021/22

Councillor Trish Fivey was re-appointed as the Mayor of Sutton this week at the Council’s second virtual Annual Council meeting. Born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, and one of nine children, Cllr Fivey represented Northern Ireland in netball. She has been a Sutton councillor since 2014 and has lived in the borough for 40 years where […]

Police officer dismissed following misconduct hearing

A serving police officer has been dismissed without notice after allegations of gross misconduct were found proven following the conclusion of a hearing on Friday, 7 May. The hearing found that the conduct of Detective Sergeant Neil Buckmaster, attached to the South Area Command Unit, breached the standards of professional behaviour in respect of ‘equality […]