Tag Archives: Beddington

RSPB investigation launched after two Wandle egrets killed

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

Wildlife wardens from the RSPB are investigating what one conservationist has described as “an unusual cluster” of two dead and one injured little egrets from the River Wandle and Beddington Farmlands in the past week. The birds do not appear … Continue reading →

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Frost Fair, St Mary’s Beddington Park, Nov 24

Posted on November 23, 2018 by
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The Wandle Mills of Beddington and Carshalton talk, Sep 24

Posted on September 17, 2018 by
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Report ignored incinerator when assessing school air quality

Posted on September 2, 2018 by

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on this week’s opening of the Viridor Incinerator Academy, a primary for four- to 11-year-olds, that could literally take their breath away Reports this week from China have offered scientific evidence that air pollution causes … Continue reading →

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Local contractors hit as Viridor incinerator builders go bust

Posted on February 21, 2018 by

Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the business collapse of the construction firm working on a £250m project at Beddington Lane The construction firm which has been leading on the £250million build of the Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane has … Continue reading →

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In south London, birds of a feather are flocking together

Posted on January 2, 2018 by

NATURE NOTES: The darker months at the end of the year have been brightened up by huge flocks of non-native birds, and a couple of surprise visitors to the area, as PETER ALFREY, the ‘Birdman of Beddington’, reports In November … Continue reading →

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Splitters! LibDems resort to panic appeal to ‘lend’ votes

Posted on June 2, 2017 by

KEN LEE reports from another battleground seat, where accusations over a ‘dirty’ campaign have been flying among the bluebottles around the unemptied bins of Sutton It’s all gone a bit Monty Python in the Carshalton and Wallington marginal seat, where … Continue reading →

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