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Epsom WHAT IS KILLING
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IS KILLING OUR
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Five foxes, two of them mysteriously byHELENCRANE
mutilated, have been found dead in
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twoAshteadgardens.
The tails of the two mutilated foxes Department of Food and Rural Affairs
whichdiedwithinaweekof eachother, (Defra).
weremissing. “Peopleneedtogetthemessagethatthey
Thelastfoxdiedingreatdistressovera needtobeverycarefulif theyaregoingto
period of a week although it was still usepoisonstocontrolrodents.”
strongenoughtoevadecapture. Just a few hundred yards away from
SurreyPoliceisinvestigatingthedeaths Overdale in separate incidents three
of the animals found in two gardens in deaddeerwerefoundclosetoAshtead
Overdaleandhasleafletedtheroadasking station but they are thought to have
forinformation. beenvictimsof roadaccidentsasthey
AnofficialfromNaturalEngland,anen- wanderedfromthecommoninsearch
vironmentalorganisation,tookawaythe of food.
lastcarcassforfurtherinvestigationandto Incidentsof wildlifedeathsshould
testfortracesof poison. bereportedtothepolicewildlifeoffi- ZANUSSI WASHERS
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All clear for Police hunt armed Ewell store raiders
Anti-graffiticompetition:EpsomandEwellYouth
Horton farm PCSOSianBuckleywithHannahSmythandfellow
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Policearehuntingfivearmed suspects went behind the one who has information
menwhorobbedaEwellstore servingareaandstolemoney which they feel may be rele-
Final word on graffiti
Horton Children’s Farm has atgunpointlastweek. from the tills and cigarettes vant,nomatterhowsmall,to
been given a clean bill of The incident took place at as the fifth remained on the pleasegetintouch.”
health by Defra, the Depart- the Co-op store in Kingston shop floor. In total, about The robbers were wearing
ment of the Environment, Road on December 30 just £4,000wasstolen. hooded tops and scarves over
FoodandRuralAffairs. before 10pm, when five males Detective Constable Chris their noses and mouths. The AnEpsomgirlhaswonan bid to steer youngsters
Aftercomplaintsof animal entered the store through the Tiffin said: “We are treating group consisted of white and anti-graffiti poster compe- awayfromvandalism.
neglect from a former em- frontentrance. this incident very seriously black males who spoke with titionandherentrywillbe PCSO Sian Buckley said:
ployee – strongly denied by Twoof themenroundedup and appealing to anyone who Londonaccents. printed and displayed in “It was really nice to see
managers–aDefrainspector the three members of staff was in the area around the Anyone with any informa- thetown. allthechildrensoenthusi-
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of the board of the troubled Epsom projectmanaging,tookuphisappoint-
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manager of a global IT company and as well as the education and employ-
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Library set to
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Children at Beddington Park Primary
Schoolaredivingintobooksaftertheir
library was revamped with an under-
watertheme.
Pupils, unaware of the new design,
werestunnedtofinddustybookshelves
replacedbydolphinsounds,wavywalls
andbeanbagrocks.
Theaquaticsettingwasachievedwith Extrapatients:TheRoyalMarsdenHospitalinSutton,whichhastakenin
the help of local companies and patientsfromitsfire-struckcounterpartinChelsea DeadlinepixSU18656
Sutton transfer
Anoushka Burrell, environment co-or-
dinatorattheschool,whodrewonher
loveof scubadiving.
Shesaid:“Thelinksbetweenreading
leading to imaginative and accurate
writing are well documented, and we for fire patients
are celebrating this and embedding it
intotheschoolenvironment.
“All the children commented on how
amazingtheroomlookedandhowthey
couldn’twaittogetintheretoborrow
Underthesea:BeddingtonParkPrimarySchoolis books and use the room at lesson
makingwaveswithitslibrary’snewdecor times.”
Cancer patients evacuated from the fire- byHEATHERDARLINGTON
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havebeenreceivingtreatmentinSutton.
Nearly 1,000 staff and patients were Foundation Trust said they were very
forcedtoleavetheworld-renownedtreat- luckytohavetheirsistersiteandthatvalu-
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brokeoutlastWednesday. beenunaffectedbythefire.
Patientscurrentlyundergoingpotential- Threewardsof thefireravagedhospital
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