http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk News and events from Stonecot Hill, Sutton, Surrey Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:48:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Residents in Hill Top have terrible trouble with fly tippers, but as their access road is private property the council aren't that keen to help. Two recent suspicious fires in the area don't seem to have made much difference. Sometimes it's better to show rather than to tell. http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/08/18/74/ [gallery]Stonecot Hill can look forward to a brighter and more colourful summer after volunteers from Sutton Living Streets gave the street planters a seasonal makeover. Bright purple lavender plants and pink geraniums now shine alongside the more muted trees and shrubs, which themselves have had a timely trim. The planting is part ... http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/07/07/69/ [gallery] Police and community support officers from Stonecot Safer Neighbourhoods Team are stepping up foot patrols after two suspicious fires broke out in the area last week. The first fire left the Nisa Thai restaurant with a big clean-up job after the blaze destroyed the roof and part of the walls of ... http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/07/07/62/ Slightly off the usual Stonecot Hill beat, Transport for London's finest towaway crews were taking good care of this driver's vehicle this morning further up the A24 in Morden. I do hope that everyone concerned was insured. Perhaps it's not quite as bad as reversing one's car through a shopfront. Aside ... http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/04/23/58/ Stonecot Hill is now one of the many places to feature on Open Street Map. The site aims to let people work together to draw a street map of the whole world. Anyone can use the map, whether they just want to find out where they're going or incorporate it ... http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/04/06/51/ Are these your keys? You can collect them from the Co-Op next to the pub. http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/04/06/49/ We've launched a new way for you to keep an eye on the traffic wardens and TfL towaway trucks and stay up to date with the latest news about local parking. Stonecot Parking is a news feed on the Twitter website where we'll be posting short updates when wardens are spotted ... http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/04/01/48/ Storms and high winds on 9 March left Stonecot Hill mostly unscathed despite the dire predictions of the weathermen. But this wall and fence in Woodstock Rise took a tumble, leaving the owners with a big clean-up job and (we hope) their insurers with the bill. http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/03/16/47/ A shop window has been smashed after being hit by an air rifle fired by a man in a passing van. No-one was hurt in the incident which happened while the shop was open but the window will need to be replaced. Sutton Police are investigating. Did you see this incident ... http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/03/16/45/ A bogus charity clothes recycling bank has been removed by Sutton Council. Operators Green World Recycling had not sought planning permission before leaving it on the pavement outside Favorite Chicken on Stonecot Hill. According to the operators, proceeds from the sale of the donated goods would be given towards "essential environmental ... http://www.stonecothillnews.co.uk/2008/03/16/43/