Secure yourself a safe and warm sleep
Merton residents will be able to sleep tight this winter as Merton Trading Standards, Age Concern Merton and the London Fire Brigade are offering free electric blanket safety tests, on […]
Category Archives: Environment
Merton welcomes five new wardens
Merton has welcomed three new neighbourhood wardens and two new Town Centre wardens in the past few months. Each warden has undergone both national and local authority training, as well […]
Cabinet accepts Scrutiny plan to build a Smarter Merton with the help of local people
At July’s Cabinet meeting, members approved a report from scrutiny Councillors on ways in which the Borough can tackle envirocrime – such as graffiti, fly-posting and fly-tipping – and help […]
Merton Council gets tough – Tagger fined and given a court order
Merton Council has successfully prosecuted a graffiti tagger who defaced property belonging to the borough, Telewest and a privately owned car park. Following a joint operation between Merton’s Graffiti Team […]
New Opportunities For Surplus Council School Sites
Merton Council is consulting the public on a planning brief for the future use of two surplus school sites. The former Rowan High School and Brenley Playing Field sites are […]
Clean up your school to win a prize
The London Borough of Merton Neighbourhood Warden Scheme, in conjunction with the Neighbourhood Renewal unit, are asking local schools to give clean up their school grounds of an area nearby, […]
Leaf them alone!
Merton Council is fighting to save 12 ancient trees, planted in the borough during Queen Victoria’s reign, from being felled. The 12 sweet chestnuts, planted in around 1850 in front […]
Partnership with American university continues to produce positive results
Merton Council has just completed another successful year working with students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Massachusetts. They worked across a number of Council departments and worked on a […]
Fly tip success
Merton Council’s Environmental Enforcement Team has scored a success against flytippers. Following a tip-off from a concerned resident who witnessed a gang illegally dumping office furniture, the team has traced […]
Hope through a Coffee Break
Cups will be raised as the Mayor of Merton, Councillor Maxi Martin, officially opens the Tariro Fair-trade coffee shop in London Road Morden on Thursday 3 July 2003. Tariro is […]