Surrey Comet: Local news in Kingston, Surbiton, Tolworth, New Malden, Worcester Park and

12:05am Friday 1st June 2012

More than 400,000 women had screenings for cervical cancer during the period in which Jade Goody was diagnosed and died of the disease, a study has revealed.

12:05am Friday 1st June 2012

Cardiac arrests in hospitals could be prevented if doctors recognise and act on early warning signs more quickly, a health watchdog has said.

12:05am Friday 1st June 2012

Seven people have been charged with offences related to rioting which sparked widespread looting and violence across England last summer.

12:05am Friday 1st June 2012

Hundreds of businesses are starting up every week thanks to a Government scheme for entrepreneurial jobseekers, according to ministers.

8:20pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Sir Paul McCartney has stepped back in time to visit his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon's old art college after it was recently bought by the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Lipa).

6:59pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Investigations into allegations of corruption at the heart of the Stephen Lawrence investigation have turned up no new evidence, it has been announced.

6:56pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Investigations into allegations of corruption at the heart of the Stephen Lawrence investigation have turned up no new evidence, it has been announced.

5:45pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Jeremy Hunt has held on to his place in the Cabinet after Prime Minister David Cameron decided not to order an investigation into whether he breached the ministerial code of conduct in his handling of the News Corporation bid for BSkyB.

5:21pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has made his third Budget U-turn in less than a week, scrapping plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations after coming under massive pressure from charities.

4:09pm Thursday 31st May 2012

Car insurers are facing a full-blown inquiry over claims that their "dysfunctional" practices pushed up premiums by £225 million a year.