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OmarOakes

  1. 92% chance of rain in Wimbledon apparently - surely it will be a thunderstorm in this heat? wimbledonguardian.co.uk/li/weather.in.… about 14 hours ago via TweetDeck
  2. Only ten years to go until the Queen's glorious Platinum Jubilee (70 years on the throne)! Flag up your street party to @WimbledonNews about 15 hours ago via TweetDeck
  3. If you're rich enough to afford a Jaguar car, why not have it insured? wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9735472.T… about 15 hours ago via TweetDeck
  4. @georgialewis76 why were you turned away? 7:51 AM May 27th via Twitter for iPad in reply to georgialewis76
  5. "Wandsworth & Merton Borough Council"?!? RT @1daviddean2: @OmarOakes Demolish the whole frickin' building and the borough too! 7:48 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  6. Merton Council is planning on selling off part of the town hall to get more flats into Morden wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9725719._… 1:55 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
  7. @nieveg Not linked - police believe man was known to victim and it's not linked to other incidents reported this week wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9725488.M… 6:19 AM May 24th via TweetDeck in reply to nieveg
  8. In other news, police confirm a man tried to snatch a baby in Merton High Street yesterday! wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9725488.M… 5:52 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  9. I thought having no local people carrying the Olympic flame through Merton was bad, but DROGBA IN SWINDON?! itv.com/news/update/20… 5:39 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  10. So traffic wardens are allowed to park vehicles on double yellow lines? I thought only those disabled/unloading allowed wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9722718.D… 2:29 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  11. He's right (but then I would say that) RT @pressgazette EADT editor Hunt on 'demise' of local press - 'it's not true' bit.ly/KW6C9k 1:03 AM May 24th via TweetDeck
  12. In other news, more details about what happened at Wimbledon station to cause the massive train standstill yesterday wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9721816.W… 3:51 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  13. Paul Burstow is in Govt. He doesn't want St Helier to lose A&E + maternity. Shouldn't he have the power to rule it out? wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9719811.H… 3:46 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  14. Unique picture of radical socialist/industralist William Morris discovered at his 'house' in Wimbledon wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9721101._… 3:04 AM May 23rd via web
  15. Man murdered on Merton side of Tooting was strangled to death, post-mortem confirms. One man has been charged wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/9721335.M… 2:07 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
  • Name Omar Oakes
  • Location Wimbledon Guardian, SW London
  • Web http://www.wimble...
  • Bio Chief Reporter for the Wimbledon Guardian. 020 8722 6335 / ooakes@london.newsquest.co.uk
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