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Lifestyle

Lifestyle Pets 

Fundraiser to honour Penge East railway station cat with bronze statue

13 January 202113 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

Lily the Penge East station cat died recently, and local people are fundraising for a commemorative statue to be made in her memory.

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Education News Southwark 

Teacher is honoured for services to education

13 January 202113 January 2021 Toby Porter 0 Comments

Leonie Huie, mum to three-year-old twin girls from Southwark, is the author of The First Year Is Survival, a book published in October last year for parents of twins and multiples.

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Food & Drink Lifestyle 

FOOD REVIEW by Paloma Lacy: Rudie’s Jerk Shack

12 January 202113 January 2021 Paloma Lacy 0 Comments

There was much excitement when Rudie’s Jerk Shack announced it was setting up home in Brixton Village, not least from me. Ever-changing operating restrictions in late 2020 played havoc with the opening but this finally happened last month.

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News Pets 

London sees a sharp rise in ‘pandemic puppies’

11 January 202113 January 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0 Comments

London has seen the biggest regional spike in UK dog ownership with an increase of 84 per cent in 2020.

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Education Lambeth News 

Streatham people donate more than 100 laptops to primary school students to help them learn from home

11 January 202113 January 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

This comes after worries that disadvantaged students will fall behind in school because they cannot access online materials.

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Food & Drink Lifestyle 

Cake or Death serves up a vegan treat

8 January 20217 January 2021 Paloma Lacy 0 Comments

As quirky brand names go, Cake or Death must surely take the prize. Is it a choice? Not sure. If another reason were needed to give Veganuary a try, this east London vegan bakery could well be it.

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Food & Drink Lifestyle 

Reminiscing about good times at The Regent in Balham

8 January 20217 January 2021 Paloma Lacy 0 Comments

There are those pubs which hold a special place in your heart. For me, it’s The Regent in Balham. It was THE meeting place for my friendship group around a decade ago and the scene of many life changing events – early dates, hen weekends arranged over a glass of wine, and best woman’s speeches written here.

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Lifestyle Memories 

Tom was Addick-ted to taking pictures of his beloved Charlton

8 January 20217 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

Former Charlton club photographer Tom Morris, who has died suddenly at the age of 76, was a familiar figure on the goal line at Charlton matches, home and away, for more than three decades, writes Rick Everitt.

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Lifestyle Memories 

George, a driving force of First World War, died mysteriously on boat home

8 January 202113 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

George Merry, a First World War hero who died in 1920, was a salesman who travelled the world selling cars for a friend – the man who created the Citroen car company. He died mysteriously.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Churchill Theatre brings festive shows to kids schools and online

8 January 202120 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A theatre has been forced to think of creative ways to bring their productions to young people. Churchill Theatre in Bromley usually puts on a festive production for kids each year in their studio.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

Southwark theatre donates toy penguins to child refugees to celebrate kids online winter show

8 January 20218 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A theatre has donated penguin toys to child refugees to celebrate the launch of their online winter theatre show for children.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

South London drama school student wins scholarship for working class actors

8 January 20218 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A budding actor from South London has won a scholarship for working class actors in their final year of drama school.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

‘Deleted’ documentary wins awards on the film festival circuit

8 January 20218 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A documentary about the last five hours of a man’s life before he was made homeless has picked up a number of awards on the film festival circuit.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Volunteer publishes children’s book written in lockdown

8 January 20217 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A volunteer who reads to kids has made use of her extra free time in lockdown – by writing and publishing her own children’s book.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

Sydenham student wins book prize during lockdown

8 January 20217 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

A postgraduate student has beaten 1,600 other entries to win a prize for his first novel, which was completed during lockdown. Joe Pierson’s book ‘Helen and the Fires’ tells the story of a woman who quits her job to write, only to become caught up in a series of climate change related suicides.

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Lifestyle Theatre 

James Haddrell takes a look back at 2020 and the affect had on the performing arts

8 January 20217 January 2021 James Haddrell 0 Comments

This time last year I was writing a column listing my highlights for 2020, from big West End shows to fringe shows full of exciting potential, mapping out a year of theatregoing. Little could I know that theatres would end up closed for most of the year.

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Coronavirus Croydon Education 

Schools better prepared for home working, with live lessons online until at least mid-February

6 January 202113 January 2021 Charlie Stong 0 Comments

Originally secondary schools across London were set to return to school from January 11, a week later than normal.

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Education Greenwich News 

London mayor and council leaders not consulted by government about return instructions for their schools

31 December 202013 January 2021 Toby Porter 0 Comments

The Mayor of London and council leaders have said they were not consulted on the Government’s decision to reopen some primary schools in the capital from next week.

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Food & Drink Lifestyle 

Expert advice on how to succeed this dry January

30 December 202031 December 2020 Lottie Kilraine 0 Comments

Recent research found that 36% of adults have increased their alcohol consumption during this year’s lockdowns and with Dry January around the corner, many people will be looking to reduce their alcohol intake.

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Lifestyle Pets 

Remember – a pet is for life, not just for Christmas

30 December 2020 News Reporter 0 Comments

With Christmas just around the corner, many families may be considering taking on a pet. However, with the many challenges that 2020 has thrown us, it can be easy to forget that life isn’t always as it is now.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

The Deserter outline their latest mission, Shirk, Rest and Play

30 December 20203 January 2021 News Reporter 0 Comments

The Deserter, a not-very-dynamic duo with aspirations to slouch, are legends – but possibly for all the wrong reasons. Deserter is an aspirational website for those with a predilection for doing eff all.

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Lifestyle Opinions 

My View 2020: Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey & Old Southwark

30 December 2020 News Reporter 1 Comment

2020 has been an extraordinary year, and an extraordinarily bad one for so many people who have lost loved ones and all those employers so badly affected by Covid.

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Lifestyle Opinions 

In My View: Ellie Reeves, MP for Lewisham West & Penge

30 December 202030 December 2020 News Reporter 0 Comments

With the news of a vaccine, 2021 is increasingly looking like a year where we can begin to return to some sense of normality.

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Education

Primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea face drop in pupils
Education Kensington & Chelsea News 

Primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea face drop in pupils

20 January 202120 January 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0

Primary schools in Kensington and Chelsea are facing an 11 per cent vacancy rate with 861 vacant places at schools across the borough which could lead to a reduction in the number of entry level classes.

Best Of South London

South London artist documents life in the pandemic through new book
Best Of South London Lifestyle 

South London artist documents life in the pandemic through new book

15 January 202114 January 2021 News Reporter 0

A charity worker has published a book of drawings that document her life and the news throughout the pandemic.

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