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Author: Alexandra Warren

Lewisham News 

Eight fire engines called to fire in Forest Hill pub

14 April 202114 April 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

Two pub owners have been taken to hospital after a fire broke out in their premises in Forest Hill. Asa Holmes, 49, and Monika Luckasova, 42, were taken to Lewisham Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation after escaping from a fire in the Bird in Hand Pub in Dartmouth Road.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

South London rapper releases second film on why many black people don’t swim

9 April 202110 April 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

Clapham-raised musician and rapper Ed Accura is releasing his second film tackling the topic of why so many black people don’t swim.

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Lifestyle Memories 

Always arty, never crafty

9 April 202112 April 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

The book Kelmscott Chaucer was the culmination of the life’s work of designer, poet and Arts & Crafts originator William Morris who lived in the now iconic Red House in Bexleyheath. 125 years after the
publication of that seminal work, Alexandra Warren tells his story

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News Westminster 

Memorial with a heart for each person who died of Covid started on Embankment

1 April 20211 April 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

The families of people who have died of Covid-19 have begun work on a memorial wall on the Embankment opposite the Houses of Parliament.

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Covid-19 Vaccine
News 

NHS urges public to follow Covid guidelines over bank holiday weekend

1 April 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

They are also appealing for eligible people to book their Covid vaccine by calling 119 or going on to the NHS website.

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Lifestyle Memories 

Soseki had a yen for English not England

26 March 202126 March 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

On the front of an unassuming townhouse in The Chase, Clapham is a Blue Plaque bearing the name Natsume Soseki, who lived there between 1901 and 1903. The Japanese writer, beloved in his own country for his poetry and novels, spent two influential but unhappy years there, alienated from English society as a virtual recluse. Alexandra Warren tells his story.

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Entertainment Lifestyle 

South London actor publishes second novel

26 March 202126 March 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

Peep Show actor Paul Clayton, from Shortlands, has published his second page-turning novel – a psychological thriller called The Hoax. It tells the story of a struggling mum of three whose youngest son goes missing, and is returned by a fairy godmother-like character Cora.

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News 

One man arrested and two charged over moped phone snatching

25 March 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

Police officers working to identify and arrest those suspected of committing a linked series of robberies in south west London between October and November 2020, where the majority of the victims were women, have arrested one man and charged two others.

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Lambeth News 

One year since the first Clap For Our Carers organised by Streatham mum

25 March 202125 March 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

The yoga instructor had the idea for a nationwide clap to show appreciation for frontline workers after seeing something similar in her native country, the Netherlands.

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Bromley News 

Bromley remembers 740 lost to Covid on one year anniversary of lockdown

24 March 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

More than 700 candles were lit in front of the Old Palace Bromley yesterday, where a service was held in memory of those who died of Covid-19.

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News 

Mayoral candidates Sadiq Khan and Shaun Bailey to join live discussion ahead of elections

24 March 2021 Alexandra Warren 0 Comments

The BBC is hosting a live discussion with Labour candidate Sadiq Khan and Conservative candidate Shaun Bailey ahead of the mayoral elections.

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Education

Private school to carry out a ‘forensic review’ of policies following sexual harassment allegations
Education Merton 

Private school to carry out a ‘forensic review’ of policies following sexual harassment allegations

12 April 20218 April 2021 News Reporter 0

A private school in Wimbledon will carry out a “forensic review” of its policies following shocking allegations of misogyny, harassment and abuse. King’s College School was named at least seven times on Everyone’s Invited – a website where people can anonymously share experiences of sexual, harassment, abuse and assault.

Best Of South London

Camberwell kids launch online petition to ban use of wasteful plastic in packing
Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Camberwell kids launch online petition to ban use of wasteful plastic in packing

14 April 2021 News Reporter 0

Three friends have launched an online petition to ban use of wasteful plastic in packing. Camberwell girls Raya Branford, 11, Katie Leeming, 11 and Katia Woods, 10 who all attend Lyndhurst school in Camberwell have launched a petition online to stop the use of packing peanuts made from non-renewable plastic in the UK. 

Deptford charity distributing hundreds of thousands of meals after huge increase in demand in lockdown
Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Deptford charity distributing hundreds of thousands of meals after huge increase in demand in lockdown

14 April 2021 News Reporter 0
Six school girls walk five kilometres to raise money for a deaf children’s charity
Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Six school girls walk five kilometres to raise money for a deaf children’s charity

8 April 2021 News Reporter 0
Hundreds of young people from deprived areas will get hands-on experience of nature conservation
Best Of South London Lifestyle 

Hundreds of young people from deprived areas will get hands-on experience of nature conservation

7 April 2021 News Reporter 0

Technology

Green women traffic lights installed to celebrate International Women’s Day
Lifestyle Technology 

Green women traffic lights installed to celebrate International Women’s Day

14 March 202114 March 2021 News Reporter 0

Green women traffic lights have been installed at 12 points in South and West London to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women to London on International Women’s Day.

Robotic surgery transforms life of computer programmer after rare condition
Lifestyle Technology 

Robotic surgery transforms life of computer programmer after rare condition

11 March 202114 March 2021 News Reporter 0
Newborn baby saved thanks to 3D heart scan while still in the womb
Lifestyle Technology 

Newborn baby saved thanks to 3D heart scan while still in the womb

4 March 2021 Lottie Kilraine 0
HITMAN 3: Game Review by Richard Cawley
Lifestyle Technology 

HITMAN 3: Game Review by Richard Cawley

3 March 20213 March 2021 Richard Cawley 0

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