Images of £1billion Southwark skyscrapers revealed
The CGI images of rooftop views and interior designs have been released after Southwark council granted full planning approval for the mixed-use scheme.
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Author: Claudia Lee
Housing stock and flooding responses: Council lays out plans for clean air by 2043
Wandsworth council’s Environment Committee looked over Wandsworth Environment and Sustainability Strategy (WESS) during a meeting yesterday to assess its progress and agree on new priorities for 2025.
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Pilot programme trains hospital staff to identify patients affected by domestic abuse
Advance estimates that one in four women in the UK will experience domestic abuse.
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Ernest Cole, Lost and Found: Award winning documentary to screen in Brixton
Ahead of its formal release, the documentary will be screened for two special previews at Ritzy Picturehouse in Brixton and the BFI Southbank.
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Sydenham artist takes on residency at Duckie’s Saturday night events
Rat Park, Duckie’s ‘sober’ programme of weekly gatherings run every Saturday night across February from secret venues in Vauxhall.
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Civil rights activist Angela Davis to make rare UK appearance at Royal Albert Hall
Ms Davis will join Jude Kelly in conversation about her life and achievements.
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Mickalene Thomas: All About Love at the Hayward Gallery
Describing her work, she says: “My gaze is the gaze of a Black woman unapologetically loving other Black women.”
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‘The Thamesmead anthem’: Community choir release collaborative track
Dropping on Friday, Hometown Pride is a collaboration between the Thamesmead Community Choir and Thamesmead based artists.
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‘Meltdown 2025, the Simz way’: Little Simz to curate line-up for Southbank Centre festival
In the festival’s 30th edition, Little Simz will oversee a lineup of art, music and workshops for the 11-day event in June, as well as performing herself.
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Southbank Centre listing: Renewed calls to end decades-long architectural standoff
C20 Society is pushing for authorities to nationally list the South Bank’s iconic arts centre after the Oscar nominated film, The Brutalist, sparked new interest in the building’s design.
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1835: The hanging of James Pratt and John Smith
The hanging of James Pratt, 30, and John Smith, 40, became the last executions for homosexual acts in English history.
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Campaigners take LTN challenge to Royal Courts of Justice
If successful, WDAG’s campaign will be the first to win a court battle to force a council to u-turn on a LTN.
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Homes without running water for third day after bust main in Crystal Palace
Thames Water set up a bottled water station at Sainsbury’s in Southend Lane, but this was closed last night due to a “security incident”.
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Nursery welcomes government minister during National Apprenticeship Week
Early Education Minister Stephen Morgan visited Kido Nursery & Preschool in Barley Walk, to meet a number of apprentices.
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‘There’s no transparency’: Fury after thousands left without running water
Five thousand homes in SE19, SE20, SE23, SE26, SE27 and SW16 have been affected.
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Croydon shooting: Boy ,17, hospitalised with ‘potentially life changing’ injuries
An investigation was launched after cops were called to reports of a shooting in Park Street, near the Whitgift shopping centre.
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‘We will become invisible again’: Grenfell survivor launches petition calling for consultation on demolition
On June 14, 2017, Ms O’Connor and her partner Luke Towner narrowly escaped in the lift as the blaze engulfed the tower block.
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Renewed calls for plaque to mark final execution for homosexual acts
James Pratt and John Smith became the last men to be executed for sodomy in England after being arrested in Blackfriars Road in 1835.
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Poet dedicates first work of residency to ‘beloved’ but ‘forgotten’ Southwark Bridge
O Southwark Bridge celebrates the green and gold-painted structure’s role in linking the City and Southwark for 104 years.
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