Lambeth turned away 152 women in a year who needed a refuge from abusive partners
Lambeth council couldn’t provide living space for the women, who asked for help after leaving their abusive partners.
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Mum raising thousands with Bake-off star, crafts and karoaoke in Thornton Heath
Sue Ahmad hosts a ‘CR7 Charity Fun Day’, in aid of head and neck cancer care at the Cancer Centre at Guy’s.
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George the mini-Shetland leads Mouse House Nursery Easter Parade through Battersea
George belongs to two year old Margot Dickinson, who attends Mouse House Nursery in Battersea and paraded him on Thursday.
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Bromley Football Club opens its doors to pensioners – and they end up criticising the manager’s tactics
Residents of Signature, Beckenham, were invited to Ravens Chat, a community outreach programme aiming to engage locals and alleviate loneliness.
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Remembering the exhibition palace which soon became white elephant
The Albert Palace was a glass landmark which glittered above Battersea Park from 1885. It was envisaged as a successor to the 1851 Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. Within 10 years, it was gone.
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Prominent neurosurgeon Dr Henry Marsh Zooms in to help Ukrainian doctors
Henry Marsh, a high-profile neurosurgeon, from Clapham, has been training medics over Zoom calls on how to make the brutal calculations which are necessary in war.
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PREVIEW: The formidable Slowthai at O2 Brixton Academy on March 30 and 31
He’s already collaborated with Denzel Curry, ASAP Rocky, James Blake, Disclosure and Skepta – no wonder he topped the UK album charts and the UK vinyl charts with second album ‘Tyron’.
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EXCLUSIVE: Kidbrooke plumber helping Ukrainian refugees flee into Poland – funding his underground railroad from his own pocket
Tom Holt dropped everything to drive to Eastern Europe after seeing the plight of families fleeing Russian tanks and bombs from the start of the invasion a month ago.
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The Met will appeal against decision on Sarah Everard vigil policing
London’s police chiefs will try to reverse a ruling on March 11 – a week after the anniversary of Sarah’s death – was hailed as a “victory for women”.
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Extinction Rebellion rally over Lambeth council failures on climate crisis
Extinction Rebellion Lambeth and other local campaign groups protested in Windrush Square to demand more action from Lambeth council over pollution and fuel waste.
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EXCLUSIVE: Family pay tribute to Tashawn Watt and express their ‘relief’ at conviction of 19-year-old for his murder
Romello Harley was convicted on Monday, 21 March at Inner London Crown Court of the murder of Tashawn Watt.
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The Met failing to learn how to tackle corruption from lessons of Sydenham muder of Daniel Morgan
The met’s rooting out corrupt staff are “fundamentally flawed” and it has a “degree of indifference” to the risks, according to damning findings published today, Tuesday.
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Teenager found guilty of stabbing Tashawn Watt to death in front of his family in Sydenham after row
Romello Harley was convicted on Monday, 21 March at Inner London Crown Court of the murder of Tashawn Watt.
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Pupils of Waterloo school and rail staff mark a century since Victory Arch was opened at station
A century ago, four years after the Great War ended, London Waterloo station’s Victory Arch was opened in tribute to the railway staff who fought and died for their country.
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Report finds groups of commuters on e-scooters in Lambeth – and parents with children on the front – are biggest problem
The figures, researched among 400 residents of the borough found pedestrians were fearful of dozens of young working commuters riding e-scooters en mass through Stockwell and to get to central London.
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Man receiving mental health treatment absconds in Lewisham
Lewis Ramos, 26, had been receiving treatment after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act on Saturday, 19 March.
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Croydon Hospital cleaners and porters vote overwhelmingly for strike which could bring treatment to a halt
Cleaners and porters at Croydon University Hospital could bring medical treatment to a halt if its ruling trust does not bring their contracts back in-house, their union warns.
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South-east Londoners are most recycle-conscious with their devices
Its performance in recycling tech, to cut e-waste puts it ninth in a table by mobile phone recycling comparison site Compare and Recycle.
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Catford theatre usher chosen to bust the myth of learning disability for Mencap
Aisha Edwards from Brownhill Road, Catford, will be an ambassador for Mencap – as a Myth Busters she will aim to demonstrate just how unique learning disability is and how everyone in the community deserves to be equally seen and heard.
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