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‘Tis the season to lose lolly – Croydon residents facing hikes in burials, bowls and parking permits
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Croydon
‘Tis the season to lose lolly – Croydon residents facing hikes in burials, bowls and parking permits
Discarded cigarette butt costs careless Croydon smoker over £800
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Croydon
Discarded cigarette butt costs careless Croydon smoker over £800
Community reeling from fatal stabbing offered support by charity
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Southwark
Community reeling from fatal stabbing offered support by charity
Ian Davis to take on Lambeth’s £50m budget crisis
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Lambeth
Ian Davis to take on Lambeth’s £50m budget crisis
Tree blitz at Ashburton fields spreads well-being – and much-needed extra summer shade
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Croydon
Tree blitz at Ashburton fields spreads well-being – and much-needed extra summer shade
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Lambeth
Midnight tragedy as man dies following moped collision in Clapham
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An investigation is under way following a fatal collision in Clapham. Police were called at half past midnight this morning ...
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Lambeth
NHS data shows 54% of Lambeth smokers quit this year
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More than half of smokers in Lambeth who set a quit date, have successfully stopped smoking this year, according to ...
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Lambeth
New Brixton centre will help tackle inequality
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Brixton has been announced as the home of a new research centre in a £10million programme which aims to tackle ...
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Kensington & Chelsea
KC council announces plan to nudge up rents just above inflation
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By Adrian Zorzut, Local Democracy Reporter Kensington and Chelsea council is set to increase rents by one per cent above ...
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Wandsworth
Putney Bridge’s rejigged layout is good to go ahead of schedule
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By Charlotte Lillywhite, Local Democracy Reporter Work on Putney Bridge's major junction south of the river has been completed ahead ...
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Southwark
Government alarmed by report saying half of Southwark council homes not up to scratch for fire safety
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By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter The UK government has said it is ‘concerned’ after an inspection found over 50 ...
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Croydon
Clean bill of health for Croydon school still in its first decade
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By Harrison Galliven, Local Democracy Reporter A Croydon primary school has retained its outstanding Ofsted rating after inspectors praised how ...
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Bromley
Team GB athlete left without kitchen says housing disrepair is affecting health
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A Team GB athlete says disrepair in his home has taken its toll on his mental and physical health. Chris ...
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Croydon
Police trying to find Thornton Heath stabber
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A man in his 20s was rushed to hospital on Friday after broad daylight stabbing in a quiet residential street. ...
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Met praises ‘vital’ facial recognition, but report warns of potential legal breaches
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The Met police have said Facial Recognition is “vital” to public safety, but a new report has raised warnings over ...
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Westminster
Eight year term for man who paid for child exploitation streams from the Philippines
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A man has been jailed after admitting paying money to watch live streams of children being sexually exploited. Duncan Bartlett, ...
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Wandsworth
‘Tooting Four’ express outrage at guilty verdicts after anti-Ulez protests
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By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter A group of anti-Ulez activists who staged a protest outside London mayor Sadiq Khan’s ...
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Merton
MP demands action over ‘shock bills’ for leaseholders
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An MP has called for immediate Government action to support leaseholders facing unaffordable service charge increases. Wimbledon’s Liberal Democrat MP, ...
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Greenwich
‘They saved my life’: The Greenwich charity providing a solution to the maternal health crisis
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While battling through the ‘baby blues’ after giving birth to her son, Karina Shenaz found a light of solidarity in ...
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Southwark
Man hospitalised after Rye Lane stabbing
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A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed in the street on Thursday night. Cops were called to reports ...
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Kensington & Chelsea
Arrests made 10 months on from tragic death of Ina in Talgarth Road
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Detectives investigating a fatal collision in Hammersmith have made two arrests. The collision involving a moped and pedestrian in Talgarth ...
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Wandsworth
Wandsworth finance chiefs rebuff opposition call to fight new National Insurance rules
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By Charlotte Lillywhite, Local Democracy Reporter Wandsworth council has rejected calls to address the impact of upcoming changes in employer ...
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Westminster
Heaven given the all-clear to open its doors again
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By Adrian Zorzut, Local Democracy Reporter Heaven nightclub has been given the greenlight to reopen after being shut by the ...
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Southwark
Disabled mum pleads for council to listen to her housing plight
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By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter A disabled mum facing her 23rd Christmas in a second floor local authority flat ...
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Kensington & Chelsea
Two sought in bid to secure more evidence over Mussie killing during Notting Hill Carnival
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Detectives have released images of two possible new witnesses who they would like to speak to as part of the ...
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Southwark
Sarah Ferguson makes surprise visit to primary school to read new children’s book
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Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, made a surprise visit to a Southwark primary school last week and enchanted pupils with ...
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Croydon
Callous murderer battered vulnerable victim to death and hid dismembered body in a park
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A jury has returned a unanimous verdict to convict the man who beat a vulnerable neighbour to death before dismembering ...
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Lambeth
Family express torment of stab victim son’s agonising final years
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A man has been sentenced for murder after a teenager he assaulted died from his injuries five years later. Now ...
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Greenwich
Greenwich free school ranked in top 12 schools in the country
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A free school in Greenwich has been ranked among the top 12 schools in the country for progress, new figures ...
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Bromley
Bromley council prosecutes Tesco for planning condition breach
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A major supermarket has been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after ignoring a council planning condition. Tesco Stores Ltd ...
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Greenwich
Men who mowed down teenage boy in reckless car chase jailed
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Two men involved in a reckless car chase that ended with a 16-year-old boy being killed have been jailed. Aaron ...
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Lambeth
Man appears at the Old Bailey after victim of Brixton bus attack dies
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A Brixton resident has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a man died following an attack on a ...
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Lambeth
Hospitals pay out £3.8m in gynaecology medical negligence claims
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Hospitals across South London have paid out a total of £3.8million in damages for gynaecology medical negligence claims lodged against ...
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Westminster
‘They think we are machines’: Hundreds of Harrods workers vote to strike over Christmas
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More than one hundred workers across Harrods' retail, restaurant, kitchen and cleaning departments have returned an overwhelming vote in favour ...
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Croydon
School choir records Christmas single to raise money for music department
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A group of talented schoolchildren have recorded a Christmas single to raise funds for their music department. St James the ...
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Greenwich
Disabled pensioner, 94, fears car park sale will cut her off from shops, cllr says
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By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter  A 94-year-old disabled resident is worried she will be cut off from the shops ...
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Croydon
Bradley Hutchins killing: Two men jailed for horrific attack on brothers
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Two men have been jailed for a total of 44 years after murdering a 20-year-old man and seriously injuring his ...
Your Great South London Press Out Now!!
Your Great South London Press Out Now!!
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Two Romanians facing extradition back to UK over Wimbledon stabbing
Two Romanians facing extradition back to UK over Wimbledon stabbing
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Greenwich petitioners get their wish as speed bumps and 20mph curbs are put in place
Greenwich petitioners get their wish as speed bumps and 20mph curbs are put in place
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Garden sowing the seeds of better future in the face of the global ecological crisis
Garden sowing the seeds of better future in the face of the global ecological crisis
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Images disclosed of man wanted in connection with Waterloo station sex assault
Images disclosed of man wanted in connection with Waterloo station sex assault
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Refugee jobseekers gather at fair set up to offer helping hand
Refugee jobseekers gather at fair set up to offer helping hand
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‘It’s a landmark for Croydon’: Surrey Street market funding welcomed but traders skeptical
‘It’s a landmark for Croydon’: Surrey Street market funding welcomed but traders skeptical
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Our Bexley street has become a messy pot-holed fly-tip, say fed up residents
Our Bexley street has become a messy pot-holed fly-tip, say fed up residents
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Lion-hearted Millwall players bring seasonal cheer to youngsters in hospital
Lion-hearted Millwall players bring seasonal cheer to youngsters in hospital
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‘We all love you’: Father’s desperate plea to find missing daughter
‘We all love you’: Father’s desperate plea to find missing daughter
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Developer and global investment firm buys final £42m plot in Elephant Park
Developer and global investment firm buys final £42m plot in Elephant Park
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Family left with leaky roof for five years was failed by Westminster housing chiefs
Family left with leaky roof for five years was failed by Westminster housing chiefs
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