Two brothers have complained of the “disrespect” shown by the council over lack of upkeep at Lambeth Cemetery. Daniel Taylor, from Bermondsey, and his brother Graham Taylor, from Basingstoke, were visiting their mother and brother’s graves at the cemetery in Blackshw Road when they found fallen branches across graves and uncut grass.
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Tenants of a housing charity were left “disappointed and disheartened” after a tree that fell on one of their properties in Plumstead took over a week to be removed. The tree fell on the roof of a house in Clothworkers Road in the morning of May 29, but was not fully removed by the housing association, Hyde Homes, until June 9th.
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A report published by an independent panel into the death of murdered private detective Daniel Morgan has accused the Metropolitan Police of “a form of institutional corruption.” In a statement issued with the report, issued by Baroness Nuala O’Loan, the panel concluded that the Met’s first objective was to “protect itself”.
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Children in East Dulwich are going dotty over new artwork that has appeared on the road. Four roads in the area are now sporting spots – some of which are in the Dulwich Hamlet FC colours.
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Postcards penned by a renowned war poet were found stuffed inside books donated to a charity shop.
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The UK’s longest established Asian, black and ethnically diverse-led theatre company has a new season under new artistic director Abdul Shayek, writes Alexandra Warren.
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Artists from South London have swept up a number of nominations at prestigious music awards. Arlo Parks, AJ Tracey, Shygirl and ENNY are among the musicians to be nominated for the AIM Independent Music Awards.
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A fashion design student from Battersea has launched a project to deliver care packages to NHS staff to give appreciation for their hard work during the pandemic. Chimna Orji, 22, was inspired to act after hearing her mum and sister, who both work for the NHS, say they didn’t have time or the resources to practice self care.
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A Met Police officer has admitted kidnapping and raping Sarah Everard. Ms Everard disappeared on March 3 while she was walking home from a friend’s house in Clapham. Hey body was found in a woodland in Kent on March 10.
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The mother of Sasha Johnson, the Black Lives Matter activist who was shot two weeks ago at a house party in Southwark, has urged anyone who has information about the incident to come forward.
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The Mitford sisters have been a source of constant drama, wit and political intrigue since their youth in the early 1900s, most recently shown in the BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love, which draws heavily on their family life.
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Camberwell-based writer Megan Nolan’s new book Acts of Desperation is the opposite of a romance novel, writes Alexandra Warren.
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A healthcare charity is planning to set up centres in two South London hospitals to inform people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds about organ and blood donation. We Are Donors received funding from the NHS’s Community Investment Scheme to tackle health inequalities in March 2021.
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Hundreds of young people queued for hours outside Wimbledon Mosque yesterday to get their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. The walk-in centre ended up opening until midnight and administering about 1,000 vaccinations.
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A 17-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man in his mid-20s was shot and stabbed in Brixton last night at around 9:40pm. While attending to the scene, police were approached by a large group of people, some who threw objects at them.
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Leaseholders are coming together in Greenwich this Saturday to protest unaffordable bills caused by unsafe cladding. The protest will be held outside The River Gardens housing development sales office on Banning Street at 11am.
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The family of a Crystal Palace fan and former ITV News editor are running 460km throughout June to raise money for a cancer charity. Geoff Hill was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2017, which is extremely rare in adults, and has been battling the disease ever since.
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Together, literally anything is possible, writes Alexandra Warren. This is the ethos of South London born art collective Last Night in Paris, who have released their new single Crash and launched their Give Back Project campaign this month.
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Misty Miller is going back to basics, writes Alexandra Warren. The 27-year-old singer from Peckham is releasing a 12-track cassette called Home Recordings and Voodoo Sessions, made during a year of on and off lockdown.
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