The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said Hammersmith and Fulham council caused “avoidable distress” when they threw away the disabled woman’s antique bed frame, handed down by her father, and her children’s belongings, a report by the watchdog revealed.
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Under the proposals, the Beckton DLR branch would continue from Gallions Reach station to two new stops – Beckton Riverside in Newham and Thamesmead in Greenwich
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Councillor John Davey, representing the West Heath ward on Bexley council, has been reinstated after sitting independently at meetings since last October.
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It comes as Croydon council battles a financial crisis which could see libraries in the borough closed in a bid to save money.
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Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged by the London Assembly’s economy committee to make more permanent, affordable premises available for grassroots cultural organisations – particularly those based outside the city centre.
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Residents living in New Addington say they are fed up with the potholes plaguing their streets, and want to see something done about it.
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The inquest into the deaths of Nadja De Jager, 47, and her sons Alexander De Jager, nine, and Maximus De Jager, seven, was opened and adjourned at Croydon Coroner’s Court this morning.
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The free Bunny Hop Extravaganza will take place on Saturday, April 8 from 11am until 5pm in Castle Square, Elephant and Castle.
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Fans of QPR – and their visitors Birmingham City, were treated to music and dancing before the match thanks to the Prolisok dancers and St Mary’s Ukrainian School.
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The inspection, which took place in February, found that the service had a “clear strategic direction, strong partnerships and good political and corporate support,” allowing it to make a significant difference to children’s lives.
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From 8.30pm to 9.30pm the lastminute.com London Eye will go dark in solidarity with people, businesses and attractions across the world to show its support for the global movement uniting people to protect the planet and take action against climate change.
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Tracy Copley, 57, manager of the Scope charity shop in Orpington High Street, said: “We get a lot of unsavoury characters in the shop. Very unsavoury, a lot of shoplifting goes on. We don’t approach, we’ve been burgled twice in three weeks.”
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Jo Negrini was awarded £437,973 when she was laid off in August 2020.
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Uber Boat by Thames Clippers applied to build a new stop at Putney Bridge Pier, next to Putney Pier, to make its service more accessible.
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Dame Hilary Mantel, who died last year aged 70, won the Booker Prize twice, for 2009’s Wolf Hall, and its 2012 sequel Bring Up the Bodies.
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It comes two years after shocking conditions, including huge leaks and mouldy flats, were exposed on Croydon’s Regina Road Estate.
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The GMB union said employees should not pay for the council’s “disastrous financial position”.
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Conservative councillor Mark Justin, speaking at a Wandsworth council planning meeting on Tuesday, raised concerns about the lack of traffic on the river.
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Members of the Met’s Specialist Firearms Command unit are said, in Baroness Casey’s damning review of the force and its culture, to have “gamed the system financially” – partly through their use of expenses.
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