Chelsea and Fulham MP Greg Hands has spent much of his summer inside, including after he came into contact with someone who had coronavirus on a business flight. The Minister for Trade Policy, who was freed of his mammoth isolation today, originally had to isolate after his son caught the disease – meaning he has spent a total of 43 days inside since the beginning of June.
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Lawyers representing five of the seven families sent a letter to the Attorney General asking him to apply to the High Court for a new inquest on Wednesday of last week. Last month, a jury concluded that the seven deaths on the morning of November 9, 2016 were accidental after the tram derailed at the Sandilands Junction.
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Dwight Junior Freeman, 19, of Tyers Street, Vauxhall, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Monday. At the same court on Friday, July 9, he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his half-brother, Jahreau Shepherd, pictured top, on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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The 27-year-old wasn’t sure exactly how many fines he had been issued, but said it was more than 100, for driving through the Parsons Mead Low Traffic Neighbourhood. Prince Ameyaw, pictured, owed Croydon council £14,000 and was threatened with court action.
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Nearly 30,000 people in the borough are owed a refund by Croydon council. The millions in unclaimed overpaid council tax is owed to 29,494 people – working out at an average of £176 to each account – a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
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Part of a nationwide series of activities inspired by the memory of the late Jo Cox MP, the highlight of the event was the arrival of more than 60 bike riders who cycled 280 miles from Yorkshire
Read MoreCroydon hospital is currently caring for 56 patients with Covid-19, including five who are on ventilation.
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Fellow Bankside resident, Charmaine Graves, 69, said she was “absolutely thrilled” to see Tom knitting. None were more delighted than Tom Daley’s Bankside neighbours – who also knit for mental health benefits and charitable causes.
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Winifred Atwell is also known as “the lady that sang with her fingers”. With a career that spanned five decades, made her one of the most successful and famous female singers in the 1950s.
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The members of the Friends of Ladywell and Brockley cemetery recently set out to try to locate the lost grave of the largely forgotten Manchester-born, 19th century, popular comedy actor William “Billy” Elton, who died at his address in Manor Road, Brockley in 1903.
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Less than 10 per cent of dog thefts in London led to criminal charges in 2020. Freedom of Information statistics reveal 196 cases of dog theft every month nationally, up seven per cent on 2019.
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Fal’s Londis in Poynders Parade, Clapham Park, Lambeth, was the last local grocery store left in the street after housing association Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) took over the estate Regeneration Project in 2005.
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Following an incredibly tough 18 months, this is Lewisham’s chance to say a big ‘thank you’ to the independent businesses making a difference
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Ruby Fuller, from Herne Hill, died in May last year after first being diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic non-Hodgkin lymphoma in July 2019, which later developed into leukaemia.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has been celebrating its newly-qualified nursing associates who will help to provide care and support for patients.
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Milford Towers, made up of four five-storey blocks with 276 flats, is set to be flattened as part of the redevelopment of the council-owned Catford Shopping Centre.
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Visitors’ reactions were mixed but some slammed the mound’s views as “not great”. Londoners were able to scale the 25m-high temporary viewing platform at Marble Arch Hill for the first time from 11am on Monday.
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TfL has put this down to operational savings, spending deferrals and use of its own cash. But with £1.4 billion already secured through the government’s emergency funding packages, TfL must find an additional £500 million to reach its funding requirement.
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Mayor of London has also called on the Government to provide the capital with more resources “to take even bolder action on climate change”.
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