Wandsworth council to revamp social housing with community focused programme
The council will be consulting on changes to the Local Plan to require developers to deliver 50 per cent affordable homes.
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Author: Claudia Lee
Council in urgent need of new foster carers for 25 children
Foster carer numbers are falling across the borough due to a high number retiring each year.
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‘I feel complete’: Team GB sprinter hosts sports day for schoolchildren at her childhood track
Team GB sprinter and Olympic bronze medallist Darryl Neita hosted a sports day at Sutcliffe Park Sports Centre.
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School has Ofsted rating cut after first inspection in 12 years
A school which went almost 12 years without being inspected has had its Ofsted rating dropped to ‘requires improvement’.
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Man, 25, arrested after fatal shooting of Jazmel Patterson-Low
The suspect remains in custody.
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Campaign to increase awareness of the five gynaecological cancers launched
One in six women are not aware of any types of gynaecological cancer.
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Union secures pay increase for bus controllers after strike action
The controllers won a pay rise of 12 per cent including an eight per cent rise backdated to January 2023.
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The best spring wines and cheeses for the season
The next Cheese & Wine event is on Wednesday May 22, at 7.30pm.
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Nearly 300 new homes planned for Battersea Power Station regeneration
Nearly 300 new homes in 15-storey buildings, shops and a community hub could be built at Battersea Power Station.
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Victim of fatal shooting named as police reveal further information from morning of the incident
The 26-year-old died half an hour after a private car dropped him off at St Thomas’ Hospital.
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Exclusive: Relief worker describes ‘horrific’ scenes in Gaza after week in Egypt coordinating aid deliveries into Rafah
On May 6, while Mr Cook was in Egypt, Israeli troops seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing.
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Man guilty of three ‘random’ knife attacks and murder of Johanita Dogbey
Johanita Dogbey, 31, was stabbed in broad daylight in Stockwell Park Walk on May 1.
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‘It would give our children a future’: Mother organises fundraising challenge in fight to cure son’s rare terminal disorder
About 80 per cent of children diagnosed with NKH are not expected to see their first birthday.
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Next generation of Florence Nightingales honoured with awards
The Nightingale Nurse and Nightingale Midwife Award was presented to 72 nurses and four midwives.
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One of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries to be revitalised with £3.7m grant
Nunhead Cemetery is the second largest of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ cemeteries established between 1832 and 1841.
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‘We find bullets on the ground’: Local businesses call for heightened police presence after fatal shooting
Businesses said they feel that violence is on the rise in the area.
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South Londoners “amazed” by spectacular Northern Lights display
Kyle Huseyin captured the moment the lights lit up the sky in Bromley.
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Council awarded £2.5m in push to make homes more energy efficient
The project is focused on social housing flats and houses.
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Court hears how mother felt ‘violated’ during Croydon fare evasion incident
Police Constable Perry Lathwood denied one charge of assault by beating.
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