Slot machine shop told it cannot open 24/7 over fears it would send town ‘into the gutter’
The business currently has permission to be open from 9am to 11pm daily.
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Author: James Twomey
Council announces route map and street closures for Notting Hill Carnival
There are expected to be 100 live stage acts this year.
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Met officer jailed for killing mum in police car crash after driving at ‘motorway speeds’ in Brixton
Shante Daniel-Folkes, 25, died after being struck by a police car.
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Survey shows one in eight families going without food, electricity or gas in capital
17 per cent of parents and carers say they are going into debt.
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Police watchdog investigating Met after death of man in custody
An officer found him unresponsive in his police cell.
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People hit by cars on famous road being confused with pavement
The nearby station can see more footfall than Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
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Croydon council housing department takes strike action against planned cuts
The bankrupt council are pushing through a restructure.
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Residents blast 24-hour plans for gambling venue, saying it will drive area ‘into the gutter’
A councillor said he did not consider Welling to be a ’24/7 town centre’.
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Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ plans ruled lawful by High Court
It is estimated £1million of the councils’ money was spent.
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Pop-up market that champions small businesses returns to Brixton Village
The event is one of the largest independent festive markets in London.
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Man jailed for six years in sexual assault on woman who was asleep
The victim barricaded herself in with a chest of drawers.
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Disabled woman claims she has been asking council for ground floor flat for 22 years
The 48-year-old has chronic back pain and lupus.
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‘It can be quite therapeutic’: Inside the life of a street cleaner
They have to deal with everything from vomit to the aftermath of car crashes.
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Man who used dating app to rob men jailed for further two years
He previously pleaded guilty to blackmail, attempted fraud and theft.
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Man claims ‘pothole diorama’ campaign helped record number of holes get fixed
He began arranging rubber ducks and toy diggers in his ‘pothole dioramas’.
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Man who killed Sergeant Matt Ratana in custody centre jailed for life
Louis De Zoyza, 25, has been give a whole life order, which means he will never leave prison.
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Croydon tram crash: TfL fined £10m for disaster that killed 7
The tram derailed near Sandilands station on the morning of November 9, 2016.
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Met officer avoids jail after spraying a man climbing down a drainpipe
The officer sprayed the man twice as he tried to escape.
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Met officers under criminal investigation after pointing taser and using spit hood on 90-year-old woman
The woman was taken to hospital and was not arrested.
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