A model filter supposed to prevent cars going through it is being repeatedly vandalised in Lewisham. The barrier in Glenbow Road should be enforced by a bollard, though it is being repeatedly pushed down.
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A televised debate on the London mayoral election has been criticised for failing to include all the candidates in the race. Last night, current Mayor of London Sadiq Khan went head-to-head with his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey in a 30-minute debate on BBC One moderated by BBC political editor Tim Donovan.
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London Ambulance Service reported a four-minute delay to an “immediately life threatening” call because of the Lewisham and Lee Green low traffic neighbourhood (LTN). Brought in under emergency Covid-19 measures, the LTN involves modal filters, which block through-traffic with barriers that are physically or camera enforced.
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Visitors to London’s open spaces are being urged to follow social distancing rules this weekend to prevent a spike in Covid-19 infections. Under the Government’s Roadmap, on Monday people will be able to meet outside in groups up to six, or with one other household – but those from different households will still need to socially distance from each other.
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More than 400 people were given the Covid-19 vaccination after a Croydon mosque was turned into a NHS ‘pop-up’ clinic on Saturday. The NHS in South West London teamed up with Croydon Mosque and Islamic Centre (CMIC) to offer the coronavirus vaccine between 1.15pm and 4pm to anyone aged over 50 or in an ‘at risk’ group over the age of 16 who had not already been jabbed.
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School cleaners are celebrating after a “historic victory” following a strike which won them full pay sick pay equal to what teachers get. The staff of prestigious Clapham based La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls’ School called off their action after two days of a planned 40-day strike which would have been “the longest school cleaners strike in UK history”.
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Concerns have been raised about Lewisham Council’s plans not to ask to be reimbursed for potentially “exorbitant” inquiry costs amid budget cuts and a council tax hike. The council is currently involved in a planning inquiry after contractors for the Archdiocese of Southwark failed to comply with planning consent when building a new school in Sydenham.
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A town hall is winding up a development company after a report showed rising costs and plummeting returns made it unviable to continue. Merantun was set up in 2017, with the single purpose of “generating income” for Merton Council.
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Hundreds of citizens from a wide range of community groups across the capital have come together to set out their priorities for the city ahead of the upcoming mayoral election. Community organising group Citizens UK brought together a diverse group of 706 Londoners from 20 boroughs, including Lambeth and Southwark, to debate their concerns for the city and set out their priorities ahead of the mayoral election in May, 2021.
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Time to lace up your trainers and spring into action this April. Cllr Linda Bird, the Mayor Greenwich, is challenging residents to walk, run or cycle 30km in 30 days to raise money for her charities.
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The housing estate next to Grenfell Tower will receive a carbon-neutral overhaul as part of Kensington and Chelsea Council’s sustainability plan. The council has secured grants of more than £20 million towards its mission of transforming Lancaster West into a model 21st Century social housing estate.
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Like every London shopping centre, Kensington has been hit by the pandemic and shoppers will notice some big missing high street names when they return after lockdown. The iconic street has a Tube station named after it and customers can even pop into Marks & Spencer as a shortcut to the station.
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Campaigners who have taken on the protest for justice for Grenfell said it is crucial that people keep issues in the public eye. Leearna Oliffe said the Government’s police, crime, sentencing and courts bill would mean that a peaceful protest by people bereaved at the Grenfell fire and cladding campaigners at Downing Street would be illegal.
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Police have released an e-fit image of a man who exposed himself to a woman during a vigil at Clapham Common for Sarah Everard, who was murdered as she walked home. At around 8pm on Saturday March 13, Georgina Ashby was walking across the Common, close to the junction with Windmill Drive, when a man exposed himself to her.
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Londoners have been hit hardest by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with around 30 per cent of the UK’s job losses since February 2020 occurring in the capital. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that there was a decrease of 693,000 payrolled employees in the UK in that time, with 209,000 of them attributed to Londoners.
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A beekeeper in Blackheath who consulted with Nelson Mandela’s agriculture minister said he will be forced to close his 36-year-old business if a development goes ahead. GS8 and Vabel plan to demolish all business units in the Blackheath Business Estate to build 63 flats in two blocks of nine and seven storeys, along with a four-storey workspace building.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan marked the anniversary of the first national lockdown by planting the final two trees in the London Blossom Garden. The blossom garden has been created to provide a living memorial to all those who have lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A former rough sleeper who was put in a hotel during the first lockdown said he will resort to sleeping on night buses, as he and hundreds more face eviction. The precise number of people whose accommodation will end by April 1 is unclear, although the Greater London Authority has funded 800 hotel rooms during this lockdown and many councils have been running similar schemes.
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With restaurant doors closed for at least another couple of months, a Croydon businessman has come up with a way for diners to get the full restaurant experience without leaving their cars. Suleman Raza, 39, opened up Spice Village in May last year from wedding venue Grand Sapphire Hotel which has been hit hard by the pandemic – he runs branches of the Pakistani restaurant in Southall and Southend.
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