Community choir described as a ‘lifeline’ faces financial difficulties due to pandemic
The Woolwich Singers lost their free rehearsal space at Woolwich Town Hall due to the pandemic.
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Three community faith organisations put in offers to buy former Croydon youth centre building
Goldcrest Youth Centre was one of the 15 sites the council opted to sell off last year in a move to improve its financial state.
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Nursery loses outstanding rating after children found not to be washing their hands before eating
But Little Apples Day Nursery in South Croydon said they have been fighting the outcome of the report ever since and slammed the report as an “inaccurate reflection” of the nursery.
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Notting Hill studio flat where kitchen is next to toilet for rent for £900
The bed is also just a few steps away from the kitchen – and bills aren’t included with rent.
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Hundreds of asylum seekers living in hotels with Covid-19 outbreaks and cockroaches
They are awaiting the outcome of their asylum claims – and some have been living in a Croydon hotel since September 2021.
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TfL faces bankruptcy again as funding deal negotiations continue
The emergency funding deal agreed in June last year was again extended over the weekend until February 25.
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Help us to help those who have lost homes or worse
Help us to help those who have lost homes or worse. It’s why at disaster relief charity ShelterBox we need to be ready to respond with emergency shelter and essential items like lights, blankets, and water carriers.
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Calls to make January Tamil Heritage Month
The Liberal Democrats sent a letter to the Mayor of Southwark on Monday requesting that he mark Tamil Heritage Month in the borough for future years.
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Former opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn holds talks on an agenda for Southwark
Former opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will give a talk on Saturday March 5 offering “A socialist agenda for Southwark”.
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People getting vaccines thank Croydon jab staff for being “super friendly”
Vaccination centre staff and volunteers helping south-west Londoners get their Covid-19 booster jab have been praised for being “super friendly”.
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Croydon Hospital key workers to ballot on strike action
Key workers are voting on whether to go on strike over their low wages and their poor sick pay.
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Welling Primary welcomes their new member of staff… Bertie
Bertie is the new school dog at Hook Lane Primary School, in Welling, where he has been an instant hit with staff and pupils.
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Man charged with murder after 50-year-old found dead in Fulham flat
Stephen Wallis was found at his flat in Barclay Close at 4pm on Tuesday, February 15.
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Swimmers’ parents fight development plans which will shut leisure centre
Mark Bond, 55, is determined to stop plans which will see the leisure centre temporarily shut and the shopping centre partially demolished while 990 flats are built.
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Chelsea Mercedes driver fined after using his dead wife’s blue badge to park in disabled bays
He was fined £726 for the offence at City of London Magistrates Court on February 2 and asked to pay Kensington and Chelsea council a further £515 to cover costs.
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An anti-vaxxer has changed his mind – and urged others to get the jab
Edward Grier, 70, admitted he believed the misinformation about the Covid-19-busting jab.
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Charity urges council to leave green spaces undeveloped
Croydon council earmarked the areas for 42,000 homes appear in a review of the borough local plan which runs up to 2039.
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Residents oppose plans to demolish estate to make way for tower blocks
Locals fear the towers would block sunlight from their living rooms.
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38-storey skyscraper planned for Old Kent Road as part of new development
A total of 108 of the 372 homes proposed will be affordable – with 78 of them available at council rents. Planning permission for the development was granted on February 17.
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