Battersea fire station’s blue watch campaign to encourage people to give rescue pets homes.
Some will do absolutely anything to look cute enough to get a cuddle from a firefighter, writes Toby Porter.
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Night Overground service to New Cross Gate set to return in mid-December
Night Overground services are set to return shortly after the night tube reopens, TfL has confirmed. From December 17, night services on the Overground will once again run between Highbury & Islington and New Cross Gate on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Giant food sculptures appear on South Bank calling on the Prime Minister to ‘face up to food waste’
Giant food sculptures have appeared on London’s South Bank to call on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ‘face up to food waste’. The three temporary structures, created by the Surplus food app Too Good To Go, feature giant sculptures of potatoes, milk and bread – three of the UK’s most wasted food items.
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Plans for £50 million development with social housing and homeless shelter in Westminster proposed
A new homeless shelter and tower block with over 90 affordable homes is set to be built in Westminster. Development company Stories plans to build a nine-storey homeless facility and 20-storey tower with 94 rent-to-build homes on Harrow Road, North-West London.
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Bexleyheath charity shop forced to bin donations left piled high outside
A charity shop has become so popular residents are dumping their donations outside of it every week – despite appeals from staff to stop. The Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice Charity shop in Bexleyheath has become inundated with items from people from the community, who have resorted to piling it outside the shop door when the store is closed.
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MP wants a new law to ban wet wipes containing plastic after horrific impact on city’s sewers
A South London MP wants a new law to ban wet wipes containing plastic as pictures show the horrific impact they have on the city’s sewer network. Putney Labour MP Fleur Anderson wants to end the manufacture and sale of plastic wet wipes to protect the environment.
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Residents frustrated as row over ‘filthy’ and ‘rotten’ Crystal Palace Park toilets continues
Bromley residents are growing increasingly frustrated as the row over the “filthy” and “rotten” Crystal Palace Park toilets continue. An e-petition by local resident Hatice Ocal has attracted nearly 4,000 signatures as she calls on Bromley council to improve the condition of the facilities.
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Cycling is becoming more diverse in London according to TfL
Cycling is becoming more diverse in London with a wider range of people taking it up during the pandemic, according to TfL. Recently published data shows for the first time Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Londoners are not significantly less likely to have cycled in the last 12 months than white Londoners.
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Residents concerned about noise after historic pub applies to extend alcohol licence
Families are afraid that changes to a quiet historic pub will make it feel like living near a nightclub. The Trafalgar Tavern in Park Row currently has two floors where it is allowed to sell alcohol.
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TfL urged to extend the DLR to Abbey Wood to connect residents across Greenwich
Calls have been made to extend the DLR further into South East London. Councillors in Greenwich are urging Transport for London to extend the DLR so it reaches more residents across the borough.
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Candidates announced for Bexley by-election to succeed the late MP James Brokenshire
The major parties have begun to announce who will be standing to succeed the late Bexley MP, James Brokenshire. The former minister died from lung cancer aged 53 last month, triggering a by-election in South East London.
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More than 5,700 households served ‘no fault’ eviction notices despite Government pledge to ban them
More than 5,700 London households have been served with Section 21 “no fault” eviction notices since the Government pledged to ban them two years ago, it has been revealed. Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act allows private landlords to evict tenants without having to demonstrate any fault, provided they give at least two months’ notice.
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Bonfire night firework displays cancelled after councils blame high rates of Covid
Some of London’s best loved firework displays will not go ahead this Bonfire night. Hammersmith and Fulham Council has cancelled firework displays in Ravenscourt Park and Bishops Park due to continuing high rates of Covid.
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Police vans and ambulances are left stuck in traffic after council widens street
Emergency vehicles have been left stuck in traffic after the council widened a street. Stranded police vans and ambulances have been forced to mount kerbs on their way to incidents. Video footage shows ambulances rushing to emergencies in Regent Street but getting stuck in traffic.
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Row breaks out online over the relocation of Afghan refugees
A row broke out online over the relocation of Afghan refugees from Croydon to Watford. Conservative MP for Reigate, Crispin Blunt, took to Twitter to share a statement in which he calls Croydon Council a “financially delinquent” authority.
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Croydon-born woman makes history as first black woman to win national pageant
A South London-born Zumba teacher has made history by becoming the first black Ms Great Britain. Croydon-born Kat Henry, 37, was recently crowned winner of a new division of the Miss Great Britain pageant for women aged 28 to 39.
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QPR welcomes news that Council will “bend over backwards” to keep the club in the borough
The Queens Park Rangers’ CEO has released a fresh statement asking to meet with Hammersmith and Fulham Council leader Stephen Cowan.
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New block of 67 flats gets the green light from Croydon Council
A block of 67 flats in Purley has been given the green light by Croydon Council. The new block will replace six houses from 11-21 Banstead Road and be over the road from the 17-storey Mosaic Place development – dubbed the Purley Skyscraper.
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Residents fuming over the height added to two new hotel plans next to London’s famous Sky Pool
Incredible pictures show what two new hotels next to London’s famous Sky Pool will look like. The 15 and 11-storey hotels planned for Nine Elms were approved in May 2021 by Wandsworth Council, but developers have since proposed some changes.
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