People bereaved and made homeless by the Grenfell Tower fire have lodged a multimillion pound claim in the High Court against those they believe played a role in the tragedy.
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The first vaccine was approved for use in the UK and it’s now starting to be rolled out. For all of those who volunteered to take part in the vaccine trials, you all deserve a huge thank you for enabling this to happen so swiftly.
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Lambeth council’s community testing scheme is supporting workers who have no Covid-19 symptoms, but have to travel for work, by offering rapid testing to stop the spread of the virus.
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One of the most popular New Year’s resolutions we make, is to learn something new. Why not include your four-legged friend in this, too? Learning a new trick, or even just brushing up on their training, can help you to spend more time with your pet and you’ll both be learning something new!
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Lily the Penge East station cat died recently, and local people are fundraising for a commemorative statue to be made in her memory.
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The council-run Westminster Employment Service is working to recruit people to the two temporary mass vaccination centres in Westminster – Lord’s Cricket Ground and the South Westminster Centre for Health in Pimlico.
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Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a blaze caused by a faulty dishwasher on Sunday. Part of the kitchen in a first-floor flat in Kelly Avenue, Peckham, was damaged by the fire.
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Two rabbits were found abandoned in the grounds of a school on the coldest night of the year. The rabbits were brought into the charity’s animal hospital in Victoria.
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The Harlequins rugby team announced on Friday that their newly re-branded Chris Robshaw Bar will host vaccinations seven-days-a-week outside of match days.
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Lewisham council has introduced a new fleet of less polluting recycling trucks which will comply with the expanded London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The trucks emit 50 per cent less nitrogen oxide, a pollutant which causes a range of harmful effects on the lungs .
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St George’s Hospital in Tooting is under “enormous pressure,” with more than 330 coronavirus patients currently being treated on the site.
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Michael Watson, a Croydon-based social worker has written a book about how to prepare for giving evidence in a family court to help others who have to go through the process.
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Jo Gennari, general manager at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust won the Spirit of The London Marathon 2020 for setting up and managing the organisation’s running club, #TeamLGT, in her spare time.
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Rosemary had lived on the Lilford Estate for nearly 30 years. She was responsible for a raft of regeneration work and service provision during the 10 years she had been in charge of LARA, the association representing local residents.
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Clapham resident Alvin Chy-Quene -“Chy”, as he was known, was featured in two films made by Deborah Hobson and Marc Wadsworth, the BBC’s Fighting for King and Empire, Britain’s Caribbean Heroes; and Divided by race, united in war and peace for the-latest.com.
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Charity ‘FoodCycle’ tackles food poverty by gathering surplus food and turning it into nutritious hot meals to be provided to needy residents in Norwood Junction, Lewisham and Peckham, as well as other places in London and beyond.
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The plan forms part of the council’s draft budget cuts, the second round of which were published this week, and aims to save £100,000 next year.
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Vauxhall City Farm, based in Tyers Street, Vauxhall, which was due to reopen after Christmas, has kept its doors shut after the third national lockdown was announced. It is now appealing to the public for funding to help it stay afloat.
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The hyper-local initiative is funded by the Big Local programme, which focuses on areas of deprivation across the UK with a historic lack of investment.
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