Jobs on the line as Lambeth council looks to save a further £15m
This is added to the previously agreed cuts of £28 million from 2020 to 2024.
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Nearly 30 per cent of all Hammersmith and Fulham secondary school children were absent at the same time this half-term due to self-isolation rules
In Hammersmith and Fulham, the virus appeared to affect the largest numbers of schoolchildren in mid-November.
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Professor Green backs Cadbury’s Christmas food bank appeal
The rapper has headed to his local Trussell Trust food bank at the South London warehouse in Streatham, to learn about the important work carried out by staff and volunteers, before getting stuck in and packing food parcels.
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Man who laundered more than £6m by hacking into Christie’s website ordered to hand over nearly £215k
A global money launderer, who processed more than £6m by hacking into the payment system of international auction house Christie’s, has been ordered to hand over nearly £215,000 or face more prison time.
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Age UK Lambeth appeal for donations for elderly
Age UK Lambeth is encouraging donors to support older isolated people this winter.
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Seventh-floor flat fire in Westminster
Six fire engines and 40 firefighters from Soho, Lambeth, Euston, Chelsea and Dowgate fire stations worked together to put out the blaze in the eight-storey building.
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Drugs gang, including two men from Lewisham and Croydon, jailed for total of 138 years
Ringleader modelled himself on fictional gangster Tony Soprano.
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Man wanted for failing to appear in court
Ridwan Ali, 22, is wanted for failing to appear at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, October 30.
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Thameslink services to be added to Tube map to encourage different journeys during pandemic
Thameslink services within Zone 1 and Zone 6 will be reintroduced to Tube maps from next month to aid social distancing on public transport and reduce the number of car journeys in the capital, Transport for London (TfL) confirmed this morning.
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Gun, knives and drugs seized during crime clampdown in South-west London
Officers from the South West Violence Suppression Unit, the local neighbourhoods team, the Dog Support Unit, and Special Constables, took part in Operation Speicher between last Friday and Sunday.
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Make Christmas as special for our pets as it is for us
For many of us, the challenges of 2020 has meant Christmas has come even earlier this year. But our pets can find the festivities unsettling; so how can we make sure they enjoy the Christmas period as much as we do?
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Third runway one step closer as Supreme Court rules that Government’s Heathrow expansion plans were lawful
Campaigners have slammed today’s decision, which overrules the Court of Appeal’s February ruling that had declared plans unlawful.
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South-west London station wins station of the year at Community Radio Awards
The gold award for Digital Station of the Year was presented to the volunteers of Riverside Radio, which broadcasts for Lambeth, Wandsworth, Richmond and Merton.
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Bike journeys double in Dulwich street since introduction of low traffic neighbourood
A road with Streetspace interventions found a 94 per cent relative increase of cyclists, while the road with none found that the cycling numbers were relatively unchanged, with only a six per cent relative increase.
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Hero Ian working through pandemic to deliver milk on time
Wimbledon milkman for online milk delivery service Milk and More, Ian has been doing the rounds on the same streets in Southfields and Wandsworth for more than 30 years.
Read MoreCovid Crisis Tier 3: Councillor Jack Hopkins, Lambeth Council Leader
Following a dangerous increase in Covid-19 infections we are now in Tier 3: Very High alert restrictions until further notice.
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Charity appeals for Christmas presents for hospital patients and staff
Cash donations will contribute to the £10,000 worth of Christmas presents the charity will buy, as well as helping to provide snacks to their hard-working staff on Christmas day.
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Number of burglaries plummets as people stay at home during pandemic
Homes in Lambeth, Kensington and Chelsea, Croydon, and Bromley suffered less raids by thieves in April 2020 compared to April 2019, with break-ins having decreased by more than a third.
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First London coronavirus vaccine outside hospital administered in Lambeth
Other practices in South-east London also received delivery of the vaccine yesterday, with most starting to administer vaccination today.
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