Streatham MP joins kids on fundraising walk for Down’s South London
Having raised £26,000 thus far, the kids will be walking 300 miles, the equivalent of going from Cornish landmark Land’s End to Peckham, where their therapy is based.
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59 inmates self-isolated after coronavirus outbreak at Wormwood Scrubs
The figure was released by Justice Minister Lucy Frazer in response to a question by Hammersmith MP Andy Slaughter.
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Tesco donates 5,000 pieces of fruit to help feed children during half-term
Tesco is supporting the Lewisham Mayoresses’ packed lunch appeal by donating the fruit to ensure children receive healthy lunches while they are off school.
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Residents hope Government will step in to block plan for £1bn 30-storey hotel and flats in Kensington
The scheme will create one of London’s largest hotels. It includes 62 affordable homes but residents in the nearby conservation area said the building would block their light and was overdevelopment.
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Nightclub has licence removed after “appalling and blatant violation of Covid-19 regulations”
Officer described Afrikiko Bar, in the Old Kent Road, as “the most dangerous premises I have ever visited”.
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Labour calls on Wandsworth council to feed kids over school holidays
The petition – set up by Wandsworth Labour – was signed 500 times in its first day.
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Man left without help for 14 months after Westminster council cuts care package
A visually impaired man was left without the help he needed for 14 months after his care package was cut by Westminster council when he left hospital, despite medical advice.
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£6,000 raised to feed kids during half-term break
A push by Bexley Labour Party members to raise funds to provide hungry schoolchildren with free meals over the half-term break has blown through the £6,000-mark in just three days.
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Mental health trust inspected after concerns over care for patients during meal times
A South London hospital’s eating disorders service has been inspected by the care regulator after concerns that staff did not understand how to care for patients during meal times, and had occasionally shouted at them.
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Battersea Dogs and Cats Home chief executive steps down after 11 years
After more than a decade leading the animal charity, Claire Horton is leaving Battersea to take up the role of Director General at The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Rambo-style knife seized after police stop teenager in Tooting
The officers stopped the 19-year-old man and carried out a search, and found concealed in his trousers a Rambo-style knife.
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Palace fans raise £4k for food bank after boycotting Premier League’s controversial pay-per-view scheme
Urged by the supporters’ group the Holmesdale Fanatics, fans donated to the food bank instead of paying £14.95 to watch the Eagles’ Premier League game against Fulham on Saturday.
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Family of woman who died in Grenfell Tower disaster call for personal evacuation plans for all disabled tenants
Shah Aghlani’s mother Sakina Afrasehabi, and his aunt Fatemeh Afrasiab, 59, were trapped and died in the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017. They were among 72 people killed in the tragedy.
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Man with stage four cancer wants to move home to Wales – but safety certificate he needs to sell his West Norwood house could take 10 years to receive
Luke Thomas, 35, of Beeton Way is receiving treatment for stage four skin cancer, but wants to move home to Wales to be with family.
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14-year-old schoolgirl left with severe burns after firework explodes in her face
Holly Kane, 14, from Deptford, was with friends on Saturday near a footbridge in Rotherhithe Street, Rotherhithe, when a group of youths on bikes emerged from a nearby wooded area and started letting off fireworks in the street.
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Rate of childhood immunisation in Lewisham “not good enough”
Figures published last week showed that the borough’s uptake of childhood vaccines has fallen in almost all the childhood immunisations over the last three years.
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Woman to appear in court today charged with murder of man in Croydon
Charlotte Kerr, 35, of Clyde Road, Croydon was charged with murder on Monday. She will appear at Croydon Magistrates’ Court today.
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Peckham nightclub closed in 2017 after teenager was stabbed to death outside faces losing licence over “deliberate and flagrant” Covid-19 breaches
The Metropolitan Police has again asked the council to review Afrikiko’s licence after it found “numerous” breaches of Covid-19 laws, including operating illegally as a nightclub.
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Win a box of beer this Halloween
Beavertown Brewery is launching a new spooky delivery service this Thursday and Friday and those who sign up could get a bespoke Halloween box delivered straight to their door complete with decorations, mouth-watering beer and a few spooky surprises.
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