Aylesbury portraits to be live-streamed in art collaboration
An intimate portrait of the residents of an estate embroiled in a controversial redevelopment will be live-streamed to highlight stereotypes of urban decay.
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New gallery opens at London Transport Museum
London’s Transport at War A new permanent gallery has opened which explores the crucial role London’s transport has played in global conflicts, from keeping civilians safe on the home front to supporting efforts on the front lines.
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Arts and cultural venues to receive Government survival funding
More than 100 arts and cultural venues will receive financial awards from the Government to help them survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport announced a £1.57billion Culture Recovery Fund and 111 South London venues will share around £20million of it.
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Actress wins Best Director at New York City film festival
The Case of Katelyn Burns Actress Toyah Frantzen has taken home the coveted Best Director award at the Flight Deck Film Festival, an online film competition based out of New York City. Written, produced, and directed by Toyah, the award-winning short film The Case of Katelyn Burns, who grew up in Peckham, is now in the final stages of the film festival circuit.
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The estate of things to come?
The Aylesbury Estate, with 2,704 flats, and built from 1963-77 and is home to 7,500 people, is currently undergoing a major regeneration programme. On September 27, 2005, Southwark council decided that rather than spend £350million updating it, it would replace them with 4,900 flats in blocks built by a housing association. The sale of half would fund the whole scheme.
Author MICHAEL ROMYN makes a passionate plea for its survival.
The consequence of independence fight
Ladywell Cemetery contains the grave of an army officer who died in a famous shootout in Dublin 100 years ago last week, as the war between Irish republicans and the British reached its conclusion. MIKE GUILFOYLE tells the story…
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Gran ran up £1,300 in fines after unknowingly driving through controversial Lee Green low traffic neighbourhood 21 times
A disabled grandmother ran up £1,300 in fines – and expects more in the post – after infringing new pollution-busting road blocks.
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Bexley and Greenwich kids activity firm Phonics Stars wins national award
Phonics Stars Bexley and Greenwich, which hosts educational fun for families, beat tough competition to claim second prize in the category.
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Lewisham council issued more than £3m in fines since introduction of low traffic schemes in summer
The Lewisham and Lee Green LTN, a set of road barriers which aim to reduce through-traffic, was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures in June and has received mixed feedback.
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Hardy Porcupine pub in Mottingham survives yet another attempt by supermarket giant Lidl to have it bulldozed
Tuesday night saw councillors reject revised plans by Lidl to demolish the once-loved boozer for a new supermarket, at a special meeting of Bromley’s development control committee.
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Huge 26-storey “co-living” building planned for East Croydon
A block of nearly 500 “co-living” flats could soon be built near East Croydon railway station. A proposal for the part 26-story part 13-storey building was heard by the council’s planning committee on Thursday of last week.
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Halloween themed quiz night to raise cash for St Christopher’s Hospice
Comedian Tom Allen, 37, who lives in Bromley, is to host the Spooktacular quiz night at 7.30pm on Facebook and YouTube.
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“I would happily hand back every penny of government money if we could reopen tomorrow and there was a miracle cure”
“At long last people are realising how important music venues are. Music venues that are shut have gone forever.”
Read MoreTwo coronavirus deaths at Croydon hospital as virus spreads across borough
Two patients died with coronavirus at Croydon University Hospital last week following a rise in cases in all areas of the borough.
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South-east London patients urged not to skip hospital and GP appointments over Covid fears
Patients across South-east London have been urged not to skip their appointments with hospitals and GP practices due to coronavirus fears, as local health services back beefed-up precautions amid the UK’s second wave.
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Bereavement suite offers parents a private space to grieve their loss
A revamped bereavement suite has been opened for parents who experience baby loss. The Butterfly Bereavement Suite at St Thomas’ Hospital was officially unveiled by staff from the bereavement maternity team on Wednesday of last week, during Baby Loss Awareness Week.
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Eight west London coronavirus patients in intensive care
Across the capital there are 549 coronavirus patients in hospitals – 88 of them on ventilation. The number of patients being ventilated has gone up from 66 one week ago, according to government data.
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Call for road closures to be scrapped in Crystal Palace
Campaigners against road closures in Crystal Palace are calling on Croydon council to scrap the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN). It has been three months since new measures were introduced in a bid to cut traffic from side roads in the area.
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Former rough sleepers helping to get people off the streets of Lambeth and Southwark
A charity using former rough sleepers to help get people off the streets has arrived in Lambeth and Southwark. Street Buddies, which started in Westminster seven years ago, works with the most entrenched rough sleepers after referrals from the borough’s outreach workers when they cannot form a connection.
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