Cost of compensating Lambeth sex abuse victims “up to £84m”
By Grainne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter The cost of compensating victims of historic child sex abuse in Lambeth looks likely
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Westminster homeless charity reaches milestone with 250th food drive
A homeless charity will stage its 250th food drive this Saturday, having set up every week for the past five
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Croydon council faces £62m shortfall due to coronavirus crisis
By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter It will take up to two years for Croydon council to recover from the
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Lockdown easing has not led to spike in coronavirus cases in west London, figures show
By Owen Sheppard, Local Democracy Reporter Three west London boroughs have seen only small increases in the number of recorded
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Rent hikes for new Greenwich council tenants could lead to next-door neighbours being charged different rates, say councillors
By Lachlan Leeming, Local Democracy Reporter Concerns that neighbours living next door to one another in council housing could be
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Pensioner taken to hospital after being pushed to ground in attempted robbery
An elderly woman had to be treated in hospital for a head wound after being pushed to the ground in
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Activists block roads to cars so schoolchildren can safely social distance
By Melissa Kasule A group of activists have blocked off roads to cars to ensure social distancing for children going
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Hammersmith and Fulham council saved lives by defying Government and refusing to allow untested discharged hospital patients into its care homes in March
By Owen Sheppard, Local Democracy Reporter NHS and council chiefs in Hammersmith and Fulham have revealed how they saved the
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Morrisons Foundation gives cash boost to Wandsworth Hospital
The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability (RHN) in Wandsworth will be offering patients a new therapeutic experience after receiving a £14,000
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Two Plumstead brothers who held a young women in slavery have been jailed
Two brothers who forced a woman in sexual slavery – and she became pregnant while working for them – have
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Police find handgun after searching car in Brixton Hill
Police found a handgun after searching a car they thought was suspicious near a busy road. The firearm and a
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Soho’s only school “vulnerable” to running out of money amid lockdown
By Owen Sheppard, Local Democracy Reporter Few Londoners would know about or even expect there to be a school in
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24-hour bus lanes to be trialled across capital
By Jessie Mathewson, Local Democracy Reporter Trials of 24-hour bus lanes will take place in London as more travellers choose
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Four charged after early morning raids
Four men have been charged with drugs offences following early morning raids on Tuesday. The warrants were the culmination of
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Appeal after man is left with serious head injuries following assault in Streatham
Police investigating an assault which has left a man with a serious head injury are appealing for assistance to identify
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CCTV ruled out at Penge’s ‘murder park’
By Lachlan Leeming, Local Democracy Reporter A push for more CCTV at a Penge park where a man was shot
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Appeal for witnesses to stabbing in Mitcham
A fight between two men spilled out onto a street before one of them ended up being stabbed and police
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Image released of man after suspected attempted kidnap in Bexley
A teenage girl was grabbed from behind by a man police suspect was trying to kidnap her. Detectives investigating the
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Man charged with offences including GBH on police officer
Detectives investigating an incident in South Norwood in which two police officers were injured have charged a man. Alec Lemard,
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