Thefts in Soho shops have almost doubled
Shops in London were targeted by shoplifters every 15 minutes last year with the number of offences in Soho doubling.
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Homeless charity gets award from the Queen
A charity has been awarded a honour by the Queen for its work helping homeless people on the streets at night.
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Could you open your door and offer a child a home?
While people across Greater London are opening their doors to people in need, we’d also like them to reflect on whether they could offer a safe home to a child in care.
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Recognize the importance of a dementia diagnosis
Some people are putting off a diagnosis because they think memory loss is a normal part of ageing, they don’t recognise the signs, or are just too afraid.
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Specialist set designers Diagon provides new workspaces to meet all your needs
Specialist set designers Diagon, who provide bespoke scenic build and installation services for the retail, exhibition and event sectors, have created a new 40,000 sq ft workshop in Erith.
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Keep your rabbits and guinea pigs cool
Overheating is dangerous for both rabbits and guinea pigs so it’s important that you can recognise the symptoms, as heat stroke in any animal can be fatal.
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More than 400 public buildings in London lie empty
More than 400 publicly-owned buildings in London are currently lying empty amid a housing shortage and a lack of community spaces.
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Alcohol deaths at an all-time high in 2020
A study by an addiction centre has found that London’s alcohol-related hospital admissions have fallen by 74 per cent in the past five years – the biggest drop in the country.
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Charging zones cause a spike in electric uptake
Electric car stock levels and used prices are broadly the same across the UK; however, when it comes to demand, there’s a clear divide between motorists north of Birmingham and those in the Midlands and the south.
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Producer needs firm Agrip-pina on Britannicus reviewed by Christopher Walker
The Lyric whisks us off to imperial Rome for a tale of backstabbing and power struggles that requires more than the usual number of trigger warnings.
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In My View: Janet Daby, MP for Lewisham East
In August 2017, on trip to Iran to visit his mother my constituent Anoosheh Ashoori was bundled into a van with a bag over his head. He was charged with spying by the Iranian authorities, and given a 10-year prison sentence.
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Young students win national reading competition
A school in South-east London has triumphed in a national reading competition.
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Food bank shelves stand empty as demand surges
Alison Inglis-Jones, a volunteer at Norwood and Brixton Foodbank in Lambeth, said the rocketing cost of living meant it was seeing queues of people waiting outside before it opened.
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Council criticised after education plan left child “isolated and anxious”
The Local Government Ombudman said Bromley council should have acted quicker to help assess whether a school child needed special education help.
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Scouts launch year of fundraising events ahead of trip to South Korea
Five Scouts/Explorers and four leaders from 1st New Cross Scouts and Golden Hind Explorer Scouts, based in Brockley, have been selected to take part in the prestigious international event which runs every four years at different locations.
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Oxford Street trader can continue selling food – for now
Paul Stein was told to stop selling sausages after the authority wrongly gave him a licence to do so.
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Supermarket sold out of date chicken
Chicken, cheese and yoghurt drinks were all past their use-by date when a Westminster City inspector visited Naser Supermarket in Bayswater.
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Let’s help Ukranian kids start new chapter in life
I am writing to highlight the Bookmark Reading Appeal which is seeking to raise £1million to support the Ukrainian children aged five to nine arriving in the UK.
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This week 10, 20, 30 years ago
30 Years Ago – A council came under fire for giving its top officers a pay rise of more than 10 per cent while offering a rise of less than four per cent to its rank and file workers.
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