How we won the fight to make ourselves heard – the voices of Brixton tell their story
By Toby Porter Coldharbour – a virtual reality film which really does show what the reality was like. Brixton Library,
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Why the London Eye is going backwards in time this weekend
By Alice Fuller Everyone gets an extra hour in bed on Sunday [27 October] but it’s not just the clocks
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Hamlet’s record FA Cup run’s next round will be watched by millions – months after they nearly went under
By Rachel Steinberg A football club which faced ruin earlier this year has bagged a spot on prime-time TV. Dulwich
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Lewisham pupils demand leaders switch to cleaner energy – politely
It is not exactly a climate strike walk-out yet – but Lewisham’s primary schoolchildren are politely asking for their buildings
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Lewisham becomes second South London area to go into lockdown as stabbings spread
Lewisham became the second South London borough to have a police clampdown imposed after stabbings this afternoon. A section 60
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Lambeth in lockdown after teenager stabbed and left fighting for his life
Police have imposed a search cordon on some streets of Lambeth after a teenager was brutally stabbed in broad daylight
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Transport for London (TfL) wants to know what commuters think: Have your say on the new Tube line extension
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Residents can have their say on the details of a vital Tube line extension – as well
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Longer waiting time recorded for hospital A&E according to new statistics by the NHS
BY TOBY PORTER yann@slpmedia.co.uk Rising numbers of patients are waiting for longer than four hours to be treated in A&E,
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Brave woman police officer in stabbing attack yesterday after disturbance call – but she’s back at work today
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was attacked in Clapham. Police had
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Free family activities for Halloween at Battersea Power Station
There’s a spook-tacular range of FREE activities for Halloween around Battersea Power Station, under the Grosvenor Arch from 11am-4pm in
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Trams to get automatic brakes three years on from fatal Croydon crash
By Tara O’Connor Automatic brakes at sharp turns are set to be introduced to trams, around the third anniversary
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Appeal to identify man who died after falling from Nairobi flight and landed in Clapham garden
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Police are still toiling to identify a man whose body fell from the undercarriage of an
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Two arrested in Belgium over Elephant and Castle Tube station killing
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Two men have been arrested in Belgium on suspicion of murdering a 24-year-old man stabbed to
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Bonnet de douche! You too could soon be a millionaire in the Only Fools and Horse Monopoly board game
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Fromage Frais! At last, South London has a Monopoly board all of its own. Sadly, it
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Police issue photo of homeless hostel regular wanted over rape in Southwark on Tuesday
Detectives investigating a rape in Southwark have released details of a man they would like to speak to. On Tuesday,
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Archbishop who steered through facelift for Southwark Cathedral dies
By Kathryn Reeves An archbishop who raised money for the refurbishment of an ageing cathedral died yesterday. During Michael Bowen’s
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Inspirational cancer survivor reaches final stages of Woman of the Year competition
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A community dance teacher and breast cancer survivor has reached the final stages of a woman
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Crystal Palace fans are glad all over in sponsored Marathon March
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk It might not have been drag racing, but it was drag walking. Cross-dressing comedian Eddie Izzard
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Signalling problems hit South London commuters
By William Boardman A fault with the signalling system on the National Rail has caused train delays that will affect
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