Models light up the catwalk for Cancer Survivors’ Day
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Twenty models undergoing cancer treatment have strutted their stuff down the catwalk in an uplifting and
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Children’s hospital is given £193,000 worth of funding
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Evelina London Children’s Hospital has been awarded funding to help children and young people with a
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Oval Tube Station hosts Odyssey Stories exhibition telling the stories of local people
A Tube station is hosting an exhibition telling the stories of local people through the work of designers and illustrators.
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Streatham 37-year-old charged with murder of Croydon’s Tesfa Campbell in Battersea
Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of Tesfa Campbell in Battersea have charged a man with murder. Jerome Bailey, 37 ,
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Fashion designer’s range for artificial intelligence robots
Scary as it may seem, it is time to start thinking about dressing robots. At least that is what fashion
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Delays to long-awaited river crossing linking Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf condemned by politicians: At £450m, it’s a bridge too far
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Delays to a long-awaited river crossing have been condemned by politicians on all sides. The cycle
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Charlton Athletic legend Keith Peacock launches programme to help tackle loneliness
BY EMMA PENGELLY toby@slpmedia.co.uk Charlton Athletic legend Keith Peacock has launched a national programme which gets members playing bowls to
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Arrests of east London suspects in Walworth killing of Amara Toure
Detectives investigating the murder of Amara Toure have made two further arrests. A 20-year-old man from Ilford and a 20-year-old
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust worker receives MBE for his work in organ donation
Shibu Chacko, based at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He has been
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Crime fell by 25 per cent after cashpoint theft gang arrested
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Crime levels dropped by a quarter after a gang of cash machine thieves were arrested. A
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New stage adaptation of popular children’s book Tabby McCat is heading to the Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Tabby McTat A new stage adaptation of a popular children’s book is heading to the Churchill Theatre in Bromley on
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New Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) support group to be launched in Forest Hill
A national charity supporting people living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is launching a new support group in Forest Hill.
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Families of Windrush immigrants criticise plans for a tribute at Waterloo. ‘Put Windrush monument in Brixton’
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Families of immigrants who came over to reconstruct post-war Britain have criticised plans to place a tribute
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Midwife of 30 years and lecturer at King’s College London receives chief midwifery officer’s gold award
A midwife from Guy’s and St Thomas’ has become one of the first people in England to receive the chief
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Croydon patient becomes the first person to be given a new wrist
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A patient has become the first person to be given a totally new wrist. Julie Richardson,
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South-west burglary gang given a total of 14 years in prison
A seven-strong gang of thieves who carried out more than 40 burglaries in just three months in South London –
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Police hold south-west London man on suspicion of terrorism offences
A man has been arrested today, 5 July, as part of an investigation by anti-terror cops. The 19-year-old man was
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Naomi: People forget I’m a South London girl
BY MAHA KHAN toby@slpmedia.co.uk A supermodel is dedicating an award for her 30 years at the top to her South London
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Pip the pooch’s near miss with electric rail line at Waterloo train station
BY EMMA PENGELLY toby@slpmedia.co.uk A hero rail worker reunited Pip the pooch with his owners following the dog’s close encounter
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