Support staff at Halley Academy in Greenwich strike over school staff cuts
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk Support staff at a school went on strike last week to protest against redundancies made to
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The Cult of K*NZO, a look at ideas around consumer culture and fashion, equality, Battersea Arts Centre
The Cult of K*NZO A new show that looks at ideas around consumer culture and fashion, equality, and its impact
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Open Space Exhibition, AMP Gallery Peckham
Tender Touches – Peckham Ever felt so hungry you could eat the cutlery and the table? Well at this new
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Groveland Care Home chosen as one of the top 20 care homes in London
Groveland Park Care Home in Bexleyheath has been chosen as one of the top 20 care homes in London. The
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Funeral Flowers: The Bunker Theatre, London Bridge
Funeral Flowers A performance that combines spoken word poetry and floral arranging will explore trauma, grief and human relationships. Funeral
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Welling soldier’s gruelling desert expedition for veterans with disabilities
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A former soldier has become one of very few people to ever cross the Empty Quarter desert
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Residents and community gardeners fear over toxins found around Grenfell Tower
BY SAM COURTNEY-GUY yann@londonweeklynews.online Research showing toxins in the area around Grenfell Tower could pose a heightened risk of cancer
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Traders fume at being ousted from the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre
BY SAM COURTNEY-GUY toby@slpmedia.co.uk Traders have hit out at town hall chiefs and developers as up to 40 of them
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ONS Data reveals Southwark women still worse off in workplace
BY EMMA PENGELLY toby@slpmedia.co.uk Women in Southwark suffered the fifth highest gender pay gap across South London in 2017, with
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Herne Hill resident fed-up with plastic packaging creates plastic free food business
One resident was so fed up with buying food with plastic packaging she turned her garage into a plastic-free food
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£1.1m boost for firefighters of the future
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A new training unit for would-be firefighters has received a £1.1million funding boost from the Mayor
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Best businesses announced
The winners of the best business awards have been announced for local companies which provide growth in their communities. The
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Tony Lord looks back at ‘wash day’ and ‘Rinso’
As far as I remember my mother washed our ‘smalls’ at the kitchen sink using ‘Lux’ soap flakes and a
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New building opened at Eltham College
The Lord Lieutenant of Greater London opened a new building at a school providing students with a new maths and
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The sky at night – April sees the return of meteor showers
Anna Ross – astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich April sees the first meteor shower since January, the Lyrids. This
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£600m scheme to redevelop Old Kent Road set to go ahead
BY SEAN DELANEY toby@slpmedia.co.uk A £600m redevelopment scheme on one of London’s most iconic roads has been given the green
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Novel experience for kids
A student has used her childhood illness and the help of other schoolchildren to write a book for children in
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Lambeth Labour councillors call for more funding for London HIV Programme
BY SARAH GREALISH toby@slpmedia.co.uk Two councillors have delivered a letter to the government urging proper funding to combat HIV. Lambeth
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Appeal to find gang who beat up and abuse gay man in Blackheath
Detectives investigating a homophobic assault and robbery are appealing for information. Police were called to Vanbrugh Park Road in Blackheath
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