Pub removed wall without permission
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A 182-year-old Grade-II listed pub has had a wall removed in the middle of the building without
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Author: Toby Porter
Shoppers help fund children’s charity
A children’s charity is searching for funding to boost their work with children living in cramped conditions. Movement Works, which
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Council tax is set to rise by five per cent
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A town hall hiked council tax rates last week amid criticism from opposition councillors that it
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Funding available for apprenticeships
A town hall has announced a new fund worth £90,000 to help local employers invest in creating more apprenticeships in
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Homeless charity wins community award
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A homeless charity has won a community award for its work in the area. The 999
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Council scraps its ‘hostile’ immigration officer position
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A Home Office immigration officer is to be removed from a town hall, making them one
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Bands artwork goes on display
A treasure trove of band posters and artwork from the 1960s and 1970s have been put on display. Goldsmiths University
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Garden protesters’ eviction halted
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A town hall has been told to wait before evicting protesters from a garden site which
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Out of the frying pan…
The Red Watch Greenwich Fire Brigade and members from 106 (Y) Regiment Royal Artillery, Grove Park, demonstrated their pancake flipping
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Lions fan Steve soaring past his fundraising target for half-marathon
A lifelong Millwall fan has already smashed his fundraising target for a rare diseases charity. Steve Rendell will tackle the
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Tube side entrance a disaster for us
BY SEAN DELANEY toby@slpmedia.co.uk Plans for a second entrance to a Tube station in a quiet Southwark street are still set
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Churchyard turns to shrubs in the battle against Waterloo’s pollution
BY LAURIE CHURCHMAN toby@slpmedia.co.uk It’s true what they say here. Stepping from the busy street into St John’s churchyard in Waterloo,
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Air dependency up
SOUTHWARK HAS HIGHEST AIR EMERGENCY CALL-OUT RATE IN CAPITAL BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk Four South London boroughs feature in the top 10
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Lewisham is mums’ target for school road closures
BY ALEX PUGH toby@slpmedia.co.uk A new grassroots campaign to improve air quality for kids is setting its sights on Lewisham in
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Goose Green School in East Dulwich awarded £6,000 from The Mayor of London’s Greener City Fund
A school leading the way in tackling air pollution has received a second year of funding to help create a
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Da Come Up talent show…making dreams come true
A talent show devised and organised by friends from school has created enough of a buzz to have industry bigwigs
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Exhibition ‘Spare Parts’ exploring the art, science, ethics of human repair
Spare Parts The second exhibition from the new Science Gallery London at King’s College London in London Bridge will explore
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Canary found in Forest Hill school is so pleased he can’t stop singing
A chirpy little canary who was found lost in London is so chuffed to have been rescued that he won’t
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Lipstick, a Fairy-tale is challenging but important
Christopher Walker reviews “Lipstick – a Fairy-tale” of Iran at the Omnibus Theatre. Playing until March 24. www.omnibus-clapham.org/lipstick 0207 498 4699
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