Two newlyweds are cycling 6,000 miles from Tooting to Tokyo to raise money for urgent medical treatment in poor countries. Matt and Coco Morley have swapped their flat in Tooting Broadway for 12 months in a tent after taking on a year-long global challenge cycling across two continents.
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West London is set to be transformed into a winter wonderland with many of its famous streets set to be pedestrianised for outdoor dining. Following a successful trial during the pandemic, 270 businesses across Kensington and Chelsea will keep their doors open over the winter.
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Anna Sandgren, 42, was left in shock when her daughter Marta was knocked over while walking on a Zebra Crossing beside Oasis Academy Putney on the Lower Richmond Road two weeks ago.
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A medical student who threw acid over his ex-girlfriend while disguised in a so-called fatsuit has been jailed for 15 years. Milad Rouf, from Eltham, put on the disguise, which also included makeup and sunglasses, before throwing sulphuric acid over his ex and former colleague Rym Alaoui.
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Christopher McCormack – also known as Christopher Zietek – aged 66, of Collingtree Road, Sydenham, was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today (12 October).
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A father of three shot dead after a silent disco was about to start a new job – with his relatives paying tribute to a son who “had a big family and a big heart, always looked after his Mum and always tried to bring the family together”.
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A 2,000-year-old house of four rooms, built by the first generation of Roman invaders in Britain, has been discovered on the site of a £20million offices and flats development.. Archaeologists have uncovered the large Roman building, featuring exquisitely decorated wall plaster and formal gardens.
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A runner has been bidding to conquer the toughest foot race on earth across the Sahara in a bid to raise money and awareness for Cancer Research UK. The race, labelled by the Discovery Channel as the ‘toughest foot race on earth’, is the equivalent of six marathons, crossing endless sand dunes, rocks and white-hot salt plains.
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Cash-strapped Croydon Council will close down one of the borough’s six leisure centres. Purley Leisure Centre has been closed since the first Covid-19 lockdown in March 2020.
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A ring of 24 crooks who printed forged passports for mobsters have been rounded up by cops.
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Former government minister and father-of-three James Brokenshire has died aged 53, his family have said. The Conservative MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup had been fighting lung cancer since January 2018.
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The “sudden and traumatic” death of a man with learning difficulties who fell from a care home window could have been avoided, an inquest has ruled. Stephen Verrall, was found in the car park of St John’s Nursing Home after falling from a first-floor bedroom window on October 17, 2017. He died in hospital two days later from his injuries.
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The NHS intensive care unit which helped save Boris Johnson’s life after he contracted coronavirus is dangerously understaffed, according to their leaders. Trade union Unite said a survey of its members at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in Waterloo found chronic understaffing in the unit had led to plunging morale and fears over the danger to patients.
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Croydon has voted to create a new mayor who will be elected by local voters. The change was backed by 80 per cent of the 59,000 voters that turned out – just 21 per cent of those that could vote. This means that next May a new mayor will be elected when other local elections take place.
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Two Wandsworth brothers smashed their £10,000 target, raising funds for Brain Tumour Research, which they have supported since their mother’s diagnosis in May 2019. Oscar Kirby-Hogarty, 29, of Earlsfield and his brother Tobi, 27, of Battersea, completed the course despite confessing they are ‘not gifted sports people’.
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A 27-year-old ran his first London marathon in memory of his grandmother, who had seven children and 25 grandchildren. “My grandma absolutely refused to let the limitations caused by this debilitating condition affect her”.
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Charles Montlake raised £16,448 for Myeloma UK by walking to from his home in Greenwich to the O2 arena. The 59-year-old, who suffers from myeloma and the related condition AL amyloidosis, completed the 26.2 miles in four stretches and just over 10 hours.
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Sunday’s London Marathon welcomed just over 36,000 mass-event runners to the traditional street course – and another 40,000 runners took part remotely, logging their distance via a tracking app.
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Town hall chiefs are recruiting a Citizens’ Jury’ to support its climate emergency work. Southwark council is currently contacting a group of randomly selected residents and inviting them to volunteer for the panel.
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