Hal the manikin is such a model patient
A manikin called Hal is helping doctors and nurses to safely treat patients. The sophisticated model can simulate a cardiac
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Author: Toby Porter
Former chief Government spin doctor Alastair Campbell visits Retraite RC Girls’ School, Clapham
A former chief Government spin doctor visited a school last Friday where he met sixth form students studying politics. Alastair
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Talk of the town: Southbank Centre Literary Events
Dulwich’s Young Writer of the Year award winner Max Porter (pictured above) is among the chief attractions at the Southbank
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100 years later…memorial fit for a hero of Gallipoli
In the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, TOBY PORTER looks at the remarkable
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BBC2’s Gardeners World portrays how gardens aid recovery from mental illnesses
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk One of TV’s biggest cult audiences will turn its spotlight onto a charity mental health garden
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How Clapham theatre helped make holidays hearty good fun for kids
Some chlldren will genuinely be dreading half term. They will not be looking forward to a week off school, despite
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Would-be rock and roll Beckenham star James is plumber of the year
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk James Elmey didn’t want to be a plumber at first. He wanted to throw TVs out
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Lazeez Tapas Kitchen at Boxpark, Croydon
By Paloma Lacy Lazeez Tapas Kitchen, at Boxpark Croydon, is a bit of a confusing name. This is staunchly Middle
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St Christopher’s Hospice launches appeal to raise funds to train families of sick relatives
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A trailblazing hospice has launched an appeal to raise £200,000 to train families of sick relatives
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Families are furious about desecration of graves at Honor Oak Crematorium
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Families whose relatives are buried in a graveyard are furious it is being landscaped, sweeping aside their
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Streatham baker still battling after 13 years to regain drivers licence after losing his business
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A baker who had a seizure and lost his driving licence has been battling to get
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MP demands: Don’t sell off Woolwich Barracks
BY NEWS REPORTER calum@slpmedia.co.uk An MP has attracted thousands of signatures to a petition against the closure of Woolwich Barracks. Matthew
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Three men charged in firebomb attack that left a mother dead in Woolwich
Detectives have charged three men with conspiracy to murder following a fire attack that killed a mother of two. Memunatu
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13-year-old boy missing in Southwark
Police in Southwark are appealing for the public’s help to find a missing 13-year-old boy. Brian ‘Jasper’ Cole was last
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Nurse who spotted she had a brain tumour urges everyone to check
A nurse is backing a brain tumour awareness campaign after recognising her own symptoms on a poster at the hospital
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£10,000 reward on offer a year after Clapham contract killing
Police have recategorised an unexplained death 10 months ago as a murder and linked the killing to organised crime as
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The Good Grief Trust charity, supporters of bereaved families opens its first pop-up cafe
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A charity which supports bereaved families opened its first pop-up cafe to begin a project which will
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Playwright Atiha Sen Gupta’s modern take on classic play makes her very Abi
A rising writing talent with two plays in production right now, surprisingly Atiha Sen Gupta still has to support herself
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Ted’s bid to help fighter Charlie Wynn
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk One of the most highy rated but unheralded names in British boxing faces the biggest contest
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