Influential MPs heard direct from community leaders about the support they need when they visited Peckham on September 16. The House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee hosted a workshop with members of the Nigerian diaspora as part of the Committee’s parliamentary inquiry into the relationship between the UK and Nigeria.
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Sabina Nessa, 28, from Kidbrooke, has been remembered as “kind, caring and absolutely dedicated to her pupils” by Lisa Williams, head of Rushey Green Primary School, Catford, where she worked.
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Sister Midnight lost its original space in lockdown but has since re-established itself as a community benefit society to save Lewisham High Street’s Ravensbourne Arms by transforming it into a community pub.
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Local groups have expressed an interest in buying Notting Hill Police Station, which could prevent it being sold off for private use.
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The Livesey Memorial Hall, which is home to a monument commemorating workers from the South Suburban Gas Company of London who died in both World Wars, is a Grade II listed building and an asset of community value.
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A Lambeth man and five others have been charged as part of a major investigation into an organised criminal network alleged to have smuggled hundreds of Iraqi-Kurdish migrants into the UK. The group, aged between 27 and 64, were all arrested during a series of raids carried out by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and cops in February 2018.
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The bus will have a supply of home tests to hand out. There will be staff on board able to carry out tests. It will also include useful information on the COVID vaccination including details of local vaccine clinics. The first stop for the bus will be outside the Wells Pharmacy, Forest Road, Slade Green DA3 2NU. The bus will stay there until 8 October.
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Sea Life London Aquarium have this time chosen names for tennis star Emma Raducanu and scientist Prof Sarah Gilbert. They have announced its penguin chicks, born earlier this year, are both female and have been named after two of the highest achievers of the past 18 months.
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The first passengers on the first train from two new London Underground stations said they were excited to experience “history as it happens”today (September 20).
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Police have launched an appeal after becoming “increasingly concerned” for the welfare of a Lewisham woman who vanished from a Catford shopping trip a week ago. Daniela Longhin, 51, has been missing from her home since Monday 13 September and officers from the South East London Missing Persons team are working to locate her.
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Police and paramedics rushed to the scene after being called at 10.13pm on Saturday Septebmer 18, and found a critically injured man, believed to be aged in his 40s. Despite their efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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An investigation has been launched into the death of a woman whose body was found in Kidbrooke. Officers believe they know the identity of the woman, who is aged in her 20s, but they await formal identification and confirmation that next of kin have been informed.
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Caribbean culture was celebrated in earnest at The City Splash Festival at Beckenham Place Park on Sunday, with reggae music across four stages, featuring everything from Ska, Rocksteady, Dub, Roots, to Dancehall and Lovers Rock.
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The family of a boy whose brain tumour surgery was delayed due to Covid have raised more than £69,000 of a half-a-million pound target for treatment abroad. Parents of Alexander Josephs, aged seven, from south-east London, have been told he has a 20 per cent chance of beating his cancer.
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Boss Robinson said their young squad instead ran out of ideas towards the end of the game – and did not have half an eye on Wednesday night’s EFL Cup third round game at Arsenal.
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Mark Robinson’s side learned a hard lesson against contenders Plymouth in their 1-0 defeat today. Toby Porter finds five takeaways after the loss at Plough Lane.
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A 12-year old from Bromley has made the final of a national driving competition – despite not being old enough to hold a driving licence. Stan Owen, who goes to Hayes Secondary School, has achieved a place in the final of the Young Driver Challenge 2021, having beaten off stiff competition from hundreds of other entries
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When Carmen Loscialpo was struggling to cope through gruelling cancer treatment, the strength to carry on came from an unexpected source – her two young daughters aged just eight and five. Carmen, 36, said: “The fear of the unknown and how to cope alone was bringing me down until I saw how well my girls were coping with everything, after the initial shock.”
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A grandmother’s coffin has been shattered and one of her murdered grandchildren’s remains allegedly lost by a funeral firm. The incident has heaped misery upon Mary Adekoya, who had hoped to unite her mum, Judith, and her tragic children in one grave at South London Crematorium in Streatham Vale.
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