Bermondsey-raised Sir Tommy, awarded an OBE in 1980 for his work as an entertainer, topped the charts numerous times, appeared in films and on stage, and caused riots in the streets long before the beat boom of the Sixties.
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A group of 15 children, aged from just two to nine years old, are putting their best feet forward today to complete a 300-mile journey between them.
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Wednesday of last week marked the 80th anniversary of a Second World War German bomb striking Balham Tube station. Here TOBY PORTER recounts what happened.
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A pub relief manager and his regulars let out a colossal cheer when his scratch card was confirmed as a £250,000 winner – and he had only popped out to pick up some lemons.
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A disabled widower looking after his three children in a one-bedroom flat has been on the housing waiting list for nine years – but after his wife died his application was suspended and one opened in her name.
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Work has begun in pulling down a 55-year-old landmark shopping centre. Keltbray, the civil engineering group, said the phased demolition of the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, will make way for a new £1billion town centre.
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More than 100 people have signed a petition against the demolition of a building being used to house homeless people – the first phase of the redevelopment of what was once considered a pioneering estate.
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The National Maritime Museum has stressed it has no changes planned for its Nelson, Navy, Nation gallery or its commentary on the admiral. The statue protectors and Laurence Fox can sleep easy.
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A primary school teacher hit by a stroke had to undergo emergency brain surgery – but then suffered kidney failure and ended up on a ventilator with Covid-19.
Read MoreLambeth’s last remaining Conservative councillor has urgently asked for new controversial traffic-busting schemes across the borough be scrapped.
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A designer has donated artwork exhibited at a museum to thank medics for the care she received when she had her child.
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Two members of a hospital’s staff have been awarded OBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for their heroism during the Covid-19 pandemic. King’s College Hospital’s associate nursing improvement director Felicia Kwaku was recognised for services to nursing. as was its critical care consultant Dr Sam Hutchings.
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Politicians have been shortlisted out of hundreds of their peers for an award. Cllr Danny Thorpe of Greenwich has been shortlisted for the 2020 Councillor Awards for Leader of the Year, in the only national ceremony to celebrate the contributions of councillors.
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Armed police descended on St Thomas’ after a ‘security alert’ this morning. Police have since stood down and are now removing cordons around the hospital. Lambeth Police said at 10.30am this morning: “The security alert at St Thomas’ Hospital is being stood down. We are in the process of removing cordons.”
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Detectives investigating the murder of a man shot in the back of the head leaving a park in the early hours of Sunday, 12 July, have made further arrests. A 30-year-old man and a 22-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of the murder of Dean Edwards on Monday, 12 October.
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A mechanics scholar has joined forces with Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton in an attempt to diversify engineering in the sport.
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Two Crystal Palace legends and trailblazing comic Eddie Izzard walked a marathon to raise more than £60,000 for community projects.
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A homeless man has pleaded guilty to stabbing a prayer leader in the neck at one of the UK’s largest mosques.
Daniel Horton, 30, stabbed his 70-year-old victim during prayers at the London Central Mosque, Regent’s Park, on 20 February 2020.
A third man has been charged in connection with the murder of 25-year-old Patrick Gomes De’Almeida in Morden on 1 October. Jamaili Calvert, 20, of Ingatestone Road, South Norwood, has been charged with murder, grievous bodily harm and two counts of robbery.
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