The girlfriend of police sergeant Matt Ratana, gunned down in Croydon Police Station on Thursday, has paid tribute to the brave and loving man in her life. Su Bushby praised the 54-year-old’s courage and love in a moving statement issued by the Metropolitan police today.
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A DIY specialist will add extra gloss to the fundraising efforts of Macmillan Cancer Support for the whole month of October. Leyland SDM, which has branches in Battersea Park Road, Clapham High Street will run its ‘Add a Pound for Macmillan’ initiative next month.
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The girlfriend of police sergeant Matt Ratana, gunned down in Croydon Police Station on Thursday, has paid tribute to the brave and loving man in her life. Su Bushby praised the 54-year-old’s courage and love in a moving statement issued by the Metropolitan police today.
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The investigation into the shooting of policeman Matt Ratana at Croydon on Thursday has widened to stretch to Surrey and further into London. Detectives investigating the murder of Met Police Sergeant Matt Ratana have been working around the clock.
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Rosy Garsi, owner of Two Spoons, a high street spot in Honor Oak Park, is being featured on billboards across the country as part of the Open Like Never Before campaign. It is designed to remind consumers to support their local venues after a challenging time for the hospitality sector.
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Councillor Martin Seaton shouted “this is my meeting, not yours,” at leader during heated debate which saw 223-flat development ushered through. Hamlet fans were so pleased with Cllr Seaton’s conduct that they wanted to name stand after him – and stadium loos after leader.
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1972 recording is discovered during clear out, uploaded to YouTube and picked up by record label in Spain just days later. For most aspiring rock stars, following your dreams means going back to bed. It’s a recipe for lack of success. Jeff Ball, raised in New Cross and Catford, knew all about the tiring slog of trying to make it. He and his band, Grit, toured as far away as Athens to get a break – and appeared on Greek TV with their blend of blues-inspired psychedelia-tinged rock. But London record labels shrugged and moved on to Brixton’s David Bowie and the likes of prog rock stadium-fillers The Who, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
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A new generation of Nightingales have been celebrated with a professional award. The Nightingale Nurse and Midwife Award was presented to 65 nurses and 10 midwives of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals who now have the honour of being known as a ‘Nightingale Nurse’ or ‘Nightingale Midwife’. The ceremony took place virtually with messages of support and inspiration from Gillian Prager, President of The Nightingale Fellowship, and Chief Midwifery Officer for England, Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent.
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Residents are unhappy a multi-million pound skyscraper development will block their views – and take six years to complete. Developer Tiger plans 1,000 new homes in Peckham High Street, with 35 per cent of them ‘affordable’. The plans currently show buildings of up to 15 storeys – but Tiger also admits it is exploring an option of buildings up to 20 storeys, which would block the panoramic views from Peckham’s town centre rooftops.
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Daniel Holloway has branched out by building a shed round two trees in the bottom of his garden. You could say he has “shed” his image as a portable building salesman – if he didn’t have an exciting side-line already in running Kenyan safaris. But now the 55-year-old from Lee Road, Blackheath, has another tool in his wooden outhouse, so as to speak, after winning Shed of the Year.
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Snooty Bromley has always had a bit of a chip on its shoulder about neighbour Greenwich being a so-called “Royal” borough. Even in an age when the Windsors are marrying – God forbid – Americans, that regal handle must grate. But now the green-eyed residents of the leafier borough can justifiably look down their noses on next door with a tinge of smugness.
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Who’s an ugly duckling? Not this swan! But he or she might not be so smart, getting stuck on a
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Families who celebrated International Youth Day with an arts and culture picnic hope to stage a much bigger event next
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Back in the old days – when men were men and women were expected to be grateful – anyone who
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A security car patrol officer has been convicted of raping a woman in an empty Westminster car park while on
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A potential rape victim bit her attacker and scratched him so he could be identified – and cops tracked his
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One of the biggest Australian Rules football clubs outside of the land down under has raised thousands of pounds for
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A town hall leader who helped bring AFC Wimbledon back to their spiritual home has stood down. The leader of
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Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Jaden Christie in Stockwell have charged a man. Jacob Koutouan, 22, of Stockwell
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