Over the past year, the council has surveyed 15,000 of its council homes and found that 642 – or just under five percent – had damp and mould issues. That means around 1,400-1,650 homes may be affected from the council’s stock of 33,000 homes.
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The Met will put an officer of superintendent rank into each of London’s 32 boroughs.
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Dorian Rankin – 42, of Beulah Road, Thornton Heath, was sentenced on Thursday, at Inner London Crown Court. He had pleaded guilty at the same court on December 16 to seven offences in total.
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Solar panels installed at Denmark Hill railway station and Streatham Hill depot generated enough power in 2022 to make 7.5 million cups of tea.
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Few have accumulated as many years of South London life as Margaret Campbell, who was born in Sydenham in January 1923, and has just celebrated her 100th birthday.
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Erherhe Iwheta, known as ‘Rae Rae’, left home in Streatham at around 4.45pm on Wednesday.
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Nathan, who is 32 and from the Notting Hill area, was last in contact with his family at around 9.30pm on Saturday, January 21, in Wandsworth, when he told them he was going to a concert in Camden.
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The pair robbed 35-year-old Nathaniel Eyewu-Ago of drugs and cash, and then stabbed him to death after he gave chase trying to retrieve his stash.
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The teenager was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey.
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In March, the Elm Park post office will move to the neighbouring V7 convenience store at 68 Elm Park, with the new branch set to offer significantly longer hours.
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The Tory group said the local authority had missed two deadlines for the Christmas tree collection service.
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The New Year’s Eve passing of Pope Benedict VI recalls the big crowds he generated at Hyde Park during a state visit in 2010. It’s fair to say, he had a fair old innings, passing away at the age of 95. And he could still draw quite a crowd in his early 80s writes Yann Tear.
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Planning rules were breached at two properties in Camberwell.
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Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says the public should “prepare for more painful stories” as the force confronts the issues it faces and says we could have two or three in court per week over the next few weeks and months.
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Greenwich council was able to allocate a total of £61,000, rather than the £50,000 initially announced for organisations to open and run warm spaces across the borough, providing vital winter support for residents until April.
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Thomas Lenaghan, 24, of Rylston Road, Fulham, and Ronnie Fitzgerald, 20, of Valence Avenue, Romford were both sentenced to six years, nine months’ imprisonment.
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Romario Henry, 31, of Bell Green, broke into the Cavendish home in Ongar, Essex, on November 27, 2021. He was part of a gang which terrorised the cyclist and his wife Peta – who hid the couple’s three-year-old daughter under a duvet to try and shield her from the traumatic events.
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Despite the efforts of the paramedics, the man, who was found unresponsive and with severe trauma, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Supermarket chain Aldi will be sending more of its excess food to Community Shops across the country, including in Lambeth, at Vale Street, Gypsy Hill, Norwood, where items will be sold at discounted prices as a way to help those in need.
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