London’s longest serving Black female firefighter “grateful and blessed” by her 30 year career
Rosalie Jones, from Peckham, joined the London Fire Brigade in 1989 and rose to the rank of Sub Officer before her retirement on February 24.
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Man driven by loss of mother sets up project to help rough sleepers
A man whose family was hit by homelessness when he was growing up has set up a project to help rough sleepers in South London. Stefan Nicholas Jones, from Streatham, lost his mother just years after getting her back from homelessness and addiction, and the project was driven by this loss.
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Government urged to ‘come clean’ after deprived areas excluded from £4.8 billion levelling up fund
The Government has been urged to “come clean” about its £4.8 billion levelling up fund after it emerged some of the most deprived areas of London would miss out. Lewisham, Lambeth, Southwark and Greenwich have all been named by City Hall as areas with high levels of poverty but will be missing out on receiving the funds.
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Controversial Camberwell church which offered Covid “cure” is taken over by Charity Commission
A faith healer who sold £91 “plague protection kits” claiming they could shield people from Covid-19 has had the running of his church taken over by the charity watchdog. Bishop Climate Wiseman of the Kingdom Church in Camberwell, London, claimed a bottle of oil and some red yarn would protect his followers from the virus.
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Southwark schools ‘grateful’ for community fundraiser to provide laptops
Schools across Southwark have received laptops to help their most disadvantaged pupils, thanks to an outpouring of donations from the community which has raised over £100,000. The Laptops for Learning crowdfund hopes to reach its final target of £150,000 by Thursday.
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Dulwich school headteacher criticises haste, measures and highlights questions over motives for forcing schools to return on March 8
A top headteacher has criticised the government’s roadmap for a quick return to schools on March 8. Steve Morrison, head of Kingsdale in Alleyn Park, Dulwich, has spoken out after the measures he has to take for his hundreds of pupils were confirmed last week – but shifted several times over the next few days.
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Boris’s Garden Bridge “spunked” more than half of London bridges’ 10-year budget
It has been revealed that TfL’s £24 million spend on the failed Garden Bridge equalled more than half of all the money it spent on the capitals’ bridges over the last decade. Some £43 million of public money was spent on the Garden Bridge, the pet project of former London Mayor turned Prime Minister Boris Johnson and promoted by Joanna Lumley.
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Brother of former Labour leader charged with breaking Coronavirus restrictions
The brother of the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been charged with ten offences of breaking Coronavirus restrictions.
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Southwark schools ‘grateful’ for community fundraiser to provide laptops
Schools across Southwark have received laptops to help their most disadvantaged pupils, thanks to an outpouring of donations from the community which has raised over £100,000. The Laptops for Learning crowdfund hopes to reach its final target of £150,000 by Thursday.
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Newborn baby saved thanks to 3D heart scan while still in the womb
A newborn baby was given the gift of life, thanks to a 3D heart scan which helped diagnose his condition before he was born. Little Leo Coe is now a thriving seven-month-old who is starting to wean and loves his bouncer.
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Southwark residents face council tax hike after budget
Southwark residents face a 4.99 per cent council tax hike after the budget – including £14.7 million in cuts – was approved at council assembly on last Wednesday, February 24.
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Dulwich school headteacher criticises haste, measures and highlights questions over motives for forcing schools to return on March 8
A top headteacher has criticised the government’s roadmap for a quick return to schools on March 8, which is only five working days away. Steve Morrison, head of Kingsdale in Alleyn Park, Dulwich, has spoken out after the measures he has to take for his hundreds of pupils were confirmed last week – but shifted several times over the next few days.
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Dagenham rapist gets life after asking directions of woman in Peckham, giving her a lift then locking her in and raping her
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a woman in Peckham. Taofiq Laguda, 46, of Dagenham, was driving a car which was not his because he was banned – but he was still caught and sentenced on Thursday, 25 February at Woolwich Crown Court.
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Man aged 18 from south-east London arrested for spreading terrorist material
A teenager has been held for sharing terrorist material. On the morning of Wednesday, 24 February, officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested an 18-year-old man at a residential address in south east London.
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South Bank University recognised for support services to male victims of sexual violence
London South Bank University (LSBU) has become the first university to be independently accredited as meeting National Quality Standards for services supporting male victims of sexual violence.
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Southwark Council to host webinar in bid to combat disinformation around Covid vaccine
Southwark Council is hosting a webinar in a bid to ease concerns about being vaccinated against Covid-19. Although the majority of people offered a vaccine have taken it, there is still reluctance among some communities.
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Vouchers offered to cover cost of trips to vaccination centres
A taxi company has donated free round-trip vouchers to help older people who are not able to get to their vaccination appointments. Age UK Lewisham and Southwark has teamed up with Uber to offer up to £15 off round trips to some of the most vulnerable people to get their Covid-19 vaccination.
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Dulwich residents are furious as council experiments with road closures
Dulwich residents are furious at experimental road closures around Dulwich Village, which are making their journeys more difficult. There are currently closures at Burbage Road, Calton Avenue, Turney Road and Townley Road.
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Former NHS worker seeking treatment abroad after being ‘let down’ by UK doctors
A former NHS worker battling ovarian cancer is now seeking treatment in Germany after being misdiagnosed multiple times and severely let down by the NHS. Alice Jackson, from Denmark Hill, repeatedly contacted her doctor over concerns for her health, only to be told to “stop worrying about nothing” – before being diagnosed with late-stage ovarian cancer.
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