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Life-sized doll encourages children to walk to school
Life-sized doll Lalaloopsy and students of George Spicer Primary School A school in Enfield received a visit from a life-sized rag doll to encourage children to be eco-friendly and walk to school. The students of George Spicer Primary School, in Southbury Road, welcomed Lalaloopsy, from Toy's 'R' Us, as part of their annual campaign to keep them healthy and roads less ...
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We will try to support them in finding a way forward
Haringey Food Bank's previous storage space in Lawrence Road Haringey Borough Council said it will do what it can to support a food bank which is uncertain about its future after it lost its central storage space in Tottenham. The Haringey Food Bank feed more than 120 people each week and was evicted from a property in Lawrence Road because of redevelopment plans. It has had to ...
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Community champion makes housing award shortlist
Tracy Chandler A community champion has beaten hundreds of rivals to the shortlist for a 'housing hero' award. Tracy Chandler, community development officer for housing management body Ascham Homes, is one of just six people competing for a national 2013 Housing Hero award after seeing off nearly 300 others. Ms Chandler has been responsible for organising Ascham ...
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Betting shops in borough up 39 per cent
Councillor Marie Pye outside a betting shop, the increasing numbers of which are 'adversely affecting communities'. A councillor has spoken about the ongoing issue of betting shops taking over the high street and she says their numbers increasing is problematic due to crime, anti social behaviour and the appearance of the high street. Councillor Marie Pye, Cabinet Member for ...
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Date set for start of building work on Walthamstow Stadium
Walthamstow Stadium A date has been set for building work to start on turning Walthamstow Stadium into a housing estate. Housing developer London & Quadrant (L&Q) has announced it will start work on the 294-home estate from Monday, June 3. They will begin the process of dismantling some of the buildings to be demolished and setting up equipment that day, in preparation for ...
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Bexley Council reminds homeowners about benefit caps
By Alan Woods LETTERS are being sent to all benefit claimants in Bexley this week reminding them about upcoming changes to the system. The latest welfare reform changes - which are the biggest for more than 60 years - will come into force from July 15. They will see an overall cap on benefits set at 500 a week for couples and at 350 a week for single people. Bexley ...
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Bexley Police appealing for information point volunteers
By Alan Woods BEXLEY Police is appealing for volunteers to help run a number of new information points across the borough. There are currently four information points in Bexley, located at libraries in Bexleyheath, Welling and Blackfen as well as Asda in Broadway. Since the scheme was launched two years ago, the borough's 50 non-uniformed volunteers have spoken with more than ...
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Life prison sentences for Nana Darko-Frempong killers
Nana Darko-Frempong was shot dead in June 2011 Two gang members were jailed for life yesterday after being found guilty of a drive-by murder in Tulse Hill. Nana Darko-Frempong, 18, was shot dead yards from his home in Purser House, on the Tulse Hill estate, in June 2011. Christopher Gabriel, 25, and another 25-year-old who can not be named for legal reasons, were given life ...
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Palace fans given list of Wembley pubs for Play-Off final
Wembley Stadium Crystal Palace supporters fancying a pint before the Play-Off Final have been given a list of Palace friendly pubs for the big game. The Metropolitan Police has designated different pubs specific to sets of fans ahead of Monday's match against Watford at Wembley Stadium. Palace fans will be seated in the west side of the stadium and have been told to drink at ...
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Sandown storms to second top 10 finish
They're off: Sandown has maintained high standards Sandown Park has been named as one of the top 10 racecourses in the country for the second year running. The course in Portsmouth Road, Esher, was judged for visitor attraction and customer experience by national tourist board VisitEngland, as part of the quality assured racecourse scheme. Racecourses across England and Wales ...
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No Vettori for Kiwis as they bid to hold England
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP) - Daniel Vettori's hopes of making a return to Test cricket in New Zealand's series finale with England in Leeds ultimately came to nothing after he was ruled out on Thursday.Former captain Vettori hasn't played a Test for nearly a year, mainly because of Achilles trouble, and was only originally selected for the one-day leg of this tour.But a calf ...
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Grandfather moved out of mouldy house faces eviction from temporary accommodation
Edmond Allen A grandfather moved out of a condemned house by Waltham Forest Council now claims the authority is trying to evict him from the temporary accommodation it has put him up in. Housing benefit recipient Edmond Allen shared a mould-infested house in Vicarage Road, Leyton, with nine others, but said rats and cockroaches were uninvited guests and that he feared for his safety due ...
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Schizophrenic pensioner who asked for care died after self harming
By Clare Buchanan A paranoid schizophrenic pensioner - who had overdosed on paracetamol 20 times and told police she wanted to be cared for in a home - died after self-harming. Julia Wright was found on her blood soaked bed at her flat in Queens Road, Teddington, on July 3, last year, exactly a month after she cut herself for the first time. Police were called to the earlier ...
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Stadium worker committed counterfeit fraud to pay dads kidnap ransom
Scene of the crime: Twickenham stadium A teenager replaced money with counterfeit notes while working at Twickenham stadium after his dad was kidnapped and held to ransom in Nigeria. Chisom Izuchukwu, 19, formerly of Maynard Close in Erith, was working at the Final Whistle bar when he was found in possession of 2,980 worth of counterfeit notes. Defence solicitor Emily Cook said he ...
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Sainsburys installs bee hotel in Epsom
Carol Doherty, store manager Richard Hay, Natasha Adu-Amankwah and Antonia German with the empty bee hotel Sainsbury's in Epsom has placed a bee hotel on its roof to boost the dwindling solitary bee population. Constructed from timber and recycled materials, the custom-designed hotel has been positioned among flowering plants which will provide rich supplies of pollen and ...
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Veterans anger as nurses shave off 70-year-old moustache
A man has lodged a complaint after Kingston Hospital shaved off his former sergeant major father's 70-year-old moustache. Ian Perkin said nurses forcibly shaved off the 86-year-old Ken's moustache and then told him he was "lucky" to be receiving care at all, after Mr Perkin junior raised concerns. After 12 weeks in hospital, Ken Perkin was finally discharged from ...
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Campaigners angry at sports field development
Frustrated: Michelle Baines, Sharon Bolton, Victoria Gibson and David Hockley Campaigners are urging the Planning Inspectorate to refuse planning permission for a new large residential develoment on sports fields. JS Bloor (Newbury) Ltd plans to build 63 houses and 13 flats with parking in the ground of the Pavillion Sports and Fitness Club in Hurst Lane, East Molesey. Vine Road ...
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Give your views in MPs survey
Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake Neighbours living in Carshalton and Wallington can have their say on local and national issues in a survey launched by their MP. MP Tom Brake has launched a survey asking his constituents their feelings about a range of topics. The survey will be delivered electronically to the people of Carshalton and Wallington. Mr Brake said: "The ...
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Anstee Bridge students celebrate graduation
Students from the Anstee Bridge project celebrated their graduation with an event at the Odeon cinema in Kingston. Anstee Bridge supports Year 11 pupils who find it difficult to engage with school work. Programme co-ordinator Katherine Greening said: "What was amazing was that three of my girls were very good singers and work with the rock choir. "Two of them sang live - ...
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I wont let you down promises new mayor of Epsom and Ewell
A new mayor of Epsom and Ewell was appointed on Tuesday. Lib Dem councillor Colin Taylor, who represents Stamford ward, has lived in the borough for 43 years. An Epsom councillor for 14 years, he also served as a Surrey county councillor. After being appointed to the role in a ceremony at Epsom town hall, he said: "It is truly an honour to be chosen as the first citizen of ...
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The long history and mixed fate of Wimbledon windmills
It is exactly 400 years since Wimbledon's first known windmill was erected by a miller called Edward Hall at Tibbett's Corner in 1613. It was a post mill and would have looked very different from the present day Dutch-style Wimbledon Windmill further to the south (see Heritage story 14 December 2012). Although new for Wimbledon, the one erected in 1613 was not the first windmill ...
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Acoustic grime artist Sketchman aims to go from Carshalton to stardom
An up-and-coming urban artist is preparing to hit the big time with his twist on grime music. Carshalton man Charles Hazell, who performs under the name Sketchman, has recently had a track chosen to feature on premier urban music station BBC 1Xtra's play list as his mix of grime, dubstep and acoustic guitar wins him friends in high places. On top of that, the 24-year-old is ...
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Terrified teen woken by snarling fox on her chest
A teenager was terrified when a fox jumped on to her chest in bed and bared its teeth at her. Isobelle Barter was startled at 5am and came face to face with a fox she thought was going to attack her, in a confrontation her mother compared to Little Red Riding Hood. The 15-year-old, who lives with her parents at their home yards from North Sheen recreation ground, said: "I was ...
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Top choreographers drafted in for Epsom Playhouse show
Top West End choreographers are rehearsing students for an upcoming production being put on by Epsom's Laine Theatre Arts. A Stair at a Time, which is named after dance legend Fred Astaire, will run at the Epsom Playhouse for a week in June. Musical Top Hat's Bill Deamer has just won an Olivier Award for best theatre choreographer and is now leading rehearsals for a tap ...
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Agoraphobic entrepreneur finds success with YouTube cake tutorials
Sisley White, 23, with her finished owl cake as seen in one of her many YouTube tutorials An inspirational graduate who refused to let agoraphobia rule her life has carved out her own business attracting more than 65,000 hits on YouTube. Sisley White, of South Park Road in Wimbledon, developed agoraphobia after graduating from Kingston University at the age of 20. The now ...
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London bike sharing a success
London in July of 2010 became one of over 44 cities in the world to introduce an aspect of communal consumerism into its public transport system with the implementation of a bike-sharing network and just ten weeks later had recorded over 1 million trips taken, proving the initiative to be feasible and sustainable.
Bike-sharing has been around since as early as the 1960s when the first community bike-sharing scheme was introduced in the Netherlands, but it lacked formal sharing systems and was overly-reliant on the good nature of the public, leading to mass theft, which ultimately destroyed the system. Read more
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