Luck is all you need - 100-year-old celebrates landmark birthday

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Eva Clarkson with her birthday card from the Queen Nothing but "luck" is the key to a long life according to one woman who celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Eva Clarkson celebrated her landmark birthday with friends at Azalea Court care home in Abbey Road, Enfield, where she lives. Staff decorated Ms Clarkson's room with balloons and banners while the group ...

Redhill Football Club ends 29 years of disappointment with promotion to the Ryman League

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

News Redhill Football Club have ended nearly 30 years of struggle and disappointment by winning promotion to the Ryman League. The jubilant side, who have their home in Kiln Brow, celebrated the prospect of promotion after beating East Preston away 2-0, earlier this month, to clinch runner-up spot in the Sussex County League. But the club then had an anxious wait until the Football ...

Deaf club to look back to 1930s

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Joe Curtis Deaf people are set to look back in time to discover how deaf people enjoyed life and tackled their difficulties 80 years ago. Walthamstow Deaf Club will play the film from the British Deaf Association's own archives tomorrow at St Mary's Church in Church End, Walthamstow. Deaf people and anyone else interested is invited to join the screening to see how ...

Police release images of men wanted in connection with iPad snatched at Anerley station

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

POLICE have released images of four men they would like to speak to after an iPad was snatched from a man's hands on a train at Anerley station. Since the incident, which occurred on March 30, the British Transport Police (BTP) have followed several lines of enquiry, and they are now calling the public for help. Detective Constable Mark Agrippa, who is investigating, said: ...

Hospital staff appear in music parody

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Hospital staff have parodied Korean singer Psy's Gangnam Style song to promote the benefits of hand washing Barnet Hospital staff have parodied hit song Gangnam Style in a video to promote the benefits of washing your hands - and now you can watch it. More than 200 members of staff at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals helped to produce the short film, called Use This Handwash ...

Award for Worcester Park PCSO after five-year fishing lake project

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Worcester Park PCSO Gary Weaving (centre) with Sgt Ashley Bennetts (left) and former Worcester Park Sgt Suzannah James A police officer who spent five years setting up a fishing lake for children has been given and award for his work. Worcester Park PCSO Gary Weaving has been given a Met Police environmental efficiency for his ...

Bexley Council defends spending on Olympic Torch Relay

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The flame arrives in the borough at Erith Yacht Club. BEXLEY Council has defended its hefty spending on the "once in a lifetime" Olympic Torch Relay celebrations. Figures published this week revealed the council topped the list of local authority spending on the relay. Only Waltham Forest Council spent as much as Bexley, with both councils racking up bills totalling ...

Lewisham pupils 10000 Hands campaign gets big name backing

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

CELEBRITIES, politicians and the police all leant a hand to an anti-violence project set up by schoolchildren in recent weeks. The 10,000 Hands campaign will eventually see all Lewisham school pupils add a hand print to a 500m cloth as a "message of hope". Lewisham police borough commander Chief Superintendent Russell Nyman has now added his print along with other serving ...

Baroques occurring at Hampton Court Palace

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Regal: The choristers will be conducted by Carl Jackson Upcoming voices from Hampton Court Palace's choral foundation will perform music fit for a king. The Chapel Royal Choir will play baroque choral works with an orchestra of period instruments, conducted by Carl Jackson. Scores will include the coronation anthems composed for the coronation of King George II in 1727 by ...

Three school proposal for special needs students

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Missed: Strathmore School is no longer fit for purpose Children with special educational needs could be moved to one of three mainstream schools. Richmond Council hopes to move services currently available at Strathmore School in Ham to new facilities at Russell Primary School, Grey Court and St Richard Reynolds Catholic College in Twickenham. The authority said the move would offer ...

Rotherham council apologises over way it handled removal of children from Ukip foster parents

The Independent - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A council has apologised over the way it handled a decision to remove three Eastern European children from foster parents who were members of ...

Will David Cameron still be prime minister at the next election | Poll

Guardian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

backbench unrest over Europe and gay marriage , pressure is mounting on the prime minister. Do you think it is likely that he will still be in charge when Britain goes to the polls in ...

Tory newspapers turn on Cameron in wake of gay marriage vote

Guardian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Daily Express weighs in with a short rebuff. The Times, more measured as always, advises the prime minister to show greater leadership.To make matters worse for Cameron, there is yet more favourable press publicity for Ukip, the upstart party now apparently attracting support from disaffected Tories.I was amused by the Mail's reference to "press baron Lord ...

Steve Bells If … David Camerons swivelling eyes

Guardian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Will David Cameron still be prime minister at the next election? With backbench unrest over Europe and gay marriage, pressure is mounting on the prime minister. Do you think it is likely that he will still be in charge when Britain goes to the polls in ...

Gay marriage vote why its groundhog day for the Tories | Jerry Hayes

The Guardian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Senior local Conservatives deliver a petition to Downing Street in February urging the government to delay a vote about same sex marriage until the next parliament. Photograph: Rex ...

Man hit by train between Woolwich Dockyard and Charlton

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Man hit by train between Woolwich Dockyard and Charlton A MAN has died after being hit by a train on tracks between Charlton and Woolwich Dockyard. News Shopper understands the accident happened at the Charlton Lane level crossing at around 9am this morning. Southeastern confirmed the man had been hit by a service travelling between Slade Green and Charing Cross. A spokeswoman ...

Stabbing at Orpington bowling alley was actually a slapping

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Robert Fisk A BIT like a game of Chinese whispers, a slapping at an Orpington bowling alley has been widely reported on social networking sites as a stabbing. Countless tweets have been posted on Twitter about an incident at the Palace Superbowl, Homefield Rise, which happened just before 9pm last night (May 20). Bromley police were called and arrested a 20-year-old woman on ...

Door knocking to make Barnet better

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Anna Kasmir, Katherine Wilkinson and Paulette Singer Three new community organisers have started knocking on doors to bring people together in Barnet. Trainee community organisers Anna Kasmir from Whetstone, Katherine Wilkinson from Burnt Oak and Paulette Singer from Cricklewood have just finished their first week knocking on doors in Burnt Oak, Grahame Park and West Hendon. The ...

Swan injured on Kingston Bridge during rush hour

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Injured: the swan was tended to by Sgt Tyler from Richmond Safer Transport team member Sgt Tyler An injured swan was looked after by officers from Richmond police's Safer Transport team this morning at Kingston Bridge. The adult bird, which had an injured leg, had either been hit by a car or had clipped the bridge as it tried to land, the officers said. The Swan Sanctuary in ...

Waltham Forest Met PC found guilty of child porn charge

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

, Reporter A Metropolitan policeman based at Waltham Forest has been found guilty of making indecent images of children. PC Adam Holbrook, 29, had denied making 16 images of children in erotic poses. On Thursday at Westminster Magistrates' Court he was ordered to pay a 640 fine and 450 in prosecution costs. He will be placed on the sex offenders register. PC Holbrook ...

Council reckless in handing over services to Capita

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

By Chris Hewett Barnet Council will "set a dangerous precedent" for other authorities if it presses ahead with its controversial outsourcing scheme, according to a trade union. Unison branch secretary John Burgess believes the council is making a "huge mistake" in handing millions of pounds worth of services to private business processes firm Capita. The ...

Secateurs being sharpened as Sutton in Bloom launched

This is Local London - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Joanne Winn, who took home the Best Community Garden award last year It is that time of year again when the borough's horticulturalists proudly prune their paonias ahead of the Sutton in Bloom competition. Sutton Council's annual Sutton In Bloom competition is looking for the Best Front garden, Best Community Garden, Best Business Frontage, Best Allotment Garden and Best School ...