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Campaigners join march on Whitehall in NHS protest
Campaigners join march on Whitehall in NHS protest Waltham Forest residents joined thousands of campaigners who marched on Whitehall in protest against A&E cuts and a perceived threat of privatisation of the NHS. At least 50 people from the borough joined the protesters on Saturday, meeting at Walthamstow Central underground station before bolstering the numbers walking to Downing ...
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Was arrested Spiderman charity collector spinning web of lies
By Chris Hewett A man dressed as Spiderman was arrested by police on suspicion of a high street charity collection scam. The 25-year-old claimed to be raising money for London-based charity Healing UK, but a member of the public became suspicious and contacted police. Officers found the man shaking a bucket outside Sainsbury's, in High Road, North Finchley, and questioned him ...
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Orpington and Beckenham breast cancer expert has advice for Bromley women
In light of Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy Mr Desai has breast cancer advice for the women of Bromley. AN ORPINGTON and Beckenham breast cancer expert has praised Angelina Jolie's decision to speak publicly about her double mastectomy, and has some advice for the women of Bromley. Mr Anil Desai works at BMI Chelsfield Park, Orpington, and BMI The Sloane Hospital, ...
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Man dies due to injuries sustained in 2009
By Bruce Thain A man has died as a result of injuries sustained after a party in 2009 which left him in paralysed. Yassin Omar Mohamed, 29, from Harrow Weald, was admitted to Central Middlesex hospital on Tuesday last week after becoming ill with breathing problems and died the same day. On March 31, 2009, he had attended a party in Wembley where he was involved in a fight with ...
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Drop in day for new play areas this Saturday
, Reporter A drop in day has been arranged for this Saturday for anyone who wants to have their say on ideas for play areas in Folly Lane and Chase Lane Parks. Waltham Forest Council has earmarked the two sites as part of a 1.3million investment of improvement works to 15 parks around the borough. The works are scheduled to take place over the coming year as part of the ...
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Bromley South regeneration scheme begins
Bromley South regeneration scheme kicks off A REGENERATION scheme is hoped to bring 220 million into Bromley over the next decade. The project will create around 220 jobs in the area and will include a 130-bedroom hotel, a nine-screen cinema and 25,000 square foot of restaurant space. Hermes Real Estate Management Limited (HREIML) has committed 55 million to the initiative and will ...
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Enfield North MP opens new store
By Jaber Mohamed The MP for Enfield North will be opening a new mobility scooter store in Southbury. Nick De Bois will be at the launch of the new Fortuna Mobility showroom in the Northgate Business Centre, in Crown Road. The event will begin at 11am on Wednesday May 22 and there will be free scooter advice, tea, coffee and ...
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Building fire breaks out at South Circular in Streatham
By Omar Oakes A building fire has broken out on the South Circular this afternoon, causing traffic chaos after the road was closed. The incident is at Christchurch Road, between Brixton Hill and Roupell Road, and the road was closed in both directions as six fire engines arrived at the scene. The London Fire Brigade tweeted: "The whole of the first floor of a disused house in ...
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Bromley libraries partner with RNIB to make reading more accessible
By Heloise Wood A CAMPAIGN is coming to Bromley libraries to make reading more accessible for blind and partially sighted people. Making A Noise in Libraries will run from June 3 to 14 with the theme of Signposting to encourage more books, newspapers and magazines to be printed in different formats. Charity RNIB is partnering with public libraries to provide a range of sessions ...
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Shops undergo training to prevent underage alcohol sales
Shops are being taught to look out for underage drinkers Several shops have backed Merton Council's campaign to clamp down on the selling of alcohol and cigarettes to children. Businesses in the borough can now take part in training courses and one-on-one advice offered by the council's trading standards team on how to avoid selling age-restricted products to people who are ...
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Hospital redevelopment to protect nearby wildlife says trust
Hospital redevelopment to protect nearby wildlife says trust Wildlife and a woodland environment are due to benefit from the redevelopment of a hospital says its trust. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital's Trust has announced new areas of woodland and open space and enhancements to habitats for wildlife will be key features of the Stanmore site's redevelopment. The ...
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Jury out in Negus McClean murder trial
Negus McClean was murdered in April 2011 The jury in the murder trial of schoolboy Negus McClean retired to consider its verdict last Friday. Four teenagers have been charged with the murder of the 15-year-old Edmonton County School student in Edmonton in April 2011. Negus, who was a member of the Dem Africans gang, was chased by youths on bicycles in Westminster Road. His ...
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TV comedian spotted outside Spurs stadium
TV comedian and Spurs fan: Michael McIntyre A television comedian was spotted driving into the Tottenham Hotspur football stadium. Well known Spurs fan Michael McIntyre was photographed travelling into White Hart Lane to watch the game against Sunderland, on ...
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A father-of-two and his unfinished business with the Scottish Highlands
Andrew (right) with Nigel Tutt on a practice walk as they build up to the gruelling 54-mile trek A father-of-two plans to complete a "titanic" 54-mile highland trek in less than 24 hours to push his fitness to the limits and raise some money for charity. Andrew Newby, of Birley Road, Whetstone, is taking on the Caledonian Challenge in the Scottish Highlands with four friends ...
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Cast your vote for which suffragette art should be displayed on Epsom Downs
The public is being asked to vote on six designs for a piece of contemporary public art, commemorating women's fight for votes, on Epsom ...
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Exhibition to showcases products manufactured in Tottenham
Exhibitors and their products in Tottenham's 639 building An exhibition to showcase products manufactured in Tottenham is being held at an enterprise hub in the area. The From Around Here exhibition in the 639 building in the High Road is supported by Haringey Borough Council and will run until the end of May 31. Visitor can see artisan bread, royal uniforms and the last pianos ...
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Battersea millionaire denies Bondi Beach rape claim
Sydney's Bondi Beach (Photo credited to Rabs003) A Battersea millionaire is on trial in Australia accused of sexually assaulting a woman on Bondi Beach. Greg Cox, 31, founder of British company Quintessential Finance Group, is facing two charges of having sexual intercourse with a 21-year-old woman without consent in January last year. Mr Cox, who admits to having sex with the ...
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Prince Charles issues battle rallying cry to end poaching
Prince Charles has said "we face one of the most serious threats to wildlife ever and we must treat it as a battle" at an international poaching ...
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Prince William we must stop endangered animals becoming extinct
Prince William says he hopes his "generation is not the first to consider elephants, rhinos or tigers as historical creatures" while speaking at an international poaching ...
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Prince William joins father in conservation plea
Britain's Prince Charles, center left, and his son Prince William, center right, are shown items made from endangered animals, which had been confiscated by customs officers, during a conference on the illegal wildlife trade, at Clarence House, London, Tuesday May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Winning, ...
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Analysts forecasts for Lloyds and RBS share prices may worry George Osborne | Jill Treanor
Will George Osborne hand shares to taxpayers, hold a 'tell Sid'-style selloff or offload a stake to a sovereign wealth fund? Photograph: AFP/Getty ...
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Leslie Thomas a voice for the dead
'Where somebody dies in the hands of the state, the only people likely to probe are the family and those who represent the family' - Leslie Thomas. Photograph: David Levene for the ...
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Downsizing government estate shrinks 10
UK homeowners that are considering downsizing, one of the country's biggest landowners is doing it too: the government. We look at how the state estate has changed since ...
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Open mic boss concerned over lack of local performers
, Reporter A promoter who runs an open mic night in a Leytonstone pub is concerned that very few of the acts who take the stage are ever from the local area. Andy Thomas, who lives in Leyton and runs the 'Turn Off Your Television' live music and comedy evening said that of the 50 acts hosted recently only one came from Leytonstone and one came from Walthamstow. Despite ...
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Head teacher praised by Ofsted wants school to be outstanding
Lindsey Lampard with her pupils at Chingford C of E Infants School A head teacher praised by Ofsted for steering her school to a good inspection rating wants it to achieve outstanding next time. Chingford C of E Infants School in King's Road, Chingford, was awarded the improved result on its recent inspection after being deemed just satisfactory in 2011. And inspectors hailed ...
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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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