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• Sutton Council launches training initiative for next generation

  24-02-2021 06:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Sutton is recruiting for their next generation of social workers through their social work programme.
  
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• Man dies after suspected fall in Beckenham High Street

  25-02-2021 13:43 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man in his 60s has been declared dead in Beckenham High Street after it is suspected he fell from a height on Monday morning.
  
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• Greenwich Council leader announces changes to cabinet

  25-02-2021 13:30 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Greenwich Council has revealed a change to its Labour cabinet after the lead for finance and resources announced he is relocating out of the borough.
  
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• Haringey leader responds to 'roadmap' out of Covid lockdown

  25-02-2021 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The pandemic is far from over – and people need to keep following restrictions and public health guidance designed to stop the spread of Covid-19.
  
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• Barnet leader responds to 'roadmap' out of Covid lockdown

  25-02-2021 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Barnet is “not in the clear yet” – and the route out of the coronavirus lockdown and back to normality involves gradual changes.
  
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• Low score for Greenwich children's mental health services

  25-02-2021 12:51 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A London Assembly member has written to children's mental health services in Greenwich urging 'urgent intervention' after it received a low score following a national report.
  
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• Areas in SE London where KFC wants to open new restaurants

  25-02-2021 12:39 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Several new restaurants in southeast London and north Kent feature on a list of areas where fast food chain KFC plans to expand.
  
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• New Covid vaccine found to be safe and effective - when will the UK get it?

  25-02-2021 12:34 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The new vaccine has not been approved for use in the UK yet, but the Government has ordered 30 million doses of the vaccine.
  
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• Boris Johnson hints at cheaper pints when pubs reopen

  25-02-2021 11:51 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson was asked about the idea of cutting tax on alcohol served in pubs and adding it onto supermarket alcohol instead.
  
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• This is how much Croydon council tax is set to go up by

  25-02-2021 11:44 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The average household in Croydon will pay £2 a week more in council tax in 2021/22.
  
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• The rules your children will have to follow when schools reopen

  25-02-2021 11:30 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Schools and safe social contact with loved ones are being prioritised in the easing of lockdown.
  
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• Tottenham drug dealer jailed for selling heroin in Harlow

  25-02-2021 11:15 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A drug dealer has been jailed for selling crack cocaine and heroin in Harlow.
  
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• Child Benefit payments will go up in April - how much will you receive?

  25-02-2021 11:03 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The government has announced child benefit payments will increase from the start of the new tax year, benefiting millions of children.
  
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• Family in mouldy flat with ‘drug addicts around’

  25-02-2021 10:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A mother who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder says her family has been forced to live with mould whilst dealing with drug addicts on their doorstep.
  
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• Police investigating assault in Ponders End Park

  25-02-2021 09:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Detectives have released images of a man they would like to speak to in relation to a serious assault last year.
  
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• Harrow Council to increase parking permit costs from April

  25-02-2021 08:45 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Motorists will have to pay more for residents parking permits in Harrow from April 1.
  
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• Police arrest man after spate of assaults on buses in Barnet

  25-02-2021 08:33 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Police probing a series of assaults on buses have made an arrest.
  
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• Man convicted of his wife's murder in Edmonton

  25-02-2021 08:24 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man has been convicted of murder after beating his wife to death at the home they shared.
  
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• Greenwich: School kids given free lunches over half-term

  25-02-2021 06:01 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Thousands of meals and creative recipe boxes were once again given out to school children during the half-term, the latest effort as part of the Greenwich Together for Winter campaign.
  
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• Woman's experience of homelessness in south London amid Covid

  25-02-2021 06:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  “You don’t feel the cold until about two o’clock in the morning, that’s when it’ll be icy cold,” says Ifama Mawusi Abimbola, who was forced to sleep outside on the streets of South London on two occasions during the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Linen porter wins employee of the month at QEH in Greenwich

  25-02-2021 06:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A linen porter at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital whose good wishes and pleasant demeanour brighten the day of those around him has won praise after he was named employee of the month recently.
  
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• Teenager arrested in SE London suspected of terrorist crime

  24-02-2021 21:06 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old suspected of distributing terrorist publications was arrested at an address in South East London this morning (Thursday, February 24).
  
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• Ex-Croydon youth worker on grooming and girls in gangs

  24-02-2021 19:09 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Following a spate of stabbings in Croydon and across South London in recent weeks, the persistence of violence and gangs in the region has again been placed at the forefront of the discourse.
  
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• Bailey and Khan clash over £70 million job scheme

  24-02-2021 19:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Shaun Bailey has clashed with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan following claims that a £70 million project has only delivered 109 jobs since 2017.
  
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• Merton Councillor 'fears' for small independents amid road map

  24-02-2021 18:31 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The government must give more financial support if venues cannot open indoors before May 17, says Merton Councillor Paul Kohler.
  
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• Councillor fears for small independents amid road map

  24-02-2021 18:31 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The government must give more financial support if venues cannot open indoors before May 17, says Merton Councillor Paul Kohler.
  
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• Save Lewisham Hospital: CAMHS cut will cost more long-term

  24-02-2021 18:28 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A campaign group has pleaded with the mayor of Lewisham to reverse a planned £250,000 cut to children’s mental health services.  
  
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• Barnet councillors briefed on Royal Free maternity services

  24-02-2021 18:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A hospital trust boss briefed councillors on the work being done to improve a maternity department rated “inadequate” by health inspectors.
  
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• Met Police: Series of drug arrests in Greenwich and Bexley

  24-02-2021 17:45 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A series of drug-related arrests and seizures have been made across south east London in the past week, involving raids, firearms, a cannabis factory and drugs hidden in underpants.
  
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• Man jailed over fatal Whyteleafe hit and run

  24-02-2021 17:25 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The family of a man who died after he was struck by a car in a fatal hit and run incident in Whyteleafe last year have expressed their "concern and surprise" at the sentence for the driver who was involved.
  
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