Hammersmith and Fulham news

• New Mayor James Hunt elected at Bexley Council for 2020

  21-05-2020 17:32
  
  A new Mayor has been elected at Bexley, with Blackfen and Lamorbey ward member James Hunt to be the borough’s 81st first citizen.
  
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• Menthol cigarette ban welcomed in Bexley

  21-05-2020 17:30
  
  Bexley Council hopes the UK-wide ban on menthol-flavoured cigarettes will  prevent hundreds of local children taking up the habit, after new data showed more than 300 youths in the borough start smoking every year.
  
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• Menthol cigarette ban welcomed as Bexley hopes to butt out youth smoking

  21-05-2020 17:28
  
  Bexley Council hopes the UK-wide ban on menthol-flavoured cigarettes will  prevent hundreds of local children taking up the habit, after new data showed more than 300 youths in the borough start smoking every year.
  
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• Merton Council grant permission to mark last moments of Ramadan at Morden Mosque

  21-05-2020 17:14
  
  Merton Council has granted permission for a call to prayer (Azan)to be made at dusk for each of the last four days of Ramadan at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden.
  
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• Call for donations to save The Grand nightclub in Clapham

  21-05-2020 14:10
  
  The team behind The Grand nightclub in Clapham are calling for donations to help them stay afloat amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Greenwich Council open new children's home to meet Covid-19 demand

  21-05-2020 13:25
  
  A newly created children's home is now ready to take in its first residents in Greenwich after the council took "rapid action" to cater for the rising numbers of vulnerable young people in the fallout from Covid-19.
  
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• Met Police hit crime hot spots in Greenwich, Bromley & Lewisham

  21-05-2020 12:43
  
  Over 200 people were arrested across London last week, as the Met led a string of targeted patrols and stop and searches in an operation to target violent crime.
  
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• Richmond rowers swap Thames for terra firma to help NSPCC

  21-05-2020 12:40
  
  Rowers from Richmond answered the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)'s "call to oars" recently and helped raise money for the charity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• Deptford tower-block blaze brought under control after full evacuation

  21-05-2020 11:42
  
  A major blaze at a tower block in Deptford has been brought "under control" after the building was fully evacuated with no injuries, London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.
  
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• Deptford tower-block blaze brought under control

  21-05-2020 11:42
  
  A major blaze at a tower block in Deptford has been brought "under control" after the building was fully evacuated with no injuries, London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said.
  
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• Lewisham mayor criticises move to relax developers' affordable housing obligations

  21-05-2020 11:37
  
  The mayor of Lewisham has said the Government's move to relax the rules around developers’ obligations when it comes to affordable housing is a “backwards step”.  
  
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• Student accommodation proposed for New Cross Road, Lewisham

  21-05-2020 11:32
  
  A developer has submitted plans to build student accommodation in New Cross, within the boundary of the council’s Achilles Street regeneration proposals.  
  
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• 'We thought the poor girl was dead': Witness describes suspected Raynes Park hit and run

  21-05-2020 11:20
  
  A police cordon was set up yesterday after a suspected hit and run near St John Fisher Church in Raynes Park.
  
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• Tory candidate wants guarantees Bakerloo Line extension won't be scrapped

  21-05-2020 11:12
  
  A Greenwich Councillor has asked for “urgent clarification” on whether the Government’s £1.6 billion Transport for London bailout could lead to the proposed extension of the Bakerloo Line being dumped.
  
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• Autistic man shot dead in mistaken identity case

  21-05-2020 10:09
  
  The "devastated" mother of an autistic man gunned down on his doorstep in a suspected case of mistaken identity has said he "wouldn't hurt a fly".
  
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• EasyJet to resume flights in June

  21-05-2020 09:40
  
  EASYJET has said it will resume some flights on 15 June, with all passengers and cabin crew told to wear face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
  
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• London has no new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

  21-05-2020 09:13
  
  There were no new coronavirus infections recorded in London in a 24 hour period.
  
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• Barnet Council extends deadline on housing consultation

  21-05-2020 09:00
  
  People have been given more time to have their say on a large-scale housing development.
  
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• Appeal for help after two shootings in Acton

  21-05-2020 08:21
  
  TWO shootings in Acton have prompted detectives to appeal for information.
  
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• 'No pain, no gain': Sutton man with MS to do 1000 pull-ups for charity

  21-05-2020 05:00
  
  A man with MS has set himself the challenge of doing 1000 pull-ups to raise money for MS Society Sutton.
  
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