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• How to Kill Your Family: Anti-Heroes - Millie Dryburgh, St John's Leatherhead

  10-10-2022 23:54
  
  ‘I loved this book’, said Richard Osborne about ‘How to Kill Your Family’. The book is exhilarating, compulsive, and a must read. Written by Bella Mackie - who managed to find the perfect balance of extremely dark and extremely hilarious – we meet Grace Bernard, who is our protagonist. The book is based around the dark theme of revenge as our main character is a typical ‘anti-hero’. But why are these characters so intriguing? Was Grace justified? Can we
  
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• Waltham Forest boy wins Jack Petchey Environmental Award

  10-10-2022 19:42
  
  A teenage boy has won a prize his efforts in encouraging more people to use cycling as a mode of transport.
  
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• Fetherbed New Addington: Teenage girl raped

  10-10-2022 18:43
  
  A teenage girl has reported to police that she was raped in a wooded area in New Addington.
  
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• Top young journalists crowned at Young Reporter award ceremony

  10-10-2022 18:15
  
  Newsquest’s Young Reporter awards took place last Wednesday evening, celebrating the students who took part in the scheme during the past year.
  
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• 55 people in shorts and dressing gowns take refuge in Thornton Heath church after fire

  10-10-2022 17:58
  
  A Thornton Heath church transformed into an evacuation centre in 20 minutes when a fire broke out at a nearby tower block.
  
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• Adamston Road Plumstead stabbing: Arrest and man in hospital 

  10-10-2022 17:38
  
  A man in his 40s has been rushed to hospital after a stabbing at a home in Plumstead.
  
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• Trinity Medical Centre Balham saved by new management

  10-10-2022 17:34
  
  A South London GP surgery that was placed under special measures will be allowed to “stay open under new management”.
  
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• Ramillies Close Brixton: Woman dies after house fire 

  10-10-2022 17:20
  
  A WOMAN has died three days later after a house fire in Brixton.
  
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• A2 Dartford crash: BMW driver condition update

  10-10-2022 17:07
  
  Police have issued an update on the condition of a driver involved in a crash in Dartford in which two people died.
  
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• Looking back at the opening of Walthamstow Wetlands

  10-10-2022 17:03
  
  A "special place for nature and relaxation" was preparing to open to the public five years ago this week.
  
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• Lewisham Council investigates home after months of ASB

  10-10-2022 17:00
  
  A South London neighbourhood has been left in shock after youths “wielding machetes broke into a house”.
  
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• Recalling when Epping church organist retired aged 91

  10-10-2022 16:41
  
  It's ten years ago this week since we reported this lovely story of a church organist who retired after a lifetime playing hymns.
  
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• Woolwich: Man found with knife on Francis Street

  10-10-2022 16:23
  
  A man has been arrested after police found a knife and cannabis during a stop and search in Woolwich.
  
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• Haberdashers New Cross: Mum claims sex education material ban

  10-10-2022 16:16
  
  A mum whose child goes to school in New Cross has claimed she is banned from seeing sex education material that is being used to teach her daughter.
  
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• Life of Pi review: Yann Martel's classic novel hits London's West End - how to get tickets

  10-10-2022 16:09
  
  Cast members include the charismatic Nuwan Hugh Perera as Pi and former Eastenders actor Ameet Chana
  
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• Kingston Council restricts Tolworth deliveries after 10pm

  10-10-2022 15:01
  
  Lorries will be banned from delivering to new businesses on a South London industrial estate after 10pm following backlash from furious locals.
  
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• Balloon release held in memory of Plumstead teen who died from cancer

  10-10-2022 14:21
  
  Friends, family, and the community in Plumstead have gathered to celebrate what would have been the 18th birthday of a teen who died from cancer.
  
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• Thornton Heath man charged for ‘high-value’ burglaries

  10-10-2022 13:42
  
  A man from Thornton Heath has been charged in connection with four “high-value” burglaries after allegedly being on the run from police for seven years.
  
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• Tesco’s to offer free meals to children during October half-term

  10-10-2022 13:35
  
  The scheme runs throughout the October half-term, on weekdays between the 17th and 28th of October in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
  
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• New 50p coin for BBC's centenary unveiled by Royal Mint

  10-10-2022 13:34
  
  The BBC 50p coin will feature an image of the Queen as they were produced before her death
  
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• Just Stop Oil protesters block The Mall outside Buckingham Palace

  10-10-2022 13:06
  
  Environmental protesters blocked The Mall outside Buckingham Palace this morning in a demonstration against the new fossil fuel licences.
  
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• Missing woman from Croydon last seen this morning

  10-10-2022 12:53
  
  Police are appealing for help in finding a missing woman from Croydon.
  
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• Barnet Council says Homebase Finchley flats 'overdevelopment'

  10-10-2022 12:34
  
  A housing scheme planned for the site of a North Finchley retail outlet would be an overdevelopment and fail to provide enough affordable homes, councillors have claimed.
  
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• Energy customers could get £100 for cutting energy use amid rising bills

  10-10-2022 10:41
  
  The scheme will be announced in full detail by the National Grid later this month and will be available to all energy suppliers.
  
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• Tesco recall and 'do not eat' warning as product may contain metal

  10-10-2022 10:40
  
  The Food Standards Agency (FSA) have issued a ‘do not eat’ warning over the Tesco products
  
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• Martin Lewis issues energy bill tip to UK households amid ITV Good Morning Britain plea

  10-10-2022 10:40
  
  Martin Lewis was on Good Morning Britain this morning as he tried to help people save money amid soaring energy costs
  
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• ITV Coronation Street star Chris Fountain suffers mini-stroke and 'could have died'

  10-10-2022 10:35
  
  Chris has spoken out about being left terrified when he woke up one morning unable to speak properly.
  
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• Prime Minister Liz Truss doesn't have mandate for her policies

  10-10-2022 10:31
  
  What sort of democracy is it that operates on these islands? The Conservative Party were elected in 2019 on a manifesto to get Brexit done. They certainly got it partially done – Northern Ireland Protocol exempted. But there were other things, like a moratorium on fracking and some positive green measures.
  
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• Quarter of mental health patients wait more than 12 weeks for treatment

  10-10-2022 09:23
  
  Nearly a quarter of mental health patients (23 per cent) wait more than 12 weeks to start treatment, with many so desperate they turn to A&E or dial 999, a royal college has warned.
  
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• Tiana, 8, hopes book will inspire others this Black History Month

  10-10-2022 08:54
  
  An eight-year-old girl who wrote a book about her natural hair hopes others will be inspired to love who they are, amid calls for better black representation and more “identity-affirming” characters in children’s literature.
  
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• Tottenham striker Harry Kane to read CBeebies Bedtime Story tonight

  10-10-2022 07:54
  
  England captain and Tottenham striker Harry Kane will read tonight's CBeebies Bedtime Story.
  
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• Wandsworth Labour councillors won't go to Battersea Power Station opening

  10-10-2022 06:00
  
  South London Labour councillors won’t turn up to the opening of Battersea Power Station after raising concerns about the development’s low level of social housing.
  
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• Patients ‘packed in like sardines’ as three GPs treat 52,000 Eltham residents

  10-10-2022 06:00
  
  An area in South London currently only has three GP surgeries “to serve approximately 52,000 people”.
  
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• Disabled Lewisham mum faces sleeping in car as council kicks her out of home

  10-10-2022 06:00
  
  A disabled mum and her daughter face sleeping in their car after a South London council kicked them out of a house.
  
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• Harry Kane to read CBeebies Bedtime Story on Monday, October 10

  10-10-2022 01:01
  
  Tottenham striker Harry Kane will read The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright on CBeebies Bedtime Story
  
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