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Croydon’s Christmas Advent Competition is back, bigger and better than ever before

The decorations are coming out, the lights are going up, festive cheer is beginning to spread but above all, Croydon BID’s Christmas Advent competition has returned and its bigger and better than... Read more »
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Almost 4,000 staff still not double-jabbed at South London hospital – South London News

By Alistair Lockhart, Local Democracy Reporter A South London hospital could be hit hard by staff shortages next year with thousands still not double-jabbed. Guy’s and St Thomas’s Trust – the third-largest... Read more »
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£5.7m of emergency funding awarded to arts organisations in South West London as challenging Christmas period expected

£5,706,954 of emergency funding has been awarded to 47 organisations across South West London with the third round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. The Culture Recovery Fund was first established in... Read more »
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The London hospitals that could be thrown into chaos as 40,000 NHS staff face sack over vaccine

London hospitals could be hit hard by staff shortages next year with tens of thousands still not double-jabbed. Health Secretary Sajid Javid announced in November that all frontline workers would have to... Read more »
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Musicians awarded 2021 Drake YolanDa award – South London News

Two promising musicians have been awarded £3,000 each to help support and advance their careers, writes Davina Hyde. Ife Ogunjobi and Maz O’Connor were among the 10 winners of the 2021 Drake... Read more »
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Kurt Zouma excited at the prospect of facing Chelsea but West Ham man has no mixed loyalties

West Ham defender Kurt Zouma will be taking on his former team Chelsea for the first time in a Hammers shirt on Saturday and the centre-back is excited for the ‘special’ occasion.... Read more »
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Macdonald Wright completes low-energy infill home in east London

The £340,000 Library House is a low-energy home next to Edwin Cooper’s Grade II-listed Clapton Library in Hackney. Macdonald Wright acted as both client and architect on the project. The home uses... Read more »
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Boxing, knives and curryhouses on the streets of south London – POLITICO

This week Jack Blanchard ventures out of the studio to meet Mayor Sadiq Khan on the streets of south London. Khan takes us back to his old stomping ground of Tooting as... Read more »
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Bolt driver ‘stabbed to death by teenage boys’ was just months away from getting married

A group of teenagers, between the ages of 15 and 18 threatened to stab a taxi driver two days before the murder of a 37-year-old Bolt driver. Gabriel Bringye was stabbed to... Read more »
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Simone Rocha’s inspiring, practical and long-lasting gifts

It has always been very important for me to break at Christmas and step away from my London studio. I usually spend a little less than two weeks in Ireland, visiting family... Read more »