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  • WATFORD: BNP councillor speaks of list anger

    A British National Party councillor has spoken of his anger after he and fellow party colleagues were named on a leaked membership list. The list, which includes the names, addresses, and contact details of party members, was leaked to a political

  • BROMLEY: Challenge helps to promote maths

    Tricky maths questions tested young minds as part of a national numeracy challenge. Sixth-formers and college students from around south east London converged at Ravens Wood School in Oakley Road, Bromley, on November 14 and attempted to solve a series

  • BUCKS: Police suspect no foul play in Downley stab death

    Police believe no-one else was involved in the death of a man found with stab wounds to his throat in Downley, High Wycombe. The policeman leading the investigation this afternoon said the evidence to date does not show foul play. The body has

  • EALING: Membership leak reveals details of BNP members

    Dozens of people living in the borough have been revealed as members of a far right party after a security breach yesterday. Thousands of members of the British National Party, which believes in repatriating foreign workers, had their membership details

  • LOUGHTON: Bogus callers target residents

    Bogus callers posing as police officers have been trying to trick people to give out bank details. Police have received a number of reports from residents in Loughton, who have been called by a man claiming to be a police officer from Loughton police

  • Bromley tennis player accused of rape in America

    A 20-year-old tennis player from Bromley has been arrested in America on suspicion of rape. Christopher Richard Doerr is accused of assaulting a 20-year-old woman at his apartment in Starkville, Mississippi, during a party on Saturday night (November

  • SUTTON: Nurse savaged walking her dog

    A nurse was savagely bitten in a ferocious dog attack that left her injured and her Irish terrier with serious wounds. Theresa Hurford has been off work ever since the attack on November 4 because her injuries to her hands are so severe. Her dog

  • LAMBETH: Council housing tenants protest

    Angry Lambeth Council tenants protested outside a council housing conference on Saturday, before dozens walked out of the proceedings after heckling council leader Steve Reed. Tenants council chair Rosario Munday handed a petition to Councillor Reed

  • East Londoners declared debt-ridden

    East Londoners have been ranked as the most indebted people in the UK, according to a credit reference agency. People living in ‘E’ postcodes such as Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone, are ranked by the survey having the worst debt status in the

  • CROYDON: Deadly heart defect saves Mayday baby's life

    A baby born at Mayday Hospital was saved by a potentially fatal heart defect. Charlotte Litchfield was born with a rare condition that prevented her body getting enough oxygen, which could have killed her within hours of birth She was also born with

  • Morden hip-hop artist turns gardener

    Most hip-hop artists would be content in just raking in fame and fortune, but one Morden rapper is using his musical skills to clean up his garden too. Ian Solomon-Kallaw has scooped a grant from the Mayor of London to turn his back yard in Middleton

  • WANDSWORTH: Kitten born without eyelids faces death sentence

    A kitten born without eyelids may have to be put down if its owners cannot raise enough money for pioneering treatment. Danny, a three-month-old shorthaired tabby cat, was born with no top eyelids - a rare condition which leaves him with hair in his

  • ENFIELD: Campaign to combat teen pregnancies

    Whitehall has ordered urgent action in Enfield to cut the number of babies being born to young girls. The borough is on a list of 21 teen pregnancy hotspots drawn up by the Government department for children, schools and families. Teenage pregnancy

  • The poison pen of Haringey's Climbié social worker

    Fresh questions have been raised over an application by Victoria Climbié’s social worker to practise again in new evidence seen by the Enfield Independent. Neighbours have produced 30 letters which they say Lisa Arthurworrey, who was sacked from Haringey

  • Greenwich residents offered free tour of Olympic Park

    Community groups and residents in Greenwich are being offered the chance to view the new Olympic Park site and the home of the Olympic arena. The free guided bus tours of the sites in Stratford, Newham, are available to people living in Greenwich

  • Mayor of London asks for views on new action plan

    The Mayor of London is calling on people to comment on his plans to help cut youth crime. Boris Johnson has made an appeal for people across the capital to comment on his new Time For Action plan which he hopes will help divert youngsters away from

  • EALING: Local housing allowance cap after Afghan scandal

    The amount the government will pay to house large families in private accomodation will be capped in April. A report out today revealed the taxpayer pays £2.4m to house 16 families in the capital alone, with an annual bill of more than £4bn. The

  • BUCKS: Clutter busting councillor: Most signs are "pointless"

    The councillor spearheading a plan to remove traffic signs in a radical experiment to shake up Marlow’s roads has said many are simply “pointless.” Roger Wilson, who is also chairman of Wycombe District Council, proposed the idea of ‘naked streets

  • Croydon skyscapers under threat

    The ambitious plans to fill Croydon’s skyline with spectacular skyscrapers is under threat as the credit crunch bites. Minerva, the company behind the £500m Park Place project, has admitted it needs someone to bail it out otherwise the development

  • BARNET: Landlady rumbles cannabis factory

    A solicitor has been hit with a repair bill for thousands-of-pounds after tenants turned her Edgware buy-to-let into a cannabis factory. Olivia de Cordova, 57, was horrified to discover that her apparently “perfect” tenants had gutted the Grange Close

  • MERTON: Mitcham woman charged after dog rampage

    A Mitcham woman has been charged with possessing a fighting dog and allowing an animal to cause injury after a dog attack on an 18-month-old baby in Pollards Hill last month. Three other adults were hospitalised before police marksman could shoot