Posted on May 20, 2013 by Saskia Black and saved under Arts, Education, Hackney, Lead Stories, Local News, News
Students at Hackney Community College have been shortlisted for their anti-smoking film What Will You Do About It? for the National Cut Film Festival awards. The Cut Film project aims to dissuade young people from smoking. It was started by the Deborah Hutton Campaign group, a peer to peer smoking prevention charity,…
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Posted on May 20, 2013 by Saskia Black and saved under Business, Employment, Hackney, People
In Shoreditch a monthly meeting called the Roundabout Kids has started to bring young entrepreneurs working in the the tech scene at the Silicon Roundabout together. Alex Nguyen and friend Vishal Ladwar thought it would be a good idea to have meetings for young professionals who want to start up…
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Posted on May 20, 2013 by Sean Mullervy and saved under Crime, Lewisham
The Metropolitan Police have charged ten more men in relation to disorder amongst Millwall supporters at the FA Cup semi-final on April 13, when Millwall played Wigan at Wembley. Nine men have been charged with violent disorder, and one has been charged with breach of a football banning order. They…
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Posted on May 20, 2013 by Flo Neve and saved under Croydon, Lead Stories, Local News, Society
Croydon Council has 700 children currently in care and they urgently need more foster carers to give these young people the chance of a home life beyond council accommodation. Active support for the annual campaign run by the charity Fostering Network aims to highlight the need for more than 9,000 new…
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Posted on May 19, 2013 by Eastlondonlines and saved under Lead Stories, Lewisham, Politics
Lewisham Deptford’s constituency Labour Party has selected Vicky Foxcroft to succeed the veteran MP Joan Ruddock as the prospective parliamentary candidate in the next General Election expected to take place in 2015, according to a Labour Party activists’ website. She was selected from a shortlist of six women on Saturday…
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Posted on May 18, 2013 by Charles Warren McGinnes and saved under Croydon, Lead Stories, Sports
Crystal Palace had more than one of the most skilful sides in the Championship and the tactics of highly respected manager Gus Poyet to deal with on Monday May 13 as a national newspaper has revealed that their away dressing room in the Amex stadium had been defiled by human…
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Posted on May 17, 2013 by Eastlondonlines and saved under Lead Stories, Lewisham, Politics
On Saturday, May 18, Labour party members in the Lewisham Deptford constituency will select a candidate to stand for the area’s Parliamentary seat in 2015. The party released a shortlist of six women aspiring to succeed the retiring MP, Joan Ruddock, who has been in Parliament for the area since…
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Posted on May 17, 2013 by Hannah Newton and saved under Business, Features, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Local News, Society
The South London Press, one of the famous titles in London’s print media, is supporting Local Newspaper Week, by emphasizing the role of local papers as “being essential to democracy.” The paper has had a turnaround in fortunes and is bucking the trend in local paper closures and rationalization after…
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