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You won't usually find plugs for records here but then again there probably won't be another record released this year with Lewisham in the title! "I Am A Man From...
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President Zuma visits Lewisham
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Lewisham was on the itinerary for President Zuma of South Africa’s State visit today. He came to the Town Hall to meet some of our young citizens in particular. He...
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I was sorry to hear that Michael Foot had passed away today. He was a thoroughly decent man whose life was spent trying to make our country a better, fairer...
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Ten Ways to Protect Local Services
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John Denham, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, asked Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manachester City Council, and myself to prepare a report for him on how future...
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JUMP - 10 years of making a difference!
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JUMP is a local charity founded by the inspirational Jacqui Henry. For 10 years they have been working with local young people in Lewisham and running great programmes which help...
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New Community Room Help Homeless Families
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 Jim Dowd and I met some of the young residents of John Baird Court in Sydenham this week. Lewisham Council runs a...
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Make Sure Older Residents Claim Heating Help
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The Winter Fuel Payment for over 60s is designed to help older people with their heating bills over the winter period. Older people, who meet the criteria, can get between...
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 January 27 is Holocaust Memorial Day and in the run up to this a multi faith service took place at the Catford & Bromley Synagogue last Saturday followed by...
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The Kids Are Alright in Lewisham!
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 Apologies for the lack of recent postings but as you can see the site has had a make over! Friday is often the day I get out and about in...
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Impact of Weather on Council Services
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I walked into the Town Hall this morning so I could see how
things were - it seems the main roads had been effectively gritted
but some side road looked difficult. I...
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Severe Weather hits London again
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 The continuing cold
weather and snow falls present a challenge to the Council and all
of us who live, work and learn in Lewisham. I wanted to share with
you information about how...
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Having just
recovered from the flu I hope others are not going to be suffering
with it over the holiday. The weather in London seems to
have improved – at least the temperature...
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It has been difficult to pick up a newspaper recently without
seeing either a story about councils or other public bodies
being criticised by government inspectors or some inspectors being
criticised by councils...
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Time for a rethink on the third runway?
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Today’s report by the Committee on
Climate Change (CCC) setting new limits on aviation growth must
force a rethink about airport expansion policies across the
UK.
The CCC said that even if growth
between...
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Making Lewisham a safe place to shop
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 I visited Lewisham
Shopping centre yesterday to meet with staff from the Centre, the
Police and our own Youth Workers who are involved in making it a
safe place to do your shopping...
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 Since 2001 the
Jericho Road Project has provided housing and support to prevent
rough sleeping on our streets. This week I visited them to place my
order for one of their trees and...
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Low energy bulbs need recycling too
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 Those low energy light bulbs may last a whole lot longer than
the old fashioned ones but eventually they will need to be
recycled. Sainsburys and Recolight have got together and...
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Thank you for supporting Remembrance events
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Today at 11am many of us stopped
whatever we were doing and remembered those who died in two world
wars and all too many other conflicts including, of course, the
current action in...
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 Inspired by
Rosie Boycott’s 2012 new community gardens by 2012 campaign we have
launched a guide for Lewisham residents with everything you need to
know about how to get a community garden going....
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New Youth Centre for Milton Court
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 Today
I opened the Woodpecker Youth Centre at Milton Court. The young people of this area
deserved better facilities I am delighted that we have been able to
make this investment for them....
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