Lewisham News
Our new Lewisham News page brings together news about Lewisham from a couple of difference sources. There is news produced by Lewisham Council and news stories sourced from Google that have a link to Lewisham. Sometimes the link to Lewisham is stronger than at other times.
We are not responsible for any of the news stories that appear on this page.
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News about Lewisham
The following news stories all have a link to Lewisham and are sourced from Google. They are all dated within the last 30 days.
Importance of People's Day
South London Press Today
By Cllr Duwayne Brooks Lewisham council might be right to say that hosting a Community Live Site on Blackheath for the London 2012 Olympics will provide residents with “the greatest show on earth – live on Blackheath”. It is rather misleading not to ...
Local Government Chronicle (blog)
Getting to grips with the new Blue Badge
Local Government Chronicle (blog)
2.5m people currently use a blue badge to assist them in getting from A to B with the system recently overhauled Sue Holloway, pictured, at Northgate Public Services, the company delivering the scheme, talks about it, and Claire Pierpoint from Lewisham ...
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One, Lewisham
News Shopper
By PubSpy » The buildings around One are almost exclusively takeaways and, at school chucking out time, they are full of ravenous, uniformed schoolchildren, gorging like pigs on over-processed carbohydrate and deep fried sinew, power-hosed and then ...
Two knife crimes every day in Lewisham
News Shopper
But perhaps most shocking are Lewisham police figures showing an average of two knife crimes a day in the borough since last April - a whopping 578 in 10 months. Downham ward councillor Cllr Duwayne Brooks said: “First and foremost the borough has to ...
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EastLondonLines
East London jobseeker numbers “at a record high” as up to 35 people compete ...
EastLondonLines
Lewisham has the highest number of jobseekers for every employment vacancy in England, according to latest figures released by the Trade Union Congress. There are now 35 jobseekers competing for each vacancy in Lewisham. The number of unemployed people ...
EastLondonLines
Riot hit businesses benefit from council funds
EastLondonLines
At least 24 businesses in Lewisham will benefit from a council grant of £78000 to fund regeneration following last summer's riots, it was revealed today. The fund is mainly aimed at helping small independent businesses in the borough, ...
Lewisham activists fight against fuel poverty
EastLondonLines
It's two degrees above freezing on a dark Friday night in Lewisham and forty people of all ages huddle round a blazing bin fire outside the Town Hall on Catford High Street. Together they're burning an impressive backlog of final warnings, ...
Most Lewisham Council services are running today
News Shopper
By News reporter » COUNCIL services are operating as normal in Lewisham today (February 6) with one or two exceptions. The leisure centres are open although the pools at Downham Health and Leisure Centre are closed. All football pitches are closed and ...
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Most Lewisham Council services are running today
News Shopper
By News reporter » COUNCIL services are operating as normal in Lewisham today (February 6) with one or two exceptions. The leisure centres are open although the pools at Downham Health and Leisure Centre are closed. All football pitches are closed and ...
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Cumberland Courier Newspapers
Former Hills Shire president Bernie Mullane dies, aged 86
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
FORMER Hills Shire president and councillor Bernie Mullane died on Saturday morning at Lewisham Nursing Home at the age of 86. His daughter Susie Mullane said his health quickly deteriorated after a chest infection turned into pneumonia earlier in the ...
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