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Forest Hill Horniman Museum walrus off to Margate

4:33pm Friday 17th May 2013

FOREST Hill's Horniman walrus has packed his suncream and gone to the seaside for a summer holiday.

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Probation workers warn 'shake-up could lead to another Deptford killer'

11:58am Friday 17th May 2013

PROBATION workers have warned a shake-up of the service could lead to another case like Dano Sonnex - the notorious Deptford murderer left free to walk the streets.

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Eltham teacher Andrew Hillary jailed for 21 months over 87,000 child porn images

5:17pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A FORMER Eltham College teacher was jailed for 21 months today after admitting possessing more than 87,000 pornographic photographs and movies of children.

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Commons select committee pushing for tighter dog ownership laws

8:18am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE Government's moves to tackle irresponsible dog ownership do not go far enough, a committee of MPs has warned.

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Lewisham police's five most wanted suspects

3:20pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

NEWS Shopper has teamed with Lewisham Police to reveal the five most wanted suspects in the borough each fortnight.

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A&E 'collapse' fear as numbers soar

1:23pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

THE number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, figures suggest.

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Phoenix Community Housing Association hosts Phoenix Festival in Catford

12:04pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

CATFORD crowds flocked to an annual community festival which marked a housing association's fifth birthday. Phoenix Community Housing Association marked the occasion with the Phoenix Festival - a day of fun in Forster Park.

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Police appeal after 14-year-old girl missing from Lewisham

1:34pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing from Lewisham.

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Sony award for Deptford's Danny Baker after BBC tirade

10:20am Tuesday 14th May 2013

JUST months after slamming BBC radio bosses live on air, Deptford's Danny Baker has won a top broadcasting award.

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Artists launch campaign to celebrate society's unthanked in Deptford

10:08am Tuesday 14th May 2013

ARTISTS launched a campaign in Deptford to celebrate those who often do thankless tasks from street cleaners and bus drivers to mothers.

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Lewisham Police urge jewellery wearers to be cautious after trend in bling thefts

9:52am Tuesday 14th May 2013

LEWISHAM Police are urging jewellery wearers to be cautious after a 35-year-old woman had her chain ripped from her neck in Catford.

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Catford all night raves on residential street drive neighbours crazy

3:30pm Monday 13th May 2013

A SERIES of all-night raves lasting up to 16 hours in a Catford residential street are driving the neighbours crazy.

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Catford neighbour from hell served with council order for 'public health risk' flat

3:05pm Monday 13th May 2013

A CATFORD homeowner says she is living below the neighbour from hell as water continues to leak through her ceiling for a third year.

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Goldsmiths students launch NX Records after Blur, Placebo, Katy B, James Blake success

1:51pm Monday 13th May 2013

Blur, The Velvet Underground, Placebo, James Blake and even Wings all owe something to time spent at Goldsmiths.

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Lewisham Hospital birth centre celebrates third birthday

12:40pm Monday 13th May 2013

LEWISHAM birth centre celebrated its third birthday on Friday in state-of-the-art facilities which are more like a "posh hotel" than a hospital.

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Next fraudster Adeshola Adegite jailed for 18 months

11:47am Monday 13th May 2013

AFTER fraudulently ordering goods worth £79,000 from Next in an online shopping spree, a 40-year-old fraudster’s next location is prison.

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James Bond villain Jaws actor visiting Ladywell cinema

10:25am Monday 13th May 2013

JAMES Bond villain Jaws is one of a host of stars making Ladywell’s Misty Moon cinema a "slice of Hollywood".

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Thierry Christian-Gnanakumar murder in Lewisham High Street: Eighth man charged

7:43am Monday 13th May 2013

AN EIGHTH man has been charged with the murder of Thierry Christian-Gnanakumar in Lewisham.

Lucky charms or all night revision, tell us how you get through exam time

1:57pm Friday 10th May 2013

WITH exam season fast approaching students are clinging to lucky pants, pens and mascots to get them through.

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Lewisham police borough commander to do Twitter Q&A

3:29pm Friday 10th May 2013

LEWISHAM police's borough commander will hold a question and answer session on Twitter next week.

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Catford's Sedgehill School visited by Grayson Perry

2:56pm Friday 10th May 2013

A CATFORD school was visited by cross-dressing artist Grayson Perry for a Channel Four documentary.

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England cricketer Susie Rowe returns to Catford to boost new girls group

2:36pm Friday 10th May 2013

AN ENGLAND cricketer who grew up in Catford is returning to her home town to inspire girls to pick up a bat.

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Daniel Morgan Sydenham axe murder: Theresa May sets up independent review panel

1:53pm Friday 10th May 2013

AFTER years of campaigning by a murdered private investigator’s family, an independent panel has been set up to look at the role police corruption played in his death.

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Blackheath headmaster shows support for Gove proposal branded 'destructive' by headteachers' union

11:59am Thursday 9th May 2013

CONTROVERSAL Education Secretary Michael Gove announced recently he wants longer school days and shorter holidays, in a move the National Association of Head Teachers branded "destructive".

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Police appeal after woman violently robbed at Sydenham railway station

11:32am Thursday 9th May 2013

POLICE have made an urgent appeal for witnesses after a woman was "violently" pushed to the ground and robbed at Sydenham railway station.

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Brockley birthday boy locked up after loaded shot gun found under bed

10:55am Thursday 9th May 2013

A BROCKLEY teen arrested on his 18th birthday after a loaded shot gun was found under his bed has been locked up for 10 months.

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Brockley Wickham Road police car crash leaves woman in hospital

9:45am Thursday 9th May 2013

A BROCKLEY accident between an unmarked police car and another vehicle has seen two people rushed to hospital.

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Grove Park knifeman jailed for Mottingham killing

10:44am Wednesday 8th May 2013

A GROVE Park killer who knifed two men after discovering one of them in bed with his Mottingham ex-girlfriend has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.

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Suicide should be debated: Editor's Eye comment

5:31pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

IF death is a difficult subject to talk about, then suicide has got to be tens of times tougher.

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Catford's Green Man pub reborn as Phoenix housing HQ

5:24pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A CATFORD pub which controversially closed and then lay derelict for years has finally been replaced with a new building.

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Lewisham driver in court over sex allegations following Jimmy Savile investigation

4:24pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A LEWISHAM chauffeur has appeared in court charged with sex offences as part of the investigation triggered by abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile.

Status Quo star Francis Rossi revisits his Sydenham primary school

3:19pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

HE'S used to rocking all over the world but one Sydenham-born rock singer had a change from the Status Quo when he visited his old school.

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Sydenham man 'flabbergasted' to discover he is Abraham Lincoln's relative

2:34pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A RETIRED civil servant from Sydenham was ‘flabbergasted’ to discover he was related to Abraham Lincoln.

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Ladywell Church Grove site to be used for self-build homes

1:36pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A FORMER Ladywell school once earmarked for a travellers' site is being made available for people to build their own homes.

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Daniel Morgan Sydenham axe murder: Home Office to announce independent review

12:13pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

AN INDEPENDENT inquiry into the murder of a private investigator is set to take place more than 26 years after he was killed in a Sydenham pub car park.

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Lee parents of Jimmy Mizen mark 5th anniversary of murder

9:30am Wednesday 8th May 2013

THE parents of murdered Lee schoolboy Jimmy Mizen have repeated their calls to fight against violence in young people as they prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of their son's death.

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Six more arrests over Millwall FA Cup violence

4:30pm Tuesday 7th May 2013

SIX more people have been arrested over Millwall violence at their FA Cup semi final at Wembley, police have revealed.

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