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Museum in climbdown over Bayeux Tapestry after legal threat
Croydon accessibility activist Yusuf Osman has won a battle with the British Museum to have audio description tours provided for blind people visiting the Bayeux Tapestry. The tapestry, which depicts the events leading to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 … Continue reading
Coroner rules bookmakers contributed to Croydon man’s death
The Coroner’s Court inquest into the death of 40-year-old Croydon man Gareth Evans has found that a gambling disorder contributed to his death by suicide. Gareth Evans was found dead in his flat in Addiscombe on November 3, 2021. He … Continue reading
Role of betting firms to be examined at Coroner’s inquest
The role of bookmakers, their shops and inducements to place bets will be considered as part of an inquest into the 2021 death of a 40-year-old man from Addiscombe. The inquest began yesterday at Croydon’s Coroner’s Court in Davis House. … Continue reading
Wandle Forum in legal challenge to council over nature reserve
INSIDE SUTTON: If the council won’t take action against big business for failing to honour its planning commitments, then a coalition of around 150 community groups – backed up by a major legal firm – will. By ROSE HILL The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Environment, London-wide issues, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve, Beddington incinerator, Housing environment and neighbourhoods committee, Leigh Day solicitors, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia, Valencia Waste Management, Viridor, Wandle Valley Forum
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Council settles legal challenge by blind man over postal voting
A Croydon resident who is registered blind has won a legal challenge brought against the council, which claimed that it had failed to make reasonable adjustments to make postal voting more accessible for him and other people with visual impairments. … Continue reading
Family let down by police and officials over 22-year-old’s death
An inquest into the death in Caterham last year of 22-year-old Hannah Aitken has found that she died after taking a poisonous substance which she ordered online from abroad. Paramedics who treated her were not carrying the antidote and had … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Care Homes, Caterham, Crime, Health, SEND, Surrey
Tagged Caterham, Hannah Aitken, Leigh Day solicitors, Suicide, Surrey
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Thames Water faces £159m courtroom challenge over pollution
A week after precautionary checks for contamination in the water supply in Beckenham and Penge, the failing privatised utility company is forced to issue bottled supplies to residents in a village in the Surrey constituency of Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt … Continue reading
Former Whitgift teacher given 4-year sentence for child abuse
A former teacher at Whitgift School was yesterday given a four-year prison sentence for abusing boys at the private school in the 1980s. The school could now face a class action legal case brought on behalf of three victims because … Continue reading
