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Tooting Common Bio Blitz, Woodfield Pavilion, Sun Apr 26
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Tooting Common Bio Blitz, Woodfield Pavilion, Sun Apr 26
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Remembering the asylum: plaque unveiling and book launch
There’s an unveiling of a green heritage plaque and a book launch going on in Tooting this afternoon, to commemorate “the thousands of lives lived” at the site of the old Tooting Bec Asylum. There’s hardly a trace of the … Continue reading
HHH Sports Welfare event, at Graveney School, Tooting, Sep 17
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Posted in Activities, Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, Sport
Tagged Graveney School, Herne Hill Harriers, Tooting
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Labour suspends councillor over arrest as MPs are purged
While Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney was conducting his latest purge in Westminster, back in his old stomping ground of Lambeth, a Labour councillor was suspended yesterday after being charged with a criminal offence. Irfan Mohammed has been … Continue reading
RSPCA is offering low-cost microchipping for your pet cats
Cat owners are being offered microchipping for their pet at an event held by RSPCA South London branch. The event will take place on Thursday, April 3 at the RSPCA Tooting Charity shop, 71-73 Upper Tooting Road, London, SW17 7TW, … Continue reading
Week-long disruption to rail services across south London
It is half-term week, which for rail passengers means a whole load of disruption to their regular services across south London. Signalling upgrade work started at the weekend and is due to continue until this Friday, November 1, “which will … Continue reading
Starmer reshuffle sees Croydon MP Reed shunted to DEFRA
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on how today’s Labour front bench job creation scheme might be taken as proof that turds do somehow manage to rise to the surface… Steve Reed OBE, the right-wing MP who shunted another Labour MP out … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Environment, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, Keir Starmer, Labour, Lambeth South, London Borough of Croydon, LTNs, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Norbury, Tooting, Tory, ULEZ, Uxbridge
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The Stan Allen Mile open races, Tooting Bec track, Sep 6
Posted in Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, Sport
Tagged Herne Hill Harriers, Stan Allen Mile, Tooting, Tooting Bec Track
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Aldi recruiting 240 to fill vacancies across south London
Supermarket chain Aldi is recruiting more than 200 additional staff across London, with vacancies in Balham and Tooting. Aldi, the country’s fourth largest supermarket, says it “is looking for people of all levels of experience to fill roles at its … Continue reading
Primark’s Croydon and Sutton stores in click and collect trial
Primark stores in central Croydon and Sutton are part of a London-wide trial of a new click and collect service. The trial’s launch comes as Primark announces plans to lower prices on hundreds of its autumn-winter range of kidswear products. … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon High Street, North End, Primark, St Nicholas Centre, Sutton, Tooting
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International action is getting back on track at Tooting Bec
Top track action returns to south London next month, with international distance runners potentially taking one of their last chances to chase down qualifying times for the World Championships in Budapest in August. Tooting Bec Athletics Track is staging a … Continue reading
Council to splash the cash on restoring Tooting Bec Lido
The nearest public lido to Croydon is to close next month for a (fingers crossed) nine-month £3million restoration project. Recent summer heatwaves have made open-air swimming pools hugely popular, and with the closure of the Purley Way Lido in 1979, … Continue reading
Amazon delivers £2,000 donation to NHS hospital charity
The Amazon delivery station team in Croydon has donated £2,000 to a charity that provides support to patients, staff and visitors at St George’s Hospital. The charity, based at the major NHS hospital in Tooting, received the donation as part … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity
Tagged Amazon, coronavirus, Covid-19, St George's Hospital, Tooting
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New book relates women’s secret work at Bletchley Park
“What would it be like to keep a secret for 50 years? Never telling your parents, your children, or even your husband?” Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park tells the true story of Daisy Lawrence, a young woman … Continue reading
Blue plaque for Albert Hill, Tooting’s unsung Olympic hero
Posted in Athletics, Herne Hill Harriers, History, Sport
Tagged Albert Hill, Herne Hill Harriers, Tooting
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