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FIRE CHIEF SLAMMED
THE BOSS of the London Fire Brigade has been condemned for appearing to trivialise the deaths of six people in the Lakanal House fire as a statistical blip, sparking outrage from a crowded meeting at City Hall.
RESIDENTS TO SPLIT £100K AFTER WORK HALT
22 May 13 - RESIDENTS OF an Elephant and Castle tower block are set to share in £100,000 compensation after a building contract fell apart, leaving their homes like a building site for months...
BENEFITS MELTDOWN
22 May 13 - STRUGGLING FAMILIES have swamped the council with desperate calls for help to pay their rent after the government introduced the bedroom tax last month...
CALLS FOR SHOPPING CENTRE CPO AT ELEPHANT
15 May 13 - PRESSURE IS mounting on Southwark Council to force developers to hand over Elephant and Castle shopping centre so that its regeneration can finally take place...
PRATS ON A HOT TIN ROOF?
09 May 13 - ROOFERS USING a blow-torch at Walworth’s town hall sparked a blaze that tore through the Victorian building for hours and left it in a burnt-out ruin, fire investigators believe.
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JAILED FOR SPIKING CAN OF RED BULL
09 May 13 - A CALCULATING sex predator who spiked a woman’s can of Red Bull with ecstasy so he could have sex with her has been jailed for eight years...
REVAMPED LEISURE CENTRE BILL KEEPS RISING
25 Apr 13 - A HEFTY bill will be handed to the council for fixing massive condensation problems in a newly refurbished leisure centre, after extensive damage was found during repair works...
15,000 IN BOROUGH AT RISK OF MALNUTRITION'
25 Apr 13 - DOCTORES HAVE warned that fifteen thousand people in the borough are at risk of malnutrition and are in danger of serious complications if they become ill...
MUM STASHED GUNS IN HER BEDROOM
25 Apr 13 - A DULWICH mum was found with a loaded assault rifle and semi-automatic pistol lying around in her bedroom, as well as £40,000 of drugs including heroin in her flat...
LIONS FAN DIES AT WEMBLEY
18 Apr 13 - THE GRIEVING friends of a Millwall fan who died of a heart attack after watching the Lions lose at Wembley have paid tribute to “the most remarkable man”...
INSIDE THE GUTTED CUMING MUSEUM
10 Apr 13 - THESE SAD pictures are the first public glimpse inside the charred ruins of the old Walworth town hall and Cuming Museum. ..
THE HORROR
03 Apr 13 - THIS IS the moment that the family of Dayana Francisquini watched on in horror as their loved ones were killed in the raging inferno at Lakanal House...
EASTER COMES EARLY FOR RESURGENT LIONS
21 Mar 13 - WHAT A difference a week makes. Before Millwall’s midweek heroics at Ewood Park, there was a sense that their season was unravelling. Injuries were mounting and poor form was setting in...