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DRUGS GANG BANGED UP
A TRIO of Bermondsey boys who were part of a gang flooding the streets of London with over nine kilos of cocaine worth almost £4 million have been locked behind bars.

WELCOME TO SOUTHWARK-UPON-SIDCUP
THE SIGN over the door says Southwark Council, but the postcode is Kent… welcome to ‘Southwark-upon-Sidcup’.

LIB DEMS CLAIM SINGLE PERSON DISCOUNT FRAUD COSTS MILLIONS
17 May 12 - MILLIONS OF pounds is being lost to Southwark Council each year due to thousands of people fiddling their council tax - and getting away with it, Lib Dems claim...

FREE DAY AT THE RACES FOR LIONS FANS
16 May 12 - RACING PLUS big night at Kempton Park in association with Southwark News..

CANCER SUFFERER: I FEAR MY FLAT COULD KILL ME
11 May 12 - A MAN who fought off throat cancer has been told by doctors that his “death trap” council flat could kill him...

NOW RATS ENTERTAINMENT FOR YOU!
11 May 12 - THESE ARE some of the most talented rats in showbusiness – forget Roland and Splinter from the Turtles – these are the rodent world’s answers to Britain’s Got Talent...

PEOPLE POWER PROMTS RETHINK ON PLAN TO CUT NURSERY PLACE FUNDING
10 May 12 - A CONTROVERSIAL plan to cut funding for new nursery places at two children’s centres has been put “on hold” while the council asks parents for their views...

COUNCIL TO TAKE CONTROL OF CALL CENTRE
10 May 12 - THE NOTORIOUS council call centre is set to be brought in-house after it was described as a “failing” service...

CLASS WARS
10 May 12 - VIOLENT ATTACKS, robberies and sexual assaults in Southwark schools have seen hundreds of police call outs in the last three years, figures have revealed...

‘HIGH RISE’ GRAVE PLAN TO TACKLE SPACE SHORTAGE
10 May 12 - ‘HIGH RISE’ mausoleums containing hundreds of dead Southwark residents are being considered, to tackle the chronic shortage of burial space. The plans include three mausoleums in Camberwell New and Camberwell Old Cemeteries, which would house 700 bodies. ..

'WE'LL RESTART VIGILANTE ACTION TO COMBAT PROSTITUTES AND DRUG DEALERS'
03 May 12 - A ONE-TIME ‘vigilante leader’ from Peckham is threatening to resurrect mob law on his estate in a bid to run prostitutes and drug dealers out of the area...

STREETCAR FROM SHARD TO PECKHAM IS DESIRED
03 May 12 - A “STEETCAR” to take people from the Shard to Peckham is not just a pipe dream, a Lib Dem councillor has claimed...

'STORAGE' PLAN FOR THE DEAD
03 May 12 - SOUTHWARK'S DEAD could be encased in mausoleums for thirty years and then their remains placed in ‘alternative storage’ in the council’s bid to tackle its grave space crisis. ..

GASTRIC BANDS FOR KIDS
03 May 12 - MORBIDLY OBESE kids as young as fifteen are going under the knife to be fitted with gastric bands at a local hospital...

BERMONDSEY MAN DEAD FOR A WEEK IN SHELTERED HOUSING
03 May 12 - A BERMONDSEY man who lay dead for up to a week in a block of sheltered housing manned by wardens probably died of natural causes, a coroner ruled on Monday...

NEW LEADS IN HUNT FOR RAPIST
03 May 12 - COPPERS ARE working on several new leads in the hunt for a scarfaced rapist who attacked a young woman under a railway arch on Friday April 13...

DANCE IN CAMBERWELL
02 May 12 - THE BLUE Elephant Theatre presents a double-bill of contemporary dance exploring what we share – and what we refuse to share...

FOLOOD HIT WOMAN GETS APOLOGY FROM COUNCIL
27 Apr 12 - A DISTRAUGHT single mum who was left for two months with a burst water main flooding the underneath of her house in up to a foot of water has received an apology from the council..

BABY MILK THIEF GETS SUSPENDED SENTENCE
27 Apr 12 - A TEENAGE mother of two who stole a crate of beer and powdered baby milk from a supermarket during the riots has escaped jail. ..

GAMES TUBE 'HOT SPOTS' ON NEW MAP
27 Apr 12 - BERMONDSEY, CANADA WATER Southwark and London Bridge Tube stations have all been identified as ‘exceptionally busy’ hotspots in a new online travel map for the Olympic Games...

I'M THE FIRST TOURETTE'S SUPER HERO
26 Apr 12 - A PECKHAM woman with Tourette’s Syndrome, who says “biscuit” up to 900 times an hour, has donned lycra and is taking to the skies to single-handedly wipe out the dastardly stigma of Tourette’s - and create a brighter, funnier future for us all...

CRIMINALS APPLY TO BE TEACHERS
26 Apr 12 - CONVICTED POISONERS, burglars, fraudsters and violent criminals are among would-be teachers applying to work in Southwark schools, a News investigation has revealed...

COPPERS APPEAL FOR CALM
26 Apr 12 - THE THREAT of vigilante action to catch a vicious rapist has prompted the police to call for calm and restraint in Bermondsey...

WHO WILL YOU PICK TO BE LONDON MAYOR?
26 Apr 12 - AS THE race for London Mayor enters its final furlong this week, we invited a panel of local Southwark campaigners to give the candidates a grilling...