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BUY MORE THAN A POPPY
27 Nov 08 - REGULAR READERS will have noticed the ‘News’ commitment to the British Legion this year...

DAVE WALKER: A TRUE GENTLEMAN
20 Nov 08 - THE PAST seven days has been momentous for boxing in the borough, we are all aware that David Haye is on the brink of something massive and we hope and pray he pulls off his audacious plans...

LET'S REALLY MAKE THIS IDEA WORK
20 Nov 08 - NICK STANTON'S plan to get youngsters in to part time jobs may have its plus and minus points, but the old school message that work can be a good way to shape young people is right...

MOVE CITY HALL TO COCKFOSTERS
13 Nov 08 - IF ONLY City Hall had never been built in Southwark, with London's Mayor cycling to somewhere like Cockfosters every morning to get to work...

ARE THERE HOMES OR NOT?
07 Nov 08 - YOU CAN'T fit a square peg into a round hole and likewise you can't fit 275 tenants into 47 properties. The figures on the decanting of the Heygate Estate just don't add up...

GOVERNMENT MUST FOOT BILL
31 Oct 08 - WHY ON earth is Southwark Council paying for the De Menezes inquest? The hefty bill for an inquest into a death, which was of national importance and took place in a neighbouring borough, should not be put on to an already overstretched budgeT.....

WHEATSHEAF IS JUST THE START...
30 Oct 08 - IT IS WITH a heavy heart that we see the first victim of the much hated Thameslink programme be hit. ..

DON'T FORGET TO BUY A POPPY
24 Oct 08 - READERS WILL only have to hark back to their history lessons at school to recall the tales of the World Wars...

LESSONS LEARNT OVER PASSES
20 Oct 08 - THERE IS no doubt that Southwark Council royally cocked-up when issuing the new nationwide freedom passes - but it appears that on this occasion they have accepted blame and taken steps to ensure it never happens again...

DON'T SELL OFF ALL THE CHINA!
17 Oct 08 - THE ANNOUNCEMENT this week that the borough does not intend to sell off its three town hall buildings has to be supported - even though centralising its offices is the right move. ..

A BIT LATE IN THE DAY BORIS
09 Oct 08 - JUST DAYS after the Mayor of London’s powers came under increased scrutiny, with the resignation of Sir Ian Blair, he has rounded off the week by throwing himself headlong into the debate over one of Europe’s largest regeneration schemes...

SOMETHING FOR THE SPIKE?
02 Oct 08 - THE DEADLINE'S been reached for a popular Peckham community group and it looks like yet another local amenity could go to the wall...

YOUTHS WANT ANSWERS
25 Sep 08 - CHARTERHOUSE IN Southwark (CiS) are leaving decades of good work in the borough on a extraordinary sour note...

GETTING A BIT BOLSHOI
19 Sep 08 - IMAGINE THAT you’ve been stuck on the NHS waiting list for years, hoping for a vital hip replacement...

BORIS DIG DEEPER!
11 Sep 08 - THERE IS NOT a soul in Southwark that would not give their full backing to the Cross River Tram - we all want it but Mayor Boris has looked into his wallet and mothballs appear to be flying out. ..

LOST LETTER IS OUR LOSS
04 Sep 08 - TURKEY'S DON'T vote for Christmas and just as predictably, governments don't go out of their way to find ways to spend money - unless they absolutely have to...