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Parking wardens in London are taking industrial action this week in a bitter pay row

Members of the GMB union voted unanimously in favour of industrial action

Evening Standard

Inferno at Dawn: 100 Firefighters Battle Towering Blaze in Penge

A massive early-morning blaze ripped through a Poundland store on Penge High Street, southeast London, as 100 firefighters battled towering flames that forced evacuations and closed major roads.

International Business Times UK

Crystal Palace dinosaurs to be restored with £22million from affordable homes land sale deal

Funding secures restoration of the famous Grade-1 listed sculptures, creation of a new dinosaur-themed playground, and a new visitor centre, community centre and café

Evening Standard

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Baby bitten by bed bugs as young family stuck in 'house of horrors' in south-east London

London family say they have had to endure widespread bed bug infestation, mould and mice in their studio flat

Evening Standard

London Tories walk out of City Hall meeting in protest over 'left-wing wokery'

The protest came after the Green Party’s Zack Polanski refused to agree to host an all-male panel discussion

Evening Standard

Petition over Blue Badge parking charge plan that's been labelled 'cruel'

Bromley Council approved the charging at a meeting on November 20

Evening Standard

Man ordered to pay more than £800 for throwing cigarette butt on floor

Carl Smith was prosecuted after failing to pay a fixed penalty notice for littering.

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One of London's new 'tram buses' involved in crash on launch day

The vehicle reportedly collided with a car driven by the wife of a Bromley councillor in Orpington

Evening Standard

Mother awarded £3,000 after daughter missed school term due to council errors

A Bromley mum has been given over £3,000 by the council after her child missed school for a term.

Evening Standard

MP steps in to demand popular south London street sweeper gets £3,000 holiday

MP Liam Conlon said “this is not the time for a ‘computer says no’ attitude”

Evening Standard

London Tory councillor kicked out of party for ‘revolting’ rape remark readmitted to Conservatives

Bromley councillor Shaun Slator was expelled from the Conservatives last year for his comments about an alleged rape victim

Evening Standard

Soul Town: Two-day music festival to return to south London park

A two-day music festival expected to attract up to 10,000 people is returning to a park in Bromley at the end of this summer.

Evening Standard

Bromley council residents faces maximum 7.7% rent rise in cost of living blow

The rise would see weekly rents going up by £13.87 for one-bedroom properties compared to last year, rising from £180.12 to £193.99

Evening Standard

Government invests £235m in London's roads using funds from HS2

Roads will be resurfaced across the capital over the next 11 years

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John Lewis wants to build 24-storey 'Waitrose Tower' of flats in south East London

Development would provide 353 new homes but residents raise fears over the planned height of the development

The Independent UK

How husband’s suicide, two car crashes and secret £80,000 debt left widow fighting to save her home

Anyssa Neumann suffered a series of ordeals over a two year period that left on her on the brink of losing her home

Evening Standard

Landowner behind ‘Bromley tree massacre’ told to replant all 131 felled trees

The trees were cut down on privately-owned land near Cator Park in June

Wales Online

Fed-up pensioner fills potholes with rubber ducks and toy diggers

Tim Webb wants to draw attention to the condition of the roads in his local area

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Daily Mirror

Frustrated man's last resort response to get pothole-ridden street fixed

Tim Webb, 66, of, Bromley, south London, said for the past four months, he has been reporting potholes to FixMyStreet which is a site used to flag road defects to local authorities - before resorting to rubber ducks

Evening Standard

‘Cash cow’ yellow box junction made London council up to £1m last year

In total, Bromley Council made £2.59 million last year by fining drivers for stopping in yellow box junctions

Evening Standard

Prostitute jibe Bromley councillor thrown out of Conservative Party

A Conservative councillor who said an alleged rape victim was probably a prostitute has been thrown out of the party.

Daily Mirror

Opponents hit out as rape tweet row Tory escapes punishment despite comments

Councillor Shaun Slator remains suspended from the Conservative Party amid an investigation following his web post about an alleged rape last month

Daily Mirror

Tory councillor who said alleged rape victim 'likely' a prostitute faces party probe

The Mirror told how underneath an online new report headlined 'Woman raped in Plumstead park in early hours', Tory councillor Shaun Slator wrote: 'More likely that it's a punter that didn't pay'

Daily Mirror

Former home of British Athletics shuts over safety concerns after being 'managed to disrepair'

London's Crystal Palace Stadium was opened in 1964 and became an iconic athletics venue, playing host to icons such as Usain Bolt and Michael Johnson over the years

The Independent UK

Man fined £700 after falling just £2 short on council tax

A man has been fined over £700 after accidently underpaying his council tax by just £2.

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