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'Persistent smell of decay': Bins go uncollected for seven weeks in London borough amid refuse contract problems

Streets left overflowing with rubbish following launch of a new eight-year waste contract between local council and Veolia Waste Management

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'Despicable and dangerous': Chauffeur hits out at state of London's pothole-ridden roads after car damage

Andy Sozos lost a day’s pay after a pothole damaged his Mercedes

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'Completely shocking': West London council under fire after mum told to lock autistic daughter in room

Lauryn Henderson said she found the advice ‘completely shocking’ and is pushing for her family to be relocated

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‘I can’t wash in my own home’: West London mum forced to use neighbour’s toilet for 10 years as housing repairs ignored

A West London mum has been forced to use her neighbours loo and shower for several years because of her housing association’s failure to repair pipes and toilets.

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Grandma, 93, broke neck and died in London care home due to 'failings' in her care, daughter claims

Paula Geeves-Booth, 93, was found dead on the floor at Viera Gray House in Barnes after falling from her bed

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Two central London schools face merger due to falling number of pupils

Parents from both schools have however started an online petition opposing the plans

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Swastikas painted in children's play area at popular north London park

The Met are investigating a hate crime incident after Nazi-era symbols were daubed on rocks in Stoke Newington’s Clissold Park

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Residents block London street to stop controversial £650,000 plan to replace parking spaces with benches

Locals sealed off the road with fake crime scene tape to stop council employees from entering to start on scheme

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Crowdfunding campaign launched to save beloved south London theatre

Cryer Arts has built a strong local following

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West London teacher who tried to teach class drunk and crashed car with child banned for five years

Ms Alexandra Zbanca, 41, was found to be under the influence of alcohol while at work

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'Impossible choice': West London council tells homeless family to move 275 miles to Hartlepool or lose housing support

Soheila Serkani was told she and her daughter must move to Hartlepool after being evicted from their private rented home last month

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'I thought I was going to die': Mum’s terror as lift plunges two floors in Shepherd’s Bush Westfield housing block

Newall Court was built as part of the Westfield development project

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Fury in Queen’s Park as low-traffic trial sparks division and councillor row

A north London neighbourhood is severely divided over a controversial low traffic scheme, with a ‘perceived conflict of interest’ from a councillor who lives on one of the ‘beneficiary roads’ having left some residents feeling that trust in the process ‘has been eroded’.

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Locals fume as London's richest borough to let second homeowners buy parking permits to raise cash

Kensington and Chelsea Council said the move would help

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Labour councillor defects to Conservatives after six years, arguing that the party “will not deliver economic growth”

Cllr Shiva Tiwari told colleagues he was switching sides to the Tories after nearly seven years as a Labour councillor

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Disabled ex-Army doctor left without heating and hot water in West London housing association flat

Terry Cyrille, who served in Iraq as a combat medic, has battled life-threatening cancer and other severe illnesses

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'It's like living in a Victorian slum': Tenant's nightmare in 'rat-infested' home -as council issues apology

Housing Ombudsman ordered Ealing Council to pay compensation to Errol Baptiste over its handling of complaints about his living conditions

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‘Dangerous’ moment for Hillingdon as council faces brink of bankruptcy

Hillingdon Council ‘must deliver’ £34 million in savings outlined in its budget this year or face the possibility of declaring bankruptcy due to reserves reaching a critical position.

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London teacher sacked for turning up to work so drunk she couldn’t walk in a straight line

Alexandra Zbanca was also convicted of a drink-driving incident with a child in the car

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Wildlife returns to Hackney Marshes after community-led rewilding project

Environmental groups are celebrating after bringing local wildlife back to Hackney Marshes following the erosion of habitats in recent years.

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Dalston fire victims demand support as they remain displaced months later

Residents ;watched on in terror’ as flames ripped through the Dalston Lane block of the Pembury Estate last year

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Outrage after Croydon activist serving food to homeless issued with police warning

Ringo Vision claims to have served over 13,000 meals to those in need in Croydon town centre

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Hundreds of residents urge London council to rethink construction of ‘swamp ponds’

Ealing residents say ponds are a ‘biohazard’

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North London residents fight plans for five-storey development over loss of Wembley Stadium view

The existing two-storey homes would be dwarfed by the new building, meaning some will ‘lose [their] iconic view’

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London council's six-figure pothole and pavement accident damages bill revealed

The highest annual pay out came in 2022 when the council settled claims totalling more than £75,000

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