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Thousands of People Danced in Cuba's Carnival in London (Cuba Journal)

noreply@blogger.com (Cuba Journal) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:38:00 GMT

HAVANA, Cuba, July 3 ( ACN ) Cuba's Carnival in London, held for the first time in 2005, has just ended in that city's Southwark Park. The director of the Cuban Sur Caribe music group and honorary president of the carnival, Ricardo Leyva, was in charge of closing the event, which was also attended by another band, the Charanga Habanera, according to information published by the Cuban...

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A South London Funeral (Transpontine)

noreply@blogger.com (Transpontine) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:29:00 GMT

I didn't know Mark Side, the East Dulwich dad who was recently killed in a motorbike crash in Evelyn Street, Deptford. But his funeral at Lewisham crematorium last week sounds like quite an event, hailed in the Southwark News as 'one of south London's biggest funerals for a generation'. I like this SE15 floral tribute (he grew up in Peckham), apparently there was also one that said 'Fuck...

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Clerk admits $US140m UK bank fraud plot (Business Spectator)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:13:50 GMT

Clerk admits $US140m UK bank fraud plotReutersLONDON -- A bank clerk has pleaded guilty in Britain to conspiracy to defraud HSBC bank of more than $US140 million, police said.The City of London police said Jagmeet Channa, from Ilford east of London, had pleaded guilty to the plot, in which €90 million ($US142.9 million) were transferred from HSBC to accounts in Manchester and Morocco.The...

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Walworth children explore Charlie Chaplin's London (London SE1 community website)

see-website-for-real-email-address@london-se1.co.uk (London SE1 website team) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:36:55 GMT

The Art of Chaplin's London exhibition at 's features artwork by children living in the Elephant & Castle. Artist Kay Walsh worked with St Peter's Primary School children to produce black and white montages whilst fellow artist Megan Dowsett joined Crampton Primary School pupils to create a wall of highly coloured collages.Funding for the project to celebrate Charlie Chaplin – born in Walworth...

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'Bogus contessa' case deliberations (Channel 4 )

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:21:04 GMT

'Bogus contessa' case deliberations

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Flyglobespan admits breaking rules over faulty instruments (The Herald )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:51:01 GMT

... that allows flight crew to monitor the thrust of each engine, is functioning.Hearing the case in London, Judge Timothy Daber accepted that the instruments' failure did not endanger the passengers on the flight, heading to New York via Ireland, but committed the case to Southwark Crown Court for sentencing.He said: "It is appropriate to send out a message to those operators and to...

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Newborn babies being raped (Right Truth)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:45:02 GMT

The worst child abuse ever: Pictures and videos of newborn babies and toddlers being raped were found with Arthur Morley, who had previous convictions for rape and indecent assault against children and was a registered sex offender in London. I...

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Can theatre change immigration law? (The Guardian - The blog Theatre)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:15:40 GMT

Can a play lead to legislative change? ... Unstated at the Southwark PlayhouseBenjamin was brought up in Nigeria by a stepfather who had been a hitman for the government. As a boy, his stepfather had forced him to dismember the bodies of his victims, and had also regularly raped and beat him. When political allegiances changed, their knowledge became a liability and men were sent to kill them...

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London Lido (Doors of Perception weblog)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:56:31 GMT

My new mates at Exyzt have built and opened the new Southwark Lido as part of the London Architecture Festival. Exyzt and Gaelle Gabillet are the scenographer-builders of City Eco Lab with me in St Etienne in November. Do go and say hello to them in Southwark. And whilst you're at it, do also check out Saturday's Continuous Picnic. This day-long event celebrates local food and...

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Gay bishop Gene Robinson to preach at London church (The Telegraph)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:08:27 GMT

Bishop Gene Robinson has been invited to speak at a London church just two days before a worldwide conference of church leaders, from which he has been barred.His appearance will embarrass the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who has banned the American bishop from the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury to try to appease traditionalists.However the bishop has been invited to speak...

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Barrister jailed for £17.5m aircraft scam (Times Online)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:53:38 GMT

A barrister was jailed for five years today after an “audacious” bid to pocket £17.5 million in VAT through the sale of four imaginary Boeing 747 engines.

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Geo extends its fibre network through London sewers (merinews - citizen powered media)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:24:27 GMT

Geo is the only provider, whose fibre network runs deep through the sewers of London, ensuring higher reliability, security; reducing downtime caused by upgrades and routine works. Geo designs and builds bespoke dedicated fibre network solutions.

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Man stabbed to death at London petrol station (The Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:15:10 GMT

A man in his 30s has been stabbed to death at a petrol station in south east London.

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In court today: Severn Trent Water and John Wilmot (Times Online)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:12:17 GMT

From The TimesJuly 1, 2008In court today: Severn Trent Water and John WilmotOld Bailey Severn Trent Water is expected to be sentenced for lying to the industry regulator, Ofwat, about the amount of leakages it suffered in 2001 and 2002 in order to justify increases in prices.Southwark Crown Court The barrister John Wilmot is to be sentenced after being found guilty of engineering a fraudulent...

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De Menezes police granted anonymity (Daily Express)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:48:24 GMT

The applications were approved by Coroner Sir Michael Wright QC at a pre-inquest hearing into the Brazilian's death at Southwark Coroners Court.The officers will be given pseudonyms or code-names and those called to give evidence in person will do so from behind a screen.But the coroner gave some members of the de Menezes family special permission to see the anonymous witnesses give evidence.Many...

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Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, sidelined by new global Anglican movement (The Telegraph)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:40:34 GMT

... he is already due to face a row over the introduction of women bishops. Gafcon leaders are also in London this week for a meeting at which hundreds of clergy could sign up to the new movement. But Dr Williams would not comment on the development, which some claim is the most significant in the Church since the Reformation. The Anglican Communion also refused to comment. But the Very Rev...

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Paedophile jailed for worst child-porn collection ever (Scotsman.com)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:19:32 GMT

Convicted child rapist Arthur Morley's collection of pictures and videos, taken from the internet, included newborn babies and toddlers being raped. The material was so extreme it shocked even the toughest officers in the Met's paedophile unit, London's Southwark Crown Court heard.Peter Zinner, prosecuting, said the cries of the babies would "haunt" both him and the officers them "for...

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Anti-terror officer admits credit card fraud after Scotland Yard corruption investigation (The Telegraph)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:30:14 GMT

An experienced Scotland Yard anti-terrorist officer, who investigated the London bombings, is facing jail after admitting using a police credit card to run up bills of £82,000.

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Wild Cat in Borough High Street? (Transpontine)

noreply@blogger.com (Transpontine) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:15:00 GMT

Within a few weeks of big cat researcher Neil Arnold speaking at South East London Folklore Society on Borough High Street, there have been reports of a puma sighting... on Borough High Street (perhaps one followed him up from Kent and couldn't find its way back). According to Southwark News (2 June 2008), "The 'tanned small cougar', described as almost twice the size of a domestic cat,...

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Anti-theft idea for York shoppers (York Press)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:38:23 GMT

Local news EDITOR'S CHOICECHARLOTTE PERCIVALBIG INTERVIEW WITH...ECO NEWSNEWS ANALYSISREADERS' LETTERSGET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL <Tracey Simpson-Laing has today recommended that Safer York Partnership talk with Southwark...

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