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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

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I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Leaving Lewisham

Feb

2013

The BBC ran a story today called 'Why have the white British left London?'. The question could also be asked, 'Why have the white British left Lewisham?'. [...]

Lewisham Natureman White Stag in Childeric Road

Feb

2013

The Lewisham Natureman White Stag has made another apperance in New Cross - on a scrap of wasteland on Childeric Road SE14 (by Fordham Park). Previous sightings have included by the river in Lewisham, on Cressingham Road SE13, by New Cross Gate station, and on the Heygate Estate. Check out Wildcornez for latest news. The dear deer ...

You saved our lives, now we’ll save yours

Jan

2013

As health secretary Jeremy Hunt ponders whether to commit political hari-kari by approving a high profile closure of essential NHS services at Lewisham Hospital, a last minute musical intervention shows further evidence of how the threat to emergency and maternity services has united so many people with a common purpose to defend free healthcare in ...

Lewisham council rejects call for borough-wide 20mph speed limit

Jan

2013

Lewisham council has rejected a proposal put forward by the Green Party councillor, Darren Johnson, to impose a 20mph speed... [...]

Lewisham Hospital Demonstration No.2

Jan

2013

Today's march against the threatened closure of Accident & Emergency and Maternity services at Lewisham Hospital was huge, with estimates ranging from 15,000 to 25,000. Certainly it seemed bigger than the similar demonstration last November where the crowd was estimated at 10 to 15,000 - and that was the largest protest in Lewisham for at least ...

Lewisham Hospital: Countdown to Victory?

Jan

2013

With momentum building up towards tomorrow's demonstration against the threat to Lewisham Hospital, here's some of the latest developments.Polly Toynbee Weighs InPolly Toynbee points out some of the national implications of the Lewisham situation in this Guardian piece today, and notes that the rules regarding making this decision, if actually followed, would prevent the closure: ...

Lewisham Hospital Protest at Department of Health

Jan

2013

In the build up to this Saturday's big Save Lewisham Hospital demonstration, supporters mounted a 'mums and buggies' protest outside the Department of Health headquarters in Whitehall today, with around 60 parents with their children blockading the entrance. Currently 4,000 babies are born every year at the hospital, but maternity services will be radically reduced ...