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Joe Coughlan

@joecoughlan_

Local Democracy Reporter covering Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich for @myldn / @BBCLondonNews | Email me: [email protected]

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People in King's Cross are living with open drug dealing right outside their homes – but say, that when they call police, they are told it's not a high priority. The Met didn't respond to our request for a response to these pictures. Here's today's front page. In dispensers now.

People in King's Cross are living with open drug dealing right outside their homes – but say, that when they call police, they are told it's not a high priority.

The Met didn't respond to our request for a response to these pictures. Here's today's front page. In dispensers now.
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Plans for a pair of low traffic neighbourhoods from Greenwich Council have been delayed, with some residents claiming the scheme would ‘quadruple’ the duration of their current commute. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Greenwich residents have claimed their street is an 'accident waiting to happen', as rat run drivers speed through the quiet road and parking over driveways has left people 'imprisoned' in their homes. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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An HMO in Orpington is being investigated by Bromley Council after tenants complained about the state of the property, including power cuts for up to days at a time. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Leaseholders in the average three-bed flat on the North Peckham Estate were slapped with annual bill estimates of over £2,500 for heating and hot water by Southwark Council earlier this year. mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Plans for Charlton Post Office to start selling booze have been blasted by police after a member of staff reportedly affiliated with the business sold a vape to a child. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Wandsworth traffic wardens claim 'constant pressure' to dish out tickets landed drivers with unfair fines Whistleblowers said the pressure left wardens fearing for their job and pushed some into using underhand tactics mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Plans for an affordable housing scheme in Orpington could be revived by Bromley Council at an additional £4.1 million cost after the previous contractor for the project went bust. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Homesdale Road in Bromley has been described as a 'speed trap' for boy racers, with locals claiming that drivers queuing up for the local dump have been 'screaming and shouting' at each other while in traffic. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Four London NHS boards have been revealed as spending the least amount of money on prescriptions for patients in the entire country - citing an increase in private healthcare and the capital's younger population as factors. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Residents of St Mark’s Square Bromley, which has caught fire twice in the past two years, have said they don’t feel safe in the complex any more - with tenants in the block being moved as far as Kent following Thursday’s fire. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Healthcare services at HMP Thameside have been criticised after a prisoner died of alcohol poisoning. They were found collapsed in their cell less than seven hours after arriving at the prison. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Tenants of Mast Quay in Woolwich are facing thousands of pounds in moving costs after the council ordered for their building to be demolished - claiming the blocks were 'substantially different' to those which were approved. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Thamesmead leaseholders are in a dispute with the developer for their homes over the safety of the buildings' cladding - which has left them with 'crippling' service charge bills and fears that they are unable to sell their flats. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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A retired nurse living in Royal Artillery Quays in Thamesmead has claimed her savings are 'dwindling' away due to high service charges for her flat, which she suspects are a result of the building’s cladding. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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A Bexley mum 'can't sleep' after being given a month by the council to vacate her home. The move comes after she was given only two hours notice to meet an estate agent at a property she was offered in Sittingbourne, Kent. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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A grandmother is worried her brother with learning difficulties has been 'neglected' by Bexley Council, claiming he has not been able to have a shower in his home for 'months'. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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Pensioners in Bromley, London's oldest borough by average age, are 'absolutely disgusted' by the Government's decision to reduce Winter Fuel Payments - with the number of payments this winter set to go from 11.4million to 1.5m. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

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A prisoner of HMP Thameside was found dead from a heroin overdose three days after being released. mylondon.news/news/south-lon… mylondon.news/news/south-lon…