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The Green Party is no longer supporting Saiqa Ali as a candidate in its Streatham St Leonard’s stronghold, after her social media posts were criticised as antisemitic and opposition parties repeatedly called for her to go -- Article >>>
https://t.co/7gqJWHIb78

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@GreenPartyScott Can a tree that size be responsible for subsidence?

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Common & Vale's Labour councillor Dominic Armstrong is bottom of the class for casework, data suggests — just six formal enquiries to the council, puts him bottom of the list in Lambeth and way behind any other councillor in #Streatham -- Article >>

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A car smashed through railings and embedded itself in the corner of a block of flats on Streatham High Road late on Saturday evening. All three emergency services attended the incident. No serious injuries were reported at the scene

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Too busy to be open, too busy to close? The road through the middle of #Streatham Wells is key to the fabric of the area, and poses difficult questions for policy-makers and council election candidates -- Article >>>

https://t.co/omtX7io68B

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Lambeth’s deputy council leader says there are “currently no plans to restrict traffic on Valley Road” in #Streatham – but confirms that a cycle route is proposed along it, and stresses that the council needs to “keep people safe” -- Article >>>

https://t.co/TWac41N9e0

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Pothole politics: the crumbling state of #Streatham’s roads is emerging as a focus for local election candidates, with the Greens highlighting potholes as a “bread and butter” issue that it says is symptomatic of the area's “managed decline” -- Article >>>
https://t.co/FB6zrwePGc

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@guineagibbs @joseph_gellman @braintree_ Hi Alison @guineagibbs would you be able to get in touch? Not related to Chuka, but related to Streatham - email hello at streathamstuff dot co dot uk ? - thanks!

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LibDem council candidates are “strongly opposed” to the return of the #Streatham Wells LTN, which brought the area’s transport system to its knees before Lambeth was forced to ditch it, almost exactly two years ago -- Full article >>> https://t.co/XTcCxCmwMh

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Labour marks its territory in #Streatham Wells -- council moves ahead with "healthy route" cycle scheme, which seems to require the closure (again) of Valley Road and also a cycle lane straight across the common -- full article >>>
https://t.co/FPNpSZLW38

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#Streatham’s Labour councillors say they ditched controversial streetlight-dimming scheme a year ago – and blame "error" for their inclusion in council plans. LibDems - accused of "misinformation" - say Labour have questions to answer - Full article >

https://t.co/tPmqK8kute

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Argument builds over who did what and when, as Labour backs away from streetlight-dimming plan https://t.co/tPmqK8kute

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Full article: https://t.co/AHN7Nm7Ixa

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All very murky - Council plans to dim #Streatham's streetlights, are they on or off?
Labour is trying to close the issue down, claiming that it “vetoed” its own idea last year. But can that be right, and is the controversial plan really off the table?

https://t.co/AHN7Nm7Ixa

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Thursday! Not Wednesday. Sub-editor reqwired.

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A car crashed into a lamppost on a #Streatham street on Wednesday after hitting a broken drain cover that residents have been reporting to the council for nearly two months. Emergency services attended, and the female driver was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm.

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The FixMyStreet website also has two reports of the problem. The first of them dates back to June 15th: "Manhole cover rocks and is noisy as cars drive over it". The second, from 22nd July, describes a "collapsed catchpit cover". Both include pictures of the damage.

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The cover was originally broken by a utilities worker, who had said it would be fixed the next day, according to one resident. Another said he had reported it to Thames Water, who sent the report to Lambeth council, while a third said he had reported it to Lambeth directly.