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Forget Cornwall, London should be the summer holiday destination of choice
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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 16: People enjoy evening drinks on Old Compton Street in Soho on April 16, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Rob Pinney/Getty Images)
There’s nowhere in the world as vibrant as a central London street in the evening. People come from all over the world, to be with people from all over the world. A person born in Camden can sit outside a café next to someone who has just arrived from the airport to start a new life in the city, wide-eyed at the sheer size of it.
Four by-elections will take place in Lewisham next month Candidates hoping to be a councillor in New Cross have set out what they would do if elected. A by-election will be held on Thursday, May 6, for the New Cross ward after Councillor Joe Dromey left the council to take on new role at Central London Forward (CLF). Lewisham Council is made up almost entirely of Labour or Labour and Co-operative councillors, with one independent. There will be six candidates from six different parties on the ballot in May for residents to choose from. The local democracy service asked each of them where they stand on key issues affecting the ward, democracy, and Covid-19 recovery.
Mayor Damien Egan with Cllr Brenda Dacres New Cross Councillor Brenda Dacres is set to become the new deputy mayor of Lewisham. Lewisham’s mayor Damien Egan announced his intention to nominate Cllr Dacres for the role today (April 9), along with his intended nomination for a new cabinet member for jobs and skills (job share), Whitefoot Cllr Kim Powell. The nominations will officially be made at the Lewisham Council Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May 2021. Former Cllr Joe Dromey left his role as cabinet member for jobs and skills after announcing he was leaving the council in January to start at a full time role at Central London Forward (CLF).
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