2019/2020 Investigations
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News
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Reports Of Sexual Crime Rise In Barking And Dagenham
The Metropolitan Police Service received more reports of sexual offences such as rape and sexual assault in 2019 compared to 2015.
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Openreach ‘Strongly Advises’ Against Throwing Shoes Over Telephone Lines
It is unclear why shoes are thrown over telephone lines but engineers are warning against this prank.
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Knife Crime Cases On The Rise In Lambeth
Police in Lambeth took legal action against 596 people for knife crime between 2015 and 2019.
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26 Homeless Deaths In Temporary Homes In Barking And Dagenham
The oldest homeless person who died in temporary housing was 98 years old and the youngest was 24.
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More Than 100 Islamophobic Hate Crimes Reported In Harrow Over 5 Years
Over half of these crimes included the use of threatening, abusive and insulting words against Muslim people.
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Hike In Littering Fines Issued In Harrow
A total of 2,140 more fines for littering were issued in 2019 than in 2015 when 4,073 penalty notices were handed out by Harrow Borough Council.
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Society
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26 Homeless Deaths In Temporary Homes In Barking And Dagenham
The oldest homeless person who died in temporary housing was 98 years old and the youngest was 24.
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More Than 100 Islamophobic Hate Crimes Reported In Harrow Over 5 Years
Over half of these crimes included the use of threatening, abusive and insulting words against Muslim people.
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Hike In Littering Fines Issued In Harrow
A total of 2,140 more fines for littering were issued in 2019 than in 2015 when 4,073 penalty notices were handed out by Harrow Borough Council.
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Health
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More Than 1,600 Arrests For Drug-Related Crime in Harrow Over 5 Years
More than 1,600 people were taken into Harrow custody suite by police for drug-related crime between 2015 and 2019.
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Lewisham Addiction Treatment Services Cut By Over £1m In Five Years
Lewisham Council has cut its funding for drug and alcohol addiction treatment services from £4.9 million in 2015/16 to £3.8 million in 2019/20.
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South London Mental Illness: Over 4,000 More Diagnosed A Year Since 2015
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust had 27,965 patients diagnosed with a mental illness in 2019 and 23,827 five years earlier.
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Education
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Brent Council Spent Over £568,000 On Literary Programmes In Five Years
Around 8% of Brent residents have no qualifications and 28% do not have any qualifications that are equivalent to at least four GCSEs graded A to C.
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Harrow Arts Funding Slashed Almost 50% In Three Years
Arts funding in Harrow from the council has changed over the last five years, whether it's Harrow Museum, the Music Service, or the Arts Centre.
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Education Grant For Barking And Dagenham Council Cut By Over £3M
The Government's Education Services Grant for Barking and Dagenham Council has been reduced by £3.2 million since 2017/18.
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