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October - December 2006

Lewisham Council has purchased six new state-of-the-art refuse vehicles to improve air quality in Lewisham.
In the largest nation-wide sporting survey ever to be undertaken in Europe, Lewisham has been found as one of the best places to live if you want to access sport.
Lewisham’s primary schools are some of the best in country this week’s Key Stage 2 results show.
A graffiti-busting quad bike has helped a London borough to clean off record amounts of the illegal eyesore this year.
Lewisham is preparing to take on its new responsibility as the licensing authority for gambling in the borough as the new policy for the borough was recently approved at Cabinet.
One of the finest basketball player this country has ever produced is setting up a new club to harness Lewisham’s wealth of talented young players.
Lewisham Council has retained its two star rating for adult social care and received praise for improvements it has made to its service.
Young People are being given the chance to help each other set up projects giving them things to do, places to go and people to talk to.
A new way of running the borough's council housing is set to go 'live' in January.
A state-of-the art sports centre facility at Forest Hill School was opened on 18 November.
Lewisham Council is celebrating after scooping a prestigious National Recycling Award for outstanding work keeping residents informed about recycling and the environment.
Lewisham Council will be toasting the success of scores of young hopefuls as they secure the chance to build a remarkable new career through the borough’s innovative traineeship scheme.
A pizza shop in New Cross has been prosecuted by Lewisham Council and fined £2,000 for persistently selling pizza after hours without a licence.
Ladywell Pool is to remain open after the Mayor chose Lewisham Bridge as the site of the New School.
Lewisham’s recently elected Young Mayor, 17-year-old Siobhan Bell - the first young woman to be elected to the post - is opening the borough’s Childcare Jobs and Training Fair at the Town Hall Civic Suite on Wednesday, 15 November.
Lewisham Council and ActionAid are offering residents freepost envelopes to recycle old mobile phones in a major campaign to combat pollution and increase recycling.
Three of the borough's most promising swimmers put in fantastic medal-winning performances in an international competition in Italy.
Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham, says that awarding the contract for the ‘mains work’ of the new East London Railway is: “Major progress and great news for Lewisham”.
Lewisham residents can enjoy having cleaner streets after a massive gum campaign to solve the sticky problem proved a huge success.
A woman who falsely claimed £7,200 in housing benefits has been jailed for six months.
Lewisham Park tenants vote 'yes' for a transfer to a registered social landlord and yes to £6 million worth of investment to their homes over the next five years.
The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust has received an assessment of ‘Good’ in the first year of the new ratings system from the national regulator, the Healthcare Commission.
Siobhan Bell was elected Lewisham’s Young Mayor – the first female to reach the post.
Rushey Green Children’s Centre of Catford was awarded the accolade of Team of the Year in the national EYE (Early Years Educator) Awards at a ceremony in Skipton, Yorkshire on 23 September.
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