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  • Fantastic events for London Sustainability Weeks

    May 26, 2006. London Sustainability Weeks. Events during London Sustainability Weeks (4-18 June) range from recycled sculpture exhibitions to business seminars on sustainable offices. The events are organised by ordinary Londoners determined to make their

  • Honda develops bio fabric for cars

    May 25,2006. Honda. Honda has developed a plant-based fabric for use as a material for car interiors. The 'Bio-fabric' offsets all CO2 emissions produced during the disposal stage of the car, through the CO2 absorption that occurs during the growth stage

  • Anglers asked to assist over water levels

    May 24, 2006. Environment Agency. The Environment Agency is calling on anglers to save water this summer in order to protect fish. With a hot, dry summer, and the south east of England facing possibly the most severe drought of the last 100 years,

  • New energy advice line helps 4,000

    May 25, 2006. Energy Retail Association. Over 4,000 people in London have received valuable advice from the Home Heat Helpline, a new energy advice line, since it launched 6 months ago. Yet with approximately 108,000 people in London paying more than

  • Matthew behaved bravely

    I was astonished to read Matthew Brabbs' story (The laughing policemen? Croydon Guardian, May 17). I think Matthew was brave to ask for his bus pass, keys and cards back from the youths. I think that the alleged response Matthew received from the police

  • Police let these lads down

    If the claims made in your front page article prove to be correct (The laughing policemen? Croydon Guardian, May 17) I hope the officers are identified and disciplined accordingly. In the era I was brought up in we were taught to look after ourselves

  • GBH conviction

    A teenage girl who smashed a bottle over another girl's head and stole her mobile phone has been given a 12-month sentence. Croydon Crown Court heard the attack was the culmination of a feud between the two girls, who cannot be named because of their

  • Nine years in jail for preying on the elderly

    A trainee electrician who mugged three old women including one who died after being robbed has been jailed. Jonathan Messitt, 19, of Holmesdale Road, South Norwood, was sentenced to nine years for each attack. The sentences are to run concurrently.