Dickens Square off Harper Road is is one of 47 parks in London to be shortlisted in Boris Johnson's 'Help a London Park' scheme and members of the public are invited to vote on which ones will get a £400,000 grant.
Culture secretary Andy Burnham has suggested that common sense can be better than constant references to 'health and safety'.
The capital will see in 2009 with a fireworks display centred on the London Eye and the South Bank, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed.
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