A clean-up of run-down Royal Street near St Thomas' Hospital is one of five possible community payback projects in Lambeth shortlisted in a public vote which closes this week.
Unemployed parents and carers in Southwark are being encouraged to join a free training course at London South Bank University which will enable them qualify as a primary school teaching assistant.
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