A black commemorative poppy on the bonnet of a car
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SIR – The Duke of Edinburgh, a man of private faith, also used his role to bring together different faith groups. He founded St George’s House in 1966 as a forum for civil society, faith groups and others to debate significant issues.
For many years he presented the Templeton Prize, which recognised outstanding religious and spiritual leadership. He organised an interfaith dialogue between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in 1984, together with Sir Evelyn de Rothschild and Crown Prince El Hassan of Jordan.
He built on this by founding the Alliance of Religions and Conservation in 1995 to mobilise the great faiths to work on environmental challenges. He had the foresight to see that their moral teachings, and 80 per cent of the world’s population, could be part of the solution to social problems.
By Tom Lowe2021-04-12T06:00:00
Thumbs-up for second phase of £450m development by housing association and NHS trust
PRP has been given the green light for nearly 1,000 homes on land next to Northwick Park Hospital in north west London.
The scheme, for housing association Network Homes, is the second phase of a £450m, 1,600-home development which will also include student facilities, commercial space and a nursery across 19 buildings on the site. It will include 40% affordable homes.
The first phase, consisting of 654 homes, was given the go ahead in December last year.
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By Tom Lowe2021-04-12T05:00:00+01:00
Housing association given thumbs-up for second phase of £450m development
Housing association Network Homes has been given the green light for nearly 1,000 homes on land next to Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London.
The PRP-designed scheme is the second phase of a £450m, 1,600 home development which will also include student facilities, commercial space and a nursery across 19 buildings on the site. It will include 40% affordable homes.
The wider 1,600 scheme will also include student facilities, commercial space and a nursery across 19 buildings
The first phase, consisting of 654 homes, was given the go-ahead in December last year.
A diabetes nurse is retiring after more than fifty years of caring. Upkar Drubra, aged 78 from Harrow, was initially discouraged from becoming a nurse, but managed to spend half a century caring for others. She qualified in 1963 and came to the UK in the 1970s to work a succession of jobs before resuming her nursing career. Originally her father wanted her to be a sergeant major in the Indian Army, but the nurse decided to look for an alternative future. Over the years she worked as a ward sister, district nurse, school nurse and researcher. Around 30 years ago, a chance encounter with a doctor in the Northwick Park Hospital canteen led her on her path to becoming a diabetes nurse.