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Former Tory leader Gio Spinella delivers touching tribute at full council meeting Former Conservative councillor Leila Roy [Linda Grove] SHOCK and grief has met the death of a community cam­paigner who died suddenly on Friday evening aged 39. Leila Roy had been the first black woman to represent the Conservatives at the Town Hall during a four-year spell. Beyond party politics, she was known as a neighbour­hood activist in Gospel Oak and Belsize Park who campaigned for more school places, council home repairs and protection for independent shops against big supermarket chains. She passed aw...

In his new exhibit, North Carolina photographer Tom Simon captures both the faces of hunger and the communal efforts to alleviate hunger that touch multiple geographies, cultures and systems throughout the state. The 35-photo exhibit, Lifeline: Hunger Relief During the Pandemic, was recently on display at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC, and can now be viewed online here: https://tomsimon.myportfolio.com/lifeline-hunger-relief-during-the-pandemic. You can also follow Tom on Instagram at @sisimon678. Tom Simon is a documentary filmmaker and tv producer who was volunteering as a photographer for...

The council has introduced cycle lanes across the borough - Credit: PA Archive/Press Association Images Calls are being made for Camden Council to consider alternative routes to its proposed cycle lanes scheme in Haverstock Hill.   The town hall launched a consultation on Monday (February 15) for the divisive project that would initially run as a 12-month trial. It could become permanent following further consultation.   The council says the scheme aims to encourage cycling and help reduce air pollution, and it has received support from some residents and cycling groups.  But residents op...

The exhibit, called “Lifeline: Hunger Relief During the Pandemic,” is scheduled to run through Feb. 15. Creator Tom Simon said while doing volunteer photography for the hunger-relief group PORCH Chapel Hill-Carrboro, he realized weekly food distributions were the last step in a chain of community outreach.

Hawaii flight stowaway: Landing gear may have saved him from freezing – Los Angeles Timesby wpjljron Monday, April 21st, 2014.Hawaii flight stowaway: Landing gear may have saved him from freezing – Los Angeles TimesA teenager who apparently stowed away on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from San Jose to Maui may have stayed warm because of the plane’s landing gear, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Heat from the plane’s hydraulic lines in the wheel well, as well as heat retained in the tires, could have helped the […] A teenager who apparently stowed away on a Hawaiian ...