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Green roads ‘may interfere in human rights’ of residents, council admits as it vows to continue scheme Lambeth Council has received a total of £2.64 million as part of Sadiq Khan’s Streetspace scheme to fund 'active travel' 25 April 2021 • 6:00am The low-traffic neighbourhood at Shakespeare Road, one of five such schemes introduced by Lambeth Council. Credit: Geoff Pugh Green roads "may interfere in the human rights" of residents, a council has admitted, but has vowed to plough on with a controversial scheme. Lambeth Council received a total of £2.64 million as part of Sadiq Khan's ...

Due to Covid-19 restrictions the event will be live streamed from 11am. The online broadcast will feature the 15 official guests taking part in the unveiling, including Mrs Groce’s family.  Dorothy ‘Cherry’ Groce was shot by police when they raided her house looking for her son.  Four of her children were at home at the time, while her son was never charged.  Cherry was left paralysed from the waist down.   Two days of riots ensued as the community protested institutional racism and systemic injustice faced by Black people.    In 2011, Mrs Groce contracted an ...

A memorial in honour of Brixtonian Cherry Groce Lee Lawrence (pictured) unveils a memorial for his mother, Cherry Groce in Windrush Square, Brixton on Sunday 25th April. Tragically shot in front of her children by the Metropolitan Police in 1985, Cherry Groce sustained injuries that left her paralysed and in pain until the day she passed away. A memorial, designed by world-renowned architect Sir David Adjaye OBE will be unveiled in Windrush Square, Brixton in honour of Cherry Groce on Sunday 25th April. Speaking to The Voice, Chair of the Cherry Groce Foundation and son of Ms. Groce, Mr. ...

Dorothy ‘Cherry’ Groce was shot by police when they raided her house looking for her son. Four of her children were at home at the time, while her son was never charged.  Cherry was left paralysed from the waist down.  Two days of riots ensued as the community protested institutional racism and systemic injustice faced by Black people.   In 2011, Mrs Groce contracted an infection which led to kidney failure, and she passed away on Easter Sunday.   It was only in March 2014 that the Met Police apologised for the wrongful shooting – in July of that year an inquest ...

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