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Exc: Manze’s Deptford Pie and Mash shop to close after 110 years of Cockney cooking
Exc: Manze’s Deptford Pie and Mash shop to close after 110 years of Cockney cooking
Deptford’s 110-year-old Manze’s Pie and Mash shop will close next year, a business that’s served the Cockney culinary staples since the reign of George V.
Owner George Mascall, descendant of an Italian pie-making dynasty, said he’d “miss some customers” but was “looking forward to retirement”.
This story was picked up by The Sun, Daily Mail and others.
Exc: ‘Green Street’ creator to make movie about London Bridge attack hero
Exc: ‘Green Street’ creator to make movie about London Bridge attack hero
The creator of the ‘Green Street’ football hooligan movie will make a film about the Millwall fan who fought off Islamist terrorists during the London Bridge attack.
Roy Larner, 54, famously roared “F*ck you, I’m Millwall” as he threw punches at three knife-wielding Jihadis, saving the lives of fleeing diners, on June 3, 2017.
This story was picked up by The Sun, Daily Mail, Sky News, GB TV and others.
Exc: This South London mansion is a surreal hideaway for A-list celebs
Exc: This South London mansion is a surreal hideaway for A-list celebs
From the outside, this innocuous building on a quiet South London street doesn’t look special.
But for A-listers and high-flyers seeking refuge from the paparazzi’s prying eyes, the House of Magic is "Disney on acid". In other words – escapism.
Exc: Local employer of jobless could leave borough over badly parked car
Exc: Local employer of jobless could leave borough over badly parked car
Southwark’s largest employer of the long-term unemployed has threatened to leave the borough over a badly parked car.
Homewood Group has begged Southwark Council to sort out the “hazardous” vehicle for three months.
Exc: Eric Cantona spotted walking goat outside old school Bermondsey boozer
Eric Cantona was spotted walking a goat outside an old school Bermondsey boozer.
The former Manchester United striker was filming an advert at The Victoria pub in Bermondsey.
Exc: Exotic owl sitting on bins and eating rats in Bermondsey
Exc: Exotic owl sitting on bins and eating rats in Bermondsey
An exotic owl native to the Americas has been spotted eating rats from a bin in Bermondsey.
The Great Horned Owl, affectionately named ‘Jazz’ by locals, is believed to have escaped from an owner in the UK.
Exc: BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen talks Camberwell and the ‘privilege’ of war reporting
Exc: BBC journalist Jeremy Bowen talks Camberwell and the ‘privilege’ of war reporting
In 2001, Jeremy Bowen, among the best-known BBC war correspondents, took two weeks off work.
A violent incident had left him “pouring with blood” and his face “so swollen up” he couldn’t possibly present the Breakfast show.
Given this is a man who’s reported from some of the harshest war zones in modern memory, readers may be surprised to hear this violent incident was in Camberwell.
Bereaved women battling to save Covid Memorial Wall
Bereaved women battling to save Covid Memorial Wall
Bereaved families are urging the government to protect the National Covid Memorial Wall.
The South Bank monument is decorated with over 200,000 hearts commemorating people who died during the pandemic.
Exc: Escaped Mexican black kingsnake captured in Elephant and Castle
Exc: Escaped Mexican black kingsnake captured in Elephant and Castle
An escaped Mexican black kingsnake has been captured in Elephant and Castle after a young family discovered it in their home.
Local man Anthony Poggo “almost stepped on” the three-foot-long constrictor yesterday evening.
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