Thursday, 17 May 2007. Two years ago world leaders were given a huge global mandate. But they are not acting urgently enough. In 2007 campaigners are uniting again to tell leaders the world. 1; 5,000 children die every day from drinking dirty water. 1; a woman dies in childbirth every minute. 1; more than 5 million people living with HIV and AIDS still do not.

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games began on Friday 27th July with the opening ceremony taking place at the Olympic Stadium. The Games ran from 27th July to 12th August and the Paralympics from 29th August to 9th September. As part of the celebrations the Olympic Torch. You can do this in several ways -.

Thank you to everyone who took part and came to the Festival events. The poetry competition booklet will be in libraries by the end of the month. Our main winner was Belle Powell, the Aspire Creativity prize winner was Bria Lawrence and Ben Morris came away with a commendation. You can read their poems on our competition page. Keep an eye on blog updates.

My time on the net can be counted in minutes these days so this blog has seen some neglect. Lewisham represented in Big Brother. Man talked down from rooftop. A FIRE crew was called to an address in .