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Lambeth

American  
[lam-bith] / ˈlæm bɪθ /

noun

  1. a borough of Greater London, England.


Lambeth British  
/ ˈlæmbəθ /

noun

  1. a borough of S Greater London, on the Thames: contains Lambeth Palace (the London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury). Pop: 268 500 (2003 est). Area: 27 sq km (11 sq miles)

  2. the Archbishop of Canterbury in his official capacity

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Lambeth Council, which suspended the venue's licence after those fatalities, told BBC News it was aware of Sombr's comments and was "liaising with the Metropolitan Police... to determine what action is needed".

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Lambeth Bridge was closed on Sunday afternoon and around 1,000 officers were on duty to keep both groups apart.

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He took it to Lambeth Palace with personal papers in 2002 when he became Archbishop of Canterbury, where it remained until it was tracked down in 2010 as part of the Historic Cases Review – carried out by the Church in Wales into its handling of safeguarding cases.

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Williams said he was aware of a certain amount of gossip about Pierce, but never criminal allegations, and told BBC Wales he accepted it was an error to take the report to Lambeth Palace.

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I meet Erik Matthies at a busy street market in Lambeth, south London.

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