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All women in Southwark can attend self-defence classes for free
Southwark Council are paying for all women living in the borough to get two hours of self-defence training for free. The sessions are led by Women’s Self Defence UK founder, Joanna, where she will teach you how to act quickly and confidently in threatening situations. All women aged 18 and over ca...
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Mystery donor steps in to save music school in Kennington
An anonymous benefactor has stepped in last-minute to save The Music Boutique from closure in the Kennington, writes Pablo Munoz… The nearly £80,000 was loaned so that the rent arrears debt of £52,824.16 and the £27,000 of legal costs to the landlord, could be paid in full for the popular schoo...
Bermondsey Street will close overnight this Friday
Bermondsey Street will be closed overnight tomorrow (Friday, 20 March) for road works. The cycle lane between Whites Grounds and Crucifix Lane will be closed on Friday from 10.30pm to Saturday morning at 4.30 am. Vehicles will be directed to alternative routes on Druid Street and Crucifix Lane. The ...
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Lime bikes ban approved
Lime e-bikes will be banned from being hired or parked in a South West London borough, under new rules. Richmond Council has approved plans to switch e-bike providers from Lime to Forest. The council’s Transport Committee agreed to award exclusive operating rights for e-bike services to Forest on ...
Slippery in the Omnibus Theatre
‘Sparks and spaghetti will fly’ Off-West End Award-winner Matthew Iliffe directs Soho Theatre’s Tony Craze Award Winning play, Slippery. John McCrea, best known for originating the titular role in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie on stage, is Jude, and Perry Williams (Player Kings, Little Wom...
16-year-old dies in fire near the Old Kent Road
A 16-year-old boy has died and another is in hospital after a fire at a property just off the Old Kent Road. Emergency services were called to a residential property on Coopers Road near the Tesco Supermarket store at around 3pm yesterday afternoon after reports of a fire. A 16-year-old was pronounc...
South London Jamaican Jazz band set to return to Woolwich Works
Experience a Jamaican Jazz band, fresh from their residency at the Effra Hall Tavern in Brixton, at Woolwich Works on Friday 20 March. The Effra Band have played with musical legends from The Specials, Jools Holland, PJ Harvey and other well-known Reggae and Jazz artists. They return to Woolwich Wor...
Lifts at Peckham Rye Station will cost ‘at least £20 million’ to install
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Evelina Children’s Hospital treating the youngest meningitis case
Evelina Children’s Hospital in Waterloo is leading the battle against the Meningitis outbreak as it treats a nine-month-old baby from Kent. Nala-Rose Fletcher, from Folkestone, has been described as being ‘seriously ill’ and in intensive care at the hospital. The leading children’s hospital,...
Interactive music show for babies and toddlers
Boppin’ Bunnies is back at Woolwich Works for young children to make noise alongside the musicians this Saturday 21 March. The show is fully interactive so children can join in with the maracas, drums and percussion instruments. It’s a chance for the whole family to get involved, from babies, to...
Coin Street’s affordable housing on the South Bank and Borough Market as a foodie paradise are the two glorious legacies George leaves behind
Born a year after World War II in Borough, amid the bombed-out buildings and industrial landscape of the area, George Nicholson went on to ensure local people were given affordable homes while transforming the fortunes of Borough Market. The 79-year-old recently died on 1 February. A campaigner and ...
The Last Black Messiah
This intense, thought-provoking story will leave you questioning everything The Last Black Messiah by Emeka Agada is a fierce, gripping drama about revolution, identity, and justice. Set in early 90s America, Black revolutionary leader and former Howard University professor, Dr. Oko, awaits executio...
Celebrate organ music in a striking chapel in Greenwich
The Chapel of St Peter and St Paul is hosting an evening of organ music on Friday 20 March. Following a restoration, the chapel’s 235-year-old restored organ has been brought back to life. Originally installed in 1789 by Samuel Green, the organ is recognised by historians for its musical significa...
Councillors in Greenwich to vote on their own pay rise – and yet again they are not expected to put it up
Councillors in the Royal Borough of Greenwich are expected yet again to freeze the amount of money they receive, writes Pablo Munoz… A vote on the continued freezing of Greenwich councillors’ allowances will take place today, 18 March, at Woolwich Town Hall. The independent London Councils’ Re...
Public inquiry into controversial 29-storey tower by Battersea Bridge begins
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Eclectic vintage fair Midcentury Modern returns to Dulwich College
For two days each year, were you to step inside the halls of Dulwich College, you’d have the sensation of stepping back in time, writes Maya Sgaravato-Grant… On Sunday 22 March this will be true once again, with the iconic biannual ‘Mid-century Modern’ fair set to celebrate the best of vinta...
Southwark to ‘axe’ emergency responders who react to pendant alarms and sensors
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Applications open to support grassroots food projects fighting hunger in London
Applications are now open for local community groups to get funding to tackle hunger in their neighbourhoods, writes Myfanwy Fleming-Jones… London housing association L&Q, has launched a new initiative – Cook for Change – in a move to help grassroots food organisations fight London’s gro...
Woman charged with murder of 52-year-old man in Elephant and Castle
A woman in her 50s has been charged with the murder of a 52-year-old man in Elephant and Castle on Sunday (15 March). Joanna Cierpka, 51, of Newington Causeway, was charged with murder on Monday, 16 March. She remains in police custody and will appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court today (Tuesday,...
Caribbean WWII histories reimagined at the Old Royal Naval College
London’s Old Royal Naval College is hosting a free talk delving into the British Caribbean experience of WWII through the medium of film, writes Myfanwy Fleming-Jones… Writer and Director Tony T of Sweet Patootee Arts will present an interactive talk at the Old Royal Naval College, a UNESCO Worl...