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Taxi driver gang sentenced for smuggling illegal migrants out of the UK
Local taxi drivers and a man from Bermondsey were part of a conspiracy to smuggle illegal migrants out of the UK to France in the back of lorries, organised by an Algerian national living in Camberwell, writes Frankie Hills…. The four taxi drivers, two of which were living in Elephant and Castle, ...
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Child rescued from above a shop in Bermondsey that caught fire due, it is believed, to a ‘lithium battery failure’
A fire broke out in a mobility shop in on Wednesday evening, believed to have been caused by the ‘failure of a lithium-ion battery’. Lithium batteries are rechargeable batteries found in e-bikes and e-scooters as well as common household items like laptops and phones. Eight fire engines and arou...
What Was, What Is, What Could Be
Camberwell Space celebrates seven years of Queer Youth Art Collective The exhibition follows a three-month residency with QYAC, in which 30 LGBTQIA+ artists aged 18-28 years old were selected in an open call and supported in developing a studio practice. The programme included workshops and mentorsh...
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Plans to demolish old South London hospital wing for 150 new flats set for approval
Plans to demolish a former wing of a South London hospital for 150 new homes have been recommended for approval. Regent Wing, off Coombe Road, which was part of Kingston Hospital until 2021, would be replaced with three six-storey apartment blocks under the plans. Kingston Council officers ruled dev...
A Nunhead Orchard grows in Wales
Local Artist Wins National Competition Nunhead’s finest sculptor, Rafael Klein, whose work can be seen in many corners of the borough, has just completed a commission for a piece of his work on a housing development way out west in Herefordshire. But before the final installation, Rafael found tim...
Bartlett Classic Returns to Southwark
Following sold-out runs in Canada and tours to Japan, South Africa, and Brazil, Cock comes to London this spring in a raw, intimate new staging from Canada’s acclaimed Talk Is Free Theatre. Originally written in 2009 by acclaimed British playwright Mike Bartlett, Cock feels newly urgent in this bo...
Charity behind award-winning Bermondsey almshouse to build new flats for older people on two sites in Rotherhithe
Two more council-owned sites in Southwark have been allocated for the construction of ‘twin’ almshouses which will be eventually be occupied by the borough’s older population. Southwark’s Cabinet approved a report on Monday March 16 outlining the allocation of the sites for the almshouses, w...
Outcry after 484 bus from Camberwell to Lewisham cut to every 15 minutes
A cut in the frequency of a bus route between Denmark Hill and Lewisham which serves two hospitals has been described as “a slap in the face”. The 484 bus, which goes through Camberwell, East Dulwich and Peckham, will now run every 15 minutes. It provides a link between Denmark Hill, Brockley an...
A new approach to comedy is coming to Waterloo
A night of comedy rooted in real-life storytelling is arriving at The Glitch Theatre in Waterloo. Tall Tales and Cocktails has just celebrated its fourth birthday and is marking the occasion with a move to Waterloo. A “tall tale” refers to exaggerated or unbelievable stories – and that’s exa...
New Superloop bus route to link Dulwich to Clapham Junction and Eltham from 2027
Transport for London has confirmed that a new Superloop bus route will open in 2027 providing a new service across several South London boroughs, writes Rich Brann… A public consultation for the SL15 route concluded that residents would “widely welcome” the new service, set to run from Clapham...
‘I waited three years to have water leak fixed’
A South London woman who has had to endure a water leak at the front of her council property for the last three years has finally had it fixed. Marie McManus and her family had the leak fixed by Thames Water at their Lambeth Council property in Brixton on Friday (M
Lewisham paediatric nurse features on CBBC’s Operation Ouch!
A deaf paediatric nurse from University Hospital Lewisham has appeared on the CBBC programme Operation Ouch!, writes Tom Appleby… Asha Hylton featured on the popular children’s show, which educates young audiences about medicine and biology. A TV crew followed Hylton in the Paediatric Emergency ...
22-year-old man charged with murder after ‘fatal Lewisham burglary’
A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder following a fatal burglary in Lewsham in February last year. Romar McDermott, of Mitcham Lane, Wandsworth, appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday (Tuesday 24 March), charged with the murder of Myles Meyjes. Myles, 46, died on 20 February 2025, just over a...
London in the 18th Century: Street by Street
‘London is a mirror of mankind and of the world’ I recently became the proud owner of London in the 18th Century: Street by Street, a book of maps created by John Rocque in the 1700s and republished now with contemporary updates and information. Where we might feel surrounded by old fogeys forev...
Review: The Trials of a Gentleman at Brockley Jack Studio
Is he gallant or a ghoul? David Martin was born in 1960 but grew up watching 1940s’ Hollywood classics in darkened cinemas where his mother took him to hide her bruises inflicted by a drinking, gambling husband. Her young son was drawn to the elegance and chivalry of Fred Astaire and Cary Grant as...
Cutty Sark DLR re-opening
“People power” has been praised for pushing through the refurbishment of a DLR station after it reopened with new escalators, a new lift and artwork celebrating Greenwich history. The Cutty Sark DLR station reopened yesterday (March 23), bringing residents and visitors right back into the heart ...
Thousands gather on Aylesbury Estate to release balloons in memory of 16-year-old Junior Dean
Thousands gathered on Walworth’s Aylesbury Estate on Saturday night to release balloons in memory of a 16-year-old, who tragically passed away after a fire at his friend’s home last week. The night’s sky on Saturday was filled with balloons as a whole community mourns the loss of the popular t...
Camberwell church needs £30,000 to restore roof after ‘dodgy Victorian workmanship’ led it to collapse
A church in Camberwell whose roof collapsed in January due to ‘dodgy craftsmanship from more than 150 years ago’ is asking the local community to help them pay a large repair bill. Cottage Green Chapel, between Wells Way and Southampton Way, needs to raise £30,000 to restore the roof, which col...
Peckham drug-dealer who stamped mum-of-two to death jailed for life
A cannabis-user who attacked a mum-of-two by stamping on her head after his car overturned near a hospital has been sentenced to life in prison.
‘Depraved’ south east London thug attacked man near station with plank of wood
A south east London thug who knocked out a man with a plank of wood and assaulted two police officers has been sentenced to jail.