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Wheelchair user slams ‘always broken’ Herne Hill station lifts, claiming his 45 commute from Greenwich now takes up to five hours
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The Shard set to honour Remembrance Sunday for the first time this weekend
The UK’s tallest building will display a visual tribute to the Armed Forces on Sunday 9 November, writes Matt Hasdell… The city’s skyline will be illuminated with the display, which is designed to offer Londoners a moment of reflection on Remembrance Sunday and honour those who have served and...
Canada Water Leisure Centre pool shut until mid-January following closure weeks after opening
The main pool inside Canada Water Leisure Centre won’t reopen until January following its closure just weeks after its launch, writes Matt Hasdell… In October, Southwark Council said on X that the pool had been closed due to a “maintenance issue” following the centre’s opening on September...
A hyrox-style fitness competition is coming to Peckham next week
Peckham’s Unit 8 Warehouse in Copeland Park will be hosting a new hybrid fitness race named ‘Survive the 8’ on Sunday 16 November. The challenge will raise funds for men’s mental health charity, Movember, and will feature eight workout stations and eight running laps (roughly 4km in total) T...
Could Southwark Council ignore the government’s recent cut to the affordable housing quota?
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Clapham Junction station plans
A South London train station could be transformed with a new crossing and entrances to tackle overcrowding. Wandsworth Council has shortlisted three options to improve Clapham Ju
Student accommodation towers given go ahead with £11 million payment-in-lieu to Southwark Council
An office building containing a Jobcentre in Elephant & Castle will be demolished and replaced with accommodation for 243 students after the plans were unanimously approved on Wednesday evening (November 5). Developer, Newington Causeway Investments Limited had submitted plans to build a new stu...
Croydon tram crash victim’s mother reflects nine years on
“You learn to adjust and you can’t do nothing but accept the situation,” says the mother of a tram crash victim, who son’s life was cruelly taken away. It’s been nine years since Jean Smith learned the devastating and life-changing news that her son, Mark, had died. More traumatic than los...
'I thought Peckham shooting was Bonfire Night fireworks - it makes us feel unsafe'
People in the area of a Peckham shooting initially thought the gunshot was fireworks.
London bus drivers protest outside TfL offices in Southwark over ‘degrading’ working conditions
London bus drivers and supporters marched to Transport for London’s (TfL) Southwark offices on Wednesday 5 Nove
'Flesh flew out of leg' during shooting in busy Peckham square
A witness said "flesh flew out of the leg" of a man who was shot in the middle of a busy square in Peckham.
Whole of Peckham Square cordoned off after 26-year-old man hospitalised with gunshot wounds following ‘shooting’
A man was rushed to hospital last night with a ‘gunshot wound’ after reports of a ‘shooting’ on Peckham Hill Street last night, the London Ambulance Service said. The whole of Peckham Square had been cordoned off by police this morning, covering the leisure centre and the library. A spokespe...
Royal Mail confirms problems with deliveries in Herne Hill today
Royal Mail has confirmed that there may be issues with certain deliveries to addresses in Herne Hill today.
Plans for new two-way cycle track between Rotherhithe and Peckham
A new two-way cycle track is set to be installed between Rotherhithe and Peckham.
Ronnie Scott’s coming to Peckham
Ronnie’s Lates is a brand-new series of gigs taking the legendary energy of the Ronnie Scott’s Late Late Show out of Soho and into the beating heart of London’s grassroots music scene. The club is bringing some of their favourite emerging musicians to those venues they feel are shaping the nex...
Southwark Council name Old Kent Road retailer ‘fined over £12,000 for selling illegal vapes and to a child’
A phone and vape shop on the Old Kent Road has been given a large fine after it was caught selling illegal vapes with ‘excessive nicotine levels’, by Southwark Trading Standard officers. Peckham Phones Limited, at 288 Old Kent Road near the Tesco Superstore, was fined £12,000 for selling oversi...