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Peckham campaigners raise £15k in a week to fight Aylesham Centre redevelopment
Campaigners fighting to save the Aylesham Centre on Rye Lane from a developer’s plans to transform it into hundreds of luxury flats have so far managed to raise £15,000 to fund a legal challenge. This weekend, you will be able to find campaigners from Aylesham Community Action (ACA) at Peckham Fe...
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Peckham police officers take on 24-hour three peaks challenge for local charity this month
Officers from Peckham Police station will be climbing the highest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales in 24 hours to raise money for local charity Time & Talents and The Miscarriage Association. A team of 16 officers from Peckham will scale Ben Nevis, Yr Wyddfra (Snowdon) and Scafell Pike i...
Neil Coyle’s column: What this government is doing to help tackle crime in Southwark?
One of the first acts of the Tory/LibDem Coalition was to cut the police. Southwark lost over 400 police officers and PCSOs in that period. The last Government failed to understand the impact of crime – cutting the police, ignoring lengthy delays for court hearings and failing to build prisons. Pr...
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Council to divest pension funds away from firms supplying Israel
Southwark Council has announced that it will be withdrawing its pension fund investments from companies which supply arms to Israel. Council leader Sarah King said the decision had been made in wake of “the horrifying scenes of suffering, death and famine in Gaza” since the Israeli military acti...
Londoners facing ‘postcode lottery’ over access to weight loss drugs
Weight loss drug interest has spiked in London but patients face a “postcode lottery” when it comes to accessing the medication, senior medical figures have warned. Tirzepatide – also known by its brand name Mounjaro – has been prescribed for severely obese patients in the UK since June, wit...
Mayor hints at a bigger discount for electric vehicles entering Congestion Charge next year, as exemption is set to end
The Mayor of London has suggested that businesses in London who purchased electric vehicles (EVs) should be “rewarded” for making the transition rather than be forced to pay Congestion Charge fees from next year. The Cleaner Vehicle Discount (CVD), which has exempted EVs from paying any fees whe...
Mayor hints at opposition to TfL proposals ending Congestion Charge discount for electric vehicles
The Mayor of London has suggested that businesses in London who purchased electric vehicles (EVs) should be “rewarded” for making the transition rather than be forced to pay Congestion Charge fees from next year. The Cleaner Veh
Free music and dance festival returns to Elephant and Castle on Saturday 20 September
The Urban Elephant Festival is returning to Elephant and Castle this Saturday 20 September, from 12pm – 9pm for a free celebration of dance, music and culture. Now in its fourth year, the event
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Blackheath Halls Opera: Iphigenia in Tauris from £19 Blackheath Halls Opera is coming back for another year with over 100 singers and musicians of all ages from the local area. German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Iphigenia in Tauris is a Greek drama following the story of Iphigenia, who...
Peckham MP becomes housing minister in latest government reshuffle
Peckham’s MP Miatta Fahnbulleh has been appointed a junior minister in the Department for Housing in the latest government reshuffle. Fahnbulleh has moved from her previous job as a junior minister in Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to the Department
Review: This reimagining of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ really works to capture the attention of the young school children
Summer seems to have run its race in the capital. Greys skies, dr
Southwark approved over £5 million towards new Bakerloop bus route running down Old Kent Road towards Lewisham
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Fawlty Towers: The Play
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Why is there a large steel box on the Elephant and Castle roundabout?
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Opening date for Walworth Road Lidl pushed back
The opening of the new Lidl on the Walworth Road has been pushed back and now is not expected to be up and running until later this winter. The store, which is replacing the Marks and Spencer, was initially supposed to be up and running by September. The reason behind the delay is to do […]
Allotment holders ‘blindsided’ after council cut down four mature apple trees on long-standing plot
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Plans submitted for nearly 500 student flats and 26 family homes off the Old Kent Road
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Met Police map out safety conditions ahead of march and counter-protest this Saturday
The Metropolitan Police have issued public order conditions ahead of a planned march by activist Stephen Yaxley Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, and a counter-protest organised by anti-racism campaigners. There will be signifiant police presence around Waterloo over the weekend with the ‘Unit...