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Council faces up to £10m refund bill after LTN ruling
Croydon Council will have to revise its annual budget for the coming year because it faces a potential £10million refund bill for unlawful traffic fines. A landmark court ruling found six of the authority’s Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes (LTNs) were unlawful, meaning they have to be removed an...
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Boy fighting for his life after being stabbed in the head in south east London
A boy is fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the head in south east London.
Southbank Centre appeals for Festival of Britain memories in 75th anniversary year
The Southbank Centre has launched a nationwide appeal for memories of the Festival of Britain, which took place on London’s South Bank and at events across the country in 1951. The Festival of Britain was a four-month national exhibition and fair intended to be a “tonic for the nation” followi...
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Revised planning application for Canada Water Masterplan approved after Mayor’s grant
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Jack Scollard
Cruising Archaeology: The Pleasure Archive Research Centre Exploring the exhibition as a cruising ground, this project considers the connections between cruising and viewing art in a public space. This is the first exhibition of Cruising Archaeology, an ongoing artistic project by Jack Scollard th...
Wardens could patrol every town centre in South London borough to tackle ASB
Neighbourhood wardens could begin patrolling every town centre in Wandsworth, after the success of a trial scheme. Wandsworth Council’s Labour administration has pledged to roll out the service across the borough to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour, if it wins the local elections in May. The ...
John Boyega will appear in BBC documentary about the final hours of Damiola Taylor’s life
Camberwell-born actor John Boyega will feature in an upcoming BBC documentary about the final hours of his childhood friend Damiola Taylor’s life. Damiola was stabbed in the leg and left to die in an apartment block stairwell on the North Peckham estate in 2000. Damiola, who had recently moved to ...
New purpose-built centre offering specialist support for anyone who’s experienced abuse or harassment
Southwark Council has launched a new service offering specialist support for anyone who’s experienced abuse or harassment. The Women’s Safety Alliance (WSA) is a replacement and extension of Southwark’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) service, and provides support for issues including ...
13 mispronounced places in south east London from Rotherhithe to Bermondsey
South east London is full of place names that look simple on paper but are famously easy to get wrong when said out loud.
Cause of ‘intense’ shop fire revealed after child rescued in south east London
The cause of a fire at a shop with flats above in south east London has been revealed after firefighters rescued a child from the building.
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...
Investigation launched after ‘very intense fire’ destroys shop in south east London
An investigation has been launched into a fire that destroyed a shop in south east London.
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...
Child rescued by firefighters after blaze rips through Bermondsey shop
A child has been rescued from a third-floor flat after a shop fire broke out in Bermondsey.
Man locked up indefinitely after stabbing 'caring' sister 40 times in Southwark
A man has been locked up indefinitely for stabbing his sister 40 times in south east London.