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Surrey Docks Farm needs to raise £1,000 a day for 30 days to stay open
A farm in Rotherhithe needs to raise £30,000 in March to stay open as it battles dwindling donations and a sharp increase in the price of hay. Surrey Docks Farm has launched a fundraiser and is asking the community to help it raise £1,000 a day over 30 days. So far it has already managed […]...
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Diocese of Southwark asks churchgoers to share views on what the next Bishop ‘should be like’
The Diocese of Southwark is calling on churchgoers to share their views on what the next Bishop should be like. The current Bishop of Southwark, Bishop Christopher, announced his retirement last year and will be standing down in August. His resignation has triggered what is known as the ‘Vacancy-i...
MP visits Ukraine to mark fourth anniversary of Russian invasion
The MP for Bermondsedy and Rotherhithe Neil Coyle visited war-torn Ukraine last week marking the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion. Coyle, who sat on the foreign affairs parliamentary select committee until 2024, went with a group of MPs from across the political spectrum to attend an event...
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Local reaction to summer festivals getting the go-head in Brockwell Park
Plans to host a series of festival events in Brockwell Park later this year have been approved by councillors, despite receiving a mixed reaction from the local community. Lambeth Council’s Planning Applications Committee unanimously granted temporary planning permission for the events during a me...
‘Disconnect’ between what Londoners want and what developers build, Mayor told
Too many of London’s new housing developments look the same to residents and have unappealing architecture replicated across the city, Sir Sadiq Khan has been told. Public polling and visual preference surveys show that Londoners broadly agree on what good design looks like – with up to 80 per c...
Relax and meditate in the beautiful Painted Hall
Experience deep listening, rest and reflection in a sound-healing experience in the Painted Hall in Greenwich (Friday 13 and Saturday 14 March). Lie Down and Listen features a Tibetan singing sound experience with classical piano and cello, all in the beautiful surroundings of the Painted Hall. Deep...
Corporate Scandal in Peckham
The Dulwich Players is producing local writer Lucy Prebble’s award-winning play ENRON at Theatre Peckham this month. It’s 2001: As the millennium rises, a giant falls. Lucy Prebble’s explosive drama dissects the hubris at the heart of the spectacular rise and fall of Texan energy giant ENRO...
Man charged with attempted murder after Bermondsey ‘axe attack’
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was attacked with an axe on the Dickens Esate in Bermondsey yesterday (Sunday 1 March). Emergency response officers from the Central South command unit went to an address in the Dickens Estate, on Marine Street at 3:21pm yesterday ...
South London swimming club ‘grateful’ as local pool reopens after four-month closure
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465 student flats and 26 social rented homes set to be approved off Old Kent Road
Plans to build nearly 500 student flats and 26 social rented homes near Old Kent Road are set to be approved at a meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, March 3). The applicant, Summix OCS Developments Ltd, has submitted plans to Southwark Council for two student blocks and 26 family-sized homes for social rent...
Who made mystifying decision to close homeless addiction unit?
We report last week that a hospital unit which specialises in treating homeless people for drug and alcohol misuse will close at the end of March. The detox unit at St Thomas’s Hospital is the only NHS initiative of its kind in London and has treated more than 1,000 homeless patients since it open...
New ‘placemaking manager’ appointed to Better Bankside to create ‘streets that feel more vibrant and resilient’
Better Bankside has announced the appointment of Leo Charleson, saying he joins the Business Improvement District at a ‘pivotal’ time for its ambitious plans to physically change streets in the area, writes Romilly Schulte... His role will include working on an urban art collaboration with the T...
Handheld facial recognition cameras to be give to police in London for the first time
Met Police officers will trial handheld facial recognition devices on Londoners for the first time, the Mayor of London has revealed. Staff will be equpped with Operator-Initiated Facial Recognition (OIFR) technology capable of scanning and identifying people on the spot for a six-month trial period...
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Rod Kitson has been painting his studio flat for eight years. Not some slow-burn decorating job but bit by bit. One square foot by one square foot, day-by-day, on board, as an art project, writes Michael Holland. The artist explained that he once read what the price per square foot of land was in Be...
Rise and Fall of a Temple
Rise and Fall of a Temple, a major exhibition at Chelsea Space by artist Eva Sajovic that invites audiences to reconsider the idea of ‘empire’ and its continued relevance in contemporary society. The exhibition has developed from Sajovic’s 2024-25 fellowship with the British School at Rome whe...
New machine at Queen Elizabeth Hospital helps cancer patient play saxophone again
Garry Cavender, who has bowel cancer, says he can play the saxophone again, thanks to a new machine rolled out at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, writes Niall Holden… Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust announced the arrival of the Hilotherm ChemoCare CIPN machine earlier this month. The machine significan...
Red vs Blue violence fails to materialise as Croydon stands united
“We show up because youth safety is a daily reality, not a viral moment.” That was the message from Croydon Community Action as the borough defied weeks of online panic and saw off what had been billed as a day of “Croydon Wars” youth violence on Friday (February 27). A viral AI-g
Youth club creating next generation of rappers and producers with help of DJ AG
Croydon’s music success is often linked to places like the BRIT School, especially with the recent achievements of artists such as Olivia
Video: Inside Lordship Lane’s Kix Bar + Kitchen – bold flavours and fiery cocktails
If you head down the leafy streets of East Dulwich, you’ll soon stumble across Kix Bar + Kitchen, an independently run late-night spot with live music, vibrant flavours and spicy cocktails. Tucked among the independent shops and cafés of Lordship Lane, Kix offers something bolder than its villa...
Wheelchair user makes the shocking claim that he has been stranded in station lifts ’30 times this year’
A wheelchair user from Herne Hill claims he has been trapped inside lifts ’30 times’ this year alone. Last Monday (16 February), Nathan Rollinson said he was trapped inside a lift at London Bridge station after it ‘broke down while he was inside’. He had been on his way to a hospital appoint...