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Oval: Police appeal after sexual assault on station escalator
Police are appealing for information after reports of a sexual assault at Oval underground station. Shortly after 4pm on Wednesday, March 27, the victim was on an escalator leaving the station when they were sexually assaulted. Officers believe the man pictured could have information that would he...
Teen girl arrested after female ‘punched’ on Canada Water train
A fifteen-year-old girl has been arrested after an altercation on a train from Canada Water. British Transport Police is still appealing for witnesses after the incident left a female with double vision and facial bruising. Shortly before 8pm on Wednesday, April 3, a female was on a train when two g...
Is Taylor Swift’s new song really about a pub in Vauxhall?
Does Taylor Swift mention a Vauxhall pub in her new song, or could it be a different ‘Black Dog’? Here’s what we found out when we searched the globe. Since the American pop star released her new album, The Tortured Poets Department, one song has been causing quite a fuss across the pond. In ...
Parties agree to support LGBT+ education for young people in schools across Bexley
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London Underground stations might have to close at ‘very short notice’
‘Many’ London Underground stations may have to close at ‘very short notice’ due to strike action this weekend, union says. TSSA rail union has announced members working as Customer Service Managers will walk out on Friday 26 April. They were unable to confirm which stations would be affected...
How this south London-based brewery is educating people on elections
If the thought of the mayoral elections is driving you to drink, you could do worse than grab a can of Brixton Brewery’s best-selling beer. The popular South London Brewery has put a QR Code on cans of its Reliance Pale Ale, in a bid to get voters to understand the election process. This followed ...
Rare photos of Tower Bridge’s 1894 opening discovered by engineer’s great-grandson
The great-grandson of someone who built Tower Bridge has found a collection of never-before-seen photos from the week it opened 130 years ago. On 22 June, Tower Bridge will unveil the fascinating photographs in a free exhibition – Launching A Landmark: The Unseen Opening Weeks. The previously unse...
Peckham electrician runs his own company at just 23 years old
A Peckham electrician, who runs his own company at just 23, talks about how much he earns, being searched by police, and how he is inspiring the youth to get into trades. Joshua King made headlines just weeks ago after a video circulated online that showed him and his colleagues being stopped by off...
Old Elephant estate boozer reopens as swanky new LGBTQ pub
An old Elephant boozer, which recently closed after ninety years of service, has just reopened as a new LGBTQ pub. The Rising Sun on the Rockingham Estate has been serving the community since 1937 – but in February it was forced to shut its doors after the landlady retired. Now it has been taken o...
Merton residents plead for historic Burn Bullock pub to be saved after fire
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Folajimi Day named for the Bermondsey man who died saving a drowning woman
A Bermondsey man who died trying to rescue a woman who was drowning in the Thames now has an official day named in his honour. Folajimi Olubumni-Adewole, or Jimi as he was known, jumped into the Thames on April 24, 2021, after a woman who ‘couldn’t swim’ fell from London Bridge. Jimi, who did ...
You Look Well
Unveiling the Invisible Battle of Multiple Sclerosis Shedding light on the unseen struggles faced by individuals living with Multiple Sclerosis: this is the aim of the thought-provoking visual art exhibition ‘You Look Well: Unveiling the Invisible Battle of Multiple Sclerosis’, presented by emer...
KCL university develops gadgets that ‘decode’ moody teenagers’ emotions
Teenagers’ unpredictable moods are being deciphered thanks to wearable technology developed by a local university. The new gadgets can decode the meanings behind scowls, smirks and eye rolls, say researchers from King’s College London. Their research has been published in the journal Frontiers a...
Sewage shocker: Thames pollution doubles in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe
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‘Misery’ after Peckham playground catches fire amid ‘antisocial behaviour’ fears
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Comment: The walls have closed in on disabled residents
‘There’s no place like home’, or so the saying goes. Tragically, for some disabled people across Southwark, there seems to be no place like a
Who are the Peckham men behind the viral beef patty?
A Peckham father and son whose beef patties sold out at Aldi stores in just 48 hours say the phone ‘hasn’t stopped ringing’ as everyone – including a Premier League football club – wants to try them. Paul, 54, and Mike Williams 33, have run Flake Bake – a wholesale bakery specialising in...
Veterans rail against local MP over claims of support during eviction threat
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