Leisure centre staff in Lewisham will be balloted for strike action over pay issues – including not being paid owed wages. Union chiefs have taken the first step towards strikes for 31 staff at Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) at five leisure centres across the borough.
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Bin collections in Bexley will resume from tomorrow after refuse workers return from a six-week strike. The industrial action has been suspended while a deal between refuse collectors and their employer Serco is ratified.
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Cladding campaigners have staged a protest at the famous Sky Pool to demand that developers pay to make their homes safe. Campaign group Action for Fire Safety Justice gathered in Nine Elms on Saturday with tenants and leaseholders who are still living in unsafe conditions.
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Environmental activists have clashed with a council over their handling of pension investments. Fossil Free Southwark and XR Southwark have criticised Southwark council for investing their pension fund in fossil fuels after pledging to divest.
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A woman from South London has reached the finals of the Miss England beauty pageant. Constance Iloghalu, 27, from Lewisham, will be competing against around 45 other women hoping to claim the crown on Friday, August 27.
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The LP Swing Orchestra are celebrating 100 Years of Big Bands at Cadogan Hall on September 12, accompanied by singers Matthew Ford and Nicola Emmanuelle. Tracing the history of Jazz from Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans, the band will celebrate a century of swing music.
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An exhibition at the OXO tower will be showcasing art by people with Parkinson’s from around the world. The exhibition at Gallery@OXO in London is being presented by Parkinson’s Art, a group of artists and writers living with Parkinson’s.
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The Royal Parks have issued an urgent warning against the use of disposable BBQs after lizards were found burnt alive in Richmond Park. Grass snakes, toads, frogs, newts and stag beetles have all been killed in fires caused in the royal parks with many incidents caused by illegal disposable BBQs.
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A Southwark attraction is giving their best shot at encouraging young people to get the vaccine. In their Shots for Shots initiative, the London Dungeon are giving away a free alcoholic shot to guests over 18 who are double vaccinated.
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A student from Westminster announced his GCSE results on the radio to the whole of London before telling his family. Westminster City School student Adebayo Agbayewa achieved Grade 9 and 8 in all subjects, plus one Grade 7.
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Students at Kingsdale Foundation School celebrated their GCSE results this morning, which were among the school’s best ever. Among the top achievers were India Van Der Waal, Luella Sear and Charlotte Yaxley who received 18 Grade 9s, 5 Grade 8s and 6 Grade 7s between them.
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Students at East Dulwich schools are celebrating amazing GCSE results, after coming to the UK during secondary school. Gayatri Subhash, who joined Harris Girls’ Academy East Dulwich from overseas at the start of Year 11 and attained 9 GCSEs at grade 8 and above.
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A student from Eltham has got into Oxford following her impressive A level results. Claramae Flemming from Eltham Hill Sixth Form has successfully gained a place to read Economics and Management at Oxford University.
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Three students at a Southwark school have blown away their teachers by achieving Grade 9s on all their GCSEs. Charlotte Paresys, Jesse Ngizwenayo and Finn Wharton from the City of London School Academy Southwark (CoLA) all received Grade 9s across the board.
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Students from schools in Lewisham are celebrating after receiving their GCSE results. Following 18 months of extremely challenging circumstances, there were plenty of proud smiles and stories of excellent achievements across the borough.
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A school in Camberwell is celebrating results day as ten students achieved five Grade 9s or more each. Sacred Heart Camberwell student Daniel Evbota received ten Grade 9s and one Grade 8 and Grace Makiese got nine Grade 9s and one Grade 8.
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Two students at a Nunhead school have achieved top GCSEs, with 21 Grade 9s between them. Santiago Benitez Campoverde and Ezekiel Oyede from St Thomas the Apostle School have now enrolled on courses to study on the prestigious Oxbridge programme at the school’s Sixth Form in September.
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Artists have staged pop-up performance pieces in Brixton and East Croydon to mark ten years since the London riots. Poet Haroon Khan performed outside Brixton Station on August 7 and hip hop lyricist Lekan ‘Ajarni’ Kehinde took his art piece to East Croydon Station on August 9.
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Survivors of the Melting Pot are not eligible for financial compensation from the Lambeth Redress Scheme. The scheme was set up to compensate people who were abused or lived in fear of being abused while in Lambeth’s care as children.
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