A charity has launched new services in South East London to help carers supporting people with eating disorders. The number of people contacting Beat for support has more than tripled from 2020 to 2021 compared to the previous year.
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A TV company is looking for couples from South London for their new pilot next month. The new show will see couples meet important people in each other’s lives for the first time including parents, siblings, best friends or close family.
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A chef from Woolwich has been cooking up a storm during the last year. Tristan Downes is one of 33 semi-finalist in the prestigious National Chef of the Year competition – which Gordon Ramsay was a previous winner of.
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Police are continuing their five day search for a man who jumped off Westminster Bridge on Saturday. Police officers, the London Ambulance Service and the London Fire Brigade were called to the bridge at around 8pm on Saturday night.
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Students at a school in Dulwich celebrated as almost two thirds of them got into Russell Group universities. Pupils at Kingsdale Foundation School found out they were going to Cambridge University, Imperial College, and King’s College London, as well as Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham.
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A teenager from Lambeth has gotten a place at Cambridge University to study medicine after being inspired to become a doctor during the pandemic. Tawab Abdul from Lambeth Academy will be attending Homerton College at Cambridge.
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Olympic diver Eden Cheng has achieved top A Level results after studying while competing around the world. The athlete, who attended Alleyn’s in Dulwich, received A*, A*, A and B grades after studying in classrooms, on planes and at pool sides while pursuing her international diving career.
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A student from Wandsworth who has been supporting herself through her studies has received a £50,000 scholarship after getting top A Levels. Amera Badawy, who attended Ark Putney Academy, achieved an A*, an A and a B.
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A Westminster sixth form is celebrating their best ever set of A Level results since opening 90 years ago. Students at DLD College in Westminster Bridge achieved a 100% pass rate at both A Level and BTEC.
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A student at an East Dulwich Sixth Form has secured a place on an engineering apprenticeship with Amazon after getting top A Level results. Adrian Porteros Rubio, who attended Harris Boys’ Academy East Dulwich, received an A in both Maths and Physics.
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A Nunhead student who moved to the UK at the age of 12 has received three A*s at A Level – and has got into Oxford University. Juan Erazo Rojas, who attends St Thomas the Apostle School, achieved the top grade possible in Chemistry, Physics and Maths.
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The incident happened around 11pm on September 4, 2020, in Armitage Road, Greenwich. Met Police officers were responding to reports of a serious incident in Armitage Road, SE10, when they stopped and searched five teenage boys.
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A new stadium, 600 extra homes and a council rule change has caused parking chaos in South London. Families are furious as AFC Wimbledon’s new stadium and recently built apartments surrounding it have opened in the area without enough parking being provided.
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Students and staff at an academy in Greenwich are celebrating this week after receiving a prestigious award for the third time. Harris Academy Greenwich was awarded The World Class School Quality Mark for providing students with excellent academic qualifications and support to become well-rounded and socially responsible young adults.
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Councillors are calling for Olympic diver Tom Daley to be awarded the highest civic award in honour of his sporting achievements. Mr Daley won the gold medal for 10m platform diving at the Tokyo Olympics last week.
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A video appearing to show a member of the public being shouted at by a receptionist at Merton council has gone viral on social media. The clip, posted on Monday, August 2, seems to show the member of staff raising his voice, throwing a letter towards the person and telling them to “shut up”.
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The NHS is encouraging more pregnant women in South London to get their Covid-19 vaccine, as new national data shows nearly 52,000 pregnant women in England have received at least one dose. The Covid-19 vaccines are one of the best defences against infection, preventing at least 11.7 million infections in England alone.
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More than 700 people reported they were sexually, physically and emotionally abused in Lambeth children’s homes including Shirley Oaks, Angell Road and South Vale from the 1960s until the homes closed in 1983. The number is likely to be much higher.
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Parent activists have launched a pavement art campaign to draw attention to areas with high air pollution. Mums for Lungs sprayed stencils with the words “illegal air pollution recorded here” on pavements on Brixton Road and Woolwich flyover.
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