If you’re struggling to think of things to do with the little ones during this rather different October half-term than fear not, for some of the best attractions the country has to offer are still open for business – and what’s more they’re right here on our doorstep.
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Ward sister Marion Spence described her team as ‘superheroes’ at a Croydon Healthwatch meeting on Wednesday.
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The next two weeks are crucial to stop coronavirus and its potential to kill, a senior west London politician has warned. Hammersmith and Fulham council leader Stephen Cowan issued the stark warning after a London-wide emergency meeting discussing what the next steps in the capital might be.
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Police are appealing for information after a woman was raped in a churchyard in Walworth. The attack is thought to have taken place at around 3am on Saturday in the grounds of St Peter’s Church in Liverpool Grove.
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Lewisham council is set to “open up” its first low traffic neighbourhood after surrounding roads saw a “major” surge in congestion.
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Students who were quarantined in their halls of residence were given musical instruments by their university to help the two weeks go by. Fifty students self-isolated after an outbreak at the Royal College of Music’s halls in Goldhawk Road, Hammersmith, which was the first reported outbreak at a London university.
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Medics have been left baffled as to why a 20-year-old footballer and coach died playing the game he loved. Andrae Stevens Junior collapsed from a heart defect just after making a pass to a team-mate at Goals Wimbledon.
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More than 150,000 people who work in and around the West End are being given incentives to encourage them to spend money at local shops.
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A new block with “100 per cent affordable housing” has been given the green light in Fulham, despite opposition from a local planning barrister. The 20-storey tower, with 133 flats, featuring distinctive arched windows and a ground floor “arcade”, will be built on the Clement Attlee Estate.
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Frustrated campaigners who lost loved ones in the Grenfell Tower disaster have ramped up their campaign to get cladding off homes throughout the UK. They are staging a waking watch – like those designed to alert people to fires – at the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government to keep the pressure on.
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By Sian Bayley, Local Democracy Reporter Boroughs in South-west London have seen a big jump in the weekly rate of
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A motion of no confidence accused Croydon’s council leader of bringing the borough into decline at an extraordinary council meeting this week. The meeting, on Monday night, was called by the Croydon Conservatives, who demanded the resignation of Councillor Tony Newman as well as cabinet member for finance, Councillor Simon Hall.
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Children are more likely to see objects like cuddly toys, cars or a bar of soap than a non-white face in their books, new research has revealed. Which does not make much sense, when you are a precocious eight-year-old like Kayla-Mai Alvares.
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Cases of coronavirus in South-west London have fallen compared to the previous week. The latest coronavirus rates for South-west London have been published by Public Health England and show declines in cases per 100,000 people in Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston.
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By Lachlan Leeming, Local Democracy Reporter Greenwich councillors have backed a move to break away from the Government’s test and
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Noisy “super cars” and motorbikes which shatter the peace could be caught out by new acoustic cameras being pioneered in the streets of Kensington and Chelsea. The high tech cameras are activated by excess noise and motorists could end up with the court taking their Lamborghinis and Ferraris away.
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It is likely to become normal to have a handful of pupils sent home after testing positive for coronavirus, according to a west London council’s education head.
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A former Metropolitan Police officer would have been kicked out of the force had he not already left after he
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A man who abused two young boys more than 30 years ago has been jailed. Graham Brightwell, 69, of Peabody
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