Missed rubbish collections leave streets ‘disgustingly filthy’
The concerns come four months after Wandsworth council’s introduction of free food waste collections.
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Author: Claudia Lee
Facelift planned for ‘notoriously bad’ street markings that worried wardens
The wide-scale scheme to improve “notoriously bad” street markings in one borough will be rolled out next year.
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Heavily pregnant woman and unborn baby die after crash with unmarked police car
The incident happened at around 6.15pm when the unmarked car was involved in a collision with another vehicle on the A20.
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‘Catastrophic failure’ of lithium battery causes house fire
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled the blaze in The Little Boltons, Chelsea, at around 9pm.
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Man wanted after spate of mosque burglaries
Anthony Cheike, 55, is described as being about 6ft 8in tall with a shaved head and stubble.
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Sadiq Khan launches £1m toolkit to help schools combat online misogyny
According to pollster Savanta, almost one in three young men aged 16 to 25 see Andrew Tate as a role model.
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Man who drugged and murdered wife given life sentence
Two days before handing himself in, Shane Simmonds had drugged Tia with sleeping tablets, before stabbing her.
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UK’s ‘most haunted’ art gallery to open in Soho this Halloween
A new kind of existential horror is coming to London with what could be the world’s most haunted art gallery.
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Half-term leisure activities to banish boredom in Greenwich
Greenwich’s seven leisure centres and five Adventure Play Centres are buzzing with opportunities for family fun from October 28, to November 3.
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Immersive Vogue show charts the history of the catwalk
Vogue: Inventing the Runway will premiere at London’s Lightroom in Lewis Cubitt Square, Kings Cross, on November 13.
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Black Authors on the Rise: Event celebrates talent of African and Caribbean authors
Black Authors on the Rise will bring together works of more than 150 black authors of Africa-Caribbean heritage.
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Christopher Walker reviews Giselle at Sadler’s Wells
It is good to be reminded of just how great that genius can be with a revival of his reimagined Giselle.
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‘That special type of magic only the theatre can provide’: Queen Elizabeth II opens the National Theatre in 1976
The event marked a breakthrough following a long history of dashed hopes for the theatre.
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Collection of stories, poems and raps by underrepresented children released
The Look Like Me Book Challenge (C.I.C.) has launched Raised Voices, a collection of stories, poetry and raps by black children.
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‘A very disturbing case’: Man admits murdering wife on first day of trial
Shane Simmonds, 39, has confessed to killing Tia Simmonds, 32, at their home in Parbury Road, Forest Hill on January 3.
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New app launched to improve accessibility for blind and partially sighted rail passengers
GTR will offer free access to the Aira Explorer guidance app to all 236 of its Southern, Thameslink-managed stations and Great Northern stations.
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Public consultation launched for revised Elephant & Castle development
The project was given consent in 2019 but regulatory changes relating to building safety and sustainability saw it return to the drawing board.
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Primary school forced to close for three days as staff walk out on strike
Parents and children will face locked gates at Mulgrave Primary School in Rectory Place until Friday.
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Council takes community approach to remedy antisocial behaviour in town centre
Lambeth council’s public health team is working with substance misuse services to run the on-street engagement team.
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