New York City artist to paint mural with Brooklyn beer in Brixton
From August 22 until August 26, Danielle Mastrion will transform 500 Brixton Road into an ode to Brooklyn using paint infused with Brooklyn Brewery’s newly launched Pilsner.
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Author: James Twomey
Dulwich residents slam kids charity as ‘Machiavellian’ over late nights at club house
Neighbours of Griffin Sports Club in Dulwich said they weren’t adequately informed about the London Youth Sports Trust’s intention to extend the venue’s opening hours by two hours at weekends.
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BREAKING: Child confirmed dead in Thornton Heath explosion
The London Fire Brigade confirmed the child was dead at the scene after a fire and explosion at a property in Galpin’s Road at around 7am this morning.
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Owami Davies update: Fifth man arrested and new reported sighting
The Metropolitan Police have now arrested five people – two on suspicion of murder and three on suspicion of kidnap.
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Aylesbury Estate regeneration: 600 new homes to be delivered in phase two
Housing association Notting Hill Genesis said the new phase will deliver 614 homes, a new park and a public square in Thurlow Street, Southwark.
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Iceland vouchers for Lambeth and Croydon pensioners
Pension-age residents who are living independently, or with a carer, who rely solely on a state pension and benefits will receive £30 voucher for food and other essentials.
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Update: Thornton Heath house explosion hospitalises three people
Emergency services rushed to a house in Galpin’s Road following a fire and explosion at around 7am today.
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Shaken not purred: Westminster residents’ anger over cat cafe given booze licence despite complaints
Java Whiskers in Marylebone has been given permission to sell alcohol in the basement of the café, despite neighbours complaining it would be a “nuisance”.
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Westminster City council fined after woman forced to wait four-and-a-half years for a home
Westminster City Council closed a woman’s housing application in 2015 without her realising.
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Thornton Heath house explosion: Neighbours ‘stunned’ after blast
A terraced house has collapsed and neighbouring properties have also been damaged after a fire and explosion on Galpin’s Road.
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Antony Gormley sculpture controversy on London university campus over ‘statue’s phallus being erect’
Imperial College London students have slammed a new artwork set to be built on a site in South Kensington, claiming it looks like a man showing his erect penis.
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Families trapped in tower block that leaks urine
One woman found her young child playing with the brown liquid that had started bubbling up through the kitchen floor in her flat in Cotton Gardens estate in Kennington.
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103 students in London permanently excluded for carrying a weapon
There were 537 children permanently excluded while thousands of suspensions were given out across the capital’s state schools including for reasons such as sexual misconduct, racism and drug use.
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Bromley council told to pay dad £3.6K after son with special needs missed eight months of school
The man claimed he had to take time off work as he was distressed about the lack of support for his son.
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Judge to rule on whether Lambeth estate regeneration is lawful
Residents of Cressingham Gardens in Lambeth fear their homes will be next for the wrecking ball if demolition of one of the estate’s blocks goes ahead.
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BREAKING: Serious incident declared in Greenwich as armed police officers shoot man
The Metropolitan Police have declared a ‘serious incident’ in Greenwich this afternoon after reports of a shooting.
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‘I’m still in shock’: Brixton man escapes near death as wall collapses in front of him
Fabio Simoes, 33, from Bellefield Road was heading home on his scooter this afternoon at around 2.40pm when the wall from a row of houses in Stockwell Avenue, Brixton, collapsed right in front of him.
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Homeless outreach project returns to help 200 people-a-night
Street Souls, a project from homeless charity Emmaus and the Coombe Trust, returned to its home in St Stephen’s Church in Westminster on July 22 for a trial run.
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Joel Urhie: Four years after seven-year-old murdered and still no justice
On August 7, 2018, emergency services were called to a fire at the house on Adolphus Street in Deptford where Joel lived with his family.
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