E-bike battery caused Shepherd’s Bush high rise flat blaze
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said an e-bike battery was the cause of a fire in a 12th floor flat in Shepherd’s Bush yesterday.
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Author: James Twomey
Union says borough will lose £250k every day parking wardens strike
Wandsworth parking wardens have gone on strike today for the third time in a dispute over pay, meaning parking charges will not be being checked and penalty notices will not be being issued.
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Use your feet to ‘Beat the Street’ and win prizes
Some 136 Beat the Street boxes have been installed and are staging posts for those taking part by walking, cycling, scooting or rollerblading to different locations in the borough and accumulating points on a card.
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TfL to fine motorists who drive in cycle lanes
The government has introduced new powers allowing TfL and London boroughs to fine motorists who infringe on cycle lanes and cycle tracks in the same way that they currently do for bus lanes and yellow box junctions.
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Mayor of London to launch £545k pilot to improve digital divide
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a pilot programme worth £545,000 that will help 75,000 Londoners without access to the internet.
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St Thomas’ hospital abseil challenge returns
The popular fundraising challenge will take place on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 September, raising vital funds for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
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London School of Horticulture opens new site with Kew Gardens expert
London School of Horticulture has opened a new site in Telegraph Hill, Lewisham, with Kew Gardens-trained horticulturist Dr Mima Taylor.
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Climate activists let down tyres of 40 SUVs in ‘rich London neighbourhood’
The latest form of anti-SUV activism took place across the Dulwich neighbourhood, with seven streets targeted.
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Safest and most dangerous boroughs for young drivers revealed
Analysis from a car insurer has found one South London borough is in the top safest places to drive in the UK for young drivers, while another is in the most dangerous.
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‘If you don’t do your homework, you don’t play’: Youth football club taking kids off the street wins league unbeaten
A youth football club set up less than a year ago with the aim of taking kids off the streets to avoid “gang culture” has romped to its first league trophy.
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Met officer pleads guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour
A Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour while he was in training for the job.
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One person hospitalised after ‘badly damaged’ high-rise flat fire less than a mile from Grenfell Tower
The fire burnt out a flat on the 12th floor of a block Queensdale Crescent in Shepherd’s Bush this morning, less than a mile from where the Grenfell Tower fire claimed 72 lives in 2017.
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M&S Oxford Street: Government minister calls in plans to bulldoze 100-year-old building
Cabinet minister Michael Gove has called in the company’s plans to bulldoze and rebuild its flagship store on London’s most famous shopping district after environmental concerns.
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London Councils warns rising inflation could take £700m toll on capital’s town halls
Soaring inflation has left London’s town halls needing £700m to maintain services and pay staff, London Councils has warned.
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Croydon council promises extra support for cost of living crisis
Croydon council has promised to support residents in greatest need this summer with over £3m in extra funding.
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Shopping centre in Lewisham to be bulldozed for a 15-storey tower development
Plans have been submitted to flatten the Leegate Shopping Centre in Lewisham and replace it with four blocks between eight and 15 floors high.
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London Assembly member renews criticism of Met over sharing images of knives
A London assembly member has slammed the Metropolitan Police for sharing images of knives on its social media pages, which new research indicates may “encourage knife carrying”.
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It’s good to talk, whatever your age
A new community centre has opened to encourage friendships between perople of different generations – many of whom suffered fromr isolation during the pandemic.
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Residents fear being forced out of London if estate demolition goes ahead
Residents on an estate under threat of being bulldozed fear they’ll have to leave London if the demolition goes ahead.
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