Kids missing school due to hygiene poverty, new research shows
Children in London have skipped sport because of hygiene poverty.
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Author: James Twomey
Peckham Lidl to reopen its doors in weeks
The supermarket in Bellenden Road in Peckham will reopen its doors on October 27.
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Just Stop Oil throw tomato soup on £75m Van Gogh painting
Two protesters walked into the gallery and threw tins of Heinz tomato soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
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The Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival announces its October 2022 programme
Now in its 15th year, the festival features prestigious authors alongside rising literary stars. To coincide with this, the London Literature Festival explores the climate crisis.
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Bromley recycling centre shut down until Christmas after walls fell down
Churchfields Reuse and Recycling Centre in Beckenham, Bromley, was shut on September 12 to the public over safety concerns.
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E-fit released of man after rape in Morden
An investigation was launched after a man in his 20s reported he had been attacked by another man in Morden Hall Park.
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Croydon widow told to ‘shush’ by council debt advisor over unpaid council tax
This was one of many cases where residents felt they were not listened to when trying to get debt advice from the council.
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Three men convicted after American tourist robbed of £100K watch at knifepoint
The suspects surrounded him and demanded he hand over his Rolex watch, worth around £100,000.
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Croydon council banking on making £1m fining drivers outside schools
The figures were confirmed at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday night where nine new ‘school streets’ were given the green light
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Met Commissioner ‘very enthusiastic’ about diversion scheme for low-level drug offences
Metropolitan Police commissioner is “very enthusiastic” about the prospect of diversion schemes for low-level drug offences in London.
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Refugees in Kensington and Chelsea left without medical help and survive on £40 a week
Labour councillor Mona Ahmed said asylum seekers in Kensington and Chelsea are “not being given legal advice or psychological support.
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Bromley veto £400K ‘warm banks’ fund, instead suggesting residents go to libraries
A motion was raised to create a £400,000 fund to support charities operating “warm banks”.
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‘I found it harder to look my students in the eye’: Just Stop Oil protesters block streets in waterloo
Since October 1, Just Stop Oil have demonstrated daily including blocking traffic at key junctions across the capital.
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Cars permanently banned from Greenwich Park
The ban follows a two-year trial in the park and traffic analyses of the area.
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Phil’s Fruit & Veg under threat of eviction after two decades in Brixton Village Market
A Hondo Enterprises employee threatened to set in motion Phillip Chong’s eviction from Brixton Village Market last week.
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Met Police unable to remove protesters blocking roads as they do not cause ‘serious disruption’
Police are unable to step in and remove protestors from blocking roads as they do not meet the “critical legal threshold”.
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Met Police reduced number of knife images shared online as evidence shows it causes harm
Between July 2020 and August 2021, the Met shared more than 2,000 images of knives to its various social media accounts.
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Brixton Road hotel approved despite fears of ‘antisocial behaviour’
Lambeth councillors waved through the redevelopment of a building currently home to Superdrug on Brixton Road.
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Southwark GPs agree to stop asking new patients for ID
In Southwark, 37 GPs have so far agreed to see patients who don’t have proof of address or immigration status.
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