Sadiq Khan warns ‘aggressive’ landlords hiking rents will destroy business
The mayor told South London Press at a visit to Bermondsey’s Blue Market today that the spate of rent hikes would “destroy livelihoods” of those in the community.
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Author: James Twomey
Saving The Manor sees South London inspired luxury wallpaper brand hit TV screens
The founder of a high-end wall paper company who set up her business from her kitchen table in Herne Hill in 2016 is set to be featured on HGTV’s ‘Saving the Manor’.
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Merton council’s ‘very high deficit’ in schools budget could take five years to balance
Earlier this year, the council was identified by the Department for Education as having a “very high deficit” in its dedicated schools grant.
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Tenants ask council to disconnect gas so they “aren’t tempted to put the heating on”
The soaring cost of living is pushing Lewisham residents to seek out desperate measures to save money, councillor Amanda De Ryk warned.
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Restaurant could lose licence after two women allegedly assaulted
Officers claimed the incident occurred at The Palm Beach on Woolwich High Street, Greenwich, on May 18 after the women were brought to the restaurant by a group of men.
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Southeastern to cut trains to Charing Cross
From December, all trains on the Woolwich line will no longer go to Charing Cross, instead terminating at London Cannon Street.
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Southwark council CCTV van rakes in £143K in driving fines
Southwark Council’s parking enforcement van snapped drivers 2,211 times between 2019 and 2022.
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Westminster pharmacist fears closure after 30 years from rising property prices
Shailedra Amin, who owns Audley Pharmacy in South Audley Street, said the area has been hit by a mass exodus of residents who are put off by unaffordable property prices.
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Empty homes in central London tripled in past five years
In the past year alone the number of empty homes in the borough has shot up by 546.
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Pregnant woman sees mouse in Croydon hospital where she will give birth in weeks
The 19-year-old is three weeks away from giving birth to her second child. She is currently in a private room in the maternity triage unit.
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Woman dies after house fire in Eltham
The London Fire Brigade confirmed today that the woman who was rescued from a house fire in Alderwood Road had passed away.
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Wetherspoons in Battersea up for sale
Wetherspoons called the move a ‘commercial decision’ after previously warning it expected to lose £30 million for the year up to July.
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Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder for almost hitting cops with car
At around 9.10pm on Thursday, officers on patrol in the Kilburn area stopped a car in Ashmore Road, Queen’s Park.
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Man arrested after ‘devastating’ damage to 122-year-old Croydon clock tower
A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson but later bailed, police have confirmed.
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Lewisham and Southwark council leaders call on Kwasi Kwarteng to start Bakerloo line extension
Transport for London announced plans to extend the Bakerloo line South East to Lewisham in 2017.
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Two men guilty for ‘harrowing’ knife attack on a teenager that made his heart stop
The extent of the injuries mean that James Bascoe-Smith, 18, will never fully recover.
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Block of flats owned by out of town council needs £20m fire safety fix
The building was bought by Mansfield District council as an investment in 2017, but parts of its internal structures now need to be ripped out and rebuilt following advice from an independent safety assessment.
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Jazz musician Oscar Jerome… Fills the spoon with introspection
The introspective project spans across 12 tracks and offers a refreshed creative approach as he inhabits different personas to provide the most transparent version of himself to date.
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Bermondsey residents slam plans for £25m luxury superyacht to hold 1,500 people parties
People living in apartments overlooking Butler’s Wharf in Bermondsey fear the streets below will be overrun by the hundreds of passengers.
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