A litter of Metropolitan police puppies have been named after a Croydon officer who was killed on duty. The Met Commissioner Cressida Dick welcomed the seven new-born puppies who have been named the ‘Ratana Litter’ in memory of PS Matt Ratana who was killed on duty last year. Matt was fatally shot at Croydon Custody Centre in September 2020.
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A temporary director of housing has been appointed by Croydon Council at a cost of £104,250 for six months. Dr Alison Knight is taking up the role at the council deals with the fallout from shocking living conditions exposed in a tower block in South Norwood.
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The Archdiocese of Southwark must pay its own costs for an inquiry after its application to force Lewisham Council to cover them was refused. Last week, following a planning inquiry, the Archdiocese was told it would have to rebuild a school it runs in Sydenham after it failed to comply with planning consent when building it.
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Lewisham Council is set to award a £1.7 million refugee resettlement contract to the Refugee Council. The organisation provides support and advice to refugees and asylum seekers – the council says the contract will enable it to support up to 100 refugee families.
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A man in his 50s has been jailed for armed robbery after he threatened a cashier in Clapham. Steven Faber, 53, of Solon New Road, pleaded guilty to robbery and possession of an imitation firearm.
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The leader of Lambeth Council has “vehemently denied” allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted touching, according to a report in The Guardian on May 16. The story revealed that leader Cllr Jack Hopkins is being investigated by Labour for the allegations, which it says were made to the party by a woman in March this year.
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Police are searching for a man after a spate of sexual assaults in Southwark. On the afternoon of Sunday, April 4, three women were touched inappropriately by the same man, in the space of just a few minutes.
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A student from Southwark has been crowned ‘top mathlete’ in a global competition. Ten-year-old Mosolade from Michael Faraday School bagged the gold medal in the UK and Global Year 6 category of the World Maths Day challenge.
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Business leaders in London have urged Sadiq Khan and the Government to agree to an extension of TfL’s emergency funding deal. With the current deal set to run out tomorrow (May 18), business campaigning group London First has said it is “essential” for City Hall and central Government to agree to an extension of the deal in a new report about the future of transport in the capital.
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A Brixton Rum distillery has bagged a prestigious international award despite only launching its inaugural rum seven months ago. The newly-established Brixton Distillery Company in the heart of Brixton market has been awarded a silver medal in this year’s International Spirits Challenge 2021 (Rum & Cane Spirits) for Market Row Botanical Rum.
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Kensington and Chelsea Council has published new planning guidelines designed to protect the Royal Brompton Hospital from being redeveloped. The council’s Supplementary Planning Document was drawn up after concerns that the 19th century hospital, with 350 beds, could be sold off by the NHS to property developers. Residents and campaigners have speculated that, if sold, the land would eventually become luxury homes.
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“I was determined to keep helping care home residents as I knew they would be feeling more lonely than ever given the circumstances,” said Hammersmith student Nina who has been named as a Covid champion. “A letter is never ill-timed, it never interrupts,” said author Lois Wyse.
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Nurses and midwives from Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital have been recognised for their outstanding practice with a unique professional award. The Nightingale Nurse and Nightingale Midwife Award was presented to 41 nurses and two midwives who now have the honour of being known as a ‘Nightingale Nurse’ or ‘Nightingale Midwife’.
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The Conservative group leader in Hammersmith and Fulham has announced he will step back from the role. Councillor Andrew Brown will be replaced by councillor Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler, who was his deputy.
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Lewisham’s newly elected councillors have promised to stand up for residents following their wins last week. Four by-elections were held on May 6, alongside the London mayoral and assembly elections. The council declared on Saturday that Labour and Cooperative Party candidates had won all four seats in Sydenham, New Cross, Catford South, and Bellingham.
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The backlog of patients waiting over a year for routine treatments at three West London hospitals will continue to grow “until July”, an NHS chief has said. The excruciating waits for those elective treatments, such as hip replacements and knee surgery, has been caused by the pandemic.
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Following months of research, a private school in Wimbledon is looking to rename its sports hall due to an association with a slave trader. Wimbledon High School will change the name of it’s Draxmont sports hall named after a member of the Drax family which owned slave plantations in the Americas.
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After a “long and agonising wait” an inquest into the Croydon tram crash will get underway on Monday (May 17). It has been more than four years since a tram derailed at Sandilands Junction on November 9, 2016. The inquest will take place at Croydon Town Hall from Monday-Thursday and is expected to last for 13 weeks.
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Sadiq Khan has announced plans to push ahead with the planned expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) later this year. The newly re-elected Mayor of London today confirmed that the ULEZ will be expanded to operate up to the north and south circular roads from October 25 this year as previously planned.
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