Southwark Liberal Democrats have a new leader little more than a year after electing their last one. Cllr Hamish McCallum has been elected to take over as leader of the Liberal Democrat Council Group at Southwark Council.
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Sian Berry has today outlined plans to close London City Airport and regenerate the site by building homes and creating opportunities for businesses. Speaking outside The Crystal, the future home of the GLA close to City Airport, Ms Berry today pledged to use a mayoral development corporation to take over plans for the site if elected on May 6.
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People living and working in Wandsworth are reminded that today is the last day of surge testing for the South African variant in the borough. Everyone over the age of 11 was asked to get a test after up to 70 cases of the South African variant were found in Wandsworth and neighbouring Lambeth.
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The largest community centre in the UK is petitioning against a potential £45,000-a-year rent rise imposed by town hall chiefs. Waterloo Action Centre (WAC), in Bayliss Road on the South Bank, would also see an extra £5,000 insurance over a four-year period – it currently pays out only a peppercorn rent.
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More than 100,000 Southwark residents have now received at least their first Covid-19 jab. The figure was hit on April 21, just ahead of the vaccine rollout extending to 44-year-olds in England. Cllr Evelyn Akoto, cabinet member for public health and community safety at Southwark Council, congratulated all those who have received the vaccine.
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The Metropolitan Police force is teaming up with other forces across the country for ‘Operation Sceptre’ in a bid to tackle knife crime and wider violence. Officers will be carrying out weapons sweeps and patrols in violence hotspots, as well as targeting high harm offenders wanted for knife crime offences.
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Lewisham and Greenwich Hospital choir to perform with music superstars at this year’s BRIT Awards. The Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Choir will perform with singers P!nk and Rag’n’Bone Man at the awards show on Tuesday, May 11.
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Police are search for man after a suspected abduction attempt of a six-year-old boy on the road where Sarah Everard was last seen. The child was approached by a man at around 4.30pm last Thursday (April 22) outside his home on Clarence Avenue in Lambeth.
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Four teenage boys have been arrested after two teenage girls injured in a double stabbing – leaving one seriously ill in hospital. Police were called at 4.41pm on Sunday to reports of an assault on Norwood Road, in Lambeth.
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A 50-year-old mother was among protesters camping out in the gardens of a council estate in Battersea this week to prevent more trees from being felled to make way for a new housing development. Emma Buckley slept in a tent in York Gardens last night (April 21) with four others.
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A new report has revealed the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted Londoners. Trust for London’s latest annual Poverty Profile has revealed that the number of people using food banks increased by 128 per cent in London between September 2019 and 2020, compared to a 56 per cent increase in the rest of England.
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A Lebanese street food company is on the shortlist to become the next Kebab King or Queen. BEYRoots have joined five other street vendors from across the UK in Quorn Foods’ new street food competition, which sees each entrant create a unique dish from Quorn’s new “Makes Amazing” range.
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Construction is underway on a new Lidl store just off Purley Way. The new supermarket will be built in part of the former Fabb Sofas building in Trojan Way. At 1,275 square metres it will include a bakery and is expected to create about 40 new jobs.
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Branded a ‘rising star’ by NME and recently making an appearance on a playlist by the Gorillaz, Deema is set to be a one of 2021’s breakout names. Deema first made waves as the youngest member of the Lewisham-based grime collective The Square – which boasted the likes of Novelist, Elf Kid, DeeJillz and Lolingo among its former members.
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A prestigious independent school has just moved students and staff into a £25m new development – the biggest there since it was founded almost 150 years ago. St Dunstan’s college, Stanstead Rd, Catford, now has a new junior school building, STEM centre and sixth form centre.
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Homelessness campaigners are fighting for public awareness after shocking figures reveal South London has tens of thousands of unused homes. Data compiled by Action on Empty Homes (AEH) found that there are a total of 20,075 houses that are either long-term empty homes without residents, or second homes, that could go to struggling homeless families.
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Mystery surrounds how a man was left injured lying next to an e-scooter. Police were initially called around 2.30am yesterday to reports of a man lying injured next to an e-scooter in Love Lane, near the junction with Green Lane, in Morden.
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Six Extinction Rebellion activists have been acquitted in a landmark verdict at Southwark Crown Court this afternoon. The jury delivered its not guilty verdict for each defendant, despite Judge Perrins ruling that five of the six had no defence under the law.
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A cancer survivor is on a mission to get men across the country to get themselves checked. Paul Ricketts, from Southwark, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in late 2018, despite not showing any symptoms at all.
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