Candidates hoping to be elected a councillor for Catford South have set out what they would do if elected. A by-election will be held on Thursday, May 6, for the Catford South ward after Councillor Abdeslam Amrani stepped down last year due to personal and family commitments.
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A mental health charity has urged the government to tackle ‘profound inequalities’ that exist across mental health services for people from ethnic minorities. Lambeth & Southwark Mind are calling on the government to do more to help communities, in particular Black African-Caribbean residents.
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Sadiq Khan has said that further devolution is “integral to the future of our country” as he seeks greater powers as mayor if re-elected on May 6. In his re-election manifesto, the current Mayor of London has called on the Government to give him additional powers, including the power to set business rates in London as well the ability to impose rent controls.
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Hospital staff in Croydon walked behind the body of their first colleague to die from coronavirus as he was taken to the mortuary. The heartbreaking story is told in a new film where Croydon University Hospital staff open up about fighting coronavirus on the frontline.
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The leading candidates in the race to be the next Mayor of London have now all published their manifestos outlining their plans for the next three years. With just over two weeks to go until Londoners head to the polls, the candidates representing Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens have all detailed how they plan to address the key issues affecting London, including crime and housing.
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Health campaigners will protest against the takeover of dozens of London GP practices by a private health company. Hammersmith and Fulham Save Our NHS (HAFSON) will stage the protests on Thursday, April 22, at two local surgeries that have changed hands – the Cassidy Centre in Fulham and the Canberra Old Oak Surgery in White City.
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People in and around Croydon have begun donating blood plasma for medicines for the first time in more than 20 years. The plasma will be used to make antibody-based medicines – called immunoglobulins – for people with rare immune diseases.
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The mother of a rapper stabbed to death in Deptford has said she is ‘haunted’ by what happened to her son, as his killers were sentenced to life in prison today. Elijah Morgan, 20, of no fixed address and Jedaiah Param, 21, of Norwood High Street, West Norwood, were found guilty on Friday, March 12 following a trial at the Old Bailey.
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Vic Santoro, provided free meals to local kids at four stores across his home borough, Lewisham, last Wednesday, April 14. The rapper, who attended John Stainer primary school, gave out free chicken and chips at the branches he used to frequent as a child in Brockley, Lewisham, Catford and Ladywell.
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The four leading candidates running to be Mayor of London have unanimously opposed the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry and Luisa Porritt have all spoken out against plans to add a third runway.
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The percentage of Southwark families who received a primary school place on their list of preferences is the highest since records began in 2009. The council announced today that 98.8 per cent (2,765) of on-time primary applications for September 2021 received at least one preference, up from last year’s 98 per cent.
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A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Salem Koudou in Brixton in August 2020. Salem, a drill rapper, was stabbed to death on Wynne Road, Brixton at around 6pm on August 20 following a clash on the nearby Angell Town estate.
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People bereaved by Grenfell are calling for a ban on products made by companies connected with the Grenfell Tower refurbishment being used on Kensington and Chelsea Council’s building projects. It comes after floor insulation was used on a new £36.5m school for children with special needs and primary school next door, a mile away from Grenfell Tower where 72 people tragically died.
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Shaun Bailey this morning launched his election manifesto with a pledge to cut crime in London “in 100 days”. Speaking at his launch event, the Conservative candidate said that the first hundred days of a mayoral term “dictate what London will be like for the next thousand days” and that he wanted to prevent a “crime epidemic” as lockdown restrictions are lifted.
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Love them or loathe them it looks like despite a significant slowdown in building skyscrapers during the spring and summer in 2020, there was not the downturn feared because of the pandemic. According to New London Architecture’s annual review of skyscrapers over 20 storeys or more, there are 587 tall buildings in the pipeline in London – with 310 granted full planning permission and 127 under consideration.
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Sadiq Khan has been urged to ban London bus companies from using fire and rehire tactics by a leading trade union. Unite, which represents transport workers across the country, has called on the current Mayor of London to ban employers that use fire and rehire tactics from bidding for future TfL contracts.
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Secondary schools and colleges in Wandsworth will receive PCR home testing kits to help assist with surge testing for the South African coronavirus variant. People living and working in Wandsworth over the age of 11 were asked to get tested this week after a number of cases of the variant first identified in South Africa were detected in both Wandsworth and Lambeth.
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A 24-year-old has been arrested after a man in his 70s was left hospitalised following reports of a collision with a moped in Penge. Officers were called at around 11am on Friday, April 16, following reports of a collision involving a pedestrian and moped on Maple Road.
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Parents at Pimlico Academy have been taken aback by letters from the school’s leadership – including former education minister Lord Nash – threatening “discipline” if there are further protests. The school made national headlines on March 31 when pupils staged a sit-in against changes brought in by principal Daniel Smith.
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