London Mayor candidate Sian Berry has pledged to “gold plate” London’s green belt if elected on May 6. The Green Party candidate has pledged to further protect the area from development and has revealed plans to support small farmers while making green belt areas more accessible to Londoners through Transport for London.
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A charity that recycles donated technology to those who need it is undergoing a name change today to mark its first birthday. Lambeth TechAid will now be named Community TechAid, to reflect the volunteer-run charity’s focus on reaching diverse communities.
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Sadiq Khan remains the favourite to win the London Mayor election, according to the latest opinion polling. With election day just three weeks away, the latest opinion poll from Opinium has put Sadiq Khan on 51 per cent of first preference votes, 22 points ahead of nearest rival Shaun Bailey.
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A hospital has appointed its first equality chief. Funmi Onamusi has been appointed to the newly-created substantive role of Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She will aim to accelerate the trust’s ambitious equality agenda.
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Portobello Road Market is starting to recover to its pre-pandemic strength, and some traders are even reporting a new-found customer base – local people. Saturday April 17 will see the long-awaited return of the world-famous Kensington market’s many antiques dealers.
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A mental health campaigner has called for more awareness around eating disorders following the death of a reality TV star last week. Hope Virgo has described the death of Big Brother star Nikki Grahame as ‘heart-breaking’ but said it was ‘a stark reminder’ of the dangers of eating disorders.
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A senior manager rejected claims she was “overpaying” people she recruited to join her team at Hammersmith and Fulham Council. Rachael Wright-Turner joined the council in November 2017 as the £127,000-a-year director of public services.
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Six people have been charged with 62 offences between them, including modern slavery and human trafficking. They were arrested following an investigation by the Met’s Modern Day Slavery Team targeting the sexual exploitation of women at brothels in London.
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Ahead of what is expected to be a busy weekend, the Met is setting out a policing plan in a bid to ‘deter crime and keep people safe’ across the capital as Prince Philip is laid to rest. Following his death last Friday, the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral will take place in Windsor tomorrow.
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A new walk-in vaccination centre will open in Lambeth for patients struggling to book. If you are eligible for a Covid-19 vaccination you can get your first dose from Montgomery Hall vaccination centre in Kennington on Thursday 22 and Saturday 24 April without an appointment.
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Campaigners are urging shops to waive their delivery charges for the disabled as the service is a lifeline for them. Sandip Sodha, from Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea’s access group said many people with long-term health conditions, the disabled and older people are struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic.
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Sadiq Khan has said that London must be “cautious” about repurposing office and retail space without first “seeing if we can do everything we can” to bring people back to central London. The current Mayor of London was speaking to business leaders from across the capital at an event organised by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry ahead of the mayoral election on May 6.
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A new ten-storey office building could soon be built at Battersea Studios. Plans were submitted to Wandsworth Council last month on behalf of Schroder UK Real Estate Fund. They include nine storeys of office space and light industrial use on the ground floor.
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More testing sites have opened in Wandsworth to cope with surge testing. This week all residents over 11-years-old who live, work, or travel through the borough, as well as neighbouring Lambeth, were asked to take a PCR coronavirus test after up to 70 cases of the South African variant were found in the two boroughs.
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A council officer who suffered flashbacks after helping in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire said she had been concerned about her new job at Hammersmith and Fulham council. Rachael Wright-Turner told an employment tribunal she was not paranoid when she feared for her job after taking time off sick because “what I was worried about actually transpired”.
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A new 32-storey skyscraper could replace the Met Police’s former counter terrorism HQ in West London, plans show. Berkeley Homes wants to demolish Paddington Green Police Station and build 556 flats, as well as 6,170 square metres of retail and office floor space.
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“We were just thrust into it – having so many clients. We went from working two hours a week to 80 hours.” Taken out of context, you might think those were the words of an entrepreneur who has struck gold with a unique idea that had quickly made them a fortune.
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The bereaved parents of a disabled teenager have expressed their horror and grief at his killing on Saturday. Levi Ernest Morrison died at 7.20pm on the pavement of Sydenham Road, Sydenham, yards from his home as horrified bystanders watched paramedics and police try to save him.
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A local conservation charity is campaigning to bring a scout hut back into action. The now derelict prefab sits on privately owned land by a section of railway in Crofton Park that once formed part of the Great North Wood.
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