Future London Mayoral elections will be decided by the first past the post (FPTP) voting system under new plans revealed by Priti Patel. The Home Secretary yesterday announced that elections for the Mayor of London and all combined authority mayors would change to the FPTP system from 2024 as it “provides for stronger and clear local accountability”.
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A former professional footballer has been jailed for 10 years after he raped a woman in a London bar. Alhaji Sesay, 22, of Congleton Grove, Greenwich appeared at Bristol Crown Court today where he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for the attempted rape of a woman in a Bristol nightclub and the rape and attempted rape of woman at a north London bar.
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A pop-up vaccination clinic will run this weekend in Croydon with no need to book an appointment. On Saturday (March 20) the Covid-19 vaccination will be offered at Croydon Mosque in London Road from 1.15-4pm.
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Westminster City Council will lead a new air clean project funded by the government following successful air quality projects in Lambeth, Lewisham and the City of Westminster. Non-profit Cross River Partnership (CRP) will launch a project known as Clean Air Villages 4 (CAV4) after securing funding from an air quality grant scheme.
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Southwark’s Liberal Democrats have blasted the council’s record on recycling following the release of waste figures from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The latest Government figures, covering between April 2019 and March 2020, show that the borough’s recycling rates went down by 0.1 per cent, which the opposition has labelled “unacceptable” in light of the climate emergency.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has today announced a £544 million investment to aid London’s economic recovery following the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the London Recovery Summit, the mayor announced the money would be spent on creating jobs and revitalising London’s high streets.
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The deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police today said he “can’t apologise” for the way officers handled a vigil for Sarah Everard this past Saturday. The Met was widely condemned after officers clashed with crowds who had come to mourn Sarah’s death and protest against violence against women.
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A leading Muslim charity founder has gone public to boost the take-up of vaccines in the fight against the pandemic. Imam Qasim, the chairman of Al-Khair Foundation (AKF), in Croydon, was filmed having the swift and painless jab on IQRA TV, which is televised around the world.
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Bromley residents will be offered a hot meal and internet advice in a bid to encourage them to get their Covid-19 vaccine. NHS South East London has teamed up with local charity, Crystal Palace Community Trust, to encourage residents of Penge to get vaccinated at Anerley Town Hall.
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The Metropolitan Police will tomorrow face questions from the London Assembly’s police and crime committee over its handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard at the weekend.
Read MoreLambeth Council has loaned a further £5.5 million to its wholly-owned house building company, added to £5 million loaned last year. It comes as a progress report on Homes for Lambeth’s business plan for 2020-23, approved by cabinet on March 15, stated a lack of resident support was a “likely” risk to its regeneration programme.
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He’s the Peckham cop that won’t stop. PC John Ajagun, who is in his 60s, has no intention of hanging up his hat after having his retirement postponed by two years due to his strong community links and work ethic.
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Battersea MP, Marsha de Cordova, has said she is “extremely disappointed by the actions of the security company hired by Wandsworth Council.” It comes after a 70-year-old man was hospitalised after being restrained by guards when protesting the felling of a 100-year-old tree to make way for a new housing development.
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The cost of using a cycle hangar in Lewisham is set to increase by a third after Lewisham Council withdrew its subsidy. Cycle hangars are on street, secure cycle parking storage units for use by members of the public.
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Community projects that will help Lewisham recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will be able to bid for community infrastructure levy (CIL) funding from May this year. Councils can apply a levy to developments in the borough – the money is to mitigate their impact and goes towards improving local infrastructure.
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Wandsworth police are investigating assault allegations after a 70-year-old man had to go to hospital after being restrained by security guards while protesting the felling of a 100-year-old tree at York Gardens, Battersea.
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A driver who refused to allow his supposed disabled badge to be inspected when challenged has been sentenced to do community service.
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Young people’s mental health is reaching a “crunch point” in London during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the London Assembly. A survey of more than 300 young people aged 16 to 25 found that almost 30 per cent had felt down, depressed or hopeless or had experienced feelings of anxiety nearly every day for the two weeks prior to taking the survey.
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A pavilion to a mother who died after being shot by a police officer in a raid on her home will be unveiled next month. Cherry Groce’s struggle and her family’s work in the community will be marked by the landmark in Windrush Square, Brixton, around the 10th anniversary of her death.
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