The £150 million transformation of Oxford Street is about to begin with the addition of rows of new trees, plants and seating areas. Diggers arrived this week as work started on the 1.2-mile stretch of iconic high street, which will receive 25 new mature trees and 1,500 new plants of 65 different species.
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Police have confirmed that the body found in a woodland in Kent on this week belongs to the missing 33-year-old Sarah Everard from Brixton. Two people were arrested earlier this week in connection with Everard’s disappearance – including a serving Metropolitan Police officer.
Read MoreThere are now fewer than 50 coronavirus patients being treated at Croydon University Hospital. But hospital boss Matthew Kershaw has warned against complacency.
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A royal park is to be restored to the state it was in when it was the domain of Henry VIII – who was born there. Greenwich Park is to get a four-year, £8 million facelift, funded by the National Lottery.
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Council tax payers will have to cough up extra and community groups will get less funding if the Government sticks by its decision to divert cash away from some of the poorest areas in the country.Lewisham, Lambeth, Southwark and Greenwich have all been named by City Hall as boroughs with high levels of poverty but will not receive any support from the Government’s £4.8 billion levelling up fund.
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Fake street signs popped up across London today highlighting how air pollution is disproportionately impacting ethnic minority and deprived communities in the capital. A teenage campaign group, named ‘Choked Up’ , installed the signs in Whitechapel, Brixton and Catford and called for the Mayor of London to create more cycle and walking paths.
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Key workers are to be prioritised for affordable housing under new plans announced by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. The mayor will consult with trade unions, emergency services and local authorities to draw up a list of key workers to be prioritised for housing that they will be able to buy or rent below market rates.
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An exclusive rooftop bar and restaurant for residents of the Embassy Gardens development in Nine Elms has been granted a licence by Wandsworth Council. It’s despite concerns from some residents that it will be used by students and social media influencers “taking selfies and having parties”.
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Now that more than 23 million UK adults have had their first Covid vaccine, and with infection rates in freefall, people are naturally itching for life to get back to normal. However, London’s chief nurse and the Government’s vaccines minister have explained why people who have had their second jab should keep following social distancing rules.
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Londoners will have to wait two days to find out the results of the London Mayor and London Assembly elections, it has been revealed. London Elects, which organises the Mayoral and Assembly elections, confirmed today that the results will be revealed on Saturday May 8, two days after voters head to the polls.
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Detectives investigating the disappearance of Sarah Everard have discovered human remains in a woodland in Kent.
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Lewisham Council is banking on the redevelopment of Bell Green Retail Park, supermarkets, and industrial sites to increase the number of homes in the south of the borough. The council is consulting on its draft local plan, which sets out its long-term development strategy until 2040.
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“The heaviness and darkness just expanded throughout the year,” says Jolly Labarbera. He became a full-time carer last year after he was furloughed and then lost his job. Jolly says it took a while before he realised that he needed to get help with how he was feeling.
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Both the Bakerloo Line extension and the Crossrail 2 project have been put “on hold” according to TfL commissioner Andy Byford. The delays were revealed at a meeting of the London Assembly’s transport committee today following a question from Labour’s Joanne McCartney about which major transport projects have been delayed or cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Government is being urged to incentivise rail travel and give transport authorities “the funding they need” after it emerged that Boris Johnson was considering cutting air passenger duty on domestic flights.
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A serving Met police officer who was arrested last night in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Everard has been further arrested on suspicion of murder and a separate allegation of indecent exposure.
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An appeal court case on the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre planning approval is to be heard next week. The hearing is a challenge against the High Court decision to allow the demolition of the 55-year-old complext to be demolished and almost 1,000 flats to be built on the site.
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Cafes, pubs and restaurants in Kensington and Chelsea will again be allowed to turn their streets into Parisian-style boulevards for al fresco dining. On April 12, council chiefs will introduce 24-hour road closures of Chelsea’s Pavillion Road and Elystan Street, as well as Bute Street in South Kensington.
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Thefts of catalytic converters from cars increased by half in London between 2019 and 2020, new figures have shown. Catalytic converters reduce toxic pollution by controlling the emissions from a car’s exhaust, but they are often targeted by thieves for their valuable metal content.
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