A youth centre at the heart of a deprived community has lost out on tens of thousands of pounds because of the pandemic, but is committed to staying open regardless. The Marcus Lipton Youth Centre, on Minet Road, Brixton, has missed out on around £60,000 due to Coronavirus. The lost income is a result of the Centre not being able to hire out its spaces due to Covid restrictions.
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Kensington and Chelsea Council’s leader has apologised that the west London council did not put the community first as it sought to make millions by leasing buildings in one of the most deprived parts of the borough in the years leading up to Grenfell.
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The cash crisis at Transport for London due to the impact of coronavirus has had a knock-on impact on a number of traffic schemes across the capital. But some schemes have been delayed for years already, such as the much-debated plan to remove Wandsworth’s one way system.
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Measures to reduce cut-through traffic in the Royal Parks will be maintained for another year, after support from the general public. Six-month traffic trials across five London parks finished in February, and attracted almost 18,000 responses.
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Two London mayoral candidates have hit back at Sadiq Khan’s claim that the election on May 6 is a “two-horse race” between himself and Shaun Bailey.
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If Croydon Council borrow all the money made available by the Government they will end up paying a “Tory tax” of £24 million in interest it’s been claimed. But Labour councillor Andrew Pelling was just as hard on his own ruling party colleagues, saying the group must recognise a “culture of bullying”.
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Whilst the Covid vaccination rollout continues to help protect the more vulnerable adults from the virus, tests of the vaccine have only recently got under way in some older children. As schools started their return as we gradually come out of lockdown teaching unions said they were dismayed staff had not been prioritised.
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More than 80 private landlords have started legal proceedings to get their tenants out despite court action being suspended during the Coronavirus pandemic. Between April and September 2020, 83 private landlords in Lewisham and Greenwich launched claims for repossession even though they were put on hold until October.
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Lewisham Council has beefed up security at a leisure centre after an illegal rave was held on the premises. Officers were called to the Bridge Leisure Centre in Kangley Bridge Road just before midnight on February 28 to reports of an unlicensed music event.
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Anyone who has served as a Croydon cabinet member in the past six years should resign, claims one local MP. This includes new leader, councillor Hamida Ali. On Friday evening the council received a £120 million government bailout so it can balance the budget this year and in coming years.
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An appeal has been launched after a 13-year-old boy from Lewisham was reported missing last week. Keiran Campbell was reported missing from his home at 2.30pm last Wednesday, March 3.
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In person campaigning for the upcoming GLA and London Mayor elections can resume today under the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown, but what can you expect to see over the next two months?
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After months of waiting, Croydon Council will receive a vital government bailout to help it balance this year’s budget. On Friday evening the council heard that the government will allow borrowing of £120m – £70m for the financial year 2020-21 and £50m for 2021/22.
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Pupils of two schools are walking to Christchurch in New Zealand – and perhaps back again – all by the end of March to raise £14,000 for the children who have fallen behind during school closure.
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Green women traffic lights have been installed at 12 points in South and West London to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women to London on International Women’s Day.
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A man whose family was hit by homelessness when he was growing up has set up a project to help rough sleepers in South London. Stefan Nicholas Jones, from Streatham, lost his mother just years after getting her back from homelessness and addiction, and the project was driven by this loss.
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Lambeth Council has become the first London borough to bring all Covid-19 contact tracing inhouse in a new pilot scheme. The council has recruited and trained new teams of tracers to work with residents to track contacts who may have been exposed to the virus.
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A pharmacist who has served Marylebone residents for 40 years is “petrified” that the redevelopment of Church Street could put him out of business. Dhimant Patel, 62, and who owns the Collins Chemist, has been told to vacate his shop by December.
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The Government has again been urged to publish a report into TfL’s finances ahead of further negotiations for a funding deal in April. Last spring the Government commissioned KPMG, one of the big four accounting firms in the UK, to scrutinise TfL’s finances ahead of a £1.6 billion emergency funding deal, but the findings of the report were never published.
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