Council leader calls historical crest slave trade links ‘nonsense’
Reports that Hammersmith and Fulham Council is investigating whether its coat of arms has links to the slave trade have been labelled “nonsense” by its leader.
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Author: Lottie Kilraine
Bakerloo Line Extension down to Lewisham secured by Transport Secretary
The route of the Bakerloo Line Extension down to Lewisham has been secured with a special government instrument by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. This follows three months after land along the line was given protected status, meaning it cannot be built on by competing developments.
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Southwark residents face council tax hike after budget
Southwark residents face a 4.99 per cent council tax hike after the budget – including £14.7 million in cuts – was approved at council assembly on last Wednesday, February 24.
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New obesity hospital approved amid concerns it will only benefit the super rich
Wandsworth Council has approved a new private hospital treating obesity problems, despite concerns it will not help local people and will only be used by the super rich.
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Wandsworth and Richmond councils will not force staff to take Covid vaccine
Wandsworth and Richmond councils will not make their staff take the coronavirus vaccine. The issue was discussed at the Shared Staffing Committee meeting on February 23.
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Mayor of London urges Government to ‘do more’ to vaccinate frontline workers
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on Government Ministers to “do more” to see if frontline workers should be prioritised in the vaccine rollout.
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Residents welcome ‘death knell’ of redevelopment of iconic estate
Dolphin Square residents have welcomed the “death knell” of any prospect that the iconic estate could be redeveloped. For years, residents in the 1930s mansion blocks lived in fear that its former owner, Westbrook Partners, would win planning permission to build 230 flats above its northern block.
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100,000 Londoners could be ‘plunged into poverty’
The research, commissioned by City Hall and carried out by the University of Essex, found that 100,000 more Londoners will face poverty if the Government goes ahead with plans to remove the £20 a week uplift in Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits.
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Mayor urged to trial public register for fire risks in the wake of Grenfell tragedy
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is being urged to trial a public register of fire risk assessments in London to provide more clarity to new renters and owners in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy.
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Campaign launched against Lewisham library cuts
A campaign has been launched to reverse Lewisham’s planned half a million cut to its library service. The proposal forms part of £40million worth of budget cuts the council plans to make over the next three years.
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Teenager runs 5K a day to raise over £7,000 for children living through war
A teenager has pledged to run 5km a day for 30 consecutive days during February, to help children who are living through war. Oscar Saltissi, 17, from Prince of Wales Drive, Battersea, decided to turn lockdown into an opportunity to support War Child UK – a charity dedicated to supporting children affected by conflict.
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Controversial demolition in New Cross as part of plans to build thousands of new homes
Lewisham Council has identified a series of sites across north Lewisham where more than 12,000 homes are set to be or could be built. The council is consulting on its draft local plan, which sets out its long-term development strategy until 2040.
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Council chief confident Oxford Street will be ‘brought back from the dead’
Though wounded by the loss of some of its biggest brands, Oxford Street will evolve and live to fight on as a high street for the world.
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Lambeth estate ‘tormented’ by ongoing works amid the Coronavirus pandemic
A Lambeth estate is being tormented by ongoing works amid the pandemic, while one elderly woman had a stroke after waiting weeks to be moved.
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Charity ‘disgusted’ by homes left vacant for a decade amid housing crisis
Rows of beautiful Victorian homes in central London that have sat vacant for a decade finally look set to be brought back into use.
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Renters forced to wait another month to move into Croydon’s newest tower
Renters will have to wait for at least another month to move into Croydon’s newest tower. Modular building 101 George Street, a pair of 44 and 38-storey towers, was completed in the summer of 2020 but it has been empty since then.
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Testing ramped up after South African variant identified
Coronavirus testing in the Wimbledon Park area will be ramped up after the South African variant of the virus was identified. Enhanced testing to track the variant will run for a week from today.
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Westminster among first boroughs to achieve Covid-secure status for leisure facilities
Westminster has become one of the first boroughs in the UK to achieve Covid-secure status within its leisure facilities. Leisure facilities are now accredited with Fit for Business certification thanks to software company Tillr.
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Newborn endangered otter quadruplets named after pandemic politicians
Battersea Park Children’s Zoo has celebrated the birth of baby otter quadruplets – with witty names in a nod to the UKs pandemic politicians.
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