South London’s Black Sections and the 1921 Pan-African Congress In London
This year marks 100 years since the 1921 second Pan-African Congress in London, Paris and Brussels.
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Author: News Reporter
More than 1000 residents object to plans to expand Wimbledon Tennis Club
If approved it would span 67 hectares between Wimbledon and Wandsworth.
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Horses ‘poisoned’ by stables’ sycamores trees in Bromley
A Bromley man is fighting to stop his horses being poisoned by trees in his stables.
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Tooting school awarded £10,000 by Mayor Sadiq Khan to help with student-led projects
Five London secondary schools have each been awarded £10,000 by Sadiq Khan to help them accelerate student-led environmental projects.
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Croydon brothers with autism forced to stay home from school after transport cancelled last minute
Mum Caroline Rendle fears dozens of children across the borough are facing the same problem.
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Home-schooling in Hammersmith and Fulham reaches record high due to Covid anxiety
There are now 190 children being home-schooled in the borough compared to 69 before we first went into lockdown.
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Parents protest plans for ‘eyesore’ 5G mast built next to children’s park
The council has so far received 50 objections since plans were submitted in November.
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Croydon FC fear games will be cancelled due to broken floodlights
The club says it is now at “crisis point” and is begging the company that manages Croydon Sports Arena to replace the bulbs.
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Westminster council refuses to disclose details of 400 hotel stays for staff
The authority will not say how many trips were made outside the UK, why they were made, who paid for them, or how much they cost.
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Residents’ fury after council approves 12-storey tower block
A vacant care home will be demolished to make way for the 300 homes.
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Fake plaques “whitewashing our history”, say opponents
People who installed counterfeit blue plaques have been accused of ‘whitewashing’ history and ‘gentrifying’ the surrounding area by local campaigners.
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Makeover for lido – or is it just electioneering?
An historic lido and athletics track in South London could be getting a £2.5 million investment, says a Conservative campaigner.
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Scissors of Oz wins at Southwark Business Resilience Awards 2021
Peckham-based business Scissors of Oz, has received the highly commended award for the Southwark Business Resilience Awards 2021 Sustainable Green Investment category.
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Two Remembrance Day events held at Windrush Square commemorating war dead
A march past organised by Lambeth council and the West Indian Association of Service Personnel (WASP) was followed by a Remembrance Day commemoration organised by the Nubian Jak Community Trust.
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Little Amal is a refugee Globe-al phenomenon
Little Amal, an 11ft-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee drew crowds wherever she went in South-east London last month, school pupils, Isaac and Laila Motalib-Haque, describe what it was like and the effect seeing her had on them.
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Twelve children taken to hospital after ceiling collapses at a school in Dulwich
The London Fire Brigade said that all staff and students were accounted for.
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Plaque honouring soldier killed in Iraq unveiled on Remembrance Day at his former school
Private Lee O’Callaghan was killed aged 20 after being shot in the chest in Basra, Iraq in 2004.
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Mayor hails Lewisham firms on night of celebration for borough
Lewisham mayor Damien Egan said: “The sheer number of nominations is a reflection on diversity of our businesses – and the way they have adapted during lockdown.
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Mayor hails Lewisham firms on night of celebration for borough
Lewisham mayor Damien Egan said: “The sheer number of nominations is a reflection on diversity of our businesses – and the way they have adapted during lockdown.
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