Woolwich residents have defended the town centre insisting it doesn’t have a problem with crime despite firework chaos on Halloween. School chiefs had urged children to avoid the high street after a student was fatally stabbed in July.
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The multi-MOBO-winning artist visited Bacon’s College, in Rotherhithe for Black History Month.
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Oscar, Tony and Olivier award winner Rylance, 61, stepped in with an undisclosed donation in the face of rising costs and decreased customer footfall following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Southwark community group has been awarded almost £10,000 in funding to help them take action to combat climate change. The Civil Society Consulting CIC is using its funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to set up a national Community and Faith Leaders Network focused on climate action learning.
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What’s On Entertainment Listings: Dal:um, Astronomy and Islam, Battersea Park Fireworks, The Cat and the Canary; Churchill Theatre. Dulwich Folk Club at The Lordship Pub etc.
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A South London director has premiered her debut feature film this week after being bed-ridden with long Covid for 18 months, writes Ryan Hogg. Catford resident Becky Sharpe, 50, caught the virus on her final day of production of the psychological thriller The Surgeon in March 2020, delaying the film’s release by a year.
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TfL have admitted they are open to extending the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) as far as Abbey Wood station in the future. The change would represent a huge boost to local residents and would provide them a direct connection to the Elizabeth line.
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A new storytelling programme to empower women has been launched in Peckham urging residents: if in despair, brush your hair. The idea was created by hairdresser Oz Izzet in a bid to empower women, improve well-being and confidence, and elevate black voices.
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Into Battle tells the true story of a bitter feud at Oxford University set against the backdrop of the war.
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A Croydon park was ‘ploughed up’ when a circus came to town, say frustrated locals. Zippos Circus was based at Ashburton Park between October 21 and November 1. Since the mess was made the circus has apologised for the state the park was left in.
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Born in Trinidad during the dying days of British colonialism, Mr Howe settled in the UK in the 1960s.
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Ms Evaristo toured her old classrooms and spoke with students and teachers before delivering an assembly.
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A short film shot in Croydon following the story of a Jamaican grandmother and her grand-daughter has been selected by a black film festival. Coffee, directed by Jordan Pitt from Gipsy Hill, is a film about empowerment and never forgetting your inner strength.
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Gaining the benefits from a will fraudulently obtained and eliminating the witness was last week’s backdrop to the sensational poisonings, that the press labelled The Chelsea Mystery.
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For many years now, whenever I travel north I get to Euston railway station early and pop into The Euston Tap.
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Members of the public will have the chance to have their name carved on an art installation in the National Theatre foyer as part of a campaign to raise money for the company’s post-pandemic recovery. Artist Rose Revitt beat a number of competitors to have her design displayed at the venue.
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The tragic events of the Grenfell Tower fire are seared into all our brains.
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South and west London councils have been listed among the worst landlords in England for dealing with damp and mould. Two schoolboys have given up their free time to hug 100 trees to stop deforestation. There are 10 pages of South London Press sport, including Johnnie Jackson’s reaction to Deji Elerewe signing a new long-term contract at Charlton. All that plus much more…
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A decade of austerity and cuts to public services has taken their toll on our poorest residents.
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