A new campaign was launched on Wednesday in an effort to tackle sexual harassment on London’s public transport network. The Transport for London campaign aims to send a “strong message” to offenders there is a zero-tolerance approach to sexual harassment on London’s transport network.
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Foodbanks are bracing for an increase in demand this autumn after the Government’s cut to Universal Credit. South London foodbank bosses have warned that axing the £20 per week “uplift” will force thousands more people to seek help to get food on the table. In Southwark, 41,915 people were claiming Universal Credit in August this year, with more than 40 per cent of them in work.
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University workers fear that lecturers of black history and English could be made redundant under new proposals. Goldsmiths University has come under fire for its plans to axe 52 staff jobs, which could put lecturers of the Black British History MA, the only taught course of its kind in the UK, at risk during Black History Month.
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Little Amal, a puppet of a young Syrian refugee child, has received a ‘warm welcome from residents as it reaches Deptford High Street. The three and a half metre-tall puppet will is journeying across Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the UK to focus attention on the urgent needs of young refugees.
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This November, St Christopher’s Hospice will host free two-day drop-in celebration focused around ‘Día de los Muertos’ – or the ‘Day of the Dead’, as it is known to English speakers – in its recently opened Centre for Awareness and Response at End of Life in the heart of Sydenham.
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Free school meal support is being extended into the October half-term holidays by London councils. Meal vouchers will be given out across the capital to make sure children do not go hungry during the school break.
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A new housing development in Crystal Palace is dividing opinion in the community, with some believing it to “look like a prison” – while others say it is “beautiful”. The new Brick by Brick flats are starting to fill up four years after construction work started on the South London estate.
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A student who uses a wheelchair has not been able to access her university class rooms despite paying £9,000-a-year for the privilege. Music student Naomi Stenning can only reach one lecture theatre at her Kings College London (KCL) campus in the Strand because the campus is not wheelchair friendly.
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A parking space near a luxury location is on the market for more than a London home costs. The underground space in Knightsbridge is listed for £300,000, while the average property across the city in London’s Barking and Dagenham costs £293,000, according to Foxtons estate agents.
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A disabled woman is still unable to get in and out of her home without seriously risking injury. Wheelchair user Elizabeth Davies has felt trapped in her own home because the route to her front door is covered in potholes – she’s been asking the council to fix the path for over two years.
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Free school meal support is being extended into the October half-term holidays by London councils. Meal vouchers will be given out across the capital to make sure children do not go hungry during the school break.
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Croydon Council fears it will make less money than expected from fines over the next three years if drivers “wise up” to controversial traffic cameras. The council expects to make £11.6 million over the next three years from fines handed out to drivers for entering restricted zones.
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Campaigners today called for Sadiq Khan to grant an exemption for Blue Badge holders who are liable for the daily charge to drive in the expanded Ultra-Low Emission Zone. As of Monday, the ULEZ has been expanded to cover the areas up to but not including the north and south circular roads.
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House prices in Kensington and Chelsea are head and shoulders above other London boroughs, with some homes selling for a whopping £35m. Properties across the west London borough are eye-wateringly expensive compared to the rest of London, where the average house price is £526,000..
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A huge 13-storey block of flats could be built on a former soft play centre in Colliers Wood. Last week, Merton Council gave backed plans for a block of 116 flats in Station Road. Due to the building’s height it will be passed on to the Mayor of London to make the final decision. A planning committee on Thursday night (October 21) heard from locals against the plans.
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Doubts have been cast over whether the Greater London Authority will be able to move into The Crystal building before Christmas after pictures showed the extent of work still to be done. Sadiq Khan last year announced plans to end the lease of City Hall and move the GLA to The Crystal, an exhibition centre in the Royal Docks, to save around £55 million over five years.
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Residents have been left sleeping on their sofas after plans for much-needed affordable housing was delayed, a London council says. Delays to a 20-storey housing block in Fulham means vulnerable people have been denied a “chance of a better life”, according to councillors.
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Leading members of the LGBTQ+ community have called on Sadiq Khan to reform Pride in London ahead of its 50th anniversary next year over accusations of racism, bullying and exploitation. The annual event, which is overseen by a board of voluntary directors, is funded by the Mayor of London and has a contract with his office.
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A “landmark” new study has found that there are more statues of animals in London than there are of named women. The research found that, out of around 1,500 monuments in the capital, only four per cent were dedicated to named women. Out of the almost 50 sculptures of women, just three were dedicated to women of colour.
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