NHS workers in London are being offered free e-scooter rentals as the fuel crisis continues to cause problems in the capital. Dott, one of three operators working with TfL on the e-scooter rental trial, is offering unlimited free journeys to healthcare workers who may be experiencing difficulties getting to work due to the queues at petrol stations.
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New CCTV footage has caught brazen fly-tippers dump sofas and rubbish in South London’s streets. Wandsworth Council released a video of the fly-tippers on Tooting’s Eardley Road and Battersea’s Ashley Crescent.
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The chair of governors at a school has resigned amid claims of a “toxic” environment. Anne-Marie Carrie, the former chief executive of Barnado’s children’s charity, has stood down from her position at Holland Park school.
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A cosmetic surgery has been forced to shut down for three months after its owner was found washing dirty sheets used in surgeries at their home. Staff at the Westminster based Lara Clinic were found to have not completed mandatory training, the surgery had no means of disposing of ‘suction contents’ or safely cleaning equipment used in surgeries.
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A council has had to fork out £2,000 for delaying a woman’s adoption process by more than two years. Wandsworth Council failed to progress Ms B’s adoption assessment and delayed dealing with her complaint about it, causing her “distress, frustration and confusion”.
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Staff are running the London Marathon for a charity which supports people who have been hit by depression, breakdown or other stifling conditions. Mosaic Clubhouse, an award-winning mental health charity in Lambeth, provides opportunities for people with severe and enduring mental health challenges.
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TfL is upping efforts to encourage mask wearing on public transport as it is revealed that “compliance is beginning to fall”. Transport Support Enforcement (TSE) officers were out in force at Liverpool Street station during rush hour on Wednesday in a bid to remind Londoners that masks must still be worn on TfL services.
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Up to 130,000 Londoners could be plunged into poverty if the Universal Credit uplift is withdrawn, new research has found. The £20 a week increase to Universal Credit payments was introduced by the Government during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic but is due to be withdrawn at the end of the month.
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I think it was the lights that originally put me off. As a self-confessed traditionalist, I saw the blue-neon illuminated ‘POW’ above the Prince of Wales in Clapham and immediately concluded it was too trendy (somehow the appearance of the customers sitting outside bears this out).
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Actor Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, hailed as one of his generation’s finest actors, made his breakthrough in My Beautiful Laundrette. He is the only artist to win three Best Actor Academy Awards
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Cutting-edge Catford songstress Ray BLK’s new single Over You, a collaboration with Steflon Don, is a taster for her first album, Access Denied, which is released on October 1. The track, released on Monday was produced by Fred Ball – who has worked with Beyonce, Jay Z, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton and Eminem– and by Rymez.
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The Ritz is set to splash £300 million on a huge luxury basement with a new pool and spa area to make room for more guests. The five star hotel is a Grade-II listed building that opened in 1906, with famous guests including the Queen, Winston Churchill and and Charlie Chaplin.
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The Clapham Book Festival is back this autumn with a special celebratory day on Saturday, The distinctive and quirky book festival, taking place on Clapham Common Northside, was inaugurated in 2016, and this year’s event is set to include something for everyone.October 16.
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One of the UK’s leading gardening charities is proving to be more than just a one trick peony as Londoners get ready to celebrate all things floral this month.
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The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced full details of an exciting new season of films selected by director Edgar Wright to coincide with the release of his new film, the glorious homage to 1960s Soho, Last Night In Soho.
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As people spend more and more time on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat, new research has revealed that three South London boroughs are in the top 10 most active social media usage areas in the UK. A new study by cybersecurity and privacy experts VPN Overview analysed ONS data across more than 400 areas of the UK to discover the areas in the UK which spend the most and least time on social platforms.
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A Labour candidate has been elected as a representative for Wormholt & White City on Hammersmith & Fulham Council. Frances Umeh won the by-election with 1,462 votes and a majority of 1,031. The results were announced on September 23.
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Time is running out to tackle the climate crisis, according to Sadiq Khan, with rising temperatures likely to lead to overheating Tube trains and more than 200,000 flooded homes in London. New analysis from City Hall and Bloomberg Associates has found that six boroughs are at particularly high risk of suffering the worst effects of climate change.
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Two sisters from South London have been working on their novel for many years, writes Davina Hyde. Recently long-listed for the Bath Novel Award, Ambreen and Uzma Hameed’s critically-acclaimed two-book novel Undying has been called “The Bronte sisters Four Lions”
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