Four organisations rooted in South London will get the second round of the Mayor’s Community Spaces at Risk Fund to keep their activities running after the pandemic. One of them is Oasisplay in Lambeth, a charity that provides a safe space for children with disabilities.
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Plans for a fake hill just like the Marble Arch Mound, designed by the same firm and intended to be built just down the road were thrown out 15 years ago. Dutch architects MVRDV devised an almost identical mound to be built on top of the Serpentine Gallery – but it never materialised.
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Students had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down and watch their self-produced movie along with families and friends. “The Street” tells the tale of a young boy who committed a crime and now lives with dread and regret every day, while flashbacks from his past keep torturing him.
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The organisers of Winter Wonderland say the event will look “slightly different” as it returns to London this year. The annual event will take place between November 19 and January 3 after being cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The iconic Financial Times building in Southwark is set to be revamped but people have mixed opinions. The distinct seven-storey building was home to the FT newspaper for 30 years before it moved offices in 2019.
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A musician has said he was made to feel like a criminal after he mistakenly busked without a licence in Piccadilly Circus. Mitchell Young had travelled into Central London to busk for the first time after he launched a music career in the pandemic.
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The family of a 17 year old stabbing victim have paid an emotional tribute at his funeral. Levi Ernest Morrison was knifed to death on a busy high street yards away from his home in Sydenham on April 10.
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One of London’s richest boroughs has been labelled the noisiest place in Britain. Kensington and Chelsea council (RBKC) received the greatest number of neighbour noise complaints per person, according to research by Churchill Home Insurance.
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Nightlife industry chiefs have warned of “very difficult times ahead” for London’s night time economy as the capital faces a “catastrophic” shortage of door staff.
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Major leaks and rat infestations on a Mitcham estate did not break standards rules, a government regulator says. The shocking conditions faced by residents on the Eastfields Estate were exposed in June. The flats are run by Clarion Housing and provide homes for Merton Council tenants.
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The London Assembly has urged Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and TfL to remove temporary travel restrictions for older people imposed at the height of the pandemic. In June 2020, TfL announced it would no longer allow passengers to use 60+ Oyster Cards or Older Person’s Freedom Passes during morning peak hours to “help conserve space on public transport” and aid social distancing for key workers.
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A new National Safeguarding Adults Excellence Award has been launched this week by Bexley’s Safeguarding Adults Board (BSAB). The Board is inviting nominations for professionals and teams across England who have gone above and beyond throughout the pandemic and who continue to demonstrate an outstanding commitment to safeguarding adults and their families.
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In a matter of weeks, the Government will cut the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit. This cut will push 700,000 families further into poverty. With the economic impact of the pandemic far from over, the Government should be working towards lifting families out of poverty and not pushing families further into hardship.
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Londoners could bring the Tube into their bedrooms thanks to a new auction of iconic signs. Over 400 railway and street signs are being put up for auction including the final part of Westminster City Council’s collection of signs.
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Campaigners believe they have saved the soul of Soho as residents voted to have more control over decisions. Residents will now be able to block skyscrapers being built in the Central London district and help protect businesses following a referendum on September 2.
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Sadiq Khan has been accused of a “lack of ambition” over affordable housing targets after announcing that less than 30,000 new homes would be started in the next five years.
The Mayor this week unveiled a £3.46 billion Government grant would be allocated to London councils and housing associations to build 29,456 new homes by 2026.
I have always been wary of eating roast dinners out, partly because they don’t match up to my mum’s Sunday special. I can count on one hand the number of roast dinners that were not utterly forgettable.
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The head of TfL has said fare rises in January are not a “pre-determined outcome” despite it being a condition of the government’s funding deal. As part of the deal agreed in June, TfL is required to increase fares in the new year in line with mainline rail fares at a rate of RPI (retail price index) plus one per cent.
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Wimbledon’s pubs have a tale or two to tell, like their regulars. One hosted a ghost, one hailed a football hero and one was the regular of Britain’s second woman Prime Minister, before she even thought of any high office. CLIVE WHICHELOW tells the story of most of them.
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