Community groups which benefit young people, their welfare and their careers can apply for grants of up to £60,000. Southwark Council is inviting organisations and community groups to apply for over £1million in funding for activities that help young people achieve positive futures.
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Penge in Bromley has become London’s most decorated borough due to its extensive collection of street art. One man to thank for this is Stephen, the founder of blog London Calling Blog.
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A South London Labour councillor has resigned from the party following bullying allegations. Cllr Hannah Stanislaus was elected in May as a councillor for the Bedford ward in Wandsworth but said they will now serve as an independent after they faced a “personal attack” in a 67-page Whip’s report.
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Wimbledon Bookfest will hold the Sunset Festival from September 15 to 19 on Wimbledon Common, with a host of big names including John Cooper Clarke, Miriam Margolyes and Robert Peston. The Bookfest showcases new local talent alongside high-profile writers, artists and speakers.
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A petition to reopen a pool has been signed by a colossal 36,000 people after its closure divers high and dry. Campaigners want London’s Mayor to take the plunge and fund the £1.3 million repair bill for the Crystal Palace 50-metre and diving pools to their former glory.
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This is the moment for London’s Open Air Theatre. This bold revival of Carousel will irritate some traditionalists, tampering with what Time calls “the best musical of the 20th century.” But it is a thoughtful and touching production that has the theatre-starved audience gagging for more.
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Police and council staff have removed a huge pink table from Covent Garden after it was erected by climate change activists on Monday, August 23. The Met Police and Westminster City council have taken down a giant table that was set up by Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters on Long Acre.
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The Marble Arch Mound has been hit with a wave of visitors keen to see how bad the attraction is. The £6 million pop-up hill has received wide ranged criticism and been ridiculed for being a 25 metre tall “slag heap” and dubbed “London’s worst tourist attraction”.
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A London borough is deeply concerned about low uptake of the coronavirus vaccine among its residents – as just 72 people were vaccinated in one August day. Westminster City Council said the borough critically needs resources for the vaccine programme as the number of people getting jabbed has dropped significantly.
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On Thursday, August 4, 2011, Mark Duggan was shot dead by police in Tottenham, north London while getting out of a minicab. On the Saturday after the shooting, 300 people joined a march from the Broadwater Estate to Tottenham police station in protest. It was largely peaceful, but later in the evening tensions grew between protestors and police and violence broke out, continuing to grow.
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When Caroline Fox received a phone call asking her to come into hospital at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, she knew it couldn’t be good news. The 44-year-old from Brixton Hill was waiting for test results after finding a lump on her breast.
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A Brixton dad says he is “numb” after his ceiling collapsed following years of leaks and flooding in his flat. Basil Clarke’s kitchen and living room ceilings fell in on July 25 after heavy rains. It followed a string of severe leaks over the past seven years.
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The central section of Crossrail is “very much on target” to open in the first half of 2022 according to Crossrail’s chief executive. Originally scheduled to be opened by the Queen in 2018, the project has come under intense scrutiny as it is running three years behind schedule and more than £4 billion over budget.
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The original entrance to Whitechapel Station reopened to passengers on Monday after being closed for renovations since 2016. Dating back to 1876, the original façade of the entrance on Whitechapel Road has been repaired and cleaned and now leads into a brand-new ticket hall and concourse.
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Westminster City Council made £140-a-minute last year in parking fines, new research suggests. The Central London authority took in £74.4million from parking charges in 2019-20, the most of any council in England.
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A railway bridge has re-opened earlier than planned in following a makeover and repair works to strengthen it. St John’s Hill railway bridge gets Londoners to Clapham Junction from the east of Wandsworth.
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Residents on an estate with freezing homes and rotting windows have banded together to take on Lambeth Council. The council bought the 100-year-old Leigham Court Road Estate in the 1960s. It stretches across several streets and is made up of maisonettes, houses, and flats.
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A disabled woman has told how she has been trapped inside for two years after the path leading to her home deteriorated. Wheelchair user Elizabeth Davies needs help from her husband or daughter every time she wants to leave her home due to potholes.
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Residents have branded Kensington High Street the most unsafe route for cyclists in London. People are calling for Kensington and Chelsea council to introduce segregated paths and low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTN’s) to the area to reduce the risk of accidents and encourage others to start cycling.
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