A man who tried to steal a road block sign in Lambeth has been slapped with a £300 fine after a council crackdown on vandalism. Clinton Forbes was charged with criminal damage, going equipped to steal, and possession of Class A drugs on August 1.
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Westminster City Council is still paying Covid marshalls to patrol busy areas despite restrictions being lifted in July. The council has refused to reveal how much they’re paying them.
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A group of residents in Upper Norwood are determined to use a 100-year-old deed clause to fight a development in their street. More than 100 people gathered at Downsview Methodist Church in Upper Norwood to discuss a plan for legal action against a developer.
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Sadiq Khan has said London “stands ready to help Afghan refugees” as the UK prepares to offer sanctuary to 20,000 Afghans fleeing violence. Thousands of people have attempted to leave the country since the Taliban took control of the capital city, Kabul, on August 15.
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Deptford had already been historically infamous for the killing of one of England’s greatest playwrights, dramatist Christopher Marlowe in 1593. It also sparked the first murder trial in Britain using fingerprint evidence.
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A tree-lined Croydon street that “lifts the soul” and attracts photographers could soon lose six striking red-leaved trees. Residents of Mulgrave Road woke up just over a week ago to find six trees in their street marked with a red cross.
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Furious families living near London’s Sky Pool have to enter their flats through a ‘poor door’ leading to a lobby that stinks of rubbish. Nine Elms in Battersea is home to the US Embassy along with flats, restaurants and a clear, 25-metre-long pool bridged between two buildings 35 metres high. The pool opened in May 2021.
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Councillors have approved plans for a 12-storey hotel, restaurants and offices in at a former taxi rank in Maida Hill. Westminster Council has given developer The Collective (Taxi House) Ltd permission to build a 332-room hotel, which is expected to create 360 jobs in construction.
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London commuters have been warned they could face fare rises of almost five per cent in the new year, the highest rise since 2012. Under the terms of the emergency funding deal agreed with the Government in June, TfL is obliged to increase fares at a rate of RPI (retail price index) plus one per cent which is the same formula used to calculate mainline rail fares.
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We know how important exercise is to keeping our dog’s body and mind healthy, but knowing how to exercise them safely on blazing hot days while preventing overheating can be difficult. All owners need to be aware of the dangers of over-exercising in warmer weather.
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Grenfell was a disaster because of unsafe cladding and so obviously it was right for all high rise buildings to be checked and dangerous cladding replaced. But years later the problems are far from solved and many local people have had their lives put on hold as they are unable to move out of their flats because they can’t sell them as they can’t get the certificate that is required to show that their cladding is safe.
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One of the delights of recent times has been the emergence of the micropub, a small, usually one-roomed independent pub focusing on real ale. Take The Golden Ark in Selsdon, where I supped a few pints recently. You could easily miss it, nestled in between two non-descript shops in a high street.
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Baseball has always seemed so glamorous. We’ve seen it played in films countless times but playing it is another matter. I did just that last week and it didn’t go well. Sluggers has arrived at Boxpark Croydon – a haven for Latin American baseball culture – batting cages for hire, a bar offering rather good cocktails and a solid menu offering sliders.
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The cost of caring for unaccompanied asylum seeking children must be covered by government, Croydon Council has demanded. If government doesn’t fund the care of the children – the council says it could stop accepting them.
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Some of the richest boroughs in London have seen Universal Credit (UC) claims double since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, new figures reveal. Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston had 9,525 claiming UC in February 2020 – which has now more than doubled to 21,820 as of July 2021.
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Lewisham Council has refused to reveal how much overpaid council tax it owes residents, claiming doing do would stop it enforcing the law. Despite multiple London councils handing over the figures through Freedom of Information requests.
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Michael Faraday, raised in Newington Butts at Elephant & Castle, developed the World’s first electric motor in his basement lab at the Royal Institution on September 3, 1821 – so it celebrates its 200th anniversary in four weeks. And that is why there is a memorial to him in the middle of Elephant & Castle. TOBY PORTER explains his importance.
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TOCA Social is the perfect place to celebrate the easing of restrictions and start the much-needed summer of fun. Gather your friends, family or colleagues and get your competitive juices flowing. Designed for all ages and abilities to play, TOCA Social opened last month at The O2 in Greenwich and combines match-winning gourmet food, unique cocktails and immersive football games.
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An exhibition has opened in a Victorian printmaker’s house in Hammersmith showing never before seen pieces of the famous Doves type. The pieces are part of a moveable typeface created in 1899 by bookmaking partners Emery Walker and Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson.
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