Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is refusing to share whether its Covid patients have been vaccinated or not. Covid cases are skyrocketing in the UK – deaths are at their highest level since March. Figures show that, as of July 16, there are 3,786 people in hospital with Covid-19 and another 63 people died after catching the virus.
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It’s never too late to change your change your career, a nursery worker has found as she studies to teach adults instead. Grace Daramola, from Greenwich, previously worked for more than 24 years in childcare, working with children under the age of five.
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The Tube is set to be hit by four days of strike action next month following a dispute between unions and management over the grade of Night Tube drivers. The Rail, Maritime and Transport workers’ union (RMT) announced on Tuesday that it had instructed Tube drivers not to work for 24 hours on August 3, 5, 25 and 26.
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Residents on a Battersea estate near London’s Sky Pool are calling for social housing to be built as they feel the area “doesn’t feel like home” anymore. Some residents on the Patmore Estate near Battersea said gentrification is encouraging people worldwide to look at the area as a place, but fear they could be priced out.
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Developers have submitted plans for a giant 843-bed tower of student homes above an old builder’s merchants. It would see the Travis Perkins warehouse in Harrow Road become part of a 21-storey, 65.5 metre-tall development, and has just been submitted to Westminster City Council by Make Architects.
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Walworth might have been mentioned in the Domesday Book and been an inspiration for Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations and painter Samuel Palmer.
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St George’s Hospital has failed to say how many of its Covid patients are vaccinated. The latest data on the government dashboard from July 13 shows there were 20 coronavirus patients at the hospital in Tooting, with two on ventilators.
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Open Air Theatre’s current production of Romeo & Juliet is near perfect, writes Christopher Walker.
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Residents were “horrified” on Friday morning (July 16) to find black oil poured all over planters in a low traffic neighbourood (LTN) in Lambeth. The liquid, branded “dangerous and filthy for kids walking to school”, was also poured over the plants in the wooden barriers in Tulse Hill.
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A school in debt to the tune of over £200,000 is set to close as pupil numbers plummet. The 156-year-old primary school in Southwark will close in September, council documents show. Southwark Council’s cabinet approved a report on Tuesday recommending that St John’s Walworth Church of England Primary School closes after falling pupil rolls placed “irreversible pressure on the school budget”.
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Health trusts in Wandsworth are urging adults to get vaccinated at walk-in centres as Covid-19 cases in the capital continue to rise. In the London boroughs of Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston, over 18s will be able to get their first or second coronavirus jabs at one of eight vaccination centres.
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Dozens of concerned residents took to the streets chanting “Croydon Council, shame on you” – as part of a protest against poor housing conditions on Wednesday night. The South Norwood protesters marched in support of the residents of Regina Road, a Croydon Council-owned block of flats that shocked when an ITV News expose aired recently.
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A charity has won a national award for their adult learners course that helps refugees learn English and start up their life in the UK. CARAS is a community organisation based in Blakenham Road, Tooting that draws people from all South London.
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Tributes have poured in for Hammersmith and Fulham’s longest serving councillor who has died unexpectedly. Colin Aherne’s death after a heart attack triggers a by-election in the White City and Wormholt ward. The 77-year-old served as a councillor for 35 years, or nine terms, and planned to run again in next year’s council elections.
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More than 300,000 Londoners have said that their asthma is triggered by toxic air pollution as Sadiq Khan today doubles down on his commitment to expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone.
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Sadiq Khan has said he wants to turn London into “Britain’s biggest playground” over the summer as he announces a series of events and activities aimed at families with young children.
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Health bosses are urging thousands of younger people to get their coronavirus vaccines as rates rise in Croydon and Merton. More than 1.6 million coronavirus jabs have been administered across South West London, but Covid rates are still rising across the region, mirroring the national picture.
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The Hammersmith Bridge will reopen to cyclists, pedestrians and river traffic from 9am tomorrow. The bridge has been closed for almost a year due to fears it would collapse – leading to a possible catastrophic loss of life.
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A Croydon security officer has been honoured with a prestigious award for keeping safe one of London’s most iconic buildings.
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