Part of a 120-year-old sewer is being repaired and upgraded in a programme of upgrades across the capital. A section of the clay pipeline in Brixton– built in about 1900 when Queen Victoria was still on the throne – has collapsed under the road outside the parade of shops in Elm Park.
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Peter Straker, the actor and singer who counted rock star Freddie Mercury among his friends, remembers arriving in England in 1955 as part of the Windrush generation. “We were invited to come here to help rebuild the country,” he said.
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Merton councillors grilled bosses of a disgraced housing association on Thursday after shocking living conditions on the Eastfields Estate were exposed last week. Mouse infestations and extreme damp caused by persistent leaks are just some of the problems residents on the Mitcham estate are facing everyday.
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The Royal Parks charity is urging visitors to ‘Help Nature Thrive’ in some of the capital’s largest and busiest green spaces. This will include asking visitors to Greenwich Park and others in west London not to feed wildlife in the parks, by drawing attention to the harmful effect it can have on animals and their habitats.
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British number two tennis star Heather Watson is teaming up with WaterAid and the Wimbledon Foundation to help two budding young tennis players fulfil their dream of playing tennis at Wimbledon. The two schoolgirls won a competition and saw their dream encapsulated in one of a series of “Droplets of Dreams”, which highlight the importance of clean water in unlocking the futures of children from around the world.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has confirmed plans to commission a new report examining London’s counter-terror preparedness. It comes following warnings from a senior Met officer that the Covid-19 pandemic has created a “perfect storm” that has left individuals vulnerable to online grooming and radicalisation.
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A group of sixth form colleges based in has won a prestigious award for its charity gift appeal which raised more than 1000 gifts and nearly £6000 for those in need. The Christ the King Sixth Forms (CTK) has been awarded the 2021 Community Impact Award by the Sixth Form Colleges Association (SFCA), the established voice of dedicated sixth form education and the centre of a national network of sixth form providers
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Safety works on a housing estate near Grenfell Tower have finally begun after 15 years of campaigning by a community theatre based in the development. Kensal House’s SPID Theatre said it has been petitioning Kensington and Chelsea council since 2006 to restore the dilapidated community rooms where the company is based and fix leaks and other hazards.
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Almost 65 percent of young Londoners who identify as LGBT+ have contemplated suicide, new research has found. LGBT+ students are also twice as likely to have experienced depression compared to peers who identify as straight, according to the report by Just Like Us.
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Merton Council has lowered its recycling target after failing to meet it for more than two years. Merton Council has now reduced it recycling target to 40 per cent, down from 45 to 48 per cent, after repeatedly failing to hit the original target.
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Londoners are being urged to get a Covid-19 vaccine “as soon as possible” as the capital races to end lockdown restrictions. The Government has set the target of offering a vaccine to all over-18s and double-jabbing two-thirds of adults by the planned easing of lockdown on July 19, but London faces a slightly lower uptake of first jabs than elsewhere in England.
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There is just a month left for the missing winner of a £1,000,000 EuroMillions prize, from a ticket bought in Lewisham, to come forward and claim their win. The winning Millionaire Maker code on 29 January 2021 was VSHS 38986 and the lucky ticket-holder only has until 28 July 2021 to claim their prize.
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A fire believed to be started deliberately by reckless arsonists has left scores of families traumatised, after the blaze tore through a car park under council flats on Wednesday. Some residents tried to rescue neighbours as the internal ground-floor garage and a car were destroyed by the fire at the three-storey flats at Baldry Gardens in Streatham.
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A blow for pubs this week with the news that restrictions will continue for another month, and perhaps longer. This is such an uncertain period for pubs and every week without full trade hurts.
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The Windrush, originally MV (“Motor Vessel”) Monte Rosa, was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched on December 13, 1930 in Germany, with single-class passenger accommodation of 1,150 in cabins and 1,350 in dormitories.
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It’s been an institution in South London for decades. In the week a plaque was unveiled at the Brixton offices of The Voice, FRANK PACHAS looks at its history and the part it has played in the lives of its readers.
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“Have you ever found out some key fact about your life half way through?” asks comedian Gerard Harris, who was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 40.
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South London’s first arts festival of the year, Wandsworth Arts Fringe returns from June 25 to July 11, featuring street performances, circus, dance, music, theatre and more.
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The Southbank Centre is hosting a series of weekend events, curated by guest artists including Nish Kumar, Anoushka Shankar and Shingai in celebration of being reunited with our loved ones.
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