Lewisham Council is set to approve using nearly £8 million from its housing revenue account (HRA) to refund tenants who were overcharged for water. Long-term eligible residents are set to get back between £579 and £704 on average.
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TfL and London Councils have today launched a trial of e-scooter rentals across London that will last for 12 months. Electric scooters will be available to hire and ride in Ealing, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham and Richmond as well as in Canary Wharf, while the City of London is expected to join the trial next month.
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Councillor Claire Holland was appointed as Leader of Lambeth Council on Wednesday evening (June 2) following the resignation of the previous leader, Cllr Jack Hopkins, in May this year. She said at the meeting that under her leadership, Lambeth council will “relentlessly” focus on tackling poverty, inequality, poor and insecure housing and violence affecting young people and women.
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The Waterloo and City line on the underground has reopened today for the first time since the start of lockdown last year. The commuter link, which connects Waterloo and Bank stations, closed in March 2020 but will now run every five minutes Monday-Friday from 6am-10am and 3.30pm-7pm.
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A group of Afro-Caribbean men and women are hoping that the easing of lockdown will mean they can finally restart their cherished games nights. But before they get down to lively games of backgammon, dominoes and draughts, they will need a venue in the Queen’s Park or Harrow Road area of north west London.
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15 years after coming to the UK as a child refugee, Adam Yasir has taken to the road in a campervan to provide support to children in care. Adam, who now lives in Thornton Heath, was just 15-years-old when he fled Sudan alone for a safer life in England.
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Free courses for those who are unemployed or starting up a business will be available from June 23. Residents in Surrey Quays and Southwark who are unemployed and or economically inactive can book a free online course to help them get started in business.
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A kitten has made the cut for a national pet photo contest this week and he wants your vote. Eight-month-old Mylo enjoys chatting to his mates and chasing feet up the stairs. But he has no idea he might win a £200 prize bundle with HiLife goodies and a load of tasty treats.
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As the sun shines in Croydon, drinkers and diners have been making full use of a new outdoor seating area put in place last week. The pedestrianised area of the High Street has been transformed by Croydon BID to encourage more people to get back to the town centre.
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More than half a million Londoners remain on furlough according to provisional data released today by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC). London has consistently had the highest number of staff on furlough out of any English region since July 2020, with 551,300 people still furloughed as of April 30 this year.
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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, they say – perhaps because an old dog already knows all the tricks. But an old dogs’ home? Battersea Dogs’ Home, which celebrates its 150th anniversary tomorrow (June 3) has been adapting to its charges’ needs throughout its history – including admitting man’s best friends’ jealous rivals, cats, in 1883.
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More groups are backing the campaign against a scrap yard set to move to a small community. Southwark Metals, a family run company that recycles metals, currently have a site on Shakespeare Road, Herne Hill. They are hoping to move the waste site to West Norwood, but locals there are having none of it.
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E-scooters were involved in more than 500 recorded crimes in London over the past year, according to data from the Met Police. Between July 1, 2020 and April 30, 2021, there were 574 offences such as robberies or assaults carried out by people who were riding e-scooters at the time.
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A leaked email has revealed that the London Assembly Labour group blocked questions that could be “deeply embarrassing” to Sadiq Khan in the run up to the mayoral election. The email, which has been seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, revealed that City Hall Labour group officers rejected four proposed questions about the controversial Silvertown Tunnel ahead of a Mayor’s Question Time (MQT) session earlier this year.
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A food bank has seen soaring levels of demand during the pandemic. Before the lockdown, The Spring Community Hub was providing 200 food parcels a month. During the peak of the pandemic the charity has been providing 200 food parcels each week.
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Town hall chiefs in Lewisham have certainly proved they’re prepared to get their hands dirty. Some of Lewisham’s top decision-makers helped the Cleaner Lewisham campaign officially launch this week when they joined community groups and businesses to clear Coulgate Street, Brockley of litter.
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Burglars broke into a church to get their hands on over £4,000 worth of power tools. They cut through two padlocks to enter Holy Trinity Church in Tulse Hill, Lambeth. The Anglican church has an award winning community project and the power tools were bought through generous donations by the church.
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One of the UK’s oldest and largest charities for people with neuro-disabilities, has launched an ice-cube challenge to raise much-needed funds lost during lockdown. The British Home’s ‘Ice Cube Challenge’, a social media campaign to raise awareness and funds from Sunday, with a target goal of £500,000.
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It’s great to see so many pubs open again. Campaigners are urging people to support pubs and it’s true they need it more than ever.
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