There is mounting speculation that the Government and TfL will agree a £40 million funding package for strengthening works for Hammersmith Bridge, which could allow it to reopen this summer. The Evening Standard has reported that funding for the strengthening works may be included in the Department for Transport’s next round of funding for TfL, which is due to be decided by May 28.
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It’s not every day you hear beaming, unprompted praise about the Met Police. But after taking a few steps into Shepherd’s Bush Market from Uxbridge Road, along comes Amar Singh whose family has had a clothes shop there since 1955.
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The Labour opposition at Kensington and Chelsea council has a new leader. Mo Bakhtiar was elected at the local party’s AGM after his predecessor stood down. He takes over the helm at a time when the Grenfell Inquiry’s spotlight is turned on the Conservative-led council for its role in the tragedy at Grenfell Tower.
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Lewisham’s mayor and cabinet has approved plans to convert a building in Brockley into temporary accommodation for ten homeless families. The building at 114 to 116 Manor Avenue is owned by the council, but has been let to housing association L&Q since 1983.
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The family of an autistic young man who is stuck in Dubai because his passport was confiscated say they are desperate to bring him to England. Albert Douglas, 20, is unable to look after himself due to his learning difficulties, according to his brother Wolfgang, who lives in South Kensington.
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It was the last week of outdoors-only pub service and the proximity to normality has definitely shifted behaviour. My trip to The Trafalgar Arms, in Tooting’s main thoroughfare, certainly felt like the nearest pub experience to normal I’ve had this year, albeit still, for one more week, confined to the outside.
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From Brockley to Arsenal: Ian Wright recalls his childhood in South London for the BBC documentary, writes Francesca Casonato
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Invading Russia is never a good idea, as Napoleon, whose 200th anniversary was on May 5, discovered.
But his nephew, Napoleon III, who ruled France from 1848 to 1870, tried just as foolish a feat, invading Bismark’s Prussia. GWEN LARDNER tells the story.
Hammersmith residents fear that a “late night student drinking destination” looks set to be built metres from their homes. Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s licensing committee has given Whitbread a licence to open a bar with 160 covers at their yet-to-be-built Premier Inn in Talgarth Road.
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The council has promised to listen to residents’ concerns about plans to build homes on existing estates. In 2019, the council looked into bringing forward a series of sites for infill development, where vacant or under-used parcels of land within existing urban areas are developed.
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Campaigners held a rally outside a Government office before marching to Downing Street in a last-ditch plea to save their libraries.
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City Splash, the festival celebrating the influence of reggae music, food and culture will return this September at Beckenham Place Park.
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An artist from Stockwell has opened an immersive virtual exhibition inspired by the places he missed most during lockdown.
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A multimillion-pound creative district that will provide the community with flexible spaces for events, training and education will open on September 23.
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A West London strip club has fended off claims that it should be banned from reopening due its location next to two schools. Secrets, in Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, was given the green light by councillors for its licence renewal application on May 19.
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The Horniman Museum and Gardens has appointed a new head of horticulture who plans to create a micro-forest alongside the South Circular Road.
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The London Assembly’s Labour group has called on the Government to “urgently reconsider” its plans for overhauling Britain’s rail network. The Government yesterday announced plans to create a new “TfL-inspired” public body, Great British Railways, that will take over the running and planning of the country’s rail network.
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A student from Bexley has raised £30,000 for Women’s Aid charity with her film Behind Closed Doors, inspired by her mother’s experience of alleged domestic violence and the impact of Covid-19 on those stuck in abusive relationships, writes Miranda Slade.
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A Brixton writer has published her first novel about a murder on a Caribbean island.
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