Prepare your pet for your return to the office
As lockdown restrictions ease and life returns to normality, many pet owners will be returning to the workplace and spending less time at home.
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Author: News Reporter
In My View: Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Labour had a mixed bag in last week’s elections, losing the Hartlepool MP but gaining five of the seven ‘metro mayors’ including a new term for Sadiq Khan here in London. We appear to have done better where we offer a positive vision for the future, matching people’s aspirations and expectations as we emerge from a national crisis
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Residents left fuming after Greenwich Park road closures cause traffic delays
Residents are fuming after road closures have caused jams and delays. Families living in and around Greenwich Park have been hit hard by measures part of a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) scheme. The road closures are designed to reduce traffic as the borough aims to reach net zero carbon emissions.
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Wimbledon private school to rename building with association to the slave trader
Following months of research, a private school in Wimbledon is looking to rename its sports hall due to an association with a slave trader. Wimbledon High School will change the name of it’s Draxmont sports hall named after a member of the Drax family which owned slave plantations in the Americas.
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The surgeon’s link to Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte spent the last five years of his life in exile on the island of St Helena – one of the remote places on earth. But what did Captain James McTernan, who is buried at Brockley Cemetery, have to do with it? MIKE GUILFOYLE finds out.
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Bliss of ordering at the bar at The Blythe Hill Tavern, Catford
The road to normality has felt long this week. Freedom stills feels frustratingly near but elusive, the fiver you see in the gutter which then blows away.
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This week 10, 20 ,30 years ago
The Met is currently in talks with television company Talkback Thames over what should happen to 400kg of uniforms used on police drama The Bill.
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Horniman Museum looking forward to opening its doors again
The Horniman Museum is also hoping to throw open its doors again on May 17, subject to government guidance.
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Museum of Youth Culture celebrates young people over the last 100 years
Celebrating the scenes, styles and sounds forged by young people over the last 100 years, the new Museum of Youth Culture has opened in Carnaby Street.
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Florence Nightingale Museum defies fears of survival to reopen from June
Despite fears that it would not survive the last year, the Florence Nightingale Museum in Lambeth has announced it will reopen on the first weekend of each month from June.
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Chart-topping Lewisham singer highlights the impact of pollution on Black communities
A Lewisham born singer has released a music video featuring local residents to highlight the impact of climate change on Black communities in South London.
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Your latest 52-page South London Press – out tomorrow!
Your latest 52-page South London Press – out tomorrow! Faith leader has slammed police and town hall chiefs, after he successfully sued them for banning one of the speakers at an event he organised. Lewisham and Greenwich NHS performed alongside superstars Rag’n’Bone Man and P!nk at the Brit Awards this week, as well as 10 pages of South London sport, packed with exclusives, as Shaun Williams opens up on leaving Millwall. All that plus much more…
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Festival celebrating the legendary TV show Friends coming to Clapham Common this summer
A festival celebrating the legendary TV show Friends is coming to Clapham Common this summer. Visitors will be led through replica sets of the television shows and be able to take photographs of themselves with them
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In My View: Ellie Reeves, MP for Lewisham West & Penge
Under Sadiq Khan, London has made great progress on air pollution. This, in part, has been achieved by the rolling out of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone, schemes to make walking and cycling safer and easier, funding to clean up London’s taxi fleet and almost £53million worth of grants to take older, more polluting vehicles off the roads.
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How would you react to a dog in hot car?
What can start out as a fun, relaxing day in the sunshine can have tragic consequences for dogs – those who sadly suffer from heat exhaustion after being trapped in hot cars. Leaving a dog in a car on a warm day, even with the windows open and the car parked in the shade, creates a potentially fatal situation.
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English teacher Niall Bourke scores top marks for new novel Line
English teacher Niall Bourke must brace himself for the excuses for late homework every Monday morning. But he’ll be glad his own writing has got the thumbs up from the people that matter – the critics. His novel, Line, published by Tramp Press on April 8, has seen him quickly recognised as a rising star by reviewers across the UK and Ireland
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Plumbers pledge to donate £1 from every job to help fund life-saving cancer treatment for 10-year-old
A 10-year-old cancer patient’s campaign to get potentially life-saving treatment abroad has been backed by a plumbing franchise. Pimlico Plumbers has pledged to donating £1 from every job it completes to help fund vital cancer treatment for Chloe Balloqui.
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Charitable 95-year-old millionaire philanthropist awards over 200,000 young people
The charitable foundation of a 95-year-old millionaire philanthropist has awarded over 200,000 achievement awards to young people, finds an independent study. Bean Research conducted the study of the Jack Petchey Foundation, which was founded by Sir Jack Petchey in 1999, to celebrate the foundation’s 21st birthday.
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‘Unathletic’ six-man team ran 1000km and raised almost £3K for neuro-disability charity
An unathletic six-man team ran 1000km last month to fundraise for a local charity as it turns 160 this year. £1,444.81 was raised for British Home, a neuro-disability charity in Streaham. The money was then matched by the organiser and so the total amount of money going to the charity is £2889.62.
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