He’s the Peckham cop that won’t stop. PC John Ajagun, who is in his 60s, has no intention of hanging up his hat after having his retirement postponed by two years due to his strong community links and work ethic.
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I have two abiding memories of a pub called The Crown in Eltham. In one, I am a kid, and my dad has just nipped inside for a drink while we were out shopping, or possibly shopping was the side-event to the pub.
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A tailor, Robert Venner, was seen staggering around his store with blood pouring from his head one evening in 1934. But no sign was seen of his attacker and he died five days later without regaining consciousness. Six suspects were in the frame for the murder over the next seven years, as JAN BONDESON explains.
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“Cheeky” thieves left homes and businesses without phone and internet connections after they stole cable wire near a police station. The crooks made off with 100 metres of copper cable, damaging phone lines across South London.
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On March 15, 2020, the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham was buzzing with life – with two sellout shows, live music and a bar packed with people. The next day, the doors were shut and the building silent.
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Your latest 52-page South London Press – out tomorrow! We have another 10 pages of sport including all the reaction to another eventful week at Charlton Athletic, plus much more
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Thousands of British frontline workers have been given skincare products to stop their skin drying up, since lockdown began. Dr.PawPaw, based in Elmfield Road, Bromley, has donated 125.000 products to frontline workers from NHS staff to teachers, retail workers and carers.
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Ravensbourne School in Hayes Lane, Bromley, has had donations from local businesses including Bromley Football Club, generous members of the public and West Kent’s Provincial Grand Lodge.
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Three schools in Bexley, all part of The Primary First Trust, are running their own food banks to support the local community during the Covid-19 pandemic. The three schools, Mayplace Primary School, Lessness Heath Primary School and Barnehurst Infant and Junior School, have created food banks to support their pupils and families who are finding it difficult to make ends meet through lockdown.
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Low paid school staff could be made redundant as head teachers plan for a radical restructure. Hundreds of teaching assistants, learning support workers and midday meal supervisors in Lambeth primary schools may be axed in a borough wide shake up devised by headteachers.
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As plants bloom, it’s important to know which to steer clear of if you have pets, such as daffodils, lilies and laburnum. So what shrubs and flowers will give you a colourful yet pet-friendly garden?
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Nearly four years on from the Grenfell tragedy, thousands of people still live in unsafe buildings with dangerous cladding. Innocent leaseholders have spent the duration of lockdown trapped in flammable homes, paying colossal bills for repair work and hundreds of pounds per month on interim safety measures such as ‘waking watch’
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It comes after six separate days of strikes held through late February and March, over fears that drivers on routes in south west and north west London could lose more than £2,000 a year.
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The Met was widely condemned for the way it policed Saturday’s vigil as officers clashed with crowds and handcuffed several young women on Clapham Common.
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The report, published today, found that up to 576,000 homes in the capital could be overcrowded – almost double the official estimate.
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Liberal Democrat candidate Luisa Porritt today officially launched her campaign to be Mayor of London with a pledge to “take London forward”.
Read MoreIn the days that followed, the first Covid-19 patients were admitted to Croydon University Hospital, which recorded its first death from the virus a week later on March 17.
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The study has revealed that 59 state primary schools are within 100m of a red route – a network of roads that carries 30% of London’s traffic.
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Green women traffic lights have been installed at 12 points in South and West London to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women to London on International Women’s Day.
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