£8m cash injection for South London boroughs to feed hungry children over the winter
Almost half of the boroughs will see more than one million pounds each paid to them.
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Author: News Reporter
It’s here! South London’s first Covid-19 vaccine recipients hail Pfizer/BioNTech jab
“It’s a quick, painless jab, it doesn’t take long, a quick trip to St George’s Hospital.”
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Family leave iconic pub after quarter of a century due to uncertainty over Covid-19
The Norbury’s iconic giant Guinness signage, including the Guinness smiling pints and Guinness time clock, have become a local landmark and meeting point.
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Campaign urges people to shop local in run-up to Christmas
The ‘Shop Safe, Shop Local’ campaign launched by town hall leaders calls on residents to do their Christmas shopping in nearby high street stores.
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Crystal Palace to provide thousands of free meals to vulnerable people this winter
The Palace Kitchen will reopen this month to give healthy meals to people in need – such as those in emergency housing, the elderly and the homeless.
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Battle to save “Mr Tree”, landmark in Rotherhithe which has stood for more than 75 years
The tree, in King George’s Field, Rotherhithe, was set to be felled on December 1, but this has been delayed awaiting further assessments thanks to local opposition.
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Residents sceptical of glossy images portraying riverside housing project in Greenwich Peninsula
Developer U+I is selling an impressive vision for the future of the Greenwich Peninsula, but some residents aren’t buying.
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Trekker to walk 100k of Thames Path in two days for young Peruvians
Thomas Pickford spent four months volunteering as a programme coordinator for the Latin American Foundation for the Future (LAFF), which works with vulnerable young people.
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Greenwich housing repairs could face delays as workers vote for strike action
Greenwich housing repairs could be disrupted after 120 carpenters, decorators, electricians and plumbers, who maintain the borough’s housing stock, voted by 98 per cent for strike action.
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Croydon Hospital to start vaccinating patients from tomorrow
Staff at the hospital worked over the weekend to prepare for the start of the biggest immunisation programme in history.
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Man charged and three others arrested in Woolwich shooting
his follows an incident on Woolwich Church Street, Woolwich, in the early hours of Monday November 30.
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Greenwich man who stabbed his own mother jailed for second time after violently abusing her
He became violent and told his mother that “she was the reason he had gone to prison” and attacked her.
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Lewisham council’s proposed cuts questioned at scrutiny committee
The council needs to make £40 million in cuts over the next three years, £24 million of them next year.
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High Court rejects Southwark council order to remove protesters protecting trees
The trees in Sydenham Hill Wood in Dulwich, thought to be 155 and 115 years old, sit on either side of the western end of a footbridge on Cox’s Walk – the council says they must be felled so the bridge can be repaired.
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Croydon council effectively declares bankruptcy for second time
By law, the council has to balance its budget. If it cannot, it must issue the notice, declaring effective bankruptcy.
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New Nine Elms station will have nearly 500 homes built above it in Northern Line extension
The extension to the Tube line from Kennington is expected to open in autumn next year.
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Lewisham council plans to cut £800K from voluntary sector budget
The council needs to cut £40 million from its budget in the next three years, £24 million of those next year.
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St George’s Hospital staff in Tooting make appeal for donations to give lonely patients a better Christmas
St George’s Hospital in Tooting has launched its “Claus for the Cause” to also thank its amazing staff for caring and working when the rest of us are at home with our families.
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Croydon sees first Christmas shoppers after lockdown
While the town centre did not see massive queues like Oxford Street, it was busy in the high street.
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