The deal, which enables Ovalhouse to complete their move to new purpose-built premises in Brixton, has been worked on for well over a year and is the first time the club has invested in land outside the historic boundaries of The Oval, which was founded in 1845.
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Anisah Osman Britton, who founded the London-based coding school 23 Code Street, was diagnosed with a rare condition known as myasthenia gravis, which causes muscle weakness.
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NHS Blood and Transplant has opened the doors of its new plasma donation centre at the Centrale Shopping Centre, and has issued an urgent call to anyone who has had Covid-19 to register as a donor. Plasma collected at the centre will be used in clinical trials to determine whether the antibody-rich blood plasma found in people who have had coronavirus – known as convalescent plasma – could be an effective treatment for Covid-19.
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Children from Coin Street Nursery, in Stamford Street, Southwark, created artwork for residents in Lambeth and Southwark struggling to connect with their local community during the pandemic.
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The projects, run by the borough’s police and council, are open for those who feel unsafe, to speak to trained adults who will signpost them to services and support.
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The Royal Parks charity is inviting residents, park visitors and partners to express their views on plans to create new spaces for park visitors and reduce the volume of cut-through vehicle traffic in the parks.
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Telecommunications company Hutchinson 3G UK, which owns Three, wants to erect an 18-metre 5G mast and three cabinets on the corner of Blythe Vale, Bell Green and Perry Rise.
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A Syrian refugee who fled her war-torn country seven years ago has welcomed a council initiative to create a better atmosphere for asylum seekers.
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The event was organised by the Brilliant Butterflies project and took place at Fairchildes Primary School in New Addington last month.
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Melania Tackie-Abia, from Chelsea, was driving down Leyton Road in east London when a car travelling in the opposite direction swerved into her lane.
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Brixton based firm Exceed Reading Stars is working to close the gap between children’s reading age and their actual age.
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David Selby, who has taught as a deputy head and English teacher in Croydon for more than 30 years at Whitgift and Royal Russell schools respectively, has chosen to donate £1.50 from each copy of Rufus needs a Haircut he sells to NHS Charities Together.
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Railway, bus and aviation fanatics will no longer be able to visit Ian Allen Book and Model shop, which was based in Lower Marsh, Waterloo, after it closed its doors for the last time at the end of October.
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Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) is a charity partnered with NHS England to deliver the NHS Volunteer Responders programme, and is looking for more recruits in Lambeth and Lewisham to help the health service through the winter months.
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Nine-year-old Angel, who attends Foxfield Primary School in Woolwich, won the Young London Print Prize over entries from 500 other young artists from schools spanning Woolwich, Thamesmead, Plumstead and Kidbrooke.
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Shoppers using AmazonSmile can now ask for 0.5 per cent of their purchases to go to the Freddie Farmer Foundation, a Bromley-based children’s charity which provides specialist physiotherapy programmes for disabled children aged three to 16.
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Committee members urged Lewisham council to make staff part-time rather than make them redundant after it set out draft budget cuts.
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The screen acts as a barrier between the patient and doctor, allowing the procedure to be carried out from a safe distance.
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In a message to residents on Friday afternoon, council leader Dan Thorpe said he wanted to provide an update on work currently under way to prepare for a potential mass-vaccination campaign.
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