A new podcast series that highlights the heroes of our food system is now available. Who Feeds Us? focuses on food producers around the country and one of its episodes narrows in on two growers – in Brixton Windmill and May Project Gardens in Merton. May Project Gardens is a grassroots organisation, working from a permaculture designed garden in Morden, that supports community building and economic empowerment for young people in the area, including many refugees.
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Theatre Peckham Following six months of closure, Theatre Peckham celebrates its reopening with a multi-artform programme of socially distanced, in-person and participatory digital events, taking place throughout October and into November. The line-up features theatre, new writing, spoken word, poetry, scratch nights, panel discussions, workshops, seminars and exhibitions.
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A former gang member left in a critical condition after a vicious knife attack has become a youth worker looking to reshape the future of Covid’s “lost generation”.
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This month, in dedication to Black History Month, an artist will debut his inaugural collection of paintings with an exclusive exhibition display at Gallery@OXO, OXO Tower Wharf on October 21-25.
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West London politicians have said the capital needs “a circuit breaker” in a bid to stop the virus getting out of hand and bringing tragedy with it this winter.
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Peckham Rye Park partially owes its existence to cricket.
When locals wanted to play the game in Victorian England, they converged on Peckham. Some of the matches descended into vicious acts of revenge and other passing pedestrians were in fear of being struck by the sloggers at the crease.
Londoners have been urged to keep visiting the city centre by the MP for the West End and the Square Mile, after the capital was placed in Tier 2 lockdown restrictions.
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London businesses will need coronavirus cash from the Government as the city enters a Tier Two lockdown, the London Mayor and business leaders have warned.
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A major west London regeneration scheme has unveiled a new plan to build more than 25,000 homes – despite admitting it has no land and little cash.
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Transport for London (TfL) has rejected the idea of having a coach service that could take schoolchildren from Richmond over the Thames while Hammersmith Bridge is closed.
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Plans for a new office building in Peckham for Southwark council’s front line children and housing services are set to be scrapped. The building in Asylum Road, known as Queen’s Road 4 (QR4) and controversial with some residents, was due to go to planning in June and, if approved, opened in 2022.
Read More“We are prepared for an increase in coronavirus cases”, the boss of Croydon University Hospital has assured. Currently there are just 10 patients with Covid-19 at the hospital in London Road, none of whom are currently in intensive care. But things could change quickly if infections continue to spiral.
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A pioneering clinic which helps people overcome addiction to club drugs has not seen a dip in drug use whilst festivals are on hold and clubs closed due to the pandemic.
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A Croydon bus driver has died after testing positive for coronavirus. Kofi Opoku, who was based at the Croydon bus garage and worked for Metrobus, died last week.
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Lewisham council is aiming to have a designated care home to take in elderly Covid-19 positive patients who are discharged from hospital by the end of the month.
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A motion calling for the reversal of low traffic neighbourhoods across Lambeth will not be voted on by full council as it “does not meet the test of a genuine emergency”.
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Southwark’s cabinet is set to consider a petition with nearly 2,500 local signatures asking that emergency road closures in Dulwich be reversed. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, councils across London are bringing in a host of measures to help enable social distancing, encourage active travel and reduce motor vehicle use and air pollution.
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It was hoped putting cladding on Grenfell Tower “would prevent it looking like a poor cousin” to a new academy school and leisure centre built close by, the inquiry into the 2017 fire has heard.
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A football fanatic is organising two five-a-side matches in the hope of raising £2,000 for youth charities. Akeem Scott-Smith, 26, of Sydenham, plans to host the games at Waterloo Wolf Turf, Waterloo, on Sunday, October 24 between 1pm and 2pm – lockdown permitting.
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