A rare bird, which hasn’t been seen in the borough of Bexley since 2013, has been spotted at a nature reserve which activists claim is under threat from a new waste-burning incinerator.
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Bexley’s waste collection workers are set to consider renewed strike action, in the same week that councillors are due to a discuss a report highlighting the reasons behind thousands of missed bin collections in the borough so far this year.
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A Purley primary school is the toughest in England to get a place at. Figures from the Department for Education show that just 26 per cent of parents who put Beaumont Primary School as their first choice secured a place for this September.
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Claims that there was a “culture of bullying” at Kensington and Chelsea council’s building control department have been rejected by a council boss.
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Sidcup Library has been closed until further notice after a staff member was in close contact with someone who subsequently tested positive for Covid-19, the local authority has confirmed.
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Lewisham council has been housing homeless families in a block dubbed a “human warehouse” that police received 600 calls from in three years – and where a cleaner found a decaying corpse in 2019.
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A new Covid-19 testing centre has been set up by Ladbroke Grove Tube station in West London. Kensington and Chelsea council said the centre, which opened on Monday, will be open seven-days-a-week from 8am to 8pm.
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An author has bounced back with a new book after losing her jobs during the peak of Covid-19. Bestselling author Daniella Blechner, from Gipsy Hill, who lost two teaching jobs amid the pandemic, has written and published her new novel Lockdown Life – a humorous and reflective snapshot into time sent in lockdown.
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The number of coronavirus cases in Wandsworth have doubled in the past week. Data showed that boroughs in South-west London have seen a big jump in the weekly rate of cases.
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Two teenagers have been selected to join a youth-led climate programme taking place next Tuesday. Zaqiya Cajee,17, from Mitcham and Lysander Bickham from Hammersmith secured their places after winning two seats up for grabs on the panel at the forthcoming Youth Against Carbon Conference (YAC Con).
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A cafe is giving vulnerable schoolchildren free breakfasts to help them start their day the right way. Mustard Sandwich Bar in Great Suffolk Street, Borough, started providing lunch five-days-a-week for students during lockdown, but since schools have opened has switched to dishing out toast and porridge in the mornings.
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Wandsworth council has unanimously approved funding for a new statue of John Archer, past Mayor of Battersea, and London’s first black Mayor.
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The construction of London’s major Crossrail project could grind to a halt without a £1.1b support package from the Government, with transport bosses warning funding for the scheme was becoming an “increasingly critical issue”.
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A mum-of-three fears the “horrific” mould in her flat is affecting her daughters’ and her baby’s breathing. Louise Harris, 31, said Hammersmith and Fulham council has “ignored” her requests to move to a new property over the past five years.
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By Grainne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter Southwark council said supporting traders from the Elephant and Castle shopping centre has “always
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Demolition has started on a housing estate, with people claiming extreme distress and health problems are being caused to disabled residents.
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A driving service which transports people with disabilities and/or special educational needs (SEN) will be allowed to go through barriers in the Lee Green low traffic neighbourhood without being fined, according to a new temporary traffic order.
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Tories furious at the apparent shelving of plans to extend the Bakerloo Tube line to Lewisham have launched a petition urging Transport for London (TfL) to reverse its decision on the project.
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Police investigating the murder of a man in Morden are appealing for witnesses to help them find those responsible for his death. Police were called just before 11pm on Thursday to reports of a stabbing outside a block of flats in London Road.
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