Lambeth foster carer awarded MBE for an ‘exceptional’ carer
BY KATE DENNETT toby@slpmedia.co.uk A foster carer has been honoured for dedicating more than two decades of her life to
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Author: Toby Porter
Mother loses battle to get apology for death of misdiagnosed daughter
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A mother has lost an eight-year legal battle to get a public apology for the death
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Historic Grade-II listed Bellingham pub has been saved from demolition by residents
An historic Grade-II listed pub has been saved from demolition by residents, writes Maya Chavvakula. The Fellowship and Star pub
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SidTALKS with Cbeebies presenter Sid Sloane
BY KATE DENNETT A children’s TV star is leading new motivational talks and workshops to inspire youngsters to focus on
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Wimbledon man throws a ‘Ball-Voyage Party’ in celebration of testicle removal
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A young man has been battling social stigmas around cancer by having a celebratory ‘ball-voyage’ party to
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Residents plan to blockade site of ‘super sewer’ in Bermondsey
BY KATE DENNETT toby@slpmedia.co.uk Residents plan to blockade a construction site after many claim they were unfairly left in their
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Parents’ fight against closure of special needs nursery in Dulwich
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk An academy trust has decided to close a special needs nursery and children’s centre because of lack
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What’s On: Moon Festival, Greenwich
Moon Festival is a week-long cultural extravaganza which makes its debut in Greenwich this July with an out-of-this-world programme celebrating
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Stockwell’s secret garden to be opened tomorrow by author Deborah Orr
This Sunday, July 21st, writer and columnist Deborah Orr is throwing open the gates of Stockwell’s Secret Garden. There’ll be
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Two men get life sentences for murdering Sierra Leone woman due to fly home that day
Two men were sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 19 July having previously been found guilty for their role
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Streatham ‘Machete’ man was carrying a fork
A school went into lockdown after a man scaled its fence and brandished a fork. Dunraven School in Leigham Court
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Fleeing driver reversed car over police officer in Lewisham
Police have released an image of a man they would like to trace after an officer was run over following
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Two people arrested in south-west London on suspicion of terrorism offences
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences as part of an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism
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Southwark robber lured 12 victims on dating app to drug them and steal – until one victim died while his son slept upstairs
A robber has been found guilty of murdering a father with an overdose of the drug GBL, as part of
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A drama about how to cope with power imbalances in relationships at Clapham’s Bread & Roses next week
Conversations with Ed by Meg Pickup, from Tuesday at the Bread & Roses in Clapham, explores every kind of relationship – with food,
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Sam Wilkinson through to live semi-final of The Voice Kids – and to star in his Forest Hill school’s talent show
By Bethany Deer and Toby Porter Teenage singer Sam Wilkinson was being watched by millions on TV on Saturday reaching
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Uk’s first ever scooter collision death, in Battersea, was YouTube star Emily Hartridge
The victim of Britain’s first fatal scooter accident, in Friday’s morning rush-hour, was TV presenter and YouTube star Emily Hartridge.
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South Social Film Festival celebrates Chile in Elephant & Castle
South Social celebrates CHILE is a trans-geographical, multicultural and multidimensional festival that will celebrate CHILE by way of independent cinema, world music
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Police seek silver car driver as man tumbles off Thamesmead bridge
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man fell from a bridge in Thamesmead. Police were called at 2am on
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