Children in care lagging behind school peers in Wandsworth
Children in care are lagging behind their classmates in Wandsworth’s schools, new figures show. The charity Become, which supports children
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Author: Toby Porter
Talk of the town: Shubbak Festival, Southbank Centre
The fifth edition of an Arabic festival will take place bringing performances, music, literature and art from the Arab region.
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Electric car use is on the rise in Westminster
Electric car technology is advancing rapidly, and the latest figures suggest that Westminster is getting on board the green revolution.
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18 year old man stabbed to death on way home
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk Friends of an 18-year-old man who was stabbed to death on Sunday say they will miss
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Kittens dumped in a box in Paddington named after Harry Potter characters
The RSPCA is appealing for information after three newborn kittens were dumped in a box in Paddington. The kittens, two
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£3bn over budget, Crossrail ‘deluded itself,’ claims report
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Crossrail was driven over budget by almost £3billion and behind schedule because its management team clung
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Intelligence rules while ignorance carries the burden – Brixton lecture on how to clue up on your history
A Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 Event will feature a lecture on Black History as Therapeutic Practice. It is a
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Westminster benefits from more housing legal aid services, study shows
Westminster has an usually high number of state-funded housing advise services, new Law Society research shows. But the Law Society
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Tooting care home fined £90k after woman, 78, died in blaze
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A pensioner died after accidentally setting her soothing – but flammable – skin cream on fire at
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Strikes looming on Woolwich ferries
BY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk Workers on a ferry which carries 20,000 vehicles a week have announced they will go on
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Hither Green man who ‘lawfully killed’ burglar is ‘relieved’
A 78-year-old man who was ruled to have lawfully killed a burglar who broke into his home is “relieved that
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‘Brazen’ gang steal gems from Tiffany’s in Chelsea
Ram raiders burst into Tiffany’s luxury jewellery shop in Chelsea and made off with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth
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Film-maker Louis Theroux explores anxiety of motherhood at Mother & Baby unit at Bethlem Hospital
Film-maker Louis Theroux has spent time on the Mother and Baby Unit at Bethlem Royal Hospital in Beckenham, filming a
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Developers plans to make Elephant and Castle ‘the Piccadilly of the south’
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Developers want to restore Elephant and Castle to its position as the ‘Piccadilly of the South’
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Lambeth tenant is at his wits’ end over faulty housing association flat
BY MATT FARMER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A tenant has come up against his housing association when trying to get his leaky ceiling
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Theatre Review: Creditors at Jermyn Street Theatre
BY CHRISTOPHER WALKER It is no exaggeration to say that London theatre is going through a renaissance at present. This
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More than 40% of parents in Bexley fail to pay child maintenance under government scheme
More than 40% of parents in Bexley who are required to pay their child maintenance through government intervention in are
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Parents make desperate plea with GoFundMe to save their daughter who has leukaemia
BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk The parents of a two-year-old tot have made an empassioned appeal for donations to help save
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Battersea Cat of the Day: Chaplin
Breed: Domestic Short Hair Sex: Male Age: 4 years 11 months Reference: 374066; Handsome Chaplin is a very playful boy
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