Mass COVID-19 testing will be available to secondary school children and staff in Greenwich before their return to school in January.
The council has stepped in to ensure a safe start to the new term following uncertainty on government strategy and calls to abandon schools opening.
The Old Kent Road is among 70 high streets in England that will receive a share of £830 million of Government funds to help boost their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A hospital has declared a major incident over fears about a shortage in oxygen caused by the demand from Covid-19 patients on its wards.
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A long-serving officer is spreading Christmas cheer to young and old across the borough of Lambeth to brighten up the lives of vulnerable residents after a particularly difficult year.
Big-hearted PC Lance Edmondson, who has worked in the borough for 26 years, is bringing joy to widows and widowers of former officers by personally hand-delivering them pre-packed fine hampers.
Teachers are terrified of the risks of passing on Covid-19 after being told they must drop off home-tests to a town hall in person before the new year.
Thousands of primary school staff across Wandsworth are being required by council chiefs to deliver home test results over a short two-day window.
Southwark council is urging businesses from across the borough to join the growing number of premises whose safety measures have been accredited as Covid Compliant under their ongoing pilot scheme.
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The North Pole is n Santa’s naughty list.
The bar of that name on Greenwich High Road is one of two licensed businesses in Greenwich to have been fined after breaking government guidelines at the beginning of the month.
Thousands of people have responded to the attack by Jacob Rees-Mogg by making massive contributions to School Food Matters (SFM) in Southwark – including some topping £1,000.
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The Christ the King (CTK) colleges, a group of Catholic sixth forms in South-east London, appealed to parents, staff and pupils to raise money for charities which help families in difficulties.
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Drivers are fuming after getting hefty fines for parking at a drop-off spot they used by a train station.
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The car owner, from Blackheath, went to the London Tribunal over a string of tickets dished out by Lewisham council – and was exonerated by its officer.
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A school which has recorded its own Christmas song, composed by a teacher, is set to raise £2,000 for projects to help the homeless.
Pupils and staff at Trinity School in Shirley Park, Croydon, taped the tune, Almost Christmas, composed by head of music Richard Holdsworth, in one day.
Favio Flores, 46, and his partner Elba Velasquez, from Peckham, took Southwark council to judicial review at the High Court after officials claimed the family deliberately moved into their home to push themselves to the top of the housing waiting list.
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Ricardo P Lloyd, 27, was with his little cousins in Lambeth Walk visiting his sick grandfather on Wednesday at around 6.30pm when he got into a confrontation with a woman who was being verbally aggressive towards him in Lambeth Newsagent and MiniMarket.
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The new public transport options would support the delivery of more than 25,000 new homes along the route, as well as improving connections across the river.
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While many of us will be opening presents and eating a turkey dinner, a lot of medics cannot enjoy a break
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A 19-year-old was stabbed in a Brixton Hill fight last night and then the car he was in as he left the scene crashed into a parked vehicle.
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Lambeth GP Federation administered 970 Covid vaccinations this week to essential workers and over 80-year-olds.
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Unicef is helping to feed hungry children in the UK for the first time in its 70 year history – in Southwark.
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