The National Maritime Museum said it will not meddle with its displays on Lord Nelson, despite the fact he was an avowed opponent of the abolition of slavery. One national newspaper in particular seemed to think acknowledging this fact was a dangerously subversive, leftie idea.
TOBY PORTER looks at the victor of Trafalgar’s links to South London…
Southwark town hall chiefs have committed to paying for free school meals for pupils over half-term.
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High fare increases and an extension of the congestion charge to the edge of the South Circular are measures the government may force on residents to plug the Covid-19 transport gap.
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What is certain is that Lewis Latimer came to live in London while working for the inventor of the first machine gun, Streatham resident Hiram Maxim. The debate is where he lived while he was here.
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A charity has been overwhelmed by an “amazing demonstration of compassion and generosity” from residents, who donated 200 boxes of hygiene essentials to refugees.
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A hospital’s employees have launched a mask campaign across their wards to ward off Covid-19 infections.
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Tensions between residents and their landlord worsened on Tuesday after a dangerous gas leak caused residents to evacuate their homes. Firefighters attended Dorchester Court, Herne Hill, and 50 famiilies fled their flats amid fears of a carbon monoxide leak.
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A lucky dad has won a £10,000 cash prize in a dream car and luxury lifestyle online weekly competition.
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A director of Evelina London Children’s Hospital has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for transforming care for sick and premature babies.
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Two homeless charities have joined forces to expand their reach in the city. Homelessness charity Emmaus Greenwich has joined forces with front line project Street Souls to help more people, as the number of rough sleepers in London has surged by a third during lockdown.
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The venue where Bob Marley played his last and biggest London concert has been marked with a plaque. The Crystal Palace Bowl was where Marley debuted one of his most influential tracks, Redemption Song, to end the gig 11 months before his death in May 1981.
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Community groups have welcomed the cancellation of plans to build a complex of town hall offices. A new office building for front line children and housing services staff, due to be built in Asylum Road, Peckham, was scrapped on Tuesday of last week by Southwark council’s cabinet.
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A history consultant will deliver a talk at Battersea library tonight, October 20, as part of Wandsworth’s African History Month programme, which can be heard on Zoom. Kwaku filmed that late community activist Dame Jocelyn Barrow as part of a film ‘What They Said I Should Be: The Story of African British Female Movers & Shakers’.
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Two medics have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to midwifery in England. King’s College Hospital midwives Jill Demilew and Mary Dehinbo have been presented with Chief Midwifery Officer awards.
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Protesters staged a vigil at the weekend urging a new investigation into the death of a transport worker who died after being spat at by someone claiming to have Covid-19.
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Medics have been given access to free workouts to help them through the draining ordeal of treating Covid-19 patients.
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A new walk-through coronavirus self-testing facility opened on Saturday for those with symptoms to book appointments.
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Pick up the pieces and turn them into something new – it’s what they do. The nation’s furry friends the Wombles have adapted their motto and spread their eco-message by covering up graffiti with a mural.
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Friends of a community activist and mum-of-two who died of brain cancer have joined together to create a little library in her memory. Lou’s Little Library, in Pathfield Road, Streatham, will be home to around 40 books at a time for local people to borrow and donate to.
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