An independent panel is deciding whether a downgrade to a major hospital should be fully reviewed. Merton council wrote to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, asking him to call in the proposed decision to downgrade St Helier Hospital, by removing its accident and emergency ward.
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Police have issued a photo of a man who exposed himself on a Route 133 bus. The man boarded the
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A network of college campuses has relaunched its food bank fundraiser in the run-up to Christmas.
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A project which gathered more than 370 devices for pupils in 45 schools has won an award. Power to Connect launched in April to support families self-isolating during lockdown, and has won the ‘Community Impact’ category at the AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards.
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A motorcyclist died after being involved in a collision with a car last night. Detectives are now appealing for witnesses and those with dash cam footage to come forward following a fatal collision in Westminster.
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A robbery victim was beaten unconscious then stamped on, suffering a fractured eye socket, during an attack by two men
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Hundreds of social housing tenants in Southwark are being forced to live in homes that are riddled with vermin, cockroaches, severe damp and broken windows, according to statistics from a national law firm.
Read MoreTwo boroughs with the highest concentrations of HIV have been given almost £1million of prevention pills. Lambeth and Southwark had 244 new HIV diagnoses in 2018 – more than five per cent of the number nationally, 4,453.
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Doorkins Magnificat has snared her last rodent. The Southwark Cathedral cat, who kept the hallowed place of worship mouse-free for 11 years, ran out of her nine lives on Wednesday.
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by Rafi Mauro-Benady A woman police officer has been stabbed today after intervening during a suspected attempted robbery. The
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The hospital trust which treated prime minister Boris Johnson when he had Covid-19 is offering people the chance to test what its specialists hope is a cure. Guy’s and St Thomas’ is looking for volunteers to participate in a clinical trial studying an investigational vaccine against coronavirus.
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Scores of high profile pubs and clubs face an existential threat because of the 10pm curfew they have to impose under current government restrictions. The capital’s most iconic gay venue, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT) in Kennington Lane, is one of the landmarks facing a cash crisis if huge losses are not averted during the winter, they say.
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Five landlords have each been fined £5,000 for failing to get a licence for their multi-flat houses. Greenwich council uncovered the abuses at houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) under regulations which came into force in October 2017, making it a crime to let out a HMO in the borough without a licence.
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Ruby Pearce and Sally Morris, who both go to Henry Cavendish Primary School in Balham, are fundraising for Little Princess Trust, which makes wigs for children who have lost their hair during chemotherapy for cancer. The duo got their long hair cut short at Headmasters salon in Streatham yesterday, and are donating their hair to the trust.
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NHS supporters picketed the offices of a firm which part-runs the government’s test and trace scheme. Campaigners from Lambeth Keep Our NHS Public (KONP) took part in a day of protest on Monday against the so-called NHS Track and Trace.
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Charity shops need support from customers to enable their beneficiaries to keep getting vital help, an MP has said. The MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Neil Coyle, visited a shop run by national disability charity Sense to see first-hand how the charity has adapted to social distancing measures since lockdown. Sense shops raise money to support people with complex disabilities, including deafblindness, to communicate and experience the world.
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Cops showed an MP and community leaders how they safely use force to detain suspects. Police gave Ellie Reeves, MP for Lewisham West and Penge, a clearer picture of how they are trained to handle certain high-pressure situations.
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Health chiefs may have got into a vicious circle in lockdown – but up to 400 pupils have responded by being part of a virtuous cycle. Youngsters at three schools have taken to two wheels on the morning ‘run’, which has turned into a popular early pedal.
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A heat network will deliver low carbon, cost-effective heat to residents and businesses in up to 3,500 homes. The £30m project which will serve future developments in the Nine Elms area of Wandsworth – one of the capital’s largest brownfield regeneration sites.
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