Southwark dad opens up over son’s cancer diagnosis at just three months
A father-of-three has spoken about the ordeal he faced when his youngest son was diagnosed with cancer at just three-months-old.
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Author: Toby Porter
Three arrests over death of boy in Deptford house fire in 2018
Police investigating a blaze which claimed the life of a seven-year-old boy have made three new arrests as they continue
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Barriers building against traffic calming measures
Bollards for cycle lanes, extra parking restrictions and road closures – new measures to get us on our bikes after
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Goal is to improve football club in Tooting
BY TARA O’CONNOR Local Democracy Reporter and TOBY PORTER A respected non-league football club is matching its local rivals by developing
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Hundreds of buses to get special extra school services – but are your vital ones included?
By Owen Sheppard, Local Democracy Reporter TfL has released details of dozens of bus routes that will provide more
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‘You have to be brave, we’ve found a mass in your head’
Egon Turci likes to dance – especially when he has come out of brain surgery. He’s been doing that a
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Woman back in jail for breaching release conditions after getting out of jail for terrorism offences
A registered terrorist who broke the law within ten days of being released from prison has been jailed again, following
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Second man charged over Lambeth killing of Salem Koudou last week
Detectives investigating the murder of 20-year-old Salem Koudou in Lambeth on Thursday, 20 August have charged a second man. Yassein
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Three arrests amid investigation over house-fire death of Deptford youngster Joel Urhie
Detectives investigating a blaze which claimed the life of seven-year-old Joel Urhie have made three new arrests as they continue
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Hospitals are failing to reach their required cancer targets
Two big teaching hospitals fell way below their cancer treatment targets during June, a survey has revealed – and both
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Posthumous Coach of the Year award for Dulwich Hamlet FC’s Farouk
A football coach who paid for rehab kit for his players, drove them around and even made their meals has
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Sisters demand new inquest into their brother’s death
Two sisters whose brother is claimed to have committed suicide after the torment of being sexually abused in Lambeth children’s
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Positive vibes puts Kaye D from New Cross at brink of model contest final
It might be hard to shine bright when your sister has been on TV talent show The Voice, your partner
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Environment activists label bank in Balham as ethically unclean
People dressed like crime scene investigators in clean suits staged a mock investigation of Barclays Bank over its alleged “crimes
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Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre traders’ fury at lack of help to get relocation premises
BY PETER LANE A group of traders staged an online protest after developers failed to relocate their businesses as demolition of
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Concerns for foxes safety as school seeks to remove them
Almost 11,000 people have signed a petition calling on a primary school to refrain from removing foxes from its land.
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Cash to help leisure centres is criticised
By Lachlan Leeming, local democracy reporter Greenwich council has responded to claims it gave a £800,000 bail-out of tax payer
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Cycleway between Lewisham and Catford start date is postponed
Work on a cycleway has been halted over fears about its impact – on the day it was due to
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Get in the right gear and raise cash form cycling charity
Cyclists will pedal from London to Brighton this weekend to raise money for a charity which raises money for bikes
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