Pivotal trials at St George’s University Hospital Tooting progress to next stage as medics pleased with results
By Sian Bayley, Local Democracy Reporter Throughout the pandemic researchers in South London have been hard at work testing out
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Author: Toby Porter
Daniel’s man cave reaches final of shed of the year competition
To the rest of us, a shed is like an oversized kennel with tools, where a man can have his
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Wandsworth music school performs virtual concert for schools and orphans
A school for musicians of all ages and abilities will raise money for orphans and schools with an online concert.
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Mum whose daughter may have died of pollution poisoning condemns toxin-cutting road measures
By Grainne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter A leading environmental campaigner whose daughter’s death may have been linked to air pollution
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Mum sues Chancellor after losing thousands of pounds in benefits for taking maternity leave
A freelance music producer and mum is suing the Chancellor of the Exchequer for discrimination after he suggested pregnancy should
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Stop Hate helpline set up in Lewisham
A 24-hour Stop Hate Line helpline has been set up in Lewisham. The service has been entirely funded by donations
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Southwark Cathedral to fully reopen from Monday
Southwark Cathedral will be fully re-opened on Monday, after the successful re-opening of the nave for worship and private prayer.
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Teenager arrested on drugs charges after police find machete in Croydon
A 16-inch machete was found on a teenager who was also arrested on drugs charges after a section 60 clampdown
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Housing association pays homeowner £32.5k after weed invades garden
A resident has been compensated £32,500 after a plant – classified as one of the worst weeds in the world
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Lambeth creates hub to give impetus for concerted climate action
A town hall has launched a climate action hub for residents, business and community groups to share projects, experience, ideas
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Town hall leaders in joint plea to push ahead with Bakerloo line extension
By Toby Porter and Lachlan Leeming, local democracy reporter Two council leaders have made an unprecedented joint plea for the
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Approval for Dulwich Hamlet new stadium and 219 flats ‘secures club’s future for 125 years’
By Toby Porter and Grainne Cuffe, local democracy reporter A scheme to build 219 homes and a new stadium
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Mercedes driver who jumped lights then killed pedestrian in Brixton Hill is sentenced to seven years in jail
A Mercedes driver who struck a student in a fatal hit and run crash has been jailed for seven years.
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MP welcomes lifeline for Wimbledon Police Station
The lifting of a threat to close a police station has been welcomed by a burglary victim brutally attacked in
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Choir to raise cash for NHS with version of I Can See Clearly Now
NHS staff have been seeing a lot of rainbows in windows recently. But as the number of infections and deaths from
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EXCLUSIVE: Ferry crossing at Rotherhithe is shelved amid TfL cash crisis
A petition has been launched to restore a river crossing after it was axed by a ferry firm and transport
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Leisure centres reopen in Lambeth
Leisure centres and gyms in Lambeth are reopening today, July 25. Better Leisure, the charitable social enterprise that operates nine
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Southwark gradually reopen libraries
Southwark is starting to gradually open libraries, the council has announced. The council is now offering a reduced service from
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Driver arrested after running a red light, hitting cyclist and car
Officers arrested a man in after the stolen vehicle he was in ran a red light, collided with a cyclist
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