Water fountain set for return – but maybe not in time for this heatwave
The fountain in Wimbledon Hill Road, will be restored to full working order for £10,000 – with drinking water once again available.
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Author: Yann Tear
Renewed appeal over fatal shooting of young man two years ago
Kyle Kelson, who would have turned 28 this week (July 13), was 25 when he was shot and killed in Brocks Drive, North Cheam just after 1.10am on Friday, June 19, 2020
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Blaze at Admiralty pub leads to mass evacuation
Huge plumes of smoke billowed from the Admiralty pub shortly before 5.50pm on Tuesday afternoon
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Greenacres by name, green fingered by nature: the school with its own ‘cafe’
The Kids Café at Greenacres Primary School, based on Witherston Way, Eltham, gives children the opportunity to create recipes and sell the food they cook and produce.
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Second man charged over New Park Road killing
Ernestas Aleksandrovas, 29, of Norwood High Street, has been charged with the murder of Mauricio ‘Maurice’ Nascimento from Croydon.
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Appeal for help in getting Hammersmith elderly to reconnect after Covid
Re-engage, which is dedicated to ending loneliness and isolation, is re-building its network of free Sunday tea parties throughout the UK and needs co-ordinators willing to spend a few hours to oversee these gatherings.
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South London’s Fred Wright enjoying superb Tour de France
There will be plenty of proud onlookers at Herne Hill Cycling Club this week as one of their own enjoys the week of his life in the biggest bike race of them all.
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Schools lauded for high priority placed on pupil mental health
Southwark Council’s £2m programme with school staff, local services and experts is aimed at improving mental health and resilience in schools (IMHARS for short) and has benefitted more than 25,000 pupils so far.
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Kew The Music Festival: Van Morrison still a class act reviewed by Yann Tear
The Irish jazz-blues legend was the undoubted highlight of this year’s Kew The Music Festival – which feels finally to have thrown off the shackles of the pandemic with packed spaces all around the temporary stage.
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Southwark’s Food Flagship pioneers aiming to make school meals healthier
Under the scheme, the Food Flagship schools will share best practice with others in Southwark and showcase what a good food culture looks like
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Finding more ways to go green – Southwark heeds citizens’ advice
This is part of £7.5 million that the council has announced it will spend on green projects, in its updated climate action plan
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New platform that should improve patient care in South-east London
A leading healthcare workforce management platform has secured a two-year contract with Our Healthier South East London – an integrated care system for the area – to deliver its workforce technology to help 1.9 million patients
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Morning blaze causes early rail disruption at Victoria
The blaze, possible triggered by the soaring heatwave – which reached 32 degrees in some parts of the capital – saw services between Victoria and Brixton suspended this morning before the rush hour commute.
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Plants from award-winning RHS garden on way to Charlton school
Created by London garden designer Sean A. Pritchard, Macmillan’s Legacy Garden tells the story of how leaving a gift in a will can help to provide support for people living with cancer in the future.
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Off-duty policeman accused of ‘strangulation’
PC Thomas Andrews has been remanded in custody following a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court today (Monday 11) and will appear at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, August 8
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Build it and they will come: Young cricketers get their own ‘mini’ Oval
What was a sadly-neglected playground has become a welcoming splash of colour which should lure plenty of children to play cricket not a million miles from the famous Kia Oval ground.
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Name that popular playground: Lambeth residents offered vote
A public vote is now open until midnight on July 31 – and it features a shortlist suggested by local children.
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Climate crisis debated in Balham
Scientist and activist Lucy Hogarth, 28, a PHD student from University College London, will give the main talk at St Mary and St John the Divine Church, Balham High Road, next Wednesday (July 20) at 7pm.
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Driver charged over 4am pedicab fatality
Luis Fernanado Balcazar-Soto, 24, of Law Street, Borough has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving
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