It marks the end of the year-long Woolwich Common Estate Improvement Project, and featured stalls from the council and partners, drumming from a local arts group and free food and drink.
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Wimbledon resident Waqar Basit has been withholding his service charge payments for over 10 years, arguing that his landlord’s ‘whole reasoning is just wrong.’
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Henrietta Hastings told an inquest at Inner South London Coroner’s Court that her son Charlie Marriage became stressed and anxious during the three hours he spent with her at a Superdrug in Camberwell on a Saturday in June 2021 trying to get anti-epilepsy drugs.
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Shireen Razey attended an investiture service at Buckingham Palace, having been named in the King’s Birthday Honours 2024. She was officially presented with her Order of the British Empire medal by the Princess Royal.
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The authority has said it will be reviewing the scheme after signs for the new restrictions had caused confusion to residents.
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The ex-headquarters of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly, designed by Lord Norman Foster, has stood empty and unused for the last three years, after mayor Sadiq Khan relocated operations to a conference centre in east London in a bid to cut costs.
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Next year, Croydon residents will experience a 10 percent rise in the cost of parking permits and an 11.3 per cent hike in the cost of certain burials at one largest cemeteries.
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Court documents stated Carl Smith dropped a cigarette butt in Market Square, Bromley, on May 23 this year. The resident of Chesney Crescent in New Addington was prosecuted for breaching the Environmental Protection Act 1990, stating he is liable to a fine for dropping litter in public.
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Hosted by environmental charity Trees for Cities in partnership with Croydon council, the new trees promise to enrich the area by supporting biodiversity, cooling and cleaning the air, and boosting people’s mental and physical health.
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Police were called at half past midnight this morning following reports of a moped being involved in a collision with a pedestrian on Poynders Road, at the junction with Clarence Avenue.
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Broken down weekly, anyone living in a studio flat will see their rent rise to £118.43 from £115.32. Those in a five-bedroom property will see their rent jump to £225.05 from £219.13. Properties that are re-let could be subject to a five per cent increase.
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The authority said the project has improved the safety of the junction of Putney Bridge Road, Lower Richmond Road and Putney High Street for both pedestrians and cyclists.
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The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said England’s social housing watchdog would be ‘working with Southwark council’ to address failings identified in a judgement of the local authority published in November.
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During its recent inspection in October, Chestnut Park Primary School, on St James’s Road in West Croydon, maintained top marks across all assessment areas. The report notes how staff set clear expectations for pupils’ behaviour and attitudes, fostering an environment where children excel.
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Police were called at around 1.30pm following reports of a knife attack in Buckingham Avenue in Thornton Heath.
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Duncan Bartlett, 52, of Judd Street, Westminster, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment at Wood Green Crown Court today. He had pleaded guilty to 35 offences at an earlier hearing at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on August 30.
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Known as the ‘Tooting Four’, the group comprised Nick Arlett, Lloyd Dunsford, Martin Whitehead and Alison Young, and their protest was held on April 6 as the mayor’s re-election campaign gathered pace.
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The collision involving a moped and pedestrian in Talgarth Road, West Kensington, on Tuesday, January 16, resulted in the death of 58-year-old Ina Rodrigues
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The Labour-run local authority was urged to ask for extra cash, and to reassess its costs and strategies, due to announcements made in the Budget.
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