Suspected cannabis factory at centre of fire emergency
Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters tackled the blaze in Devonshire Grove after being called out at around 11pm on Sunday.
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Author: Yann Tear
Blueprint for 20k new homes in Old Kent Road has some troubled residents asking: Who benefits?
Under Southwark council’s vision for the Old Kent Road, 20,000 homes would be constructed in the neighbourhood over the next couple of decades, as well as two London Underground stations, offices and new parks and cycle lanes.
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Another famous restaurant name wants to relocate to former US embassy site
Le Caprice – previously located in Arlington Street – intends to operate seven days a week inside the site, which is being developed into a luxury 137-room hotel with five restaurants, retail units, a spa and a 1,000-person ballroom, an application before Westminster City Council shows.
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Nightclub forced to shut in aftermath of alleged murder
Dontae McLaren, 24, was stabbed to death in a fight outside the club in Wandsworth Road in September.
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Merton creates new badge scheme to honour borough’s long-standing volunteers
The Mayor of Merton, councillor Slawek Szczepanski with his consort Kamila Dyczko, presented each volunteer with a lanyard with badges depicting the number of years they have been volunteering.
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Peak-time traffic-curbing measures set for imminent trial in Greenwich
The aim is to help make the area safer, more accessible and attractive for people to walk and cycle, by reducing the amount of non-residential traffic passing through the area.
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In search of wild flowers on his bike – an author shares his botanical passion
Over the course of a year, Leif went on a journey around the UK and Ireland, highlighting the unique plants that grow there, their history, and why it is so desperately important to protect our wildflowers.
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Man in critical condition after Stockwell bus collision
Police were called by London Ambulance Service shortly before 12.30pm on Saturday, following reports of a collision involving a single-decker bus and a man in South Lambeth Road with the junction with Lansdowne Way.
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Campaign to clean up our waterways gathering pace with planned march
A March for Clean Water is taking place from 11-3pm, with the Albert Embankment as its meeting point. A really will be held in Parliament Square at around 1.30pm.
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Man detained after suspected drink-drive crash injures pedestrian
Police, London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance attended and found a pedestrian, a man in his 20s, injured.
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Met getting ready for day of Tommy Robinson marchers and anti-racism opponents
Officers from the Met and the British Transport police will be supported by officers from other UK forces.
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Badges of honour as Croydon Guides share special feast to mark Black History Month
Members of 6th Croydon Guides shared food that reminds them of their family heritage to mark the annual month-long event.
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The Beckenham road that has turned into a mass of ‘mini ponds’
Local residents feel the issue has been made worse by parents dropping their kids off to the local school as it causes ever bigger pools of water on the unpaved road which shifts and sinks with the weight of car tyres.
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Now Soho wants in on Khan’s pedestrianisation dream – but council is outraged
The Soho Business Alliance (SBA) has written to Sadiq Khan and the Walking and Cycling Commissioner, Will Norman, advocating for its inclusion in the proposed Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC).
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Sex attacks and assaults against woman he’d just met lands attacker lengthy jail sentence
Heilab Assefa, 29, of London Road, Croydon, was sentenced to 14 years and four months’ imprisonment, and eight years on license on Tuesday at Croydon Crown Court for grievous bodily harm and offences of sexual assault.
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Football clubs embrace Poppy Appeal with emblems on their shirts
Players from Fulham, QPR, Chelsea, Millwall and Crystal Palace will wear special kits with the poppy emblem in support of the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.
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Bids invited to tap into Southwark’s cash float for biodiversity projects
It is aimed at not-for-profit groups wanting to deliver nature projects which contribute to creating new habitats and increase biodiversity.
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Week of disruptions on South London rail network starts on Saturday
Upgrade work will mean that no trains will run on parts of the National Rail and London Overground networks for seven days starting on Saturday and finishing on Friday, November 1 (half-term week).
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Trial over speed limits and no-go zones for capital’s e-scooters
E-scooters, which are more heavily regulated than e-bikes in the capital, are still banned from passing through large sections of the city centre, including the Royal Parks, the South Bank and the area around St Paul’s Cathedral.
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