Appeals after dad with tot is badly injured in Notting Hill assault
An unknown male was walking westbound along Westbourne Grove on Saturday at around 1pm where he was seen on CCTV pushing a male victim to the floor.
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Author: Yann Tear
Hopeful signs on Bakerloo line extension – but it’s still at least 15 years away
The multi-billion pound project involves extending the Tube line south from its current terminus at Elephant and Castle, with a new station proposed at Burgess Park and a second one located further down the Old Kent Road.
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Clapham bar at the centre of murder trial is forced to close
Dirty Blonde Club on Wandsworth Road has had its licence temporarily suspended by Lambeth council following the incident in September which resulted in the death of Dontae McLaren.
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Last Soho school ‘must survive’ to maintain area’s beating heart
Soho Parish C of E Primary School, which has existed on Great Windmill Street since the late 19th century, is hoping a combination of fundraising and greater promotion of its services can help it plug the gap and enable it to ‘thrive’.
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£20k reward offered in attempt to clear up brutal Soho murder from 20 years ago
Camille Gordon, 23, who was training to be a nursery assistant, was brutally murdered on the doorstep of her workplace on March 1 2004.
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Arrest made following Victoria tube stabbing
A man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. He remains in police custody.
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Fires at Bromley block prompt cladding change
The works will update the balconies and roof terraces of homes in St Mark’s Square, where a block of flats caught fire on August 15 due to a faulty extension lead on a 10th floor balcony.
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The latest deserving Jack Petchey award winners making their mark
Awards have been handed out to 119 young people from Lambeth and Southwark in recognition of contributions made to their
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Council spending a fortune on Catford estate they plan to demolish
The Labour-run council began moving council tenants out of the estate above Catford Centre in 2012, as demolition of the estate was due to begin in 2016. But over a decade later, the estate is still standing as plans to regenerate Milford Towers and the wider Catford town centre have stalled.
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Merton school considered surplus to requirements now looks like being sold off for housing
Up until August 31, Stanford Primary School, in Chilmark Road on the edge of Norbury and bordering Croydon and Lambeth, had 420 pupils plus a nursery on site.
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New £28m contract drawn up in Hammersmith to speed up housing repairs
In March, the local authority approved the termination of its repairs contracts – covering the north and central parts of the borough – with Morgan Sindall
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Activists seek MP’s help to press Starmer into tougher climate stance
Following a meeting with Merton Friends of the Earth on Saturday, Wimbledon MP Paul Kohler has agreed to write to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, urging him to show leadership on the climate crisis by drawing up a ‘fair and ambitious plan’ to cut emissions.
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Peabody withdraws ‘squatting’ claims against housing activist in Bexley
The homes are located in the Lesnes Estate in Thamesmead and are set to be knocked down by Peabody for a project that would see 1,950 new units being built on the site.
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Phoenix failure to rise from the ashes is costing Lambeth thousands
WeWork, which provides co-working space, was due to move into Phoenix House in Vauxhall, after Lambeth council staff vacated the offices in 2019. But the firm pulled out of the deal at the last minute due to financial difficulties.
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Old Belgravia police station looks set to get new lease of life as a hotel
Belgravia Police Station was shut in 2022 by Sadiq Khan as part of a wider reorganisation of the Met Police.
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Scaffold accident has led to year’s delay in Hammersmith town hall project
The Hammersmith Civic Campus scheme has also been affected by Brexit but the 2022 accident sparked an investigation which has hampered progress at the site.
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Ten survive devastating house fire blamed on yet another e-bike battery disaster
Tragedy was only narrowly avoided. Two adults were rescued by firefighters from a rear roof via a short extension ladder. Seven adults and one child escaped the house before firefighters arrived. Several of the occupants were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews to be treated for smoke inhalation.
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Police issue appeal after pensioner bundled to the ground suffered broken hip
On Tuesday, July 2, at around 1pm, an 85-year-old man was attempting to board the 220 bus at Hammersmith bus station when he became the victim of aggression
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Report criticises Wandsworth for ‘unacceptable’ delays in renewing Blue Badge
The woman’s mum, who complained on her behalf, claimed the council’s approach made it harder for disabled people to receive support.
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