Mosaic gets new lease of life – and a special day to mark its restoration
Those were the days when the United Transport Company offered Londoners affordable excursions to the countryside, coastal resorts and horse racing meets.
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Author: Yann Tear
Old Streatham Hill Theatre set for its new life as a church – but does it have permission?
Streatham Hill Theatre enjoys Grade II listed building status and has a proud past but succumbed to financial pressures decades ago to become a bingo hall until 2017, when the owners of the building sold it to a property company two years ago.
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This bus route terminates here – it’s all change for 211 and 77 services
From tomorrow, there will be changes to bus routes 211 and 77 to improve travel links to and from Battersea Power Station and to accommodate plans by Lambeth council to pedestrianise Concert Hall Approach in the Waterloo area.
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Brixton home celebrates Windrush – and the importance of welcoming new arrivals
Social housing provider Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing hosted a Windrush party for residents at Hanover Mansions, a housing complex home to African and African-Caribbean residents above the age of 55 located on Barnwell Road in Lambeth.
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Abbey Wood rape in derelict garages prompts Met appeal for public help
An investigation was launched on Wednesday, June 19 after police were informed of a rape that took place in Sewell Road at around 7pm.
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High-rise flat fire is contained – but five need hospital attention
Most of a three-roomed flat was damaged. Firefighters led the four to safety, while others remained in their unaffected flats.
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Firefighters called to deal with nightclub store room fire in Croydon
Part of a store room at the rear of the building was alight. There are currently no reports of any injuries.
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Greenwich housing maintenance staff postpone strike action – for now
More than 150 maintenance workers employed by Greenwich council, all members of the labor union Unite, were scheduled to strike on July 1 and July 2 after the council introduced plans to reduce wages by up to 30 percent over a four-year period.
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East Dulwich estate gets ‘sociable’ helping hand with deliveries of cheaper foods
Southern Housing and Southwark council have collaborated with Hubbub, The Felix Project, and Albrighton Centre to lessen the impacts of food shortages at Dawson’s Heights estate in East Dulwich.
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Foodbank fracas – election candidates clash over their proliferation during Tory years
Ethan Brooks, a Wandsworth councillor, also partly blamed the rise in use of food banks on Jobcentres signposting people to the support they offer, at the debate on June 24.
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Parents of girls killed in school yard tragedy hit out at ‘failure to prosecute’
They say Nuria Sajjad, and Selena Lau, both eight, ‘deserved better’ and criticised the conclusions of the Met’s investigation into the fatal crash on July 6 last year at The Study School in Wimbledon.
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Our bathroom always leaks when it rains, say fed-up Greenwich couple
Kevin Barry, 71, has lived in his Blackheath flat for 28 years with his wife Rita, 72. The council tenants claimed that for the past month, the bathroom of his flat has leaked and experienced increasingly severe mould each time it rains.
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Albert Bridge of sighs for HGV drivers being caught out with fines netting £630k
A Freedom of Information (FoI) request found Kensington and Chelsea council issued drivers 11,766 fines worth £130 between January 9 and May 27.
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Cigarette warning after balcony in Croydon goes up in flames
A second-floor balcony in Milton Road was destroyed by fire. There were no reports of any injuries.
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Lambeth’s chief executive in hot water after drink-drive and drugs investigation
Bayo Dosunmu, chief executive of Lambeth, was arrested by police on Sunday in Westminster over the incident.
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No charges will be brought against driver responsible for death of girls at school tea party tragedy
Nuria Sajjad and Selina Laud died after a Land Rover smashed through a fence and collided with a building at the school in Camp Road.
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Batteries blamed for warehouse blaze in Mitcham
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled the blaze in Hallowfield Way on Tuesday.
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Discarded e-bikes initiative lauded by institute for the blind
Wandsworth council’s new scheme will ban riders from abandoning their e-bikes on high traffic pavements, where they may block pedestrians.
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Peckham residents mobilise to voice opposition to town centre transformation
With the backing of local celebrity Jessie Ware and local businesses, crowds 150 strong united to confront Berkeley Homes at final public meeting on Tuesday – which is the last time the developer will ‘engage with’ the public ahead of the planning application being submitted.
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