Warrants were carried out on three properties in Mitcham on Friday, June 7, leading to five arrests and the discovery of weapons, ammunition, dozens of mobile phones, and over one thousand wraps of cocaine.
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The plans, if approved by Wandsworth Council, would not see any structural changes to the church on Bennerley Road. The proposed nursery would be for 40 kids aged three and four years old.
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The Thamesmead Community Fund (TMCF) will choose which projects will receive up to £3,000 from July 2024 – March 2025, and panel members will be paid the London Living Wage for their time.
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On July 18, Parkinson’s UK will host a “Living Well with Parkinson’s” event at St Laurence Church in Bromley Street, Lewisham, open to anyone living with Parkinson’s or caring for someone with the condition.
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In an open letter, organisations including Road Peace and Campaign for Better Transport, call on the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to drop the Range Rover as the official Wimbledon vehicle partner and to instead transport players, their teams and event officials via healthier and more sustainable means.
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Amelia Kan has a rare genetic condition called tuberous sclerosis complex which causes non-cancerous tumours to grow in different parts of her body.
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They have also sounded the alarm over an ongoing erosion of trust between themselves and Kensington and Chelsea council, due in part to rising costs and incorrect service charges – including being billed for works as part of a previous Grenfell anniversary event.
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Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a blaze at a house on Kent Avenue yesterday evening (Monday).
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It’s a free day of healthy exercising on Saturday, July 13, at Castle Square, five minutes’ walk from Elephant and Castle Tube station.
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Surgery theatre nurses for Guys and St Thomas’ hospitals will strike on Thursday and Tuesday next week, said the labour union Unite. Further action is scheduled should the strikes not result in constructive action from the trust.
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From Sunday, until Monday July 8 and Thursday July 11 until Monday, 15 July 15, Unite the Union members who maintain the trams and infrastructure are planning to strike impacting the London Trams network.
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From July 1 to September 8 Battersea Power Station will host The Battersea Games, a two-month calendar of summer activities.
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The marchers were urging political leaders to take more decisive action in tackling the country’s biodiversity crisis.
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KC council says the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) run by the Cabinet Office has resulted in 719 matches since it launched in 2022 and unlocked 126 investigations worth more than £360k, an annual report into fraud showed.
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Members of the Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign (WPIC) described the category B men’s prison, on Heathfield Road, as a ‘broken piece of the community’ and called for more focus on slashing inmate numbers as they warned prisons across the UK are nearly at capacity.
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Clinton Easy, from Catford, was sentenced on Friday, at Woolwich Crown Court for two counts of controlling prostitution and distributing indecent images. Tyler Belgrave-Breeds, from Thamesmead, was sentenced in the same hearing to an identical jail term for the same offences.
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According to English Heritage, it was in her hometown of South Croydon that Miss Ashcroft first dreamt of becoming an actress at age 13. Later in her career, she would reflect on treasured childhood memories of watching Shakespearean productions at the Grand Theatre, which closed in 1959.
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The group from the 7th Camberwell division in Dulwich, went on a guided tour of the ornate Houses of Parliament. As well as exploring the stunning architecture and walking amongst the statues of former prime ministers they learned about the history of politics and the monarchy.
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By Joe Coughlan, Local Democracy Reporter A Bexley mum said she is at her ‘wits’ end’ after a dispute with
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