Southwark warns 16 schools are in financial crisis and could close
Plummeting student numbers mean more schools in Southwark are spending more than they receive in funding.
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Author: James Twomey
London has worst unemployment gap for disabled people
The significant unemployment gap for people with learning difficulties is being driven by social exclusion, segregated educational settings and a lack of support.
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Teachers go on strike during exam season at school with ‘culture of fear and favouritism’
Holland Park School was forced to shut its doors to all pupils except those sitting exams on Wednesday and further strike action could take place on June 28, 29 and 30.
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‘I’m fighting for my job’: Railway workers head to the picket line for second day of industrial action
Railway workers have set up picket lines across the south of the capital for a second day of national railway worker strike action.
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‘There was this noise and it just opened up’: Bexley sinkhole swallows up width of road
Bexleyheath residents said they were “shocked” after a huge sinkhole opened up in their quiet road on Tuesday evening at around 9pm.
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Family of Oladeji Omashore, targeted with stun gun by police before death, ‘deeply distressed’ at Met actions
The initial Met Police media report claimed Oladeji “Deji” Omishore, 41, was in possession of a screwdriver, but on June 21 the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) confirmed Mr Omishore was instead holding a cigarette lighter.
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E-bike battery caused Shepherd’s Bush high rise flat blaze
The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said an e-bike battery was the cause of a fire in a 12th floor flat in Shepherd’s Bush yesterday.
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Union says borough will lose £250k every day parking wardens strike
Wandsworth parking wardens have gone on strike today for the third time in a dispute over pay, meaning parking charges will not be being checked and penalty notices will not be being issued.
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Use your feet to ‘Beat the Street’ and win prizes
Some 136 Beat the Street boxes have been installed and are staging posts for those taking part by walking, cycling, scooting or rollerblading to different locations in the borough and accumulating points on a card.
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TfL to fine motorists who drive in cycle lanes
The government has introduced new powers allowing TfL and London boroughs to fine motorists who infringe on cycle lanes and cycle tracks in the same way that they currently do for bus lanes and yellow box junctions.
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Mayor of London to launch £545k pilot to improve digital divide
The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a pilot programme worth £545,000 that will help 75,000 Londoners without access to the internet.
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