Southwark Council is hosting a webinar in a bid to ease concerns about being vaccinated against Covid-19. Although the majority of people offered a vaccine have taken it, there is still reluctance among some communities.
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One Deptford schoolgirl has decided to play her part in helping feed the community this lockdown after being inspired by the footballer Marcus Rashford. Eight-year-old Leila Miah cooked 500 meatballs, using 30 tins of tomatoes and 15kg of pasta all in one day to donate 100 hot meals to her local community.
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A rugby club is celebrating after becoming the first nationally to become a member of an international inclusivity organisation, proving that to champion inclusivity, you just have to try.
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Lewisham Council is hoping that 27,267 new homes will be built across the borough by 2040, with more than 12,000 in the north of the borough. The council is consulting on its draft local plan, which sets out its long-term development strategy until 2040.
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“You don’t feel the cold until about two o’clock in the morning, that’s when it’ll be icy cold,” says Ifama Mawusi Abimbola, who was forced to sleep outside on the streets of South London on two occasions during the coronavirus pandemic.
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London Fire Brigade is set to inspect a Deptford estate after residents said they were worried about a repeat of the Grenfell tragedy.
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TV presenter and Chelsea resident Anthea Turner has backed improvements to Battersea Bridge, admitting she is ‘relieved’ but the news. The speed limit will be cut to 20mph and a pedestrian crossing created to improve safety near the Battersea Bridge accident ‘blackspot’ where a jogger died last month.
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A rugby club is celebrating after becoming the first nationally to become a member of an international inclusivity organisation, proving that to champion inclusivity, you just have to try.
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Limited access for runners and cyclists around Bishops park, the Thames path and its north bank is infuriating residents. A NextDoor post about the restrictions called ‘selfish joggers’ has more than 400 comments and over 100 likes.
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The South African variant of Covid-19 has been identified in New Addington and Fieldway, meaning that testing in the area has been ramped up. Additional testing will start up tomorrow and adults are being urged to get tested as soon as possible.
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Black and ethnic minority (BAME) lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people say they are likely to receive greater abuse than their white counterparts. And their claims are backed up by research from Professor of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, Rusi Jaspal.
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As Boris Johnson prepares to set out his roadmap for the national easing of lockdown restrictions, London’s business leaders have identified how they want to see the capital emerge.
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The saying goes that you should never work with your significant other, but Patricia and Joanna Dain, who married in a civil partnership in 2016, have been proving that theory wrong for the past few years. They are sharing their story to celebrate LGBT History Month.
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One man in his 20s has been killed and a teenager has been left injured following a stabbing in Croydon. Two men have now been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Lavaun Witter earlier this month.
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A taxi company has donated free round-trip vouchers to help older people who are not able to get to their vaccination appointments. Age UK Lewisham and Southwark has teamed up with Uber to offer up to £15 off round trips to some of the most vulnerable people to get their Covid-19 vaccination.
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First-time and regular blood donors are being urged to make appointments at the new Blood Donor centre opening today at Westfield Shepherd’s Bush Shopping Centre in Shepherd’s Bush. The new premises, containing six beds, is on the first floor between M&S and The Village and is set to book around 170 appointments per day.
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A West London private school has taken the unusual step of offering free tuition to state school pupils who have fallen behind during the lockdown.
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Croydon Council could give another £10 million to developer Brick by Brick. The company, which was set up by the council in 2016, is set to be closed down as the authority faces a financial crisis.
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More than five months after residents were supposed to move in, two new towers near East Croydon Station remain still empty. This has left one new resident effectively homeless after their move-in date was changed last minute twice.
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Lewisham Council has identified a series of sites across west Lewisham where more than 1,000 homes could be build.
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At least 79 London train stations have platforms that are dangerous to blind or partially-sighted people, a Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed.
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The army have joined forces with medics at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, to help support frontline staff. Soldiers have been deployed across hospitals, boosting morale amongst staff and taking on additional tasks around the wards.
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Owners of empty or under-utilised properties in Kensington and Chelsea are being asked to bring them back into use to help tackle the borough’s housing shortage. Kensington and Chelsea council will be contacting landlords of empty homes to encourage them to offer the properties to those in need at a subsidised rate – especially key workers.
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