The owner of an iconic London music venue where the Rolling Stones once had a residency said he has budgeted for a full reopening of clubs and bars in September if venues are not allowed to open without restrictions this month. (June 21) Jeff Horton’s family have run the 100 Club in Oxford Street for decades.
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Students often have trouble spotting the bleedin obvious. But some have been able to look at items smaller than their phones – an achievement which should be celebrated. Students at UAE South Bank in London have become one of the first schools in the country to look through an electron microscope, which can see things as small as an atom.
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Three men have been injured, including a teenager, with two arrests after in a shooting and stabbing in Westminster. Police were called at just before 8pm on yesterday (June 13) to reports of gunshots heard in the vicinity of Beethoven Street.
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London today marks four years since the Grenfell Tower fire as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says that “we must ensure nothing like this ever happens again”. On June 14, 2017, 72 people were killed when a fire engulfed the 24-storey residential building in west London.
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Historic stables in Bermondsey could be turned into workspace for locals, according to a report going before Southwark’s cabinet on tomorrow. The council is planning to buy the Old Southern Railway Stables at the junction of St James’ Road and Catlin Street to “preserve their heritage” but also to “make them productive and useful work spaces for local businesses and start-ups”.
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Blood donors in London are being urged by the NHS to make and keep an appointment to donate over the critical summer months, as demand for blood creeps back to normal capacity. Extra appointments have been added at four London donor centres to help meet this rise in demand.
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Carer’s Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the challenges unpaid carers face, and to recognise the contribution they make to family members and the community. The Merton Carers Strategy 2021-2026 which has been developed with carers, was launched last week during Carer’s Week to demonstrate the council’s commitment to make lives better for carers in Merton.
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A town hall is calling on residents to help shape its borough’s future post-pandemic. Merton Council has launched its biggest-ever community conversation, and is asking local people for their views on what the council’s priorities should be after the pandemic.
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Police say riders of illegal electric scooters react with “confusion” when officers confiscate them from London’s roads. This week, a team of officers took to Oxford Street for a day of action that saw them seize two dozen privately-owned e-scooters. The confusion, they readily acknowledge, comes from the fact that London’s relationship with e-scooters is still rather confusing.
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Four people, including a teenager, have now been charged after the fatal stabbing of Nathaniel Eyewu-Ago in Greenwich. The fourth man was arrested and charged yesterday. Ernesto Elliott, 44, of Parquier Road, was charged on Sunday with murder and aggravated burglary.
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Four people have been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Prentis Road, Streatham on Thursday. The Met said, although formal identification is yet to take place, the family of the deceased has been informed and he has been named as 17-year-old Denardo Samuels-Brooks.
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