Lewisham

Forty years ago on January 18, Yvonne Ruddock and Angela Jackson held a joint birthday party at a house in New Cross. The celebration was to end in tragedy after a fire ripped through the house in the early hours of the morning. A total of 13 young black people died.

A developer has apparently backtracked and apologised after saying Lewisham Council lobbied to get more housing on a protected wharf in Deptford.   

Officers also have to answer to stop and search panels, who look into how the power is carried out and how it can be improved.

Ruby Sarwar, 48, of Caldwell Road, Lewisham, has been fined a total of £3,105 for 23 offences, in two months, and has four appeals pending.

The virtual memorial, pre-recorded this week at St Andrew’s Church, Brockley, will be available from 3pm.

A man in New Cross has been jailed following a violent assault that left a woman with serious head injuries.

The service is offered by the council when residents are unable to manage their own financial affairs or lack the mental capacity to do so. 

The proposal forms part of £40 million worth of savings the council plans to make over the next three years.  

Lewisham Homes is suspending fire safety works on an estate in Deptford following an outcry from residents over surges in Covid-19 cases.

Lewisham council has introduced a new fleet of less polluting recycling trucks which will comply with the expanded London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). The trucks emit 50 per cent less nitrogen oxide, a pollutant which causes a range of harmful effects on the lungs .

The plan forms part of the council’s draft budget cuts, the second round of which were published this week, and aims to save £100,000 next year.

By Grainne Cuffe, local democracy reporter
Residents in a Deptford estate fear for their health as construction workers are entering their homes amid surges in Covid-19 cases.

The hyper-local initiative is funded by the Big Local programme, which focuses on areas of deprivation across the UK with a historic lack of investment.

By Grainne Cuffe, local democracy reporter
A community initiative in Chinbrook has been feeding people struggling from food poverty throughout the pandemic.

An elderly woman who was murdered at her care home in Catford has been named as 93-year-old Eileen Dean.

A man who fatally stabbed his own mother has been sentenced after she died on her 59th birthday.

Lewisham Council has opened a new rapid testing site for critical workers without Covid-19 symptoms.