Lewisham

Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters responded to the blazel in Loampit Vale, Lewisham. 

Pupils from the Good Shepherd Primary School, Moorside Road, were joined by Lewisham Deputy Mayor, Cllr Louise Krupski, to open the new playground at Durham Hill.

Housing Ombudsman boss Richard Blakeway said he was concerned about recurring faults found in complaints about the local authority.

Enterlechy Arts befriending project, Meet Me at the Albany, has received £321,000 in funding.

Lewisham council has told both of Unison’s branch secretaries in the borough that it intends to scrap their jobs.

Anabel, whose name has been changed to protect her family’s privacy, and her newborn son were placed in the flat by Lewisham council in July 2022 after becoming homeless – yet since 2003, it has been against the law for families with kids to be kept in b&bs for more than six weeks.

Deborah O’Connell, 38, was last seen at home on July 15 by a family member visiting from Ireland. She left the property saying that she had to go somewhere.

The centre will be available to anyone living in South east London.

Industries will be excluded from the university’s careers fairs and cannot advertise their vacancies to students.

Antonios Antoniadis died on Sunday, two weeks after being stabbed

Beckenham Place Park has achieved the prestigious Green Heritage Site Accreditation, supported by Historic England. This is a benchmark in addition to Green Flag status for recognising and considering heritage features of a park.

Ahmed Gonladieu, 25, of Railway Terrace, Lewisham, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, after he was found guilty of murdering 29-year-old Alexandros Josephs.

Half of two shipping containers, part of two skips and part of a flat bed lorry were damaged by the fire in Randlestown Road, Beckenham.

The funding will provide Lewisham Music with access to industry standard professional musicians, spaces, and equipment for five years.

Hau-Yu Tam, a councillor in Lewisham, said the allegations were ‘absurd’ and claims Labour members argued that she posed a security threat.