A new collaborative show by award winning poets will be staged at the Albany Theatre, Deptford on Saturday June 23. The Mixtape Tour, featuring Nick Makoha and Roger Robinson, brings together
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Charlton Athletic might be a club in takeover limbo right now – but bookmakers still fancy them to be League One promotion challengers next season. The Addicks
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BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk British gay campaigner Peter Tatchell was arrested by Russian police in Moscow and released on bail on the opening day of the World Cup. Southwark-based Mr
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Darryll Williams and Johnny Garton are both scheduled to fight on Frank Warren’s show at Greenwich’s 02 Arena on Saturday night. English super-middleweight champion Williams (16-0) is
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BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Award-winning rapper Nadia Rose has hailed a life-changing programme which helps young women find their voice and find a job. She praised Street Elite for giving
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A Ford Transit van met a sorry end after it was seized by town hall chiefs for fly-tipping. The white panel van was crushed following an operation by Bexley council
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A group of travellers have been evicted from parkland in South-east London. It is understood a group of travellers gained access to Bostall Heath in Greenwich after cutting off the
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A music award founded in memory of a South-east London guitarist who killed himself at 30 has opened for applications. The 2018 Ed Renshaw Music Award, the third bi-annual award
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Millwall start their 2018-19 Championship season with a home game against Middlesbrough. The two clubs met in the penultimate fixture of the last campaign with a 2-0
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Charlton Athletic will head to Sunderland on the opening day of the 2018-19 League One season. The Black Cats were relegated from the Championship and are one
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Millwall manager Neil Harris says he cannot wait to pit his wits against new Leeds United boss Marcelo Bielsa next season. The 62-year-old, from Argentina, is a
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When people talk about the problem of obesity on television these days my mind sometimes goes back to those wartime days in 1941 when I was 15. With Hitler’s submarines
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Top Chelsea prospect Reece James showed his continued support to Bromley-based club Coney Hall FC by spending a whole day attending their end-of-season ceremony. James is the Blues’ under-23 captain
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Two men who ambushed and fatally stabbed a man to death after a boxing match in 2016 have been convicted of manslaughter. Marlon Thomas, 28, of Woodcote Place, West Norwood,
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Charlton Athletic’s takeover process got a further public statement this afternoon – jointly issued by the consortium interested in purchasing the League One club. Addicks owner Roland
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Millwall have completed the signing of Scunthorpe United defender Murray Wallace for an undisclosed fee. The 25-year-old, who can play at centre-back and at left-back, completed his
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A man has been arrested by the National Crime Agency to face extradition proceedings as part of an international investigation into people smuggling. Albanian national Alket Dauti, 31, was detained
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An art college in historic Georgian buildings will have its students’ best work on show from next week as it begins a summer course in skills such as carving and
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One of South London’s most community-minded football clubs is holding an open day on June 30. Peckham Town FC, will welcome their community and interested players at the Menace Arena,
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Police in Lewisham are appealing for the public’s help to find a missing 61-year-old woman. Katherine Moty was last seen at 9am on Monday, 18 June in Balham. She is
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a child was injured in a hit-and-run collision in Croydon today, 20 June. Officers were called by paramedics at 12.02pm to reports of a
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Neil Harris would prefer a home game to kick of the new Championship season – and reckons plenty of opposition sides will not relish the prospect of
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Dulwich Hamlet have confirmed that 10 of the squad who helped them win promotion to National League South have re-signed. The South London outfit went up via
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A traditional village fete with 130 events and an urban vibe will celebrate the things which unite a community – not divide it. Bankside Open Spaces Trust will host its Big Get Together– a
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BY RICHARD CAWLEY Sid Nelson has signed a 12-month contract extension at Millwall. The 22-year-old centre-back saw his current terms run out at the end of this month but the
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