Free workshops to understand disabilities at Surrey Quays shopping centre
Shopping mall staff are staging a series of free sessions to find out the best way to help disabled people – and for them to help themselves. Surrey Quays is
Read moreShopping mall staff are staging a series of free sessions to find out the best way to help disabled people – and for them to help themselves. Surrey Quays is
Read moreTo mark Remembrance Sunday, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is sharing remarkable stories from its online audio archive – Voices of Liberation. Eric Richards, a resident of Herne Hill,
Read moreBY GRAINNE CUFFE Local Democracy Reporter toby@slpmedia.co.uk The set of the movie which made a star of Daniel Day-Lewis will be demolished after town hall planners approved a tower block to
Read moreBY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A grandfather who fled a murderous regime after being imprisoned in a football stadium without charge for months has had a tribute placed in the room
Read moreIn 1969, a Grade-II listed building became the first building to house a black theatre company in Britain. Last weekend it was honoured with a blue plaque and those who
Read moreBY JAMES DAVIES james@slpmedia.co.uk A local authority has been slammed for building a small number of new council houses despite a “huge” sell-off of its properties. A report by local
Read morePolice are appealing for information about the whereabouts of 83-year-old Daniel Couson who has been missing for two days. Mr Couson was last seen at 2200 hours on 29 October
Read moreBY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A woman who claims to have lost the use of her left arm after she tripped over an exposed corner of a fire hydrant cover has
Read moreBY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk Workers at five McDonald’s restaurants who are definitely not ‘lovin’ it’ have said they will go on strike on November 12. The ‘McStrike’ – led by
Read moreBY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A 23-year-old man who hears voices telling him to kill himself has won a case to get a flat after town hall chiefs told initially him
Read moreA night of fun and funk will help raise funds to find a new home for a family fleeing a war-torn part of the world. The Rocking for Refugees: Off
Read moreBy Toby Porter Coldharbour – a virtual reality film which really does show what the reality was like. Brixton Library, SW2 1JQ from October 18-27 and from November 14-16 *****
Read morePolice have imposed a search cordon on some streets of Lambeth after a teenager was brutally stabbed in broad daylight this afternoon. Three males have been arrested after the young
Read moreA man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was attacked in Clapham. Police had been called to reports of a disturbance in Lynette Avenue,
Read moreBy William Boardman A fault with the signalling system on the National Rail has caused train delays that will affect commuters. The fault occurred at 1.49pm today between London
Read moreBY JESSIE MATHEWSON Local Democracy Reporter toby@slpmedia.co.uk Some days you are the dog. Some days you are the tree up which he cocks his leg. Apollo the show dog had one
Read moreBY KATE DENNETT toby@slpmedia.co.uk Three down, 12 to see off. A bakery owner is cooking on gas and determined she will win this year’s The Apprentice and get her hands
Read moreA man has died after a house fire in Tyneham Road, Battersea. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to the fire at 11.40am this morning which engulfed the
Read moreBY ABIGAIL CUTLER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Parents of a stillborn baby have found comfort in a new campaign from baby loss prevention charity MAMA Academy. Gail Chan, 39, from Streatham gave birth
Read moreA 17-year-old boy has been found guilty of multiple sexual assaults in South Norwood Country Park earlier this year. The teenager, who cannot be named, was convicted at Wimbledon Youth
Read moreBy Jessie Mathewson, BBC Local Government Correspondent Boris Johnson is personally responsible for the failure of the Garden Bridge, a report from the London Assembly has claimed. The Prime
Read moreThe parents of Brixton murder victim Glendon Spence have condemned the two perpetrators – who did not know him. The 23-year-old was cut down in front of scores of children
Read moreTwo teenagers who chased a young man into a Brixton youth club before fatally stabbing him to death in front of children have been jailed. Glendon Spence was murdered at
Read moreBY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A town hall has unveiled plans to cut five children’s centres with the loss of 30 jobs. Staff and parents are furious about a Lambeth council
Read moreBY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Campaigners against knife killings are holding a march against knife crime tomorrow. The family of a much-loved father, stabbed to death in a corner shop, are among
Read moreBY BETHANY DEER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A disabled climber was part of the Team GB Paraclimbers which took gold, silver and bronze at the recent World Paraclimbing Championships in France. Leanora Volpe, from
Read moreA park opened by Prince Albert 130 years ago is to be refurbished for the first time. The facelift for Vauxhall Park comes in response to investment in nearby residential
Read moreBY JAMES TWOMEY james@slpmedia.co.uk A “vile and opportunistic predator” has been jailed for raping an 18 year old woman as she left work. Serban Scinteianu, 31, a Romanian national of no
Read moreA TV presenter has had an upheld complaint against her reversed by her boss following comments she made live on TV about US President Donald Trump. Naga Munchetty, 44, who
Read moreAntonia Evans has been appointed as head teacher of the National Autistic Society’s new Vanguard School, which is set to open in Lambeth in January 2020. Antonia will join the
Read moreA new £12m day centre with flats for adults with learning disabilities could be open next year, writes local government correspondent Bridie Whitton. Confirmation of the creation of the centre
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