Lambeth

Police have recategorised an unexplained death 10 months ago as a murder and linked the killing to organised crime as a £10,000 reward is offered to find the culprits. Piotr Woroneicki

Puffin, part of the UK’s number one publisher, Penguin Random House, is partnering with the National Literacy Trust to launch a new programme which aims to inspire 13,000 primary school

The number of pop-up workspaces which help boost independent businesses is set to rise over the next couple of years. There will be an increase in hubs like Pop Brixton

Up to 150 families were evacuated from their homes in a tower block after pipes were ruptured during repair work. All flats on the 19-floor Fairford House, in Kennington, had

The man who created a hugely successful basketball club and launched the careers of several international stars of the game has died, aged 78. Jimmy Rogers, founder of the Brixton

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk The Countess of Wessex has officially opened a new rare diseases centre which takes into account the problems which patients encounter in other wards. Her Royal

A teenager who stabbed a man in the chest, leaving him with brain damage – and then wrote a rap about it – has been jailed. Jeremiah Ntim, 17, of

The victim of a shooting in Brixton on Saturday, thought to be in his teens, is recovering in hospital. Police were called by paramedics at 5.55pm on Saturday, 29 September

A church is now able to welcome even more people through its doors as it has improved access for disabled people and installed new bathroom facilities for them. Thanks to

Police are appealing for help to find two teenage girls who are missing from Lambeth. Tyra Thomas-Brown, 13, and Salma Mohammed, 15, were both last seen on Monday, 10 September.

A new state-of-the-art DNA profiling laboratory which will speed up the processing of DNA evidence has opened at the Met’s Lambeth HQ. The new on-site service will significantly reduce the

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Jonathan Bartley is now leader of the opposition on Lambeth council and joint leader of the party nationally. And after being re-elected to the latter earlier

No one can quite believe Michael Groce doesn’t get a grant from Lambeth council. He has run a string of employment programmes for youngsters from his neighbourhood. Mr Groce gets

Police are appealing for witnesses in response to a concern for the welfare of a child in Southwark. Just before midnight on Monday, 17 September, members of the public called police after

A contingent of 2332 kids from eight schools and residents have banded together to create a new world record for the world’s most contributions to a colour by numbers. Previous

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk It’s perhaps the most famous prop in movie history. And it’s on display in Waterloo, before being auctioned on Thursday. But it could set you back £100,000.

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk The Night Tube boosts London’s economy much more than expected, new figures show. Demand for overnight services grew in its second year, with 8.7 million customers using

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Loved ones of the five people who died in the Westminster Bridge attack 18 months ago have paid tributes at the start of the five-week inquest into

If you can hold a paint brush and be in Herne Hill on Wednesday evening, you could find yourself in the Guinness Book of World Records. Pupils in Herne Hill are smartening

Local residents are invited to Close Encounters of the Third Kind on its 40th anniversary year. Peckham’s Copleston Centre, in conjunction with the Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival, will screen

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Kate Hatherell was out with friends from work a year ago when she suffered an asthma attack. It struck suddenly and escalated inexorably. The odds should

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk An alliance of parents is calling for pedestrian zones around schools, during drop-off times and at the end of the day, to cut pollution for pupils.

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk An iconic adventure playground has reopened after it came close to having to be shut down for good. The Grove Adventure Playground, in Gordon Grove, Loughborough

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A girl has discovered her love for wheelchair basketball after attending a sports event hosted by Evelina London. Skye McWalter, 10, from Streatham Hill was inspired

A pub which has been a mecca for aspiring bands has been named the UK’s best live venue.   The Hootananny, in Effra Road, Brixton is run by publicans Sophia

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Peckham looks likely to house its own Syrian refugee family after its application was dubbed “the most thorough and comprehensive” ever seen by a leading charity.

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Students never sleep and never work – or at least so goes the myth. DLD College London student, Tia Nasir, proved the other right and the

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Usually, you have to grow your fingernails two feet long or get a custard pie in your face to get in the Guinness Book of World Records.

BY CALUM FRASER calum@slpmedia.co.uk The youngest woman ever to be convicted of plotting terrorist activities on UK shores has been jailed for 13 years. Safaa Boular, 18 (pictured far left), of

BY CALUM FRASER calum@slpmedia.co.uk A campaign to save a Grade-II listed theatre from demolition has been given a boost. A group of South London residents are campaigning to save Streatham

A South London policeman has been fired after taking ownership of an abandoned car. PS Alan Weddell, attached to Lambeth borough, was charged at a misconduct hearing held on 2

The Met are appealing for information after a hit-and-run in South London. Police were called to Clapham Road, Stockwell, at 4:00am on Sunday after a 22-year-old woman was hit by

BY CALUM FRASER calum@slpmedia.co.uk Getting your children to brush their teeth can be an emotionally-charged nightmare. But 10-year-old Giselle Kalu has come up with an invention that could save parents

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A mum-of-four has realised her dream of becoming a published author – but she has done it despite having triplets and a fourth child, and having

Tart founders Adam Harrison and AQAC Jason Smith (pictured above) Headlines are gloomy, the high street is grey but, while the big chains get all the attention, some independents are

The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step, as the Chinese say. This week the South London Press throws its weight behind a walk which is that first

Detectives investigating a rape have released an e-fit of a man they wish to speak to in connection with the attack. On the evening of Friday, 13 July, a 22-year-old

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Two shops have been fined thousands of pounds for selling knives to children. The prosecutions come amid the latest figures which show there were 97 knife

A murder investigation has been launched after a fatal stabbing in Lambeth. Police were called at around 6:55pm on Wednesday, July 25 to reports of a man found stabbed in

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Walking Dead star David Morrissey hopped on two wheels to support a South London refugee charity. Mr Morrissey starred as the one eyed antagonist, The Governor,

Police in Lambeth have released CCTV footage of two men they would like to speak to after a woman was robbed of her engagement ring and watch as she walked

BY CALUM FRASER calum@slpmedia.co.uk A 75-year-old army veteran insists he never wants to eat bread again after he bit into a piece of metal imbedded in a Tesco loaf. Victor Rock,

A free cancer information and support service is coming direct to patients at the Lambeth Country Show this weekend (Saturday 21st – Sunday 22nd July). Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be manning a

Clapham Manor Primary School marched on Clapham Common to celebrate 100 years of women having the vote on Friday, July 6. Their route took them from the school to the

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.com A former Team GB triathlete is uniting London with a 3,600-mile run around the capital in a bid to break the world record for the longest

Lambeth’s newest school building is in its final stages of completion as Saint Gabriel’s College (SGC) held a topping out ceremony on Thursday, June 28. The last paving on the

Rail services were thrown into chaos on Thursday after a signalling shutdown the night before. There was a total loss of power in the Streatham Common area, Govia Thameslink Railway

One of South London’s most notorious landmarks is set to be bulldozed after planners last night voted through its demolition. Developers Delancey will be allowed to demolish the 50-year-old Elephant