The number of London schools with illegally toxic air has dropped dramatically since 2016 – down 95 per cent in four years. More than two million Londoners lived in areas over the legal limit for air pollution four years ago, but that figure is down 94 per cent to 119,000 people.
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Tate Modern workers and union members have called off a 42-day strike after bargaining an offer for new improvements for staff.
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An author has bounced back with a new book after losing her jobs during the peak of Covid-19. Bestselling author Daniella Blechner, from Gipsy Hill, who lost two teaching jobs amid the pandemic, has written and published her new novel Lockdown Life – a humorous and reflective snapshot into time sent in lockdown.
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A cafe is giving vulnerable schoolchildren free breakfasts to help them start their day the right way. Mustard Sandwich Bar in Great Suffolk Street, Borough, started providing lunch five-days-a-week for students during lockdown, but since schools have opened has switched to dishing out toast and porridge in the mornings.
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By Grainne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter Southwark council said supporting traders from the Elephant and Castle shopping centre has “always
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Hundreds of social housing tenants in Southwark are being forced to live in homes that are riddled with vermin, cockroaches, severe damp and broken windows, according to statistics from a national law firm.
Read MoreTwo boroughs with the highest concentrations of HIV have been given almost £1million of prevention pills. Lambeth and Southwark had 244 new HIV diagnoses in 2018 – more than five per cent of the number nationally, 4,453.
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Doorkins Magnificat has snared her last rodent. The Southwark Cathedral cat, who kept the hallowed place of worship mouse-free for 11 years, ran out of her nine lives on Wednesday.
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A warning has been given that it is “only a matter of time” before coronavirus cases in South London match higher rates seen for a few weeks in the west and east of the capital. A map of cases across the city put together by Merton council showed that boroughs south of the river currently have lower virus than those in north London. But Dagmar Zeuner, director of public health at Merton council, warned against complacency and said that testing data could also be unreliable.
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Transport for London (TfL) will face a “doomsday scenario” with the Tube and buses shut down if the Government doesn’t agree a second emergency bailout, the network chief has warned. Passengers would be forced to catch the Woolwich ferry – the only commuter service TfL is legally obliged to run.
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Plans to extend the Bakerloo line appear to have been shelved after Transport for London (TfL) decided not to ask the Government for funding. TfL is proposing to extend the Bakerloo line from Elephant and Castle in Southwark to Lewisham via the Old Kent Road and New Cross Gate.
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Residents with Grenfell-style cladding still attached to their building say they are “screwed” and feel “trapped” as they are unable to sell their properties.
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Two men have been jailed for firearms offences that involved three guns and 20 rounds of pepper spray ammunition.
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Charity shops need support from customers to enable their beneficiaries to keep getting vital help, an MP has said. The MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, Neil Coyle, visited a shop run by national disability charity Sense to see first-hand how the charity has adapted to social distancing measures since lockdown. Sense shops raise money to support people with complex disabilities, including deafblindness, to communicate and experience the world.
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Children are more likely to see objects like cuddly toys, cars or a bar of soap than a non-white face in their books, new research has revealed. Which does not make much sense, when you are a precocious eight-year-old like Kayla-Mai Alvares.
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Health chiefs may have got into a vicious circle in lockdown – but up to 400 pupils have responded by being part of a virtuous cycle. Youngsters at three schools have taken to two wheels on the morning ‘run’, which has turned into a popular early pedal.
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Residents are complaining that for the past six months post has been taking much longer to arrive than usual. Since lockdown began in March, many people in in SE22 postcode have reported letters and packages delivered by Royal Mail have been delayed – sometimes for weeks at a time.
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Campaigners against the closure of the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre chanted “homes for people, not profit” and “Delancey in the bin” at a protest on Thursday evening. The shopping centre closed its doors after more than 50 years on Thursday night.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has welcomed proposals for a new market for Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre traders that have not been offered new premises. The 55-year-old mall closed yesterday with several shop owners still looking for new premises to sustain their livelihoods. Mayor Khan said he “would welcome any solution” that would provide the space traders need.
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