Council approves controversial homes after missing housing targets
A London council has been left with little other choice than to approve hundreds of controversial homes on a former gasworks site after it…
Ex-South London police station could be turned into a 57-bed boutique hotel
An ex-South London police station empty for almost a decade could be turned into a 57-bed boutique hotel. The building at 101 Streatham High…
Disabled man claims he spent 23 hours on the floor after falling out of his wheelchair in an ‘unsuitable’ third floor flat
A disabled man claims he spent 23 hours on the floor after falling out of his wheelchair in an ‘unsuitable’ third floor flat he was placed…
Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy has been elected MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill
Labour’s Bell Ribeiro-Addy has been elected MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill. Ribeiro-Addy, 39, won 24,166 votes. Ben Curtis, the Liberal Democrat candidate finished…
Labour’s Steve Reed has been elected MP for Streatham and Croydon
Labour’s Steve Reed has been re-elected as MP for Streatham and Croydon North in South London. Reed, 60, won with 23,242 votes. Green Party…
Streatham Common and Vale by-election win for Labour
Labour has swept to victory in a Lambeth Council by-election called after a councillor resigned. Dominic Armstrong, the party’s candidate for Streatham Common and…
Residents ‘kidding themselves’ over park events says Labour candidate
Residents are ‘kidding’ themselves if they think the Lambeth Country Show can take place without ticketed events like the Mighty Hoopla being held in…
Mould on estate ‘so bad one family’s kids have to sleep in the living room’
Residents living on a rundown South London estate where mould is so bad one family’s kids have to sleep in the living room have…
Stockwell residents claim they were ‘soaked’ by leak smelling of sewage
South London residents claim they were ‘soaked’ by water smelling of sewage by leaks in their tower block. People living in Lambeth Council managed…
Mum placed in flat hours from kids’ school wins £3k
A mum has been awarded £3,300 from Lewisham Council after it placed her in a flat so far away from her children’s schools that…
Tower block tenants slam council over ‘broken CCTV, faulty lifts and high rents’
Social housing tenants have hit out at a South London council, claiming they’re dealing with broken CCTV, faulty lifts and high rents in their…
‘Outdated’ 1960s block could be bulldozed for eight-storey offices with terraces
An ‘outdated’ 1960s block on a popular London high street could be bulldozed for eight-storey offices with terraces. Alpha House on Borough High Street…
