Tooting’s biggest department store to shut for new flats as huge sale announced
A South London neighbourhood’s biggest department store will permanently close to make way for a housing development, it has been announced. Morleys Tooting announced…
Croydon school children criticise council’s plans to cut youth service
Young people have criticised Croydon Council over planned cuts to a youth engagement service that gives teens a voice and gets them involved in…
Clearing the mind at MGM Gym with Muay Thai and dance
Brother-sister founders Hannah and Jonathan Moore talk of the ‘positive impact of Muay Thai and dance’ “Gyms like ours bring a sense of camaraderie…
Outrage over plans to introduce parking charges for Blue Badge holders
Bromley locals have expressed their ‘outrage’ at a scheme from the council to introduce parking charges for Blue Badge holders. Residents have thrown their…
Southern Soul debuts at Canteen in the Design District
Smoked meats and homemade buns; founder Tom Goddard tells us about his fresh take on smokehouse cuisine “I’d like to build up a good reputation…
Sutton leads the way to protect family homes from conversions
Sutton Council has approved a change to local planning rules to slow down the conversion of the borough’s family homes into Houses in Multiple…
Ghost of Soldier Returns Home to Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe artist Ed Gray has just completed a monumental work that depicts the poignant service at the war memorial in West Lane on Remembrance…
Review: Please Right Back – Southbank Centre
An animated take on Social Realism Theatre group 1927 presents a funny yet thought-provoking analysis of class, British institutions, and familial structures in Please…
Elderly couple boast of having the best views of the city as Woolwich dry docks plans fade away
A couple living beside a pair of Grade II listed 16th century docks in London have said they have the best view in the…
Huge 21 metre tall box tower to be installed in New Cross
A 21-metre tall illuminated stack of multi-coloured boxes set to tower above a South London university’s library ‘will not dazzle passers by’, the artist…
Review: Slava’s SnowShow – Harold Pinter Theatre
The Snow Goes On Bare knuckle pugilist Tom Cribb endured much for the sake of his art but even he might have thrown in…
TfL consultation branded ‘sham’: Controversial Streatham traffic works were scheduled to begin the day after it finished collecting feedback
Transport for London (TfL) has been accused of not listening to locals after scheduling to begin controversial Streatham traffic works for less than 24…
