Beckenham mum whose baby is ‘regularly bitten by bed bugs’ in Southern Housing flat starts petition with 36,000 signatures

Beckenham mum whose baby is ‘regularly bitten by bed bugs’ in Southern Housing flat starts petition with 36,000 signatures

News DeskMay 13, 2025

A mother in Beckenham has launched a petition against ‘housing neglect’, after her baby has been regularly bitten by bed bugs, writes Louisa Woolf……

Croydon hit with month of missed bin collection leaving ‘persistent smell of decay’

Croydon hit with month of missed bin collection leaving ‘persistent smell of decay’

A wave of missed bin collections over the past month left some Croydon streets overflowing with rubbish and the “persistent smell of decay”. The…

London’s rental e-scooter trial expanded on Monday as a new borough joined the scheme

London’s rental e-scooter trial expanded on Monday as a new borough joined the scheme

London’s rental e-scooter trial expanded on Monday as a new borough joined the scheme. Wandsworth had been seen by the scooters’ riders as a…

Review: Here We Are – National Theatre

Review: Here We Are – National Theatre

Michael HollandMay 11, 2025

If there’s a message it’s buried too deep It’s not often you get a new show with a credit list like this: inspired by…

Skeletons in The Shed

Skeletons in The Shed

Michael HollandMay 11, 2025

Coleman Project Space has announced the gallery’s first annual drawing exhibition, which brings together six contemporary artists whose work repositions drawing as an expanded…

Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed further details of his plan to build homes on parts of London’s green belt 

Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed further details of his plan to build homes on parts of London’s green belt 

Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed further details of his plan to build homes on parts of London’s green belt – and has explained what…

Review: Oversharing – Greenwich Theatre

Review: Oversharing – Greenwich Theatre

Michael HollandMay 10, 2025

Oversharing is Encouraged Camera – Ring Lights – Action! Eleanor Hill’s Overshare has begun its run and follows perfectly on from Sadvents, the award-winning…

New Manifesto For Beaconsfield

New Manifesto For Beaconsfield

Michael HollandMay 10, 2025

Gallery Celebrates 30 Years Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall marks its 30th anniversary with Manifesto for Sustainable Experimentation, a landmark exhibition that honours three decades of groundbreaking artistic…

Decade-old Woolwich tower block plans updated

Decade-old Woolwich tower block plans updated

Plans to build several tower blocks on a site in Woolwich that have been in the pipeline for over a decade have been updated…

Free World Premiere in Bermondsey

Free World Premiere in Bermondsey

Kevin QuinnMay 9, 2025

A film about the men who worked in Surrey Docks The Southwark News Arts Correspondent, Michael Holland, will be having the world premiere of…

Greenwich school hopes to expand to support students with special educational needs

Greenwich school hopes to expand to support students with special educational needs

A Greenwich school has applied for planning permission to build a two-storey block to serve as an area to help “vulnerable students with complex…

Review: Goner- Battersea Arts Centre

Review: Goner- Battersea Arts Centre

Michael HollandMay 8, 2025

A complex exploration of uncomfortable ideas To describe too extensively what Goner is about would be a disservice to any prospective theatregoers, writes Melina…