Primaries could merge due to falling numbers and rising costs

Primaries could merge due to falling numbers and rising costs

Ben LynchApr 19, 2025

Two Westminster primary schools may be amalgamated as they battle falling pupil rolls and growing financial deficits. Governors at Our Lady of Dolours and…

Giant 29-storey tower recommended for refusal

Giant 29-storey tower recommended for refusal

Plans to build a ‘disaster’ 29-storey tower at the bottom of Battersea Bridge have been recommended for refusal, in a major setback to the…

Sutton’s last remaining theatre warns curtain could fall for good without urgent repairs funding

Sutton’s last remaining theatre warns curtain could fall for good without urgent repairs funding

Sutton’s last remaining theatre warns that the curtain could fall for good without urgent funding for repairs. Carshalton’s Cryer Arts Theatre, described by those…

Just 73.6 per cent of children were offered their first primary preference

Just 73.6 per cent of children were offered their first primary preference

Ben LynchApr 18, 2025

One in four pupils due to start primary in Hammersmith and Fulham in September were not offered a place at their preferred school, the…

Council admits housing Grenfell survivors in unsuitable accommodation

Council admits housing Grenfell survivors in unsuitable accommodation

A West London council has admitted it “knowingly took some risks” when it bought 290 properties for survivors of the Grenfell tragedy, with many…

Crystal Palace fans growing frustrated after stadium rebuild faces more delays and cost increases

Crystal Palace fans growing frustrated after stadium rebuild faces more delays and cost increases

Crystal Palace supporters are beginning to doubt whether the long-promised Selhurst Park redevelopment will ever happen, as the project faces fresh delays and a…

River Voices

River Voices

Michael HollandApr 17, 2025

Looking at Wapping from Rotherhithe ‘River Voices’ is a collaborative art project bringing the Rotherhithe community together to reimagine John Minton’s painting ‘Rotherhithe from…

Do you know or interact with Sarah Reynolds before her death?

Do you know or interact with Sarah Reynolds before her death?

Kevin QuinnApr 16, 2025

Police leading a murder investigation into the death of woman in Croydon have appealed asked people they might have seen or met her to…

Review: Sisters – Brockley Jack

Review: Sisters – Brockley Jack

Michael HollandApr 16, 2025

When I saw the G-Plan furniture and the wallpaper only manufactured now for productions of Abigail’s Party, I knew this was the 70s and…

This Is My Family

This Is My Family

Michael HollandApr 15, 2025

Close family. Dream holiday. Total nightmare. ‘Describe your family and win a dream holiday’. That was the competition pinging up on Nicky’s phone. So…

Review: NOW That’s What I Call A Musical at New Wimbledon Theatre

Review: NOW That’s What I Call A Musical at New Wimbledon Theatre

Michael HollandApr 14, 2025

Follow the tumultuous friendship of Gemma and April More than just a tribute to the shiny pop hits of the eighties, NOW That’s What…

Review: Midnight Cowboy – Southwark Playhouse

Review: Midnight Cowboy – Southwark Playhouse

Michael HollandApr 14, 2025

A hard to swallow cocktail of emotions James Leo Herlihy’s 1965 novel Midnight Cowboy, later adapted for the big screen in the 1969 film…