Knife and gun crime up by 20 per cent
Knife and gun crime in London both rose last year by about 20 per cent, official statistics revealed on Thursday. According to the Office…
Local Legends: The Hidden Pubs of London
London’s finest hidden pubs It’s easy to stumble into London’s iconic pubs, the ones where Shakespeare trod the boards, or Dickens scribbled his next…
Sadiq Khan and his Tory rival Susan Hall clash over a record low number of new homes started in London
Between October and December last year, work began on just 580 new homes
Greens’ say their Loo Czar is proving ‘an absolute vote-winner’ in the race for City Hall
And where to the other parties stand on the toilet issue?
Where the mayoral candidates stand on creating a City Hall-owned housing developer
Sadiq Khan had promised to ‘pilot’ such a developer in his 2021 manifesto
Sadiq Khan has unveiled plans for a second Superloop, as part of his re-election bid
Conservative mayoral candidate Susan Hall said it will be ‘Superflop’ like his ‘last attempt at an orbital bus service’
Events to go to in south London
Things to do in south London – from planetarium screenings of Lilo and Stitch to swing dance lessons Silver screen science fiction “Ohana means…
London Nail Bombings victims to come together to remember 25 years since attacks which rocked Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho
It was a warm late April’s evening in 1999. The Admiral Duncan pub on Old Compton Street in Soho was filling fast. Drinkers were…
On the run: South London runners ahead of the Marathon
Editor Eliza Frost hears from runners ahead of the 2024 London marathon, kicking off in Greenwich Park this Sunday
Thirteen candidates vie to be London Mayor
Thirteen candidates are standing for election in May 2nd’s London Mayoral contest. Labour candidate Sadiq Khan is seeking an historic third term as mayor, having…
Homeless London families marched on government offices and served housing secretary Michael Gove an ‘eviction notice’
Homeless London families marched on government offices and served housing secretary Michael Gove an eviction notice. Around 80 protesters from campaign group Housing Action Southwark…
Six events to go to in South London in April
From a supper club to art fairs and play sessions for children with additional needs


















