Bexley Maternity Hospital redevelopment plans updated with more homes

Bexley Maternity Hospital redevelopment plans updated with more homes

Cameron BlackshawApr 25, 2025

More homes have been added in updated plans to replace a derelict hospital in Bexley with a large residential development. Several new planning documents…

Family homes over HMOs – the debate played out on one Woolwich Street

Family homes over HMOs – the debate played out on one Woolwich Street

Cameron BlackshawApr 24, 2025

A Woolwich resident warned “there will be mental health problems” for neighbours before plans to add a sixth occupant to a house in multiple…

Land sale money for park project

Land sale money for park project

Cameron BlackshawApr 24, 2025

Nearly £22 million in funding has been secured for the regeneration of Crystal Palace Park after land was sold to build affordable housing. Bromley…

Shops and homes cleared of illegal food and booze in 100-strong police raid across southwest London

Shops and homes cleared of illegal food and booze in 100-strong police raid across southwest London

A series of Met Police raids across South London uncovered a black market in stolen food and alcohol, with multiple shops accused of reselling…

Tenant takes Brixton landlord to tribunal for third year in a row

Tenant takes Brixton landlord to tribunal for third year in a row

A 63-year-old Parkinson’s sufferer is set to take her landlord to tribunal for the third time in two years after her service charge was…

Choose your own adventure game trails in Croydon and the Surrey Hills

Choose your own adventure game trails in Croydon and the Surrey Hills

News DeskApr 22, 2025

‘Dawn After Night, Spring after Winter’ are new, free games for two trails by artists David Blandy and Daniel Locke for Nature Calling and…

Tributes to gran who led campaign for a new school

Tributes to gran who led campaign for a new school

Kevin QuinnApr 21, 2025

Hundreds if not thousands of schoolchildren owe an invaluable debt to one Bermondsey gran, who sadly passed away last month. Kate Southion achieved what…

Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to work with councils to create more allotments across London

Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to work with councils to create more allotments across London

Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to work with councils to create more allotments across London, as waiting lists to access them remain staggeringly…

Teachers in ‘lose lose situation’ after school closure pushed forward a year

Teachers in ‘lose lose situation’ after school closure pushed forward a year

Teachers at a South London primary school due to shut down are in a ‘lose-lose situation’ after the council pushed forward the closure date…

Richmond Park café approved

Richmond Park café approved

A popular café and public toilets in Richmond Park will be replaced to improve the declining facilities. Richmond Council has approved plans to upgrade…

Ice cream van ban one step closer

Ice cream van ban one step closer

Cameron BlackshawApr 20, 2025

Plans to prohibit ice cream vans from trading on a street next to Greenwich Park are one step closer to fruition in the latest…

Old South London care home to be replaced with 45 council homes despite 555 objections

Old South London care home to be replaced with 45 council homes despite 555 objections

An old care home in South London will be bulldozed for 45 new council homes, despite the plans receiving 555 objections. Kingston Council has…