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Bermondsey Baby Bank founder is running as a councillor this May – and she pledges to restore The Blue shopping area to it’s former glory
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Peckham businesses call for area to become an improvement district
Local businesses have called for Peckham to be made into an improvement district like the one at Bermondsey’s Blue. A Business Improvement District (BID) is a partnership between local businesses who have agreed to pay a levy which goes towards improvements designed to boost the local economy. The...
Food banks in Southwark gave out six per cent fewer parcels last year as demand shows signs of easing
The number of food parcels delivered by a major food bank charity in Southwark slightly fell in 2025 compared to the previous year but is still significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels. The Trussell Trust, which runs 1,400 food banks across the country and has four in Southwark, gave out 9,571 ...
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Southwark is asking residents again whether Lower Road cycle lane should be made permanent
Southwark Council is asking residents whether they think the Lower Road cycle lane should be made permanent. The consultation on the future of the cycle lane between Rotherhithe Roundabout and Bestwood Street opened on 12 March and will run until Thursday, 2 April. It is the third consultation relat...
New gallery celebrating the world of astronomy to open at National Maritime Museum
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Woolwich art installation promises unique sensory experience
An impressive walk-through art installation is set to bring senses alive in Woolwich through its manipulation of light and colour, writes Maya Sgaravato-Grant… Luminarium: Myriad is set to be installed at the Woolwich Works for the first time from the 2nd til the 6th of April. The monumental infla...
Shared living flats and social housing planned for Elephant & Castle site
Plans to build 695 shared living flats and 79 social rent homes on the site where an 18-storey office block was supposed to have been constructed are recommended for approval. The applicant, Hub Propco Limited has submitted plans to build on the site, known as ‘Plot H1’ which is located in Eleph...
GLA: “I’m not anti-motorist, I’m anti-death”, Sadiq Khan claims as he considers charging SUV drivers in London
Sadiq Khan has rejected claims of being “anti-car” as he launched a new road safety plan including more
Best Southwark pubs to celebrate St Patrick’s Day at this year
With St Patrick’s Day fast approaching, many Irish Londoners will be preparing to mark the occasion far from home, writes Maya Sgaravato-Grant… Luckily, however, Southwark pubs are putting on an array of events to celebrate the culture and traditions of the Emerald Isle in the heart of London. B...
Peckham public meeting to update residents on Station Square redevelopment and accessibility upgrade
A public meeting next week will update residents on the redevelopments happening in and around Peckham Rye station. The meeting will take place on Monday, 16 March inside the Rye Lane Baptist Chapel (main hall at the rear) from 6-7:30 pm. It has been organised by the Rye Lane Labour ward councillors...
Protest against ‘overdevelopment’ of Old Kent Road outside Southwark Council next week
Housing protestors will gather outside the council’s offices next week to protest what they describe as the ‘full-scale gentrification’ of the Old Kent Road. Activists from Save Old Kent Road and Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE) will meet outside Southwark’s Tooley Street off...
Free Elephant and Castle event will unveil new The Elephant square
Parts of the new Elephant and Castle development project will be unveiled to the public at the free Urban Elephant Festival, writes Romilly Schulte… On Saturday 21 March from 12pm to 6pm, the Urban Elephant Festival will take place for its fifth year across Walworth Town Hall Square, Sayer Street ...
MP works with Southwark outreach group to aid migrant business owners
Yue He Parkinson began the Southwark Pilot last year in response to a perceived gap in representation and integration of first-generation migrant business owners within their local constituency.
Call for South London blood donations to tackle little known Kawasaki disease
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is partnering with parents to raise awareness of Kawasaki disease in order to encourage crucial blood and plasma donations in South London centres, writes Romilly Schulte… Twickenham is home to one of three specially dedicated plasma donor centres, where donors can...
Thinking Outside The ‘Other’ Box
Heist play hopes to right some wrongs My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar was written out of necessity. It is a play created by Valentina Andrade and Elizabeth Alvarado about their real lives and experiences of growing up as Latinx in Britain today, and co-created with Lucy Wray, Tommy Ross-Williams, and ...
Review: Ancient Grease at The Vaults
Meet the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus Academy Deep beneath Waterloo, in the labyrinthine tunnels of The Vaults, Ancient Grease crashes onto the stage in a riot of camp, chaos, and unapologetic smut, writes Luigia Minichiello. This unofficial parody of Grease takes the leather-jacketed teens of Ryde...
Crystal Palace National Sports Centre planning application submitted
The Mayor of London has revealed full details of his £130m plans to transform the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace Park after a planning application was submitted to Bromley Council. Developer Morgan Sindell on behalf of the Greater London Author
This 97-year-old took part in radical Peckham Experiment
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Labour could lose grip on Southwark as surprising poll suggests council could fall to no overall control
A new poll suggests Labour could lose power in Southwark for the first time in 15 years predicting the council could fall to no overall control. The bombshell poll predicts that Southwark Labour and the Liberal Democrats could take home the same number of seats in the May local elections, with neith...
New toilets unveiled at Morden Underground station with New Cross and Surrey Quays expected to get loos at a later date
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled two new customer toilets at Morden Underground station, as part of a £15 million plan to improve access to toilets for customers on the network, writes Frankie Hills… In South London New Cross Gate and then Surrey Quays are also expected to get new toilets....