Instead of brawling with architects over designs he doesn’t like, perhaps Prince Charles would like to use his clout in favour of buildings like this? It’s the new St Mungo’s homeless hostel in Hither Green, which replaces a dingy old one that the architect Peter …
As another young man is shot (but stable, thank goodness) in south-east London – specifically Halesworth Road in Lewisham – news filters through that gun crime is on the rise across the city. A particular type of gun crime: use of shotguns is up 50% …
Well as far as we know it’s not actually a war torn borough. But today saw the official opening of the Chinbrook Meadow Peace Garden in Grove Park. This is a lovely, satisfying tale of nice people spending money on nice things to celebrate nice …
Brockley Kate draws our attention to a protest at Lewisham Bridge Primary School: parents have taken to the balconies to demonstrate against the council’s plans to build a new Academy on the site. The school closed at Easter and pupils are being bussed to Deptford …
With the Bank of England about to print more money and employment prospects looking dim, it’s unsurprising that entrepreneurial types are branching out into imaginatively niche, if not entirely kosher, industries. Lewisham Council has had to warn residents not to be sucked in by a …
Ah, le credite crunch. The government are having to step in to lend PFI firms £2 billion of public money since they’re having trouble raising the cash on the open market. Schools in Greenwich, housing in Lambeth and street lighting in Lewisham and Croydon are …
Live in Lewisham or Southwark? From next summer these primary care trusts will be piloting a scheme to make the contraceptive pill available over the pharmacy counter; no more faffing about with prescriptions. Women will still be interviewed by a qualified nurse or pharmacist to …
Mystery surrounds the discovery of a body at the bottom of a lift shaft in Kingston… …whilst another man has been found fatally stabbed at a house in Lewisham. Tessa Jowell rants foolishly at 2012 sponsors. Tube sponsorship could be on the way… …as could …
This Week In London’s History Monday – 11th August 1897: Enid Blyton is born in East Dulwich. She would become a hugely successful author of children’s fiction. Tuesday – 12th August 1827: Renowned poet and painter William Blake dies. Five days later, he would be …
Wheelie bin crisis? Blame the French. That’s what Lewisham is doing, claiming that a fire in France is responsible for a severe worldwide shortage that has also blighted local homeowners. Councillors in the southeast London borough have hit upon an ingenious solution – they’re asking …
60. More Than Just A Haunting… In the borough of Lewisham sits Brockley Road. Not exactly known for its supernatural relations or unnerving apparitions, but let me share with you a campfire story to chill even the warmest of hearts… It happened during the 1800s …
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