Peckham Academy school and nearby Harris Girls’ Academy in East Dulwich are to reopen this morning after threats of ‘gang violence’ last Friday meant they had to be evacuated. Escalating trouble between rival gangs in the area (the Ghetto Boys from Lewisham and the Peckham …
Two brothers have been found guilty of the manslaughter 10-year-old Damilola Taylor. Earlier trials were unable to reach a decision over murder charges, but the jury at the retrial has convicted Danny and Rickie Preddie, aged 18 and 19, from Peckham of manslaughter. No details …
Join the Village Fete at V & A – for tonight, the museum will be taken over by over 30 creative types who will be running stalls, activities and other village fete style stuff. Tombola, fish and chips, freaky vegetable competitions and body painting will …
People of Kensington Olympia, Peckham Rye, Wandsworth Road and Denmark Hill: Greenpeace would like you to know that you have nuclear waste in your midst. A woman from east London has successfully sued her mother-in-law over “excessive and unnecessary household chores, including cleaning the toilet …
Remember that guy from Peckham who upset his neighbours by wanting to keep a couple of clouded leopards in his back garden? Well Tower Bridge magistrates have overturned Southwark Council’s decision and needless to say the Council are not happy: We do not agree with …
Just two gigs to tell you about this week because we’re still pissed that we’re going to miss both The Shins on Thursday at Koko and Radiohead at Hammersmith on Thursday and Friday. If you can get tickets to either show, then we highly recommend …
Prosecutors and police now have to decide if there should be a third trial for the killing of schoolboy Damilola Taylor. Two brothers were yesterday acquitted of murdering the 10-year-old. A man has died after being stabbed at a bus stop in Peckham. Former Wonder …
Not as you might think, some Roman bath house excavation but Turdus migratorious, known to his friends as the American Robin; and the star of today’s Londonist animal post. Turdus’s landing is a big deal, since this is the first time one of these little …
And headline writers across the Capital mourn. This one comes under the NSS (No shit Sherlock) heading; a man has been refused a licence to keep two clouded leopards at his home in Peckham. Yes, that’s right. Peckham. Although apparently it’s really Camberwell, and the …
The Government today begins a consultation process to decide whether or not to give Ken greater power over the rail services. And talking of Ken and transport: he announced yesterday that kids under 11 will travel free on Tube. With one proviso: “You have got …
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