A plan by Croydon council to relocate homeless families to northern towns has been cast into doubt after it became clear that two of the local authorities said to be under consideration have not yet been approached about the scheme.

Thousands of children in Croydon will be affected by the public sector pensions strike on November 30, as over 73 schools in the borough are set to close.

Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman has publicly backed the November 30 national strike over pensions in an attack on the coalition government published in the Morning Star yesterday. Rahman said that David Cameron “and his wretched Conservative-led coalition” are intent on making ordinary working people pay for the financial crisis caused by the banks.

Ladywell locals are protesting against the refusal of a betting shop to let vacant flats above its premises – with the help of TV celebrity Phil Spencer. The Ladywell Village Improvement Group organised Tuesday’s protest against the Coral bookmakers on the corner of Ladywell and Algernon Roads, a building owned by E. Coomes ltd and [...]

To find out the location of pickets, demos and marches across London as part of the Nov 30 strikes, take a look at our interactive google map below. Click on the placemark for more information on what time people are meeting and who is involved. If you have any details you think we should add  - [...]

Around 40 per cent of Lewisham residents with HIV are diagnosed late, according to NHS Lewisham’s HIV Health Improvement programme. The news comes on the eve of World Aids Day on December 1, with Lewisham council looking to improve AIDS awareness among local residents by encouraging people to make a pledge to ‘Act Aware’.

Up to two million public sector workers in London and across the country will strike tomorrow in the biggest industrial action seen for generations. The protests are expected to cause significant disruption as public sector workers, including transport workers, teachers and border officials

Performed incorrectly, the story of Goodbye Barcelona could be a somewhat predictable one: boy goes to war, boy meets girl, boy is mentored by world-weary superior. However, director Karen Rabinowitz keeps things fresh by using the less well-trodden subject matter of the Spanish Civil War, of which this year marks the 75th anniversary.

The Met police published a fraud alert on Sunday 25, after several Lewisham residents reported that they had been ripped off by a “fake draining company” who claimed to be representing neighbouring residents in order to collect money for non-existent pipe repairs.

The daughter of former Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed has donated money to a local police project sending bikes to Gambia.