A South Norwood medical centre could close due to one of its partners and his wife accumulating debts of £11.6 million. Portland Medical Centre situated on Portland Road in South Norwood, faces closure after Croydon NHS ended its contract pending investigations into Dr. Ravi Sondhi’s spending. The centre opened in 1995 and it currently serves over [...]

A South Norwood medical centre could close due to one of its partners and his wife accumulating debts of £11.6 million. Portland Medical Centre situated on Portland Road in South Norwood, faces closure after Croydon NHS ended its contract pending investigations into Dr. Ravi Sondhi’s spending. The centre opened in 1995 and it currently serves [...]

A new police station has opened in Thornton Heath as part of a fresh zero-tolerance regime on crime. The new base on Parchmore Road houses the Broad Green, Thornton Heath and West Thornton Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs). The station could be a novel, though highly criticised, solution to fears that many frontline police services could suffer in the wake of budget cuts of an estimated £90 million in Croydon.

Street art fans have set up a petition to save a giant graffiti rabbit daubed on the side of a Hackney studio-café, after council officials declared that it must be painted over within weeks.

Lutfur Rahman, the independent candidate, has won the Tower Hamlet’s mayoral election with more than half the votes.

A 16 year old girl was stabbed in Croydon town centre on Sunday following a heated argument. The victim was on George Street at approximately 9.45pm when she was attacked by a group of two or more females and stabbed in the lower-back. The incident reportedly occurred after a church based youth event, I.D The [...]

Hackney MPs Dianne Abbott and Meg Hillier, have been chosen as members of Labour’s shadow cabinet.

David Cameron made a fleeting visit to south London this week to conduct a question and answer session with students and apprentices at Lewisham college.