Five houses that were up for sale have been withdrawn by Lewisham Council on Monday after protesters occupied the properties on Saturday The protesters, from Lewisham People Before Profit, are calling for them be kept as council housing. They say refurbishing these houses and keeping them in the council’s portfolio will revitalise housing in the [...]
Lewisham teachers have been warned that their jobs could be at risk with the closure of two special needs schools in the borough. Meadowgate and Pendragon School will close in July and be replaced by Drumbeat School, a new centre for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders.
Local residents have lost their battle with the Olympic Development Agency to stop the building of a basketball-training venue on Leyton Marsh.
Hackney, Lewisham, Croydon and Tower Hamlets are four of the 19 key boroughs targeted in a Metropolitan Police Service initiative launched today. The scheme sees borough authorities working with central command to tackle gang crime. As part of the initiative dozens of suspected gang members will be pursued by the Met in an operation spearheaded [...]
A man died from a head injury after his cousin threw a concrete block at his head at a family party in Coulsdon, a court heard yesterday.
Two Tower Hamlets residents are among four men that have been jailed for a total of 34 years for a planned drugs robbery.
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that a 45-year-old man was arrested following the eviction of the occupied UBS buildings known as ‘the Bank of Ideas’ in Hackney last night. He was subsequently taken to hospital due to a health condition, where he remains. Officers have received and are considering footage of the incident for which [...]
A new body that will control the future of the Olympic Legacy site – incuding areas in Hackney and Tower Hamlets – is one step closer to creation after the London Assembly voted unanimously in favour of its proposal.
The first solo art exhibition of work by local artist Nicky Nicholls was launched on Saturday at the Click Clock Gallery.
Hackney Council is calling for volunteers for Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend, the BBC’s biggest ever free-ticketed event.
