Members of the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign are celebrating this week, after Boris Johnson pledged to: “Seek assurances, as I have done many times already, that any changes to services at Lewisham Hospital will improve healthcare locally and that clinical outcomes will not be affected.” Johnson also promised to meet…
Two ‘pocket parks’ will be created in Lewisham as part of the Mayor’s two million pound initiative to transform underused, urban spaces in the borough. Blackheath and Sydenham will both see small green spaces being created as part of a citywide bid to enhance the natural environment in inner city…
Firefighters held a day of action on March 16, opposing planned cuts which would see the loss of 500 frontline staff across London. The Fire Brigades Union organised the day against plans which are predicted to leave 4.7 million Londoners waiting longer for a fire engine. The cuts would also lead…
Mayor of London Boris Johnson brought People’s Question Time to Catford last night, a biannual event that allows Londoners to interact with him and members of the London Assembly. By around 6pm, hundreds of people had formed a queue that snaked around the Catford Broadway theatre. A red carpet of Save…
Members of the Save Lewisham Hospital campaign say they plan to “send a strong message” to Boris Johnson when he visits Catford tomorrow for the bi-annual People’s Question Time. The Mayor of London and members of the London Assembly will be answering residents’ questions at the Broadway Theatre in Catford…
Hidden between a set of railways lines in Bow is a small caravan site. Lisa, 25, stands in the door of her caravan: “Families in tower blocks wouldn’t want their kids growing up on this site. It’s the same with us; we wouldn’t want our kids growing up there”. Her…
Boris Johnson’s proposed cuts to frontline fire services across London were opened to public consultation today. Plans include the closure of fire stations in Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham, and are parts of the mayor’s draft budget, which was approved at the London Assembly yesterday. Navin Shah, Labour’s London Assembly…
The future of 12 London fire stations, among them stations in Hackney, Whitechapel and New Cross, has been thrown into further uncertainty after the London Fire Authority voted, on Monday, against Boris Johnson’s order for a public consultation on plans to close them. In January this year, the London Assembly…
Boris Johnson has called for local councils to deal with the growing fox population after a fox attacked a sleeping baby in Lewisham last week.…
A 500-strong contingent of firefighters and members of the Fire Brigade Union protested on Monday against the proposed cuts to fire services throughout the city. The protests took place outside the London Fire Brigade’s headquarter in Southwark as the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority met to discuss the Fifth…
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