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.…
Lewisham residents say proposed changes to youth services would be “devastating” and leave children either trapped at home or playing on the streets. Under the plans put forward for consultation, three of the 11 council-run youth clubs would be closed: Oakridge Youth Centre, Grove Park Youth Club and Wesley Halls…
Over 600 could lose their jobs and seventeen fire stations across London could close, including stations in New Cross, Kingsland, Bow and Whitechapel, a document leaked to the BBC has revealed. The cuts outlined in the leaked document were to be put before a meeting with the London fire authority…
A Downham teenager who had been missing for two weeks was found on Thursday night one day after being upgraded to ‘high risk’ by Lewisham police.…
A 27 year old man from Eltham has been sent for hearing at the Old Bailey after being charged with the murder…
In the first of a new series on the effect of the public spending cuts, ELL takes a look at how library cuts will affect people along the line. Library cuts are an issue which has touched a nerve with many of our readers since council’s budgets were slashed during…
A man had a lucky escape after he fell down a drain that was left uncovered by Lewisham Council for eight days.…
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