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Crime

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South Norwood Country Park: Manhunt after 'linked' sexual assaults on women in broad daylight

Josh Salisbury Crime

Urgent hunt for man known to have Southwark links 'involved in violent £4.1million jewellery robbery'

Josh Salisbury Crime

'Distressed' Staffie 'dumped over metal fence' on Rotherhithe estate late at night

Josh Salisbury Crime

Man charged after alleged kidnap and assault of a child will appear in court next month

Katherine Johnston Crime In the Dock

Appeal for witnesses after rough sleepers were 'set alight in Croydon in sick attack'

Detectives say other homeless people may have been targeted

Katherine Johnston Crime

SE1 pensioner 'scammed out of £72,000' by rogue roofers

Two men found to be 'money mules' were convicted - but the rogue traders have yet to be identified

Josh Salisbury Crime

Walworth: Man arrested on suspicion of 'practising illegal dentistry'

Officers say they found a room "equipped for dentistry" when they searched the address on Bagshot Street, SE17

Josh Salisbury Crime

Politics

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Lib Dems select Cllr Humaira Ali to take on Neil Coyle at next election

Cllr Ali was elected a year ago to the London Bridge and West Bermondsey ward

Josh Salisbury Politics

Lib Dems say membership in Southwark has surged after the EU elections

Katherine Johnston Politics

More than £53,000 claimed in rightful benefits and rebates in Camberwell and Peckham

Katherine Johnston Politics

Exclusive: Council Leader’s tweet about Dulwich Hamlet developers cost taxpayers £13,136.65 due to investigation

Katherine Johnston Politics Sport

New ‘Garden Tax’ in Southwark is half cost of fees in Lib Dem controlled councils, says Labour

'We are left with the difficult choice of cutting services or finding new ways to raise income'

Katherine Johnston Politics Environment

Free sanitary products will be given to prisoners after campaign backed by period poverty activists

'No detainee should be left to bleed for want of a difficult conversation or a cheap tampon'

Katherine Johnston Politics Health

In the wake of the European election Southwark’s Leave and Remain voters are both claiming victory

9,000 voted for The Brexit Party in Southwark

Katherine Johnston Politics

Education

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Bermondsey's Galleywall Primary School praised by inspectors after scoring highest-possible 'outstanding' rating

The school, on Galleywall Road, scored the highest-possible 'Outstanding' rating in all five categories that were assessed

Josh Salisbury Education

Free creative solutions for community groups by UAL students

Staff Reporter Education Culture Community

Drama project from Half Moon Theatre helps children with the move to secondary school

Katherine Johnston Education Culture

SFX will open it's doors on Thursday 27th June

Kevin Quinn Education

Herne Hill's Judith Kerr Primary School pays tribute to its patron and namesake after the author's death

German-born Kerr came to London as a refugee

Katherine Johnston Education Culture

New Cherry Garden School celebrates official opening in Peckham

'I still sometimes pinch myself that it’s our building' - head teacher

Katherine Johnston Education

Deputy Mayor visits Southwark College in Love Our Colleges Week celebrating further education

Deputy Major of planning, regeneration and skills Jules Pipe was visiting as part of Love Our Colleges week

Staff Reporter Politics Education

Housing

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Only Fools and Horses Peckham flat 'would be worth £500,000 today'

According to the research, Del Boy's 3-bed Peckham council flat would have a value of £497,000

Josh Salisbury Housing Misc

Documentary director who chronicled the last five hours before a man was made homeless hopes the film will help change Universal Credit

Katherine Johnston Housing

Applications for Peabody's Community Fund are now open

Katherine Johnston Housing Community

L&Q boss vows to help tenants forced out over unsafe cladding and says a third are close to finalising their temporary accommodation

Katherine Johnston Housing

Exclusive: Residents forced to move over cladding want a better deal after being told to still pay rent

'We never expected this, it came out of nowhere, and then we found out they have put our lives at risk for nine years'

Katherine Johnston Housing

Residents must move out over fire safety - but must still pay L&Q full rent while cladding is removed

Where tenants will be moved to is still unclear

Katherine Johnston Housing

Bermondsey: Return of Grosvenor's £500m Biscuit Factory scheme after Sadiq Khan intervenes

Councillors unanimously rejected Grosvenor's £500m scheme in February over affordable housing - but now Mayor Khan will consider the proposal

Josh Salisbury Housing Regeneration

Weird

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This local boozer wants to pay someone to go to pubs all summer long

They want someone to go to lots of events and get paid £2,000 for it, the pub said

Josh Salisbury Weird

Residents build home-made 'Time Booth' - for people to scream into as loudly as they can

Josh Salisbury Weird Community

Bedbug infestation at King's College Hospital is now 'under control'

Katherine Johnston Weird

89-year-old daredevil to abseil 160 feet down St Thomas' Hospital for charity

Josh Salisbury Weird Misc Community

Meet the Bermondsey man who keeps bees in the nude

He's been stung a few times - but still bares it all with the bees

Josh Salisbury Weird Community

Cyclopic: LSBU grads' electric spokeless 'penny farthing' could be commuter bike of the future

The firm hopes to have rideable prototypes completed by the end of summer

Josh Salisbury Weird Transport

Tower Bridge: Police car smashes into railings in 'accident' despite not responding to emergency call

Police declined to say how the "accident" could've happened when the car was not chasing anyone or responding to a call

Josh Salisbury Crime Weird

Environment

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Bankside clean air project sees harmful pollutant level drop by 97 per cent

A project which changed the way waste was collected led to a dramatic drop in harmful pollutants, say Better Bankside representatives

Josh Salisbury Environment

Old Kent Road: Batteries warning after fire at Veolia's recycling centre

Josh Salisbury Environment Emergency services

Clean Air Day 2019: Cost of NOT going carbon neutral is far higher, Mums for Lungs campaigners tell Philip Hammond

Katherine Johnston Environment

World Meat Free Week: Olympian drives sheep made of vegetables over London Bridge

Josh Salisbury Environment Health Misc

Helen Hayes pushes parliament to fully divest from fossil fuels

'We need the government to act comprehensively at the scale required by an emergency'

Katherine Johnston Environment

New ‘Garden Tax’ in Southwark is half cost of fees in Lib Dem controlled councils, says Labour

'We are left with the difficult choice of cutting services or finding new ways to raise income'

Katherine Johnston Politics Environment

‘Let’s make Southwark estates great’ - new improvement scheme has one million funding pot

'We are calling on residents to come forward with new ideas – big and small – for how to improve the shared spaces in their estates'

Katherine Johnston Environment

Transport

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Great Dover Street: Man left with 'potentially life changing' injuries after 'serious' collision

Police said the man has suffered 'potentially life-changing' injuries as a result of the collision on SE1's Great Dover Street last night

Josh Salisbury Transport Traffic

Woman rescued from tracks at London Bridge station during evening rush hour

Josh Salisbury Transport Emergency services

Breaking: Work on Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf bridge halted over costs

Josh Salisbury Transport

Date announced for construction of major Cycleway 4 between Tower Bridge and Rotherhithe

Josh Salisbury Transport

TfL has proposed cutting the service after it undertook a review of central London routes (Image: Feix O)

Councillors' disappointment over RV1 bus axe despite fierce local opposition

Councillors across Southwark's political divide have long opposed the decision to axe the RV1 bus service, which finished on Saturday

Josh Salisbury Transport

CCTV appeal after man punched and robbed at Waterloo Station

DC Vanessa Cadrecha-Paolucci said the men in the pictures may have "vital information" about the case

Josh Salisbury Crime Transport

Rotherhithe Tunnel: Polluting fumes fall by 40 per cent in tunnel - but 800 cars are breaking the restrictions daily

Harmful NO2 fumes in the tunnel have fallen by 40 per cent according to TfL officials after restrictions have been placed on certain cars using the tunnel

Josh Salisbury Transport

Culture

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Time capsule to be laid in Southwark Park to celebrate 150th anniversary

The Southwark Park Association will also be holding other free events around the all-important anniversary on Wednesday, June 19

Josh Salisbury Culture

Record-breaking Herne Hill mural installed amid fall-out between artist and community group behind the project

Katherine Johnston Culture Community

Love Island: Local star Sherif Lanre leaves show after breaking villa's rules

Josh Salisbury Culture Misc

Creative Elephant: Five days, thirteen venues and twenty events

Katherine Johnston Culture

Maltby Street expansion: a one-stop-shop foodie heaven

Community projects on the agenda include a drop-in bike repair stop, craftspeople and makers selling their wares, and stalls piled high with antiques and curiosities for the home.

Laura Burgoine Culture Business

Master of Reinvention: The man behind Maltby Street’s renaissance

“I was taking things out of skips at one end of the street and selling it to householders at the other end of the street”

Laura Burgoine Culture

Glorious mud and finds: Licence to lark

Michael Holland goes back in time with a veteran mudlarker to when woolly mammoths roamed Rotherhithe

Michael Holland Culture

Health

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Your chance to name new health centre in Dulwich

'Please be as creative as you like, but do bear in mind that the final name needs to be suitable for an NHS community health centre'

Katherine Johnston Health

Junk food ads ban on Southwark-owned advertising spaces from next month

Josh Salisbury Health

Toy Story 4: Hollywood legend Tom Hanks visits children at the Evelina London Children's Hospital

Josh Salisbury Health

World Meat Free Week: Olympian drives sheep made of vegetables over London Bridge

Josh Salisbury Environment Health Misc

VIDEO: Cute seal robot brings dementia patients out of their shell at Southwark day care centre

The baby seal may look like a toy but is a carefully designed to help dementia patients to socialise and stay calm.

Staff Reporter Health Community

First 'Legs matter week' kicks off battle against leg and foot conditions

The campaign is being held to urge people to ‘stand up’ to one of the UK’s biggest health challenges.

Staff Reporter Health

Classmates of Millwall-mad Finley, 8, who has Cystic Fibrosis write to Prime Minister over lack of miracle drug Orkambi on the NHS

"Our friend has got Cystic Fibrosis and there is medicine that can help him but it is too expensive"

Josh Salisbury Health

Regeneration

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Empty Tesco unit in Elephant and Castle turns into free community space

Open from Monday, June 24, the first floor unit previously used by Tesco staff will host free fitness classes, arts and crafts workshops, and activities for the over-60s

Katherine Johnston Regeneration

£2million grant will see Bermondsey's Blue get a radical makeover

Josh Salisbury Regeneration Community

London Festival of Architecture comes to Old Kent Road

Katherine Johnston Regeneration

Campaigners hope Southwark Council will slap down developers' plans for Southampton Way site 'always intended to be part of Burgess Park'

Katherine Johnston Regeneration

Bermondsey: Return of Grosvenor's £500m Biscuit Factory scheme after Sadiq Khan intervenes

Councillors unanimously rejected Grosvenor's £500m scheme in February over affordable housing - but now Mayor Khan will consider the proposal

Josh Salisbury Housing Regeneration

Bermondsey: Heritage campaigners slam Sellar plans for Vinegar Yard warehouse

But Sellar fiercely defended the proposal, saying it was the result of extensive consultation with local stakeholders

Josh Salisbury Regeneration Business Community

Date set for judicial review into Elephant & Castle regeneration

Hearing will take place on July 17 and 18

Katherine Johnston Regeneration

Misc

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Only Fools and Horses Peckham flat 'would be worth £500,000 today'

According to the research, Del Boy's 3-bed Peckham council flat would have a value of £497,000

Josh Salisbury Housing Misc

Southwark mums bring their play about life on Universal Credit to Parliament

Katherine Johnston Misc Community

Local man gets £10k a month from the National Lottery

Katherine Johnston Misc

After school club wins award but fears it could close without urgent funding

Katherine Johnston Misc Community

World Meat Free Week: Olympian drives sheep made of vegetables over London Bridge

The stunt was to raise awareness of the environmental impact of eating meat - which experts say is risking climate breakdown

Josh Salisbury Environment Health Misc

True Bermondsey boy's dying wish is for everyone to have traditional pie 'n' mash at his funeral

Stephen's doting wife Josie paid tribute to her husband, who had a "wicked sense of humour" and loved the Rolling Stones and fishing

Josh Salisbury Misc Community

Video: Our Basher is the only Victoria Cross recipient named on the new D-Day memorial

'I’ll never forget his incredible act of valour to save his mates'

Katherine Johnston Misc

Business

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Maltby Street expansion: a one-stop-shop foodie heaven

Community projects on the agenda include a drop-in bike repair stop, craftspeople and makers selling their wares, and stalls piled high with antiques and curiosities for the home.

Laura Burgoine Culture Business