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Help your support services reach vulnerable adults across Lambeth
Connected Lambeth is a new community directory that has been commissioned by Lambeth’s Adult Social Care team to signpost residents to a wide range of support across the borough. Lambeth Council is inviting local services to sign up to be listed, so that the directory is relevant and helpful to as...
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New remote monitoring service for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in north Lambeth
Lambeth Together partners are expanding support for residents with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as part of our shared commitment to bring more care closer to home. The North Lambeth Primary Care Network (PCN), in partnership with Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, is laun...
One love, one heart, one check!
After a weekend celebrating love, Lambeth residents over 40 are being encouraged to show their hearts a little care this Heart Month by dropping into a local pharmacy for a quick, free blood pressure check. High blood pressure remains a major issue in the borough, with data showing that just over 34...
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Should we do a survey of young Londoners that would inform the Met on how to police and interact with them?
Too many young Londoners do not trust the police or feel safe in their local area, the Met has been told. The force published its Children’s Strategy in September 2024, marking a new approach to policing focused on youth safeguarding and trust building. However, cuts and changes to youth-based nei...
Live Facial Recognition has taken more than 1,700 dangerous offenders off the streets since 2004, yet there are continued calls for it to be stopped immediately
The Met Police must immediately halt their use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology until proper safeguards and regulations are in place, a London Assembly Member has said. After trialling the technology over the last decade, the Met have stepped up its use at large public events in London, i...
Verbal and threatening abuse on the rise at Lewisham’s libraries
Verbal and threatening abuse accounted for more than half of health and safety incidents reported across Lewisham’s libraries between October 2024 and September 2025. The South London borough saw a 10.2 per cent increase in the number of health and safety incidents during the same time period, wit...
Millwall boss assesses midfield options ahead of Sheffield Wednesday trip
ALEX Neil assessed his midfield options ahead of Millwall’s trip to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Neil has started Casper De Norre and Billy Mitchell in four of the last five games, with Barry Bannan operating as a number ten in last weekend’s win at Wrexham. Millwall’s head coach has only ...
Restaurant fined more than £200,000 for employing illegal workers faces licence review
Restaurant workers threw chairs and tables during a visit by immigration officers last year, a council committee heard. Al Balad was fined more than £200,000 after immigration officers repeatedly found breaches on at least five separate occasions at the premises on Edgware Road near Paddington. Hom...
Church roof collapses in Camberwell due to ‘dodgy Victorian workmanship’
The roof of a church in Camberwell came crashing down last month due to ‘dodgy workmanship’ from more than 150 years ago. Cottage Green Chapel is an 180-year-old Baptist church on Cottage Green, between Southampton Way and Wells Way. Last month Haydon Murr, who runs the church with his wife Alis...
Bermondsey foodbank fears future after Zipcar’s exit trebles transport costs
A Bermondsey foodbank is fearing for its future after Zipcar’s retreat from London has tripled their transport costs. Children at Bouthcer Primary School in Bermondsey, Bird in Bush Primary School in Peckham, Cathedral Primary School in Borough and Rye Oak Primary School in Peckham get regular mea...
Bermondsey schoolgirl wins national competition – where she had to write a story in just six words
A Bermondsey schoolgirl beat hundreds of young writers to be crowned winner of a short story that consists of just six words. Amal Badmus, Year 10 student at St Saviour’s and St Olave’s Church of England School, has been crowned winner of the national 2026 Six Word Story competition. The competi...
Council hits back at claims it ‘airbrushed’ opposition to LTNs in Greenwich
Greenwich Council has denied claims it “airbrushed” evi
How Caleb Taylor became invaluable to Millwall – and the ripple effects of his emergence
CALEB Taylor faced a formidable task when he joined Millwall. Signed shortly after the Lions' 2024-25 player of the season Japhet Tanganga left the club, he had to displace either a modern Lions legend in Jake Cooper or the 'Millwall Maldini' Tristan Crama to break into the starting eleven. The pair...
Third teenager convicted of murdering Robert Robinson in Deptford before escaping to Nigeria
A third teenager has convicted of murdering 21-year-old Robert Robinson in Deptford after a dispute over a stolen bike. Jackson Uwagboe, 19, of Hamilton Street, Deptford, was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 10 February. He was also convicted of robbery and possession of a bladed article. ...
Dulwich Hamlet boss lets players Ave it after latest defeat
MARK Dacey revealed his Dulwich Hamlet players were given a “dressing-down” after their disappointing 2-1 defeat at Aveley in the Isthmian League Premier Division. George Saunders and Christopher Harris put the hosts 2-0 up in the second half before Lonit Talla’s goal in the 92nd minute prov...
Millwall Lionesses show patience before eventually running riot
MAISIE Joyce scored twice from the penalty spot as Millwall Lionesses defeated Sport London E Benfica in the L&SERWFL Premier Division at St Paul’s last weekend. The Lionesses didn’t go in front until Joyce’s first spot-kick in the 66th minute. But that sparked a goal spree as Liva Hel...
‘Every game is a final’ – Millwall midfielder Casper De Norre on rediscovering sharpness, Bannan’s influence – and the focus behind Millwall’s play-off push
THAT even Millwall’s ironman Casper De Norre was sidelined by injury underscored how severe the Lions’ crisis had become in early December. The Belgian led Millwall in outfield minutes last season but has endured rare disruption this campaign. A muscle issue ruled him out in September before a c...
Millwall defender Caleb Taylor nominated for Player of the Month
CALEB TAYLOR has been nominated for the January Championship Player of the Month award. Taylor, 23, started all six games at centre-back and contributed to the Lions keeping three clean sheets and conceding just four goals. It was his attacking contributions, however, that caught the eye, with T...
Richmond residents to face council tax hike
Richmond residents face another 5 per cent hike in their council tax this year, with band D households set to pay nearly £2,500. Richmond Council said it needs to raise council tax by the maximum amount allowed to protect essential services as it faces “unprecedented cuts in Government funding....
A hidden South Bermondsey sauna sanctuary – with cold plunges for under £10
Barbora Patková has transformed what she described as a “dirty old yard” in South Bermondsey into a wellness haven, complete with saunas, cold plunge baths and a workshop space hosting yoga, sound baths and meditation. Just a short walk from South Bermondsey station, Innervisons Alchemy appears...