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Brixton’s Rhythms Club secures backing for over 60s movement classes
Unbound Moving Arts’ Rhythms Club is celebrating after being awarded £6,837 of National Lottery funding from Sport England to help continue its work with older adults in Brixton. The funding will support 41 weeks of free, accessible movement classes for over-60s, delivered in partnership with Age...
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New report lays foundations for stronger joint action to improve children’s outcomes in Lambeth and Southwark
A new report published by Act Early South London sets out a clear picture of the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Lambeth and Southwark, and the inequalities shaping their lives, providing a shared evidence base to support future action. The post New report lays foundations for...
Become a voice to shape health and care in Lambeth!
Lambeth Together is inviting residents and service users to join our Board as Patient and Public Voice Members, to improve how health and care works across the borough. Patient and Public Voice Members help Lambeth partners focus on the right priorities for health and care, ensuring that decisions a...
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Celebrating Creativity and Wellbeing Week
It’s Creativity and Wellbeing Week! Running from 18 to 24 May 2026, communities across the country are coming together to engage in creative activities, and celebrate their impact on health and wellbeing. The benefits of creative health are numerous, from helping to manage long term health conditi...
“Frustrating”: Thames Water conflict drags on as Bermondsey modular homes still empty four months later
Eight modular homes expected to open at the start of the year are still empty four months after their original opening ceremony, writes Rich Brann. Construction is continuing at the site and developers have expressed their further irritation with Thames Water’s inability to complete the site’s c...
José Pizarro celebrates 15 years on Bermondsey Street by doing the Tapas Mile
Fifteen years after opening his first Bermondsey Street restaurants, celebrated Spanish chef José Pizarro is marking the milestone with multiple celebrations running between their opening dates – 15 May to 15 December, writes Myfanwy Fleming-Jones… After moving to the UK 27 years ago, the chef ...
2:22 – A Ghost Story
What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth? Danny Robins’ hit play is now on its fourth UK tour since its 2021 West End opening, where it won the WhatsOnStage award for Best Play. James Bye, who played the role of Martin Fowler in EastEnders for over ten years, will play Sam.
Pre-West End tour of Allegra
National treasure Dame Maureen Lipman stars in the title role of Allegra, in this heart-warming new comedy from Olivier and Tony Award nominated playwright Peter Quilter, (End of the Rainbow and Glorious!) and directed and choreographed by three-time Olivier Award winner musical theatre direct...
Lewisham was London’s murder capital last year
Lewisham is currently London’s murder capital, with more homicides than any other borough in 2025, writes Cristina Trujillo… Our data investigation, factoring in the most up-to-date statistics from the Metropolitan Police (MPS), can reveal that detectives are investigating eleven killings in Lew...
Family of former Millwall Lioness and Liverpool boss call for mental health checks for managers
THE family of former Millwall Lionesses boss Matt Beard have called for mental health checks for managers. Beard, one of the most successful managers in the women’s game, is believed to have taken his own life in September 2025 at the age of 47. An inquest has yet to issue its conclusion. Bear...
Woman Business
What happens when a woman finally begins to speak in her own voice? Woman Business is a bold and intimate one-woman play about identity, belonging, and what it means to be a brown woman. A story of what we inherit, what we outgrow, and what we finally claim as our own. The play follows Diya
Am I Losing My Mind or Just My Figure?
What is it about becoming thirty that gives everyone universal permission to offer advice on when to reproduce? Fin a freelance illustrator is working a zero-hour contract as a cycle courier, her free-spirited and unconventional approach to life at odds with the expectations of those around her. Her...
Millwall boss insists ‘we’ll be back’ after play-off heartbreak
ALEX Neil insisted Millwall will be back after falling short in the play-off semi-finals against Hull City. The Lions were beaten 2-0 at The Den on Monday evening, three days after a goalless first leg at the MKM Stadium. Mohamed Belloumi struck after half-time, then Joe Gelhardt doubled the visitor...
Review: Dead Air at Greenwich Theatre
An examination of how technology impacts grief Alfrun Rose’s one-woman tragicomedy, Dead Air, fuses a Shakespearean classic with one of the most pressing concerns of the modern age, writes Melina Block. What would have, a few years ago, been a sci-fi play now feels more like a cautionary tale,...
GP boss and grinning domestic abuser among south Londoners jailed in May so far
We round-up the south Londoners who have been jailed in May 2026 so far.
South-east London - how much crime was there in each borough last month?
Metropolitan Police figures have revealed which south east London borough recorded the highest number of criminal offences in April.
The Will Scott Column: Millwall are one famous night at The Den away from Wembley
TWO games. Two games are all that stand between Millwall and the Premier League. Read that again. Win two games, and the riches of the Premier League are yours. Imagine saying that last January? A scrappy, physical and ultimately goalless first leg in east Yorkshire has handed the Lions an incredibl...
Election results: Lewisham turns Green for the first time
Four years ago, every seat in Lewisham Council was won by Labour, but after last Thursday election the Green Party took control – it is the first time the borough had not been red in 55 years, writes Frankie Hills… Despite defending its seats better within the capital than on the national level,...
Millwall Analysis: How Lions are completely different proposition since December Hull City defeat – but need to find tricky balance
BASED on the results between the sides in the regular season, Millwall’s play-off tie against Hull City was 50/50. After the 0-0 draw in the first leg at The MKM Stadium on Friday night, it would take a brave person to split them ahead of the second leg at The Den on Monday night. On […]...
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it – the kids want their park kept as it is
Last week we reported on the backlash from parents over plans to redesign Little Dorrit Park on Borough High Street – a playground that has been a child-only space for nearly 125 years. When we visited, the park was packed with children from the two nearby primary schools. It was busy, safe and cl...