The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Bod is sad I haven't opened a discussion on last night's meeting. Well - here's my confession. I wasn't there. I had a prior engagement that just wasn't going away. So - tell me - was it a bunfight? Did anything good get done/said?
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
You know I've walked past this funny little building hundreds of times - but it was only - well July, actually (I'm a bit behind...) that I stopped to actually look at it and wonder what the hell it is. It looks like some kind of porter's lodge - but it's a real fur-coat-and-no-knickers kind of a place. A fantastic facade with strong pillars either side and a studded arched doorway - but as soon as...
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The children of James Wolfe School have created today's window, based on their hopes for the future...
London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The Arc nursery in Crosby Row has been saved from closure after parents won backing from Southwark Council for their rescue plan.
London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Chicken Bus has launched a new website featuring crafts from South America.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Police arrest six pedicab drivers after claims their vehicles have been modified to make them go faster.
Greater London Authority news (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
The Mayor is warning Londoners against the temptation of travelling in illegal cabs with the Christmas party season beginning and increasing numbers of revellers travelling home late at night.
Greater London Authority news (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Transport for London have announced that, in line with the Mayor's key manifesto pledge to phase out bendy buses, three bus routes - 38, 507 and 521 - will no longer use bendy buses when their contracts expire next year.
London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | yesterday
Two teenagers have this week been found guilty of the murder of 15-year-old Lyle Tulloch, who was stabbed in May at a party at Newall House on the Rockingham Estate.
London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | yesterday
The redevelopment of the vacant former Volvo garage site on New Kent Road at Elephant & Castle moved a step closer this week as councillors endorsed the latest set of development proposals.
London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | yesterday
St Nicholas was received with applause when he arrived at Southwark Cathedral to switch on the Christmas tree lights.
London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | yesterday
Spots Dry Cleaners in Great Guildford Street near Tate Modern is also Unit 24 gallery with its launch exhibition featuring the Koko Bottoli leather product brand.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A north London council comes closer to allowing private companies to deliver most of its basic services.
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | yesterday
About a year ago, I was amazed - and deeply touched - when a regular reader sent me a photocopy (in its entirety) of Combe Farm, Greenwich , a book by Barbara Ludlow and Sally Jenkinson so rare I have never seen it anywhere else (I guess there's probably a copy in the Heritage Centre.) It tells the story of what is effectively lower-Westcombe Park and parts of East Greenwich and Charlton now, about...
The Greenwich Phantom (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pop down to Pets and the City on Creek Road for today's window. It's called Life in Black and White and promises to be a "thought-provoking image that captures the essense of all our hopes and fears..."
