South London from the air at night…

Taken 9:16pm on November 30th 2023. The glowing white line bottom road is Streatham High Road, the dark areas to the right of that are LTNs. So the impact of the Streatham Wells LTN can be seen very clearly from thousands of feet in the air! (Source: Lambeth LTN Watch Facebook) NEWS FROM CRYSTAL PALACE …

Without comment: WE HEAR YOU (say Lambeth council)…

Lambeth Council @lambeth_council posted (with photo above) Dec 13 Do you live in Vauxhall or Stockwell? Have your say on #VauxhAllNight and how we can make the area more vibrant, safe and inclusive at all hours! It only takes five minutes: https://orlo.uk/4RpML Supported by the @MayorofLondon & @nightczar ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ gov.uk https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=8900 Lambeth Web We would …

Without comment: The Israel / Palestine conflict – Views from Robert Peston, Alexei Sayle, Israel and others

Robert Peston @Peston As a Jew, I have become increasingly worried that the charge of antisemitism is being levelled to silence legitimate and important debate. Antisemitism is on the rise, but there is also a rise in the unscrupulous use of the term to silence reasonable questions about the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza. This article …

Blocked-off roads diary: When is a parklet not a parklet? When it’s on the pavement…. Are LTNs a money-making ploy?… Residents in Tower Hamlets plan judicial review: We want our LTNs

Probably the 1833 restaurant and bar with terrace at 34-36 Old Town, Clapham Common, SW4 0LB Lambeth council used the above photograph on their Love Lambeth / Loathe Lambeth website to illustrate just how good parklets can look. There's jost one problem. Closer inspection shows a yellow 'no parking' line in front - with kerbstones …

Extra! Extra!: Ex-Premier League footballer battles to save boyhood club… John Pilger RIP… Plus: Liz Truss on Christmas

News items you may have missed - Ed. *********************************************** Ex-Premier League footballer battles to save boyhood club The winger turned Whitton United chairman speaks of the "hard times" in non-league football. Suffolk (BBC TV News website) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John Pilger RIP Fearless journalist John Pilger dies aged 84: Tributes to Australian documentary filmmaker who brought the …

Third man dies following house fire in Croydon – victims are Polish nationals

Police officers and London Fire Brigade colleagues are investigating a house fire in Croydon which has killed three men, who are understood to be Polish. Officer were called by the London Fire Brigade (LFB) at 22:48hrs on Friday December 29th to the fire at a house in Sanderstead Road, South Croydon. Emergency services attended the …

What do you think of Crystal Palace park? – survey seeks your views

Crystal Palace Park Trust want to know what you think of the park - and what activities you would like to see there. The trust have produced an easy to answer survey - with more than 20 questions - where you can also opt-in to enter a prize draw for a pair of tickets to …

Hundreds more electric vehicle charging sites to be introduced across Lambeth borough: Report admits they will cause loss of parking spaces – and may impact pedestrians

Profits from the scheme - which will take three years to break even - will go towards maintenance and expansion of the network and "related initiatives" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Westow Hill and Salters Hill - the latter the home of Lambeth council's infamous 'cash cow'* -  have been named among hundreds of potential locations for more Electric …

Opinion: ‘Economics’ of the Electric Vehicle madhouse (and where does lithium for their batteries come from?)

As a certain national newspaper columnist repeatedly writes: You couldn't make it up.   The cash-strapped Lambeth council, which is forever telling the Tory Government they don't have money for essential services (repeated ad infinitum) are set to spend £2 million pounds on installing more electric vehicle charging points across the borough.   It will …

Media freedom in Hong Kong… Government set to ‘spark’ greater reuse and recycling of electrical goods… Fancy a day in court?…

Media freedom in Hong Kong: Media Freedom Coalition statement The Media Freedom Coalition gave a statement on media freedom in Hong Kong on the second anniversary of the closure of Stand News and arrest of its staff. On the second anniversary of the closure of Stand News and arrest of its staff, whose prosecution remains …