From Crystal Palace Park Trust @CPParkTrust Festival Republic started their build yesterday (Monday June 24th) and access to the Terraces and Crystal Palace park via the Terraces will be restricted. Please see the map for details or head over to our website:https://crystalpalaceparktrust.org/pages/festival-republic-2024 ~ There will be four event days on the dates below. Thursday July … Continue reading Community /Arts: Festival Republic build has started in Crystal Palace park…
Month: June 2024
Community: Dozens of complaints against Serco says Lambeth Labour councillor… Chemist’s in two-hour shop closure protest… South London Theatre tribute to Marion Buss
Lambeth Labour Cllr Martin Abrams says he has received dozens of complaints about the poor performance of @lambeth_council's waste services contractor SERCO over regular missed bin collections and unacceptable street cleansing. Posting on both X (ex Twitter) and nextdoor social media Cllr Abrams (Streatham St Leonard's) yesterday (Monday) said he had submitted the questions shown above. … Continue reading Community: Dozens of complaints against Serco says Lambeth Labour councillor… Chemist’s in two-hour shop closure protest… South London Theatre tribute to Marion Buss
Church plan to hold their first service in Streatham Hill theatre on Sunday – despite having no planning permission
The Streatham Hill theatre building (pictured above) is being opened on Sunday for a religious service - despite there being no planning permission for a change of use of the building. The Friends of Streatham Hill Theatre say the church has submitted a planning application for change of use of the building at 110 Streatham … Continue reading Church plan to hold their first service in Streatham Hill theatre on Sunday – despite having no planning permission
Electrical safety testing update from Southwark (which doesn’t answer certain questions)
Editor's note: On Friday we published a story headed:Southwark council report themselves to social housing regulator over electrical safety testing blunder based on this Southwark.gov. news item: Southwark Council statement on electrical testing of council homes – Southwark Council We asked Southwark council: Please could you say: What regulation / s was / were missed … Continue reading Electrical safety testing update from Southwark (which doesn’t answer certain questions)
Unidentified First World War soldiers buried in France
World War One Soldiers Buried in France The remains of 14 Commonwealth soldiers who fought in World War One, none of them identifiable by name, have been laid to rest in France. The men were commemorated in three burial ceremonies throughout last week: On 18 June, one soldier of an unknown regiment was buried at … Continue reading Unidentified First World War soldiers buried in France
Blocked-off roads Exclusive: Is Lambeth’s Community Parklets scheme a flop? And is the one in Valley Road being removed?
Image: Lambeth.gov Lambeth Labour's much-vaunted Community Parklets scheme appears to be a complete and utter flop, answers to Freedom of Information requests by News From Crystal Palace have revealed. Just THIRTY SEVEN applications to install the parklets - announced in a fanfare of publicity in March last year - have been made, say Lambeth. ONLY … Continue reading Blocked-off roads Exclusive: Is Lambeth’s Community Parklets scheme a flop? And is the one in Valley Road being removed?
Blocked-off roads: … and why fire engines will have to mount the pavement if Southwark council’s latest traffic plans for Dulwich Village get the go-ahead, say campaigners
Clean Air For All Dulwich @DulwichCleanAir posted on X ex Twitter on Jun 11 ~ The newly designed junction in Dulwich Village, meant to make it safer for pedestrians (!), will now require a fire engine to *mount* the pavement in two separate spots and avoid a tree to access. Beyond farcical. @mcash … Continue reading Blocked-off roads: … and why fire engines will have to mount the pavement if Southwark council’s latest traffic plans for Dulwich Village get the go-ahead, say campaigners
Restoring the grass at Brockwell Park: Lambeth council statement
Lambeth council say they are working with independent grass and landscaping experts to restore the grass at Brockwell Park, Herne Hill to its best condition as quickly as possible - as well as investing in playgrounds, biodiversity projects and restoring Victorian monuments there. From Lambeth council: The events area in Brockwell Park, hosted the free … Continue reading Restoring the grass at Brockwell Park: Lambeth council statement
Southwark council report themselves to social housing regulator over electrical safety testing blunder
"New regulatory requirement to undertake an electrical safety test of each home has not been implemented in the way it should have been" they admit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southwark council have reported themselves to the social housing regulator over an electrical safety testing blunder. They admit in a press release that a new regulatory requirement to undertake … Continue reading Southwark council report themselves to social housing regulator over electrical safety testing blunder
Community: Two Croydon fires
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a fire at a restaurant with flats above on South End in Croydon. (June 20th 5.08pm) A ceiling void and lateral bathroom ducting between the first and second floors of the three-storey building was partially damaged by fire. There are no reports of any injuries. The Brigade … Continue reading Community: Two Croydon fires
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