Are you living in the best place in Britain? Bristol named top by Sunday Times, while Peckham best in London March 19, 2017 Peckham has been named the best place to live in London, going from a "no-go" area to "hipster heaven". The south London area's improvement was credited partly to its abundance of grime DJs, in this year's Sunday Times Best Places to Live list. Other up and coming areas highlighted in the index include Canonbury, Walthamstow – [...]
New Homes: What’s on sale in London this weekend in Hackney, Southwark, Bermondsey, Mitcham and Clapham March 10, 2017 Kings Crescent, Hackney From £98,750 for a 25 per cent share First time buyers living or working in Hackney will be able to get a step on the ladder with Shared Ownership at Kings Crescent. Tomorrow will see 36 none to three bedroom apartments on sale, some refurbished some new, next to Clissold Park each [...]
Betting: Hot-shot Harry Kane can carry Spurs to Wembley March 9, 2017 It's been so long since Tottenham played Millwall, Gary Lineker was leading the line for Spurs, and Harry Kane was still three years away from being born. Lineker netted the only goal in a 1-0 win back in April 1990, and as Tottenham fans prepare for a rare visit to South Bermondsey for Sunday’s FA [...]
Sky internet blackout: Vauxhall workmen blamed for broadband outage that hit tens of thousands of customers March 1, 2017 More than 50,000 Sky broadband customers in London suffered a service blackout after bungling south London workmen severed underground fibre cables and a response team took several hours to get to the scene of the incident. The network shutdown started at 4.30pm yesterday evening, with an inspection team taking three hours to get to the scene. Problems were rectified [...]
Is your company in one of the 15 places hit hardest by business rate rises? February 20, 2017 The government has hit back at criticism of a scheduled rise in business rates with a letter to MPs detailing how constituencies will be affected. The figures show the forecast average change in bill for businesses in each of the UK's 650 constituencies – many of the worst-hit locations are in London. Of the 15 worst-hit sites, [...]
Boost for Millwall as Lewisham Council ditch controversial plans for compulsory purchase order January 25, 2017 League One Millwall have received a major boost after Lewisham Council abandoned controversial plans to compulsorily purchase land around the club’s ground, The Den. The Lions feared the order to purchase land for housing redevelopment by offshore registered firm Renewal would place the future of the club in jeopardy and potentially force them to relocate [...]
Millwall v Charlton: The South London derby overshadowed by fans’ fighting for their future off the pitch December 21, 2016 In different circumstances, Charlton’s meeting with Millwall at The Den tonight could be a Sky Sports blockbuster capable of capturing the capital’s attention. The “South London showdown” could sit alongside the “Mersey Monday” with the broadcaster’s branding makeover. It sees two clubs who are producers of England internationals, can boast of a combined 28 seasons spent in [...]
The surprise London areas where disposable income’s rising fastest November 28, 2016 Did someone say gentrification? Any resident of south London knows the area's on the rise, but now new figures reveal just how much that's happening: disposable incomes in some of the hottest areas south of the Thames are rising more than 10 times faster than the rest of the UK. Lewisham and Southwark experienced a 5.3 per cent rise in cash in [...]
Focus On Rotherhithe: A £34m investment has brought a new town square, library and cultural centre to the Docks November 11, 2016 Rotherhithe, a conservation area in the Docklands in south east London, is one of the prettiest and most rapidly gentrifying places in the capital. With a long and proud history as a major trade port, it was a working dock right up until the 1970s. It was also home to the first under-river tunnel in [...]
Focus On Bermondsey: River views, great food, warehouse conversions – what more could you want in SE1? October 28, 2016 This ancient town, first mentioned in the Domesday Book as Bermundesy, has had a colourful existence on the south bank of the river Thames. For centuries condemned as a slum, this centrally located area in Zone One has blossomed in the last ten years into one of the most artistic – not to mention delicious [...]