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Juvenile heron standing in partly dried up pond during summer heatwave. Autumn leaves floating on water - although August.

Lewisham council will 'explore' Rights for Nature .. but campaigners call for practical action now

The council declared an urgent need for climate adaption, biodiversity recovery and river health recovery and will look into Rights for Nature. But campaigners have repeatedly called for practical steps to be taken now.

Lines of protesters holding banners in evening sun outside Royal London hospital.

Healthcare workers across London protest Palantir in the NHS

Crowds at the rally, in evening sunlight. Save Lewisham Shopping Centre placards visible.

Lewisham Shopping Centre: campaigners challenge Greens in anti-gentrification debate

Creekside Discovery Centre natural banks of shrubs and grasses giving access to the creek at low tide. Buildings and walls at one bank.

Re-imagining Deptford Creek: Eleni Mente’s Sentient Edges

CGI of Deptford Church Street with new scheme. Building C behind and taller than Birds Nest pub, buildings E and 30-storey tower A in background.

Lewisham council refuses plans for Deptford Bridge scheme - but fails to raise ambition for creek

Newly built brick blocks of flats at Deptford Timberyard.

'The market has collapsed' - developers move away from leasehold flats

Victorian brick built pub with sign "The Dartmouth Arms - inc MeatLiquor".

Fears for future of Dartmouth Arms, Forest Hill after Swansea retailer buys lease

Housing

Newly built brick blocks of flats at Deptford Timberyard.

'The market has collapsed' - developers move away from leasehold flats

Developers are moving to other tenures as 'spiralling' service charges make London's leasehold flats unaffordable, the GLA housing committee was told.

Crowds at the rally, in evening sunlight. Save Lewisham Shopping Centre placards visible.

Lewisham Shopping Centre: campaigners challenge Greens in anti-gentrification debate

CGI of Deptford Church Street with new scheme. Building C behind and taller than Birds Nest pub, buildings E and 30-storey tower A in background.

Lewisham council refuses plans for Deptford Bridge scheme - but fails to raise ambition for creek

Boarded up shops lining Catford Shopping centre, a few pedestrians walking with Milford Towers visible behind.

Retrofit not demolition the way forward for Catford, says Lewisham Council

Speaker addresses rally with posters Save Lewisham Shopping Centre

We oppose the redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre, here's why

Laurence House in Catford. Long office block of concrete and glass at edge of the south circular road, heavy traffic..

Lewisham launches 'rogue landlords taskforce' .. but a third of private rented homes still unlicenced

Covered approach to foyer of Lewisham town hall, early 1970s glass building and steel facade.

Lewisham council announce £65m hole in four-year budget

Active Travel

Single decker red bus at stop outside a shopping parade, sunlit street.

TfL one step closer to setting up publicly owned bus company

TfL believes a new publicly owned bus company for London could better support efficiencies, innovation, and the needs of customers and workers.

Congestions and queue of traffic in rain on New Cross Road with caption A Long Way to go to achieve 80% trips by active travel

'Imagine a Lewisham not dominated by cars' - what do council transport plans deliver?

Demonstration Wayve car in a warehouse, people listening to a speaker from the firm in background.

'Driverless cars don't see disabled people as people' - campaigners raise safety and access concerns

Lewisham has barely improved its score on protected cycle lanes. Cyclist navigates a junction near Deptford Bridge, with fedex HGV close by in next lane.

Healthy Streets 2026: Lewisham scores lowest across inner-London for 3rd year in a row

Shaded map showing PM2.5 concentrations in London boroughs, highest in central London and inner London boroughs, generally lowest in outer London.

ULEZ brought 40% reduction in air pollution deaths but 'job isn't over'

High Iron gate locked across the path with signs behind it, footway close, bridge closed, essential maintenance.

'No safe viable alternative' - Waterlink Way cycle route still shut after bridge delays

Brockley: Rain gardens bring traffic calming to Malpas Road

Brockley: Rain gardens bring traffic calming to Malpas Road

Climate

Diggers and heavy earth moving equipment at Ladywell Fields north field, trees in background.

Decision on Lewisham hospital's controversial heat pump project will be made behind closed doors

A blog post from the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust misleadingly states that the decision will be made in October, but Salamander found that it will take place in private on 29 September.

Congestions and queue of traffic in rain on New Cross Road with caption A Long Way to go to achieve 80% trips by active travel

'Imagine a Lewisham not dominated by cars' - what do council transport plans deliver?

G- EUYC British Airways plane in blue sky with clouds, arriving into London Heathrow Airport.

Sadiq Khan continues to 'vehemently oppose' plans for Heathrow expansion

Night time close up from front of Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 at London Heathrow Airport, showing fuel exhaust pipe under wing.

'Profound consequences' - councils oppose Heathrow expansion plans

Brown grass across the sweep of Blythe Hill park, trees on skyline.

Drought scheme taking water from West Berks aquifers for use in London

Outdoor heat pump on a balcony, snow visible at edge of balcony, view over Vancouver at sunset.t.

The heat pump that can cool London's homes

View across marshland to the 2 incinerators. Riverside 2 plant, not yet operational. Smoke billows from chimney of Riverside 1.

'Dirtiest form of power' - plans for London-wide heat network will lock-in incineration

Community

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Fears for future of Dartmouth Arms, Forest Hill after Swansea retailer buys lease

St John's community marks Lewisham rail crash of 1957

Lewisham Library re-opening delayed another year

Could Sydenham's new summer night market become a year-round destination?

More than half of bereaved parents felt unsupported at Lewisham Hospital, survey shows

Nature

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Lewisham council will 'explore' Rights for Nature .. but campaigners call for practical action now

Re-imagining Deptford Creek: Eleni Mente’s Sentient Edges

Lewisham council refuses plans for Deptford Bridge scheme - but fails to raise ambition for creek

Decision on Lewisham hospital's controversial heat pump project will be made behind closed doors

How volunteers created Buckthorne nature reserve .. and the vision for Gorne Wood

Culture

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Whistleblower claims cover-up of sexual harassment allegations at Horniman Museum

Luna Carmoon’s luminous Lewisham

The End We Start From: a new mother faces climate catastrophe

Endling: Extinction is Forever - can a video game raise awareness of the climate crisis?

Canada Water: Printworks change goes to consultation