`

Sign in Subscribe

Latest

Victorian brick building covered in grafitti with overgrown trees around.

Ladywell Playtower partner shortlist announced - name only

The community say they would have liked information on what the four bidders are proposing to do with the site.

Ed Sutton with microphone speaking at a rally at Lewisham Town Hall, July 2025. CND and Stop the War banners behind him.

Campaigners watchful as Greens take over Lewisham Pensions Investment Committee

The new chair of the PIC is Green councillor Ed Sutton, a leading local campaigner for divestment for Palestine. But recent pension reforms create new challenges for divestment.

crane moving debris at the burnt out warehouse.

Clean up begins after fire at Deptford recycling transfer station

Monday night's fire took hold in warehouses of SSSI, the recycling transfer station used by Lewisham council to sort its household recycling.

Image across water - modern mulitstorey warehouse-like building on banks of Thames.

AI demands 'through the roof' - are London's new data centres undermining climate goals?

AI's immense compute demands are driving new data centres, clustered in London. How will they affect the capital's climate goals?

Fox and cubs crossing a bridge at night time, water with rubbish floating in it below.

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

The eco-conscious survival game aims to teach lessons about our planet and its inhabitants through a tender, emotional story.

Choir standing behind a woman at a microphone, waiting to sing.

Courage, strength and solidarity: Lewisham charity invites you to celebrate Refugee Week

Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network (LRMN) has been providing advice and support to migrants in the borough since 1992. On Saturday, they invite you to join them in a day of music, art, learning and family activities at The Mulberry Centre.

Huge fire at Deptford recycling centre

Huge fire at Deptford recycling centre

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 fire fighters worked into the night to get the warehouse fire at Landmann Way under control.

Workers in high vis and heavy machinery and diggers behind fencing in the park.

Hospital heat pump project starts on Ladywell Fields nature conservation site

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust will drill test boreholes for its ground source heat pump project in the designated nature conservation site (SINC) next to Lewisham hospital.

Plane landing at London City Airport under stormy sky, tower blocks and HSBC building in background.

Call to pause London City Airport expansion to assess noise impacts

Leonie Cooper, who chaired the London Assembly Environment Committee last year, said the airport expansion would be damaging to communities under the flight path.

crowds of people, bunting and people sitting on grass outside the café at the opening celebration.

Ladywell Fields: long-awaited new café opens amid construction fears

Three days after the celebration launch of the new Fields café, contractors will begin the NHS trust ground source heat pump project drilling bore holes deep into the public park, which sits over a chalk aquifer.

Heat map of north America showing average temperatures in different regions during the tournament dates, darkest red in southern US states.

Heat danger: climate crisis collides with World Cup

Scotland v Brazil on 24 June in Miami has a "near certain" chance of exceeding conditions which football union says affect performance and risk health.

Very hot and bright yellow sun with clouds around

London's May heatwave has 'fingerprints of climate change all over it'

Sunshine, heat and traffic is driving air pollution - Lewisham's high ozone levels have already breached government limits for the entire year.

Late Victorian terraced houses.

Selce's summer of DIY - empowering communities with retrofit skills

There is a lot that you can do to make your home more energy efficient. Flavia Bertram from South East London Community Energy (Selce) invites you to join the Summer of DIY events.

DRL train at Mudchute station, Canary Wharf skyline behind.

New DLR trains delayed - again

The phase out of the aging DLR trains was planned for 2023, but after repeated delays, TfL now expect to start introducing new trains late summer.