More than half of bereaved parents felt unsupported at Lewisham Hospital, survey shows
A survey from pregnancy and baby loss charity Sands calls for urgent improvements in bereavement care at the hospital.
Children
Deptford Park: new SEN unit welcomes its first children
A new special educational needs (SEN) unit for children with severe learning difficulties opened after May half-term at Deptford Park primary school in Evelyn, north Lewisham.
New Cross and Deptford free film festival opens Friday
Ten days of completely free film screenings start on Friday 24 April.
New Cross: nerves, excitement and joy - join the bike bus!
Tomilyn Hannah Rupert joined a group of excited kids as the bike bus wound its way from Hatcham to Kender and then Edmund Waller primary schools.
North Lewisham's new bike bus has its first outing
High excitement as the bike bus began at Bridgehouse Meadows and dropped off at Hatcham and Kender primary schools, before arriving at Edmund Waller school to a round of applause.
Child-unfriendly? Fewer children every year in Lewisham and across London
In Lewisham and across London the number of primary school-age children is plummeting, and the London mayor was told to adjust policies to make the capital more child-friendly.
Unproven and "unbelievable": why is Lewisham rolling out Roadvent?
The council plan to install the innovation at a highly polluted site near a school or nursery, but Salamander found no real-world evidence that it works.