New Cross and Deptford free film festival opens Friday
Ten days of completely free film screenings start on Friday 24 April.
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Campaigners' worst fears: fatal accident on Sanford Street Deptford
A young woman was tragically killed in a collision on the dangerous road, campaigners say they have been asking for safe crossings for many years.
Convoys Wharf, Deptford: London's new emergency housebuilding rules heighten local fears
Local residents were offered a site visit, but the recent announcement has increased concerns about low levels of social housing and exclusion of local communities from the planned development.
'Should we be marching on the lot?': A new book charts Deptford’s decades-long resistance
Author Roger Green uses his work alongside housing campaigners Voice for Deptford to suggest strategies for communities fighting regeneration which excludes them.
Shunya, the ethical Etsy alternative that started in Deptford
Inclusive Trade founder Rupa Ganguli dishes on textiles from Mumbai to Lewisham, tips for starting a business, and her new online platform.
Sun Wharf, Creekside - Lewisham approves 605 student beds amid concerns of overconcentration
Lewisham councillors overruled local residents' objections over overconcentration of student housing, loss of light in their homes and harms to the kingfisher habitat at Deptford Creek, and approved the Your Tribe development.
Lewisham council will make vacant land in Deptford Creek available for sale
The council agreed to make the vacant land, which has been the subject of regeneration plans for over a decade, available for sale to the insurance firm L&G which plans to build new social homes on site.