Lewisham drops to last across inner London on Healthy Streets
Cyclist and road safety campaigner Tomilyn Hannah Rupert examines the high and lows of Lewisham's performance.
Opinion
Act Now, Change Forever - we lobbied Vicky Foxcroft MP for climate and nature
Lewisham climate campaigner David Holloway joined the mass lobby at Westminster demanding urgent action on climate and the environment.
Disposable vapes - is the ban working?
Mike Keogh and Paul de Zylva from Quaggy Waterways Action Group (QWAG) spent a year cleaning up discarded vapes across Lewisham. Mike argues that the environmental damage caused by vapes is much worse than the old non-biodegradable cigarette butt. Is the new ban working?
Another Catford - does Catford's past matter to its future?
Martha McAlpine speaks with filmmaker Ben Honeybone and 20th century architectural historian Jon Wright about their documentary film: Another Catford.
5 key takeaways from Lewisham's Active Travel Strategy
The goal is to create "a safer, more accessible borough where everyone can easily walk or cycle to their destination." New Cross writer, cyclist and road safety campaigner Tomilyn Rupert shares the toplines.
Deptford High Street - safe and healthy streets don't cause gentrification, shortage of housing does
Deptford resident Tomilyn Rupert argues that gentrification is caused by restricting housing supply, not pedestrianisation, and local people deserve safer streets and cleaner air. If you really want to fight gentrification, then she suggests start by looking at land tax.
Rerouting the South Circular in Catford - will it ever happen?
Plans to reroute the South Circular were first mooted in 1987. After the latest consultation in 2023, Mark Morris finds more delay and uncertainty.