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Sadiq Khan speaks with London Fire Brigade members at the Heat Ready London report launch. Fire engine visible in background.

Signs that opposition to air con in London newbuilds is easing

As City Hall prepares to launch the new London Plan, Sadiq Khan suggested its position has shifted saying: “We’ve got to use every tool in the toolkit to make sure our buildings are not only fit for today, but for tomorrow as well."

Map of Europe including UK showing around 380 red dots of cities which have broken heat stress records or are expected to, this week.

'Yes this is climate change, yes it’s us, no it’s not El Niño ..'

The UK issued its second ever red heat-health alert as records for extreme heat have been broken in London and cities across Europe.

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.

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.

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.

Rudi Schmidt speaking to crowd at Evelyn Triangle, with John Evelyn memorial feather statue behind him.

Lewisham councillors Tauseef Anwar and Rudi Schmidt defect to Greens

Two more Lewisham Labour Party councillors defected to the Green Party, bringing the total in the opposition group to four.

Can London survive future heatwaves without air con?

Can London survive future heatwaves without air con?

London homes are at unique risk of overheating - experts told the London Assembly that planning and building regulations need an overhaul.