The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Young people are often seen as the cause of anti-social behaviour in communities. But Nicola Pocock, one of the Southwark Youth Mediators, who act as conflict peacemakers, says they can be the solution too
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The mum-of-four is a QC and recorder – a barrister who serves as a part-time judge – but legal sources say it is unheard of for any judge to write their memoirs before retiring. Gerald Butler, QC, who was senior justice at Southwark Crown Court in London, said: “What she has done is not appropriate for somebody who sits as a recorder.”
St. Aidan to Abbey Manor (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... stats. I published the weekly attendance table last Saturday , here is the Sunday-only table: London 10.9% Manchester 1.8% Birmingham 1.4% Gloucester 1.2% Newcastle 0.9% York 0.4% Wakefield -0.7% Southwell -0.7% Winchester -1.5% Bath & Wells -1.9% Hereford -2.0% Southwark -2.3% Chelmsford -2.4% Chichester -3.2% Exeter -3.5% Carlisle -3.8% Rochester -4.1% Canterbury -4.1% St Albans...
MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Mayor of London Boris Johnson joined Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith and Met Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair at South London's Elephant and Castle shopping centre to see at first hand the Metropolitan Police�s new knife crime operation, Operation Blunt 2.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
The popular church-going teenager died after being attacked in the Three Cooks bakery in Lee, south-east London, on Saturday. It was the day after his 16th birthday.Jake Fahri, 19, of Millborough Crescent, also in Lee, appeared at Sutton Magistrates' Court. He spoke only to confirm his name and address during the short hearing and magistrates refused an application to release him on bail.They...
Solomon, I Have Surpassed Thee (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of the Dream of Gerontius in the sacristy in 2003. The occasion was the centenary of the first London performance; on that previous occasion, the 15th Duke had been present in the Cathedral - a report is here . Looking on is Archbishop Michael Bowen, emeritus Archbishop of Southwark. One of the highlights of the visit came when the Duke inspected the Howard plate or, as he jokingly...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A string of productions that started life in London have won nominations in this year's Tony awards
The Devil's Advocate (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... And that's why I don't have any sympathy for Rachel McKenzie, 54, an archbishop’s secretary from London, who may end up with a criminal record after being caught under-paying her bus fare by 20 pence. McKenzie wilfully boarded the Number 12 from East Dulwich to Southwark and swiped her pre-paid Oyster card over a reader next to the driver, not noticing that the machine had beeped...
Luke's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
London Elects has today published the ward-by-ward detail of the Mayoral election results - a must read for electoral train-spotters/borough or constituency campaign strategists: Barnet and Camden Bexley and Bromley Brent and Harrow City and East (containing boroughs: Barking & Dagenham, Newham, Tower Hamlets, City of London) Croydon and Sutton Ealing and Hillingdon Enfield and Haringey Greenwich and...
London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
A wind turbine, the first of its size to be installed on a London estate, has just finished its initial trial on the roof of Ashenden on the Heygate Estate on New Kent Road.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
on Tuesday May 13 2008. It was last updated at 16:58 on May 13 2008.The fatal stabbing of a man yesterday in one of London's busiest shopping streets in broad daylight has again thrown up headlines about knife crime in Britain.Boris Johnson, in accepting the office of London mayor, pledged to rid the capital of the "scourge" of knife crime. Just hours beforehand, 15-year-old Lylle Tulloch...
Another Food Blog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
I tried to get into Fish! Near Southwark Cathedral, but it was a warm evening and the same idea had occurred to everyone, so there was a significant queue. London being what it is, I was able to transfer within minutes to Seabass on James Street. Both seafood restaurants are only minutes away [...]
GENEALOGE (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
ParishRegister.com - Parish Records Online : "THE DOCKLANDS ANCESTORS PARISH REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION PROJECT In 2001 we began the mammoth task of transcribing London's parish registers. This was because of the poor coverage given to the East End by the IGI and our frustration at the lack of records available online. Having spent almost 6 months travelling to the London Metropolitan Archives...
The blog Film (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
As recently, the future of film-making belongs thoroughly to the internet. A similar point was recently brought home to Nuru Rimington-Mkali, an undiscovered film-maker from Peckham in South London when he received a phone call from .The producer of Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice had called to invite the young filmmaker to a hotel in central London, where he offered him...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
A 23-year-old Lithuanian woman was trafficked into Britain and forced to have sex with up to 210 men a week, Southwark crown court heard on Monday
