The Latest Breaking News from Aylesham

Controversial plan to bulldoze south London shopping centre for almost 900 homes rejected

Berkeley Homes had applied to build 867 homes on the site of the Aylesham Centre in Peckham

Evening Standard · May 19

Plans for controversial Peckham redevelopment scheme rejected by council after backlash from residents

Plans for the Aylesham Centre in Peckham were rejected for several reasons, including a lack of affordable housing

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

Are we witnessing the slow death of Peckham? How residents are battling big business to save the area's soul

The south London neighbourhood has never been so happening — which may be its downfall. As luxury housing and rising rents loom, residents are battling ‘gentrification on steroids’

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2024

Loner who prowled woodland with weapon stuffed in bag guilty of PCSO murder

Callum Wheeler, 22, from Aylesham in Kent, killed Julia James in a random attack in April last year

The Independent UK · May 16, 2022

Jury retires in PCSO murder trial

Callum Wheeler, 22, from Aylesham in Kent has admitted killing Julia James on April 27 last year but denies murder.

The Independent UK · May 16, 2022

Accused was ‘caught on camera with murder weapon’ the day after PCSO’s death

Prosecutors say the object was the railway jack that Callum Wheeler, 22, used to bludgeon Julia James to death.

The Independent UK · May 11, 2022

Smart watch ‘captured PCSO’s final moments as she saw killer in woods’

Canterbury Crown Court heard that Callum Wheeler, from Aylesham in Kent, accepts that he killed Julia James, but denies murder.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

PCSO Julia James subjected to brutal attack while walking her dog, jury told

Canterbury Crown Court heard that Callum Wheeler, from Aylesham in Kent, accepts that he killed her but denies murder.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022