The Latest Breaking News from Lewisham Council

London family wins £20,000 after council blamed mould problem on 'lifestyle'

Lewisham Council insisted a yearly mould wash was enough to deal with the problem eight years after the resident first reported a leak

Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2024

'I was forced to move out for doing my job - the neighbours didn't like the noise'

Fiona Fey made the touch decision to move out of her flat after neighbours repeatedly banged on the ceiling and complained any time she would try to practice her music

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2023

Musician told she'll be fined £5,000 for playing any instrument in her own home

Lewisham Council issued Fiona Fey a noise abatement notice forbidding her from singing, playing her guitar and flute

MusicRadar · May 11, 2023

Disabled mum and her daughter face sleeping in their car after council evicts them

Pauline Roye, 62, and her NHS worker daughter Nashstacia Gayle, 28, have been sofa-surfing since September 28, but have no idea where they'll be sleeping tonight

Wales Online · Oct 5, 2022

Disabled mum faces living in car after refusing home as it's too far from her hospital

Pauline Royce and her daughter have been left sofa surfing and face sleeping in the car after Lewisham Council moved them out of a temporary accommodation due to a mould issue

Daily Mirror · Oct 5, 2022

Furious dad vows to take council to court after being kicked off housing waiting list

Anthony Braithewaite, from South London, shares the one-bedroom flat with his two 11-year-old children and has called on Lewisham Council to grant them a bigger home, threatening legal action

Daily Mirror · Sep 29, 2022

Disabled tenant banned from buying his council flat because it's adapted for his needs

Antony Carter suffers from cerebral palsy and had his bathroom converted into a wet room but the adaptation has meant he isn't allowed to buy his council flat

Daily Mirror · Jul 27, 2022

Dad hit with 'absurd' parking fine after car's shadow fell on disabled spot

Matthew Cole says he is 'determined' not to pay fine, calling the claim that he was parked illegally 'absurd'.

Daily Record · Apr 21, 2022

Dad slapped with parking fine because his car's SHADOW is in disabled parking spot

Images were sent to sent to Matthew Cole which showed his Ford estate car in an unmarked bay next to a disabled spot, but only the shadow appeared to be in bay in Lewisham, south London

Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2022

Dad hit with fine after his car left a shadow in a disabled spot

Matthew said the fine was "absurd"

Liverpool Echo · Apr 21, 2022