The Latest Breaking News from Lewisham

Lewisham’s Liberty Festival: the lowdown on the celebration of D/deaf, disabled and neurodiverse artists

For three days the borough of culture will host artists from Yinka Shonibare to Stephen Bailey

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2022

Police officers filmed punching black man, 21, as his friend pleads with them to stop

Police have said that the two men were potential suspects of bike theft and the black male was taken to the ground even after he told officers that the bike he had with him was his own

Daily Mirror · Jul 18, 2022

Murder probe launched after 19-year-old stabbed to death in neck while in parked car

The teenager is thought to have been sat in a parked car in Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham, in the early hours of Saturday with the Metropolitan Police launching a murder investigation

Daily Mirror · Jul 16, 2022

London’s top boroughs for homes with gardens — Croydon, Barnet and Bromley are the capital’s garden property hotspots

Croydon is London’s private garden hotspot but those wanting an inner-city oasis should hunt in Lewisham and Lambeth.

Evening Standard · May 6, 2022

London elections 2022: Labour wins every seat in Lewisham

Londoners went to the polls in local elections on May 5. Josh Salisbury has the lowdown on the vote in Lewisham

Evening Standard · May 5, 2022

Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5

May 5 sees a big set of elections across the UK. In England, there are contests across 146 councils. In London, every council seat is up for election across all 32 boroughs. Elsewhere where there are elections, at least one-third of the council seats are being contested, with some authorities…

The Conversation · May 4, 2022

Maureen from Lewisham doesn’t approve of queer parents like me. That’s my vote lost

A leaflet arrived in my letterbox from a candidate to be my local mayor. But in between the pledges on fly-tipping and tax cuts was a shocking statement against gay marriage, writes Jessica Fostekew

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2022

Lewisham shooting: Teenage girl hit by gunfire in early hours as neighbours ‘hear screams’

Local residents allegedly heard a woman ‘screaming’ and ‘five gun shots’ in the area on Saturday morning

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Linton Kwesi Johnson interview: ‘Racism’s still very much in the DNA of the United Kingdom’

The legendary dub poet reflects on five decades at the heart of Black activism – and how he’s still fighting now

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2022

Malcolm Ball obituary

Other lives: Youth worker in south-east London who was co-founder of the Young Mayor Project in Lewisham

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2022