Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Southwark

Primary school population down more than 10% since 2020 in some areas

Figures have tumbled by 19% in Southwark, 20% in Lambeth and 26% in Westminster.

Evening Standard

Greens take control of another London council as Zack Polanski's party forms coalition with Lib Dems

Labour lost control of the borough for the first time in 16 years in a devestating set of local elections for the party on May 7

Evening Standard

Brent Labour does deal with Tories after Starmer bans party from working with Greens

Seven London councils - Brent, Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Southwark - fell from Labour to no overall control at the local elections on May 7

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Southwark Council election: Who should I vote for?

What the main political parties are promising in the local council election in Southwark on May 7

Evening Standard

London stabbing suspect appears in court on three attempted murder charges after Golders Green attack

A 45-year-old man, Essa Suleiman, has appeared in court facing three attempted murder charges following a stabbing in Golders Green and another incident in Southwark. Two Jewish men were injured in the north London attack. Suleiman, who arrived in the UK as a child and is a British citizen, also…

The Times of India

Golders Green stabbing: Suspect appears in court, charged with attempted murder

In a shocking turn of events, Essa Suleiman, a 45-year-old man, faces serious charges of attempted murder after a string of knife assaults in London. The prosecution claims his first victim was assaulted in Southwark, with the situation escalating as he moved to Golders Green, where he targeted two Jewish…

The Times of India

Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey denies two new rape charges at Southwark Crown Court

In a Southwark court, former football star Thomas Partey faced a new set of sexual assault charges, which he firmly rejected. Prosecutors are seeking to merge this latest case with existing rape and assault allegations, potentially delaying the trial until 2027.

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Tributes paid to talented footballer, 16, killed in Southwark house fire as friend fighting for life in hospital

Tommy Ballay-Dean, 16, has been described as the ‘heart and soul of Southwark’, while his friend Shauny Halsey is in hospital in an induced coma

Evening Standard

Teenager, 16, dies in Southwark flat blaze next to empty fire station

Firefighters from Old Kent Road station were initially unable to battle the blaze as they were called out on another incident

Evening Standard

Another senior London Labour councillor joins Greens as wave of defections from Keir Starmer's party continues

James McAsh blamed Labour becoming ‘intolerant of anyone pushing for progressive change’ for his defection

Evening Standard

Zipcar offered free parking permits as London borough mounts 11th hour bid to save car-sharing club

Southwark offers firm use of about 200 parking bays and calls on other boroughs to offer similar incentives

Evening Standard

Council housing and student flats above major Tube station approved again

Southwark Council’s Planning Committee has approved the development on top of Southwark Tube station

Evening Standard

Tim Westwood pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault and indecent assault charges

Former Radio 1 DJ pleads not guilty to a total of 15 charges at Southwark crown court

The Guardian - UK

Southwark Council approves plans for major refurbishment to Dulwich's Champion Hill stadium

Alongside the sporting improvements, the broader redevelopment will deliver 219 new homes in the surrounding area

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

The Walworth Road branch of McDonald’s has closed after 40 years, with the chain citing redevelopment plans in Southwark

Evening Standard

Three London boroughs get green light to speed up buses as winners of £30m TfL competition revealed

Haringey, Lewisham and Southwark given go-ahead to redesign junctions and reprogramme traffic lights

Evening Standard

Autistic man 'imprisoned in his home for years' agrees £125,000 settlement with London council

The Southwark resident was left ‘scared, isolated and traumatised on a daily basis’ according to his mother

Evening Standard

Jubilee line: 'Jewel in the crown' Tube station listed in recognition of stunning architecture

Southwark Tube station has become the first on the Jubilee line extension to be listed by the Government

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts

Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists

Evening Standard

Everything we know about Rachel Reeves' rental law breach

The Chancellor admitted mistakenly breaching Southwark Council’s housing rules when renting out her family home

International Business Times UK

Fury Over Rental Slip: What Made Rachel Reeves' Agent Miss Southwark Licence Deadline?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces backlash over a missed rental licence, agent error, and looming tenant refunds amid Budget scrutiny.

The Guardian - UK

No 10 refuses to say if ethics adviser saw proof Reeves’s rental breach was ‘inadvertent’

Pressure mounts on chancellor over failing to get a licence to rent out her south London home

The Conversation

How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain

Between 2007 and 2010 Southwark council licensed 76 films to be shot on the high-rise Heygate estate in London’s Walworth area, providing a gritty backdrop for dramas of poverty and crime. This “theatre of stigma”, a term coined by historian of modern Britain Holly Smith, had come to dominate the…

Evening Standard

Man charged with manslaughter following fatal assault in Southwark

Michael John Edwards, 43, from Nuneaton in Warwickshire was rushed to hospital but died on September 17

Evening Standard

Kaieteur Kitchen: Council offers evicted Castle Square restaurant owners a lifeline amid electricity row

Southwark Council is offering Castle Square businesses a payment plan to settle their arrears

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.