A FREE dog microchipping event is taking place in Lewisham. Lewisham Council, in conjunction with the south east London branch of the RSPCA, and Battersea Dogs & Cats home, will be providing the service for dogs owned by Lewisham residents. Microchipping
POLICE are concerned for the welfare teenager after she went missing from a care home. Kerry Lea Hamilton went missing from a care home in Sussex last month. The 16-year-old was last seen at a McDonalds in Rye Lane, Peckham. Kerry is
A CHAIN of Greenwich restaurants has been fined £11,500 for breaching health and safety at work. An investigation led by Greenwich Council found that Greenwich Inc limited’s Inc Brasserie restaurant had not followed a previous enforcement notice on
IS that a bird, is that a plane, no, it’s a giant blue bear helping children to read. Lewisham Council will be celebrating National Bookstart Week with storytelling, songs and rhymes for young children. This year, parents and children
A CANNABIS factory has been discovered in Brockley following an early morning police raid. Officers from Ladywell safer neighbourhoods team (SNT) recovered more than 200 cannabis plants yesterday morning (June 3) from an address in Ivy Road
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault that took place in a Sydenham shop. Officers were called to Inglemere Road at around 8.26pm on May 31, following reports of a disturbance inside a shop. When they arrived
TWO couples who, between them, have spent 45 years fostering children were invited to London’s City Hall for an event to recognise the work of foster carers. The couples were nominated by Bexley Council as part of Foster Carers Fortnight which
CHILDREN and parents have celebrated the opening of a new children’s centre building in Deptford. Greenwich’s new mayor, Councillor Jim Gillman cut the ribbon for the official opening of the Margaret McMillan building at Rachel McMillan Nursery
A BEXLEY MP is backing calls for all newborn babies to be vaccinated against TB and wants the borough included in any new vaccination programme. David Evennett, who represents Bexleyheath and Crayford, has raised the issue with health professionals
YOUNG people in Greenwich are being urged to sign up to the borough’s Summer Uni programme. The scheme runs from July 25 to August 19 and is open to those aged between 10 years old and 19 years old. Applications are also open to young
ROLL up your sleeves, put on your wellies and get pruning, as Lewisham’s gardening competition is back. The annual Lewisham in Bloom competition is here again and residents, schools and businesses are all being encouraged to apply. Awards
