Free security checks are now available to people across Lambeth. A community project has been awarded Home Office funding to provide locksmiths and handy people…

A local community group are running a music production course for young people aged between 9 and 19. The Mixtape Project is being run by the Crystal Palace Community Development Trust…

Extra school places are to be provided from September 2010 at Kingswood Primary School, Gipsy Road. But Labour-controlled Lambeth has proposed plans to place local children last in the queue for places…

The footpaths under the railway bridge at Norwood High Street are a disgrace. They are constantly covered in pigeon droppings, which is slippery and unhygienic. We have asked the council to jet clean the pavements, which they have done…

Work is scheduled to begin from 25 January on gas pipes along a section of Hamilton Road between the junctions with Clive Road and Gipsy Road. The works could continue up to the end of March…

Fortnightly green waste collections have been extremely popular with green-fingered residents and Carl, Andrew and Suzanne support the current arrangements, but they were shocked that Lambeth Council won’t guarantee…

Four years after being elected, Lambeth’s Labour-run Council has failed to confirm the site for a much needed primary school in Norwood. Carl, Andrew, Suzanne and Kemi say ‘enough is enough’ and are demanding…

The next public meeting of Gipsy Hill Ward’s Safer Neighbourhoods Panel will be taking place on Thursday 28 January 2010 from 7.00pm at Emmanuel Church, Clive Road, London SE21…

A licensing application was submitted before Christmas by new owners to keep open Scandals night club (formerly Southern Pride) until 5am, Monday to Saturday. This would have meant continued early morning disturbance to local residents…

During the recent ‘Big Freeze’ Carl, Andrew and Suzanne demanded that the Council prioritise streets in Dulwich and Norwood. With more snow forecast for later today we’ll be monitoring Lambeth’s response…

Woodland Road is again under threat from over-development and increased parking. Last year a planning application was made to build 12 housing units in 4-storey blocks with no off-street parking on land adjacent to No. 114…

The bridge from Crystal Palace Parade to Farquhar Road is undergoing necessary repairs. As a result, that part of the road could be closed up until 31 March…

St Gothard Road has been resurfaced. This improvement is long overdue, with the road down to soil in some places, and it follows over a year of campaigning and meetings with officers by Carl, Andrew and Suzanne…

As the Twelfth Night after Christmas has passed, there is a timely reminder that Lambeth residents can recycle Christmas trees next week (11th – 15th January 2009) on your normal refuse and recycling collection day…

If you are making plans around the Christmas period, highlight the 19 December on your calendars. On Saturday, Santa’s Christmas parade will be in Park Hall Road SE21 at 12.00pm with his helpers Hannah and Marilyn…

There is good news for Upper Norwood and the campaign for a cinema in the Crystal Palace Triangle. On 17 December, Bromley Council rejected an application for “change of use” for the old Gala Bingo Hall on Church Road…

The next open meeting of Norwood Forum will be held on Thursday 17 December 2009 from 7.00pm at the Lower Nettlefold Hall, Norwood High Street SE27. The meeting is open to all members of the public and there’s a packed agenda…

As you may be aware, there are plans to redvelop the Norwood Hall site (situated next to the railway line off Knight’s Hill) to provide a new council customer service and leisure centre and NHS health centre…

In response to the strong objections raised by residents about the planning application to build 12 housing units in 4-storey blocks on land adjacent to 114 Woodland Road SE19, the developers Metropolitan Housing Trust…

Paxton Primary School’s Christmas Fayre will be taking place on Saturday 12 December from 12.00-3.00pm at its site on Woodland Road SE19. The whole school will be filled will be a great selection of hot home made food and cake…