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The changes are due to engineering work and will affect trains from Monday to Friday (August 11 to August 15). We have outlined and simplified the details so you can plan your journey this week.   Monday and Tuesday (August 11 and August 12): Engineering work is taking place overnight in the Lewisham area, closing some lines. From approximately 11.15pm, trains will not be able to stop at Lewisham. Trains via Bexleyheath will not run or will be diverted to run via Sidcup. Trains on the Hayes line will be diverted after New Beckenham to Bromley South except the 11.38pm train from London…

The inquiry, set to last five days, will examine planning appeals by Churchfields Road BR3 Ltd and Mr Luke Osborne concerning the London Electricity Board depot on Churchfields Road. The first appeal challenges the enforcement notice regarding the “unauthorised material change of use” from an electricity depot to a combined use of a scaffolding equipment storage yard and the existing electricity depot. The site has also reportedly seen the installation of two single-storey cabins and CCTV/lighting without the required planning permission. The second appeal disputes the refusal to grant planning permission for the temporary, five-year change of use of the…

In data from Property Solvers, Bromley’s most expensive streets were revealed for 2025, with some going into seven figures. We’ve put together a quiz to see if you can guess how much a house at one of these streets would cost based on this data. Forest Drive (Image: Google) Garden Road (Image: Google) Sundridge Avenue (Image: Google) Priory Close (Image: Google) Longdon Wood (Image: Google) Ninhams Wood (Image: Google) Holwood Park Avenue (Image: Google) Source link

The changes are due to engineering work and will affect trains from Monday to Friday (August 11 to August 15. We have outlined and simplified the details so you can plan your journey this week. Engineering work is taking place between Streatham and East Croydon, closing various lines overnight from Monday evening until Friday morning. Monday to Thursday (August 11 to August 14): The 11.41pm train from London Bridge to Sutton train will be diverted after Tulse Hill and run to East Croydon. A replacement bus will run from East Croydon to Sutton, running to West Croydon, then calling at all…

Patients had their say on how simple it was to call their surgery in the annual GP Patient Survey. Park Road Medical Centre, Wrythe Green Surgery, and Grove Road Practice emerged as the top three in the ‘ease of phone contact positive’ category. Meanwhile, Cheam GP Centre, Manor Practice, and James O’Riordan Medical Centre emerged as the top three in the ‘ease of phone contact negative’ category. While these surgeries were ranked in the bottom three, it’s worth pointing out that these results are from a GP patient survey, which also ranks overall experience, helpful receptionists, getting to see a…

They want residents to join this year’s Hike for Health, an event in aid of the Leytonstone hospital. One of these women, Loren Townsend-Elliot, has a personal reason for her support. Loren has recovered from a chronic bone infection (Image: Loren Townsend-Elliot) A few years ago, she suffered a leg injury and was diagnosed with chronic osteomyelitis, a serious bone infection. This condition led to six years of regular hospital visits, medication, and nine operations. Loren said: “It got pretty bad. “When it gets bad, you can’t walk, and I could only bend my leg by three centimetres. “It was really hard…

Its aim is to cut Tower Hamlets Council’s mammoth waiting list with 28,000 families in the queue — set against a population explosion with numbers rocketing more than any other local authority area in the UK. The programme agreed by the council is focussing on family-size properties for social rent.  “Too many families are living in overcrowded or unsuitable conditions,” Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman admitted.  “Inadequate housing blights lives and affects everything from health and education to employment and life expectancy. “But we are on track to exceed the target of 4,000 new homes with our boldest step yet to…

Born Joan Maureen Baxter in Leicester to Bryan Reginald Baxter and Dorothy Vera (nee Briers), she studied at St Mary’s College, Durham University, where she first encountered recruitment flyers for the BBC. She joined the public broadcaster as a radio studio manager in 1955, and was promoted to producing Schools Junior English programmes and Listen With Mother, before making the transition to television. Baxter took over as editor of Blue Peter in 1965, several years after the programme’s launch. ‘She was a remarkable woman’Former presenter Peter Purves spoke to #BBCBreakfast about long-serving Blue Peter editor Biddy Baxter, who turned the…

The enforcement followed concerns raised by residents and councillors about large groups of delivery scooters causing disruption, particularly outside the McDonald’s on Cricklewood Broadway. Councillors Anne Clarke and Alan Schneiderman, who represent Cricklewood, worked with the community to alert police to the problem. Councillor Clarke, who is also the London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, said: “I want to thank the police for all the work they have done to make residents feel safe on Cricklewood Broadway. “We have a great relationship and work really well together to respond to the needs of the community.” During the operation, officers…

The incident happened in Tindal Street near Langton Road at around 1pm yesterday (August 10).  Officers and London Ambulance Service crews attended and found a boy who had been stabbed.  Full story: Tindal Street Camberwell stabbing: Boy fighting for life He was taken to hospital where his condition was assessed as potentially life-threatening and life changing.  Two boys, aged 14 and 15, were arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. They remain in police custody. A crime scene remains in place and enquiries are ongoing. Detective Superintendent Lindsey Billany, of the Met’s local investigation team in Lambeth, said: “My thoughts are with the victim, who…