Author: Blake Foster

Transport for London (TfL) will begin the works at 10pm on Sunday, July 13 as part of its programme to renew the London Trams infrastructure and ensure a safe and reliable service. No tram services will operate in Croydon town centre during the project. Trams will resume normal operations from the start of service on Monday, July 28. Mark Davis, TfL’s general manager for London Trams, said: “This planned maintenance for essential track renewal works in Croydon will ensure we can continue to offer customers a safe and reliable service across the London Trams network. “I would like to thank…

Listed with a guide price of £1,445,000, the property sits on an approximately half-acre plot and is described as “beautifully presented throughout”. The house is set well back from the road, with a gravel driveway providing parking for several vehicles and leading to a carport. Open-plan kitchen-diner with granite worktops, central island, integrated appliances, and French doors to the rear patio (Image: Keith Ashton) According to the listing, the home is offered “chain free” and is freehold. The front garden contains a lawn bordered by mature hedging. Power and lighting are installed in the carport, which also has a rear…

Emergency services were called to Addington Road in Croydon just after midnight today (July 5), after reports of a stabbing outside a house were made to the force. A 16-year-old boy was found with a stab wound and was taken to hospital by paramedics, where he remains in a stable condition. An investigation has been launched by the force, with road closures in place both ways at Addington Road. Multiple bus routes are on diversion whilst road closures remain in place. No arrests have yet been made. A Met Police spokesperson said:  “We were called at 00:07hrs on Saturday, 5…

Works include water main installation in Belvedere, gas pipe replacement in Sidcup, and major upgrades around Ruxley Roundabout — all scheduled to start within days. While some closures will only last a few days, others are set to continue through the summer, bringing unavoidable disruption to local roads. Here’s a full breakdown of where and when each closure will take place:   Bronze Age Way, Erith – speed limit cut from July 7 From July 7, the speed limit on Bronze Age Way will drop from 50mph to 30mph between the Picardy Manorway roundabout and the Lower Road exit. Parking…

A dark-coloured car was seen driving ’70 or 80′ miles an hour down the A406 North Circular on June 30. Around 1.30pm the driver was spotted by other road users after they heard horns beeping as drivers swerved away. The driver was thought to have come off at the Waterworks corner, in Woodford, being chased by several police cars. Watch a moment car whizzes the wrong way down a London road A witness said: “We heard the beeping on the other side of the road and saw people trying to swerve away. “Police were flying past us chasing the car and…

Located in the Greenwich Academy development, the flat is part of a gated community between Blackheath Village and Greenwich town centre. According to the listing, the building was originally constructed in 1874 as West Greenwich Secondary School by architects E.R. Robson and J.J. Stevenson, who were known for their work in the Queen Anne style. Grade II-listed former school built in 1874, now a gated residential development between Greenwich and Blackheath (Image: Urban Spaces Loft Living & Unique Properties) Set on the first floor, the apartment has over 1,900 square feet of living space. Features retained from the original schoolhouse…

The play, titled “Women in War,” was first performed as part of a local community theatre and heritage project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. With its sell-out performances, it was quickly hailed as a “powerful and inspirational play which gives a poignant and rare glimpse into the unsung heroes of the First World War.” Camden Fringe hosts stripped-back revival of Alfie James’ acclaimed drama (Image: Women in War) The play follows nurse Lottie and her first days on the frontline during World War One. It explores what life was like for the more than 38,000 men and women who…

This was the year we voted to remain in the Common Market in the original referendum by Harold Wilson’s Labour government, and the year Margaret Thatcher became Tory leader. Now those same ‘lads’ are still together as old pals, celebrating the 50th anniversary of their trip to France that heralded a new entente cordiale with our Continental partners — how times have changed since Brexit! An average house in London cost £11,000 back then, a car £1,800 and a pint of beer 15p! The lads played as the ‘Old Quintinians’ for the former Quintin Kynaston Comprehensive, today’s Harris Academy. Two photographs…

With tiredness, coupled with morphing into an introvert, days of adventure are few and far between as you prefer to vegetate on the sofa and watch Murder She Wrote as opposed to getting out there and doing ‘stuff.’ During one of these educational interludes recently, I found myself, in my head, shouting at the radio as they discussed ‘old-style joke shops’ which ‘don’t’ exist anymore. In truth, they do, albeit the genre now offers slim pickings to those of us who still get aroused by slapstick, end of the pier type humour, the likes of which, along with ‘saucy’ postcards,…

The bench also handed down a six-month driving ban, 13 penalty points, and repayment schedules that begin on July 23. David Kass, 76, of Sherwood Road, Hendon, appeared on June 25, 2025, and must pay £939 in a fine, surcharge, and costs. He admitted driving his Lexus at 66 mph in a 50 mph variable-speed zone on the M1 southbound between junctions 15a and 15 at 1.33 pm on May 22, 2024. His licence was endorsed with four penalty points, and he must pay the balance in instalments of £300 a month from July 23, 2025. Pritesh Hirani, 38, of…