Author: Blake Foster

The disruption will affect services on Saturday and Sunday (July 5 and July 6).   Saturday  and Sunday (July 5 and July 6): Engineering work is taking place at Lewisham, closing some lines. Trains between London Charing Cross and Sevenoaks via Grove Park will run non stop between London Bridge and Hither Green. Trains between London Charing Cross and Dartford via Sidcup will run non stop between London Bridge and Hither Green. On Sunday only, trains between London Charing Cross and Gravesend via Sidcup will not run because of further engineering work beyond Dartford. Trains which usually run between London Charing Cross and Hayes…

The changes are due to engineering work and will affect trains on Sunday (July 6) only. Services will continue as normal on Saturday (July 5). We have outlined and simplified the details so you can plan your journey this weekend.   Sunday (July 6): Engineering work is taking place between London Bridge and Peckham Rye and New Cross Gate and between Norwood Junction and Purley, closing some lines. Replacement buses will replace trains between London Bridge and Tulse Hill (also calling additionally at Herne Hill). Trains to and from Caterham and Tattenham Corner will run between Tulse Hill and Caterham and…

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star enjoyed lunch with 11 team members at Roger’s Kitchen in Camden Road. Restaurant owner Roger Shakes, 48, said he was discreetly approached by Smith’s team when they made a large takeout order for £350. The caller explained that a client would be visiting later in the week – but did not tell the owner who it would be.  In order to prepare, Mr Shakes claims he was asked to black out their windows and send photos of the layout to Mr Smith’s security team. He said: “I was a bit hesitant, I thought maybe…

Metropolitan Police officers were sent to Porters Avenue, Dagenham, to conduct a welfare check after concerns were raised that Dawn O’Shea “had not been seen for a significant period of time”. “The 65-year-old Mrs O’Shea was found in her home address,” senior coroner Graeme Irvine told East London Coroner’s Court on Friday, July 5. “She had been dead for some time.” Police identified her “on the balance of probabilities”, said the coroner, “based upon a number of different factors”. They included that the body was found inside Mrs O’Shea’s home and that it resembled photographs of Mrs O’Shea found by…

Sidcup Youth Centre in Burnt Oak Lane will be taken over by Rose Bruford College, which runs arts degree programmes, on a 25-year lease. Following a backlash, Bexley Council has defended its decision, claiming “community use will continue”. The move comes not long after work took place on the building’s roof, which the local authority has described as “essential maintenance” that made it “more suitable for lease”. It is understood that local groups will still be able to use the external playing pitches, but they will not have access to the building itself. Loraine Simmonds, who has lived in the…

Flames can be seen covering the greenery at the heath today (July 4). People living near or travelling near are advised to stay indoors and keep windows and doors shut due to the smoke in the area. Six fire engines, a bulk water carrier and utility terrain vehicle are currently at the scene and crews are using wildfire equipment and hose reel jets to extinguish the flames. There is no indication when this will be over. Source link

From Friday, July 5 to Sunday, July 7, moviegoers can catch Jurassic World: Rebirth, set five years after Dominion. This instalment follows the world adapting to life alongside dinosaurs, with Scarlett Johansson leading the cast. Tickets for this 12A film start at £9.99, with 3D showings priced at £11.99. Brad Pitt stars in F1: The Movie, a gripping tale of a ’90s Formula 1 prodigy haunted by a career-derailing crash. This film, rated 12A, also starts at £9.99. Jodie Comer takes centre stage in 28 Years Later, a new chapter of the rage virus saga. This 15-rated film is set…

Danson Primary School’s much-loved canine support assistant took the top prize at the National School Dog Alliance’s awards, run in partnership with a parliamentary group dedicated to dog welfare and their role in supporting vulnerable children. Achilles, who was trained through Canine Assisted Learning, beat entries from across the country to be named the nation’s best school dog during a ceremony in Westminster on Wednesday (July 3). Achilles outside Danson Primary School (Image: Danson Primary School) Co-Head teacher Mrs Anne Allen, who returned from retirement to lead the school three and a half years ago, described the win as a…

Titus Andronicus stars BAFTA and Olivier-winning actor Simon Russell Beale in a tragedy which famously features several gruesome murders. The tale of the victorious General embroiled in a powerplay for the Roman Empire includes a rape, a tongue being cut out, a man sentenced to be buried alive, and a mother served her two sons in a pie. First performed in 1594, it’s one of the Bard’s earliest and goriest plays and Max Webster’s critically feted production promises to feature “gallons of blood”. Critics hailed the extreme version staged at The Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this spring as “brutally powerful” and “thrilling,” and said Russell Beale was “sublime.” It plays at the…

Havering Council’s strategic planning committee is recommended to approve plans to extend the operational life of the Veolia site, in Coldharbour Lane, at a meeting next Thursday (July 10). This means that at least another one million cubic metres of non-hazardous waste is intended to be dumped there until December 31 2029. According to a council report published ahead of the meeting, the landfill mound will then be levelled off to allow for the “greening” of the site for use as a public open space by the end of 2031. If the application was to be granted, one of the conditions is that…