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Brockwell Park festivals 'welcome scrutiny' amid £31k legal challenge

Festival organisers who run events in Brockwell Park have paid over £300,000 to help look after the green space

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2025

Oscar winner Mark Rylance joins fight to stop music festivals turning London park into ‘prison camp’

Local campaigners argue summer festivals are causing long-term damage to Brockwell Park as they launch legal action against Lambeth Council

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

Mark Rylance condemns music festivals for turning London park into ‘prison camp’

The Oscar-winner has backed a petition to stop Brockwell Live ‘destroying’ the south London park and its wildlife.

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

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Residents block London street to stop controversial £650,000 plan to replace parking spaces with benches

Locals sealed off the road with fake crime scene tape to stop council employees from entering to start on scheme

Evening Standard · Apr 23, 2025

Brockwell Park row: Mark Rylance says festivals like Mighty Hoopla have turned park into 'prison camp'

Oscar-winning actor says that large scale events like Wide Awake and Mighty Hoopla are ‘destroying’ the park

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2025

Mum and three kids forced to poo in bin bags after south London council failed to fix broken toilet

Zena Ekada was left in despair at the state of the temporary accommodation she was placed in by Lambeth Council

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2025

TfL accused of not 'properly informing' Streatham residents about changes to A23 road

Locals in south London neighbourhood ‘fed up with being left out of decisions that directly impact their daily lives’, Lib Dems claim

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

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Part of Brixton Tube station could be converted into 'attractive' new restaurant

Proposed new eatery would operate out of a disused rear part of the station

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025

London council unveils plan to bring empty homes back into use amid 'huge demand' for accommodation

Lambeth Council received 5,500 homelessness applications last year as demand for homes continues to rise

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Illegal hot dog seller served up huge fine amid crackdown in London tourist hotspot

Fikaj Xhyhen, 38, repeatedly peddled food from a cart close to the South Bank

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2025

London council 'reviewing' cost of mayor's car after he boasted about chauffeur-driven vehicle on TikTok

Lambeth Mayor John-Paul Ennis said one of the perks of his position was you ‘get a nice car, get driven around, it’s a vibe’

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2025

High Court gives green light to former ITV Studios redevelopment on South Bank

Campaigners have said the plan's approval is a ‘devastating decision for the community’

Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2024

Lambeth Council to pay £15k after housing mum in flat separating her from disabled children

The Local Government Ombudsman found ‘serious failings’ in how the council handled the housing needs of Ms X and her disabled children.

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024

Children's centres to close and parking charges to rise so London council can save £50m

Streetlights could be dimmed at night, and less money will be available for campaigns promoting healthy eating and exercise

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2024

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Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024

Neighbour endured six months of stench and fly infestation after council delayed cleaning dead man's flat

Colin James said he had to tape up the front door of the flat and hire private cleaners after Lambeth Council allegedly failed to thoroughly clean the property

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2024

Mother left with huge hole in her ceiling in south London home for two years

Sacha Berko alerted Lambeth Council to the problem in her and autistic son’s home but over two years later is still waiting for it to be repaired

Evening Standard · Sep 29, 2024

South London council faces High Court challenge from residents over ‘flawed’ low-traffic neighbourhood plan

West Dulwich Action Group has accused the council of “disregarding” public opinion

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024

Eight Lambeth schools could close or merge as classrooms are half empty

Nearly 1,000 less children are going to primary school in Lambeth compared to 10 years ago

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Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2024

Another London council issues urgent budget warning over soaring homeless costs

Lambeth council said the government must provide ‘urgent support’

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2024

Shamed ex-London council chief executive sentenced for drink-drive crash

Bayo Dosunmu had slurred speech when he was pulled over by police

Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2024

Former Streatham police station could transform into boutique hotel

Everitt Road Properties wants to turn ex-cop shop into 57-bed hotel and café

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2024

PPHE wins battle to build 15-storey hotel on site of abandoned petrol station in Lambeth

Park Plaza operator PPHE today ended a years-long battle to build a hotel on the site of an abandoned petrol station in London’s South Bank after it obtained planning permission from Lambeth Council. The firm, which recently completed work on a 27-story tower in Old Street, plans to construct a…

Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2024

Lambeth Council plan to send homeless to Dover and Luton to lower hotel spend

Homeless South London families could be sent to Dover and Luton under a council’s plan to reduce its spend on hotels.

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2024

'I spent 23 hours on the floor after falling from my wheelchair in unsafe flat'

A disabled man claims he spent 23 hours on the floor after falling out of his wheelchair in an ‘unsuitable’ third floor flat he was placed in by a South London council.

Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2024

Lambeth council chief executive Bayo Dosunmu arrested on drug and driving offences

Bayo Dosunmu receives a salary of around £185,000 a year as boss of the Labour-run local authority

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