Midwife-led group antenatal course

Mantle Road bridge 5 – Lorries 0

The Mantle Road bridge has snared another unwary lorry driver. Thanks to Pat for the photo.

The Broca Brunch Club

Duende Supperclub, November 30th

Chef José Botella is hosting a 7-course LondonMed tasting menu at the Telegraph Hill Centre on November 30th. Tickets are £35 per person, which includes a welcome aperitivo and canapés on arrival. A vegetarian tasting menu also available.To reserve places, please book online www.duendesupperclub.com/events. Tickets will not be available on the door, advance booking is ...

Music Monday: Count on Me – Chase & Status with Moko

I love Count on Me, the most recent single from Chase & Status. Well I'm an unreconstructed 1990s clubber, so what's not to like about piano samples (from 1992's Nush?), breakbeats and uplifting vocals. Yes I know it's been out a couple of months, but I've only just uncovered its local connections.Singer Moko is a ...

Dacres Wood toddle

Council Tenants Home Buying Scheme Fails to Make Impact

Figures released by Lewisham Council, following a Freedom of Information request, show the tenant home buying Cash Incentive Scheme has faltered since the onset of the financial crisis with grants falling from a peak of £651,000 in 2007 to only £34,000 in 2013. [...]

The Jam Circus restoration

330-332 Brockley Road, SE4 2BT 020 8692 3320 www.jamcircus.comLocal blogger Kaja Emilie Berg has interviewed the manager of Jam Circus about her plans to restore the reopened pub's place at the heart of the community. She writes:Fire broke out in the popular Brockley pub last year, due to electrical wiring problems. The pub’s manager, Rose Hanison (28), ...

It’s the pits !!

Our valuable tree pitsHave you every thought about those tarmac'd spaces that are all that's left after a street tree has been removed? They are very important markers for us, and spaces that we keep our eyes on, waiting to get them back in use again. Thankfully, our colleagues in Green Scene in the council ...

Shell stations picketed in Greenpeace protests

Several Shell petrol stations in South London were among 70 fuelling stations in the UK picketed yesterday as part of an international day of solidarity with 'the 30 people who were detained on a Greenpeace International ship by armed Russian security forces and imprisoned. Next week will mark two months since the 30 were detained ...