Heads up: London schools face funding cuts

Hello South East London This is a heads up for parents and guardians of kids in local schools to keep an eye on this story. The government has been through a few changes over the past month but the cuts agenda is still very much there* . The government according to this story are pressing ...

‘Let’s do it’ on your estate and receive a £30 shopping voucher!

Veolia and Southwark Council are about to embark on an exciting new campaign to encourage better recycling on estates. The campaign will involve a handful of estates from across Southwark who’ll be pitted against each other to recycle as much as they can over a six-month period. The winning estate will receive a prize to ...

Foxcroft declares for Smith

Brockley and Deptford MP Vicky Foxcroft has declared her support for Owen Smith in the upcoming leadership election, stating that while she broadly supports his policies, his leadership is shambolic.In a letter to supporters, the party whip writes:"I believe we need to provide a credible alternative to the Conservatives... Quite frankly, at the moment, we ...

East London Line part-closure, July 30 – August 7

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No Brockley or Honor Oak train services today

Main line and East London Line services through Brockley Station are still disrupted following the emergence of a gaping 50 feet-deep hole beneath the tracks at Forest Hill yesterday.All day, no service btn New Cross Gate and Crystal Palace / West Croydon due to a track fault at Forest Hill pic.twitter.com/4yTzn7XtPR— London Overground (@LDNOverground) July ...

Zoe Konez – Bones

Zoe Konez, singer with Cat Bear Tree (featured here previously), has a new solo single out this week. The video for Bones was filmed by Gareth Gray at  Antenna Studios in Crystal Palace (where, among others, Florence and The Machine started out rehearsing).Camberwell-based Zoe will be launching Bones this Wedneday 20th July at The Green ...

Forest Hillhole creates (more) Southern chaos

Rham Jas: You'd be surprised what you'll be willing to do, when the Lamia comes for you.- Drag Me To HellA gaping chasm has opened on the site of an ancient Indian burial ground in Forest Hill, spawning travel chaos on Southern and ELL routes. The Evening Standard writes:The hole, reported to be 50ft deep, ...

Big Name Bottlers

Salthouse Bottles is a new beer shop opening soon in Brockley. No, not that one.The brainchild of a team with an impeccable local pedigree and led by Richard Salthouse, formerly of Jam Circus and The Royal Albert, it promises to be good.More details soon. Click here to follow them on Twitter.

Superhumans at The Rivoli

Channel 4's new Paralympics trailer is out. 2012's Public Enemy comfortably beats 2016's Big Band sound but this one has the Rivoli Ballroom and Brockley Central is contractually obligated to document any appearance of the velvet walls.After the Avengers, this is the second superhuman team to base themselves there.Thanks to Transpontine for spotting it.

Heidi Alexander backs Owen Smith

“All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever.”- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander, whose resignation from Shadow Cabinet helped to trigger the upcoming Labour leadership election, has thrown her support behind challenger Owen Smith, declaring her support at this morning's ...