Streatham News

Residents living on a busy south London high street have blasted plans to move a pedestrian crossing 50 yards at an apparent cost of more than £650,000.

Water companies will be forced to pay higher compensation to customers in England who suffer from problems including sewer flooding or low water pressure under new rules to be set out on Tuesday by the government.

It says changes are needed in the wake of 21 collisions in three years near the Gracefield Gardens junction. Ten involved pedestrians, including two of the three that resulted in serious injuries.

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TfL plans to spend at least £650,000 on closing a residential street at its junction with the A23, Streatham High Road, removing trees and taking out disabled parking bays, in order to move a pedestrian crossing 50 yards south of its existing location.

Britain’s government gave the go-ahead Monday for the sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire, paving the way for the postal service to pass into foreign ownership for the first time in its 500-year history.

Police have been pictured manning a cordon in place on the A23 Streatham Hill this evening (December 14).

It follows an earlier crash involving a bus and a cyclist at around 1.20pm.

Police have been pictured manning a cordon in place on the A23 Streatham Hill this evening (December 14).

It follows an earlier crash involving a bus and a cyclist at around 1.20pm.

Police have been pictured manning a cordon in place on the A23 Streatham Hill this evening (December 14).

It follows an earlier crash involving a bus and a cyclist at around 1.20pm.