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Two by-elections for Lambeth Council have been confirmed for 2nd May – the same day that voters will go to the polls for the London Mayoral elections.

Residents in Knight’s Hill and Streatham Common & Vale will have the opportunity to elect a new Councillor. This follows the resignation of two Labour Councillors for different reasons.

Ex-Cabinet member Cllr Sonia Winifred resigned her seat after she was disciplined by Lambeth Labour for supporting a ceasefire in Gaza.

Lambeth Council has confirmed that Sprig Ludens nursery in Streatham Vale Park has now closed.

Streatham Youth and Community Trust, the nursery provider, had previously notified parents and carers of their decision to close the provision at the end of the summer term, in July, because of concerns about their ability to deliver a financially sustainable provision in light of the new national childcare expansion scheme.

The council has been working with TfL prepare a £9 million investment in the A23 to make it safer, more pleasant and efficient for residents and visitors. As well as this, the council secured a new package of bus priority measures to streamline bus journeys that TfL will consult on later this year.

The Dr Bike crew are setting up in Streatham this week, with their team of professional mechanics working on the corner of Leigham Ave and Leigham Court Road on Weds 20th and Sat 23rd March 2024.

They’ll be onsite, spannered up and ready to crank some axles from noon to 3pm.

If your bike needs help, just turn up and the Dr Bike team will be happy to attend to errant gear shifts, wobbly handlebars, broken brakes and more, and the service is absolutely free of charge.

Here’s what their website says about what they do:

Lambeth residents are launching a last-ditch battle to halt plans for a giant 14-storey tower block planned as the centrepiece of one of the densest developments under way in London.

The development is so dense there is no room for children to play on grass at ground-level – so their playground will be built on the concrete roof, hundreds of feet up in the air – and surrounded by cage-like safety fencing.

Lambeth residents are launching a last-ditch battle to halt plans for a giant 14-storey tower block planned as the centrepiece of one of the densest developments under way in London.

The development is so dense there is no room for children to play on grass at ground-level – so their playground will be built on the concrete roof, hundreds of feet up in the air – and surrounded by cage-like safety fencing.

This wonderful weekly resource is available to people with dementia, their carers, and anyone aged over-65.

It takes place at the Streatham Tate Library every Wednesday afternoon at 4pm and is free.

Anyone coming along can enjoy “Arts and music therapy, reminisce work, conversational starters, chair-based exercise, poetry, Bingo, Knitting etc”

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Dementia Friendly Sunflower Café

Streatham Tate Library

London

SW16 1PN

Every Wednesday afternoon, 4pm

Contact details

Contact name: Vincia Bennett

The Streatham Wells LTN trial was introduced in October last year to reduce road danger and make the neighbourhood safer and healthier by restricting motor vehicle access to streets within the scheme.

The council will publish its ‘Streatham Wells Stage 1 – Initial Adjustments’ monitoring report in the coming days. There has been an average 60% decrease in traffic within the LTN and an 8% increase in traffic on boundary roads.

Overall, there has been a 2% net reduction in traffic across the area.

You can cycle from Brixton in south London to Streatham, entirely on quiet streets and protected cycle lanes, with the journey taking just 20 minutes – the same time as using public transport.

The route – created by jonstone88 – is 5.1km long (3.2 miles) and makes use of the Railton LTN, Streatham Hill LTN, Streatham Wells LTN, and various safe crossings – as well as paths in Brockwell Park.

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“This climbdown is an embarrassment for Lambeth Labour. Since the start of this so-called trial of a Streatham Wells LTN, Labour bosses at Lambeth Council have been unable and unwilling to share robust data or analysis about the impact of the measures they have implemented.

It has not gone unnoticed that it was neither an evidence-based assessment, nor the outpouring of testimony from local residents, that led to this change of heart; but instead, an instruction from the Labour Mayor whose only interest is in protecting his own position at the London elections this May.