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Neighbours of a house once owned by the notorious Madam Cynthia Payne says she helped put their suburban enclave ‘on the map’- and even helped to drive up house prices.

The large property in Ambleside Avenue, Streatham in south London, was turned into luxury flats in 2021 but was once a hotbed of vice – with Payne hosting a cast of characters reportedly including a peer of the realm, barristers, ex police officers bank managers and priests.

Motorists are set to face long delays on a major road in south London from next month as huge works are set to begin.

The A23 in Streatham Hill, south London, is going to have a £9.5 million refurbishment, which will see pedestrian crossings built, a protected cycle lane added and bus lanes improved.

The improvements will see the old central reservation removed across the 0.6-mile stretch between the junctions of Holmewood Road on Brixton Hill and Sternhold Avenue junction on Streatham Hill.

The words London and affordable housing are rarely, if ever, found in the same sentence – and many of us will spend our time in the Big Smoke renting.

Now, a new interactive map has revealed the most affordable locations to buy a home – and there’s more (relative) good news than you’d think.

Separating areas across the UK into shades of green, orange and red, the data assesses affordability based on your individual budget and how many bedrooms you’d ideally like.

A ‘heartbroken’ couple have been ordered out of their south London home where they have lived for more than 40 years after the council they rented from failed to renew their lease.

Sue, 70, and Bill Aylott. 71, moved into their house in Streatham in 1979 bringing up their two children and recently celebrating their Golden wedding anniversary at what they thought was their forever home.

But just before Christmas the couple, who are in their seventies, received a notification from Lambeth Council that they would have to move out.

A child is fighting for life in hospital after being hit by a bus while riding a Lime e-bike in south London.

The collision on Surrey Quays Road, near Canada Water, early yesterday evening triggered a major emergency response, with police, paramedics and an air ambulance scrambled to the scene.

The boy, whose age has not yet been confirmed, was tended to at the scene before being rushed to a major trauma centre in a critical condition. His family has been informed.

Fights have broken out over bottled water after a burst pipe has left thousands of people across south London without working plumbing.

Thames Water has said they have had to close their distribution hub in Sainsbury’s car park in Lower Sydenham after ‘security incidents’ as desperate customers foughtfor their share.

Keiran said on X: ‘Went to the water cache, as expected it had run out due to certain individuals taking whole palettes and loading them into the car.

‘Some fist fights… there was water in the Sainos… I just assumed there wasn’t.’

Londoners are mourning the end of an iconic bus route which took its last journey after 88 years in operation.

The 118 bus, which ran from Morden to Brixton, was axed by Transport for London (TfL) despite being in service since November 1936.

The bus was known among south Londoners for its internal blue lighting and made its last ever journey in the early hours of Satruday morning.

The historic route fell victim to a TfL reshuffle of bus services in south London aimed at cutting overlapping bus services to better meet passenger demand.

The new owners of Homebase plan to transform retailer’s stores earmarked for closure.

It was announced last month that Homebase had collapsed into administration.

But CDS Superstores, the parent company of The Range and Wilko, were able to salvage 70 of the popular retailer’s store. Now, they have outlined plans to keep those stores in business.

The new owners are planning to transform the Homebase stores into The Range Superstores, with revamped branches set to open in Pollokshaws, Glasgow, Christchurch, Bournemouth and Birmingham on January 17, 2025.

London councillors are up in arms over TfL’s plan to move a pedestrian crossing and install a new one around 50 yards away.

TfL revealed plans last month to relocate the junction in Streatham, south London, some yards further south across the A23, a busy dual carriageway with a central reservation.

However, local leaders have criticised the plan, saying the £650,000 could be better spent on something else.

It comes after the area between Woodbourne Avenue and Gracefield Gardens has become a hotspot for crashes between pedestrians and drivers.

A man has died after reports of an ‘altercation’ in London with an urgent investigation into what happened.

The man, in his fifties, was found unresponsive by police who were called at around 2.26pm on Friday to a house in Streatham.

He was taken to hospital in a critical condition but could not be saved.

A 38-year-old man was arrested at the scene in Fernwood Avenue and has since been bailed pending further enquiries.

Police believe they know his identity but are still trying to find out who his next of kin are and locate them.