South London News

Celebrate the end of summer with treats and entertainment at this special Caribbean tea party, whilst contributing to a good cause.

Mr Alex Hairdressing Foundation will host a fundraising event, The End of Summer Caribbean Tea Party, on September 29, at The Woodlawns Center, in Leigham Court Road, Streatham.

This vibrant event promises an afternoon of Caribbean-inspired delights, all in support of the charity’s work with aspiring students in the hairdressing industry who need assistance with course fees and equipment.

With everything from blockbusters to documentaries, the Streatham Free Film Festival is back for its ninth year.

No fewer than 23 films are available for a range of audiences from September 14 to 28, all free to watch and completely volunteer powered.

The festival will open with an outdoor screening of Wonka on September 14.

The Free Film festival boasts blockbusters such as Oscar winning Barbie – for which dress-up is encouraged – a 30th anniversary screening of Leon, big hits such as Monster’s Inc, and the quirky Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.

A month-long mural festival has unveiled its first artwork in Lambeth.

Starting on Thursday, the London Mural Festival will feature street art at seven different housing estates in Lambeth, created by both homegrown and international artists.

Estates taking part, based across Oval, Clapham, Brixton, Streatham Hill and West Norwood, include the South Lambeth Estate, the Fenwick Estate, the Brighton Terrace Estate, the Streatham Hill Estate, the Notre Dame Estate, the Gaskell Street Estate and the Woodvale Estate.

A council has introduced a new licensing scheme in a bid to crack down on rogue landlords.

From September 2, landlords in Lambeth will need a licence to legally let any property to a single-family household in Knights Hill, Streatham Common and Vale, Streatham Hill East and Streatham St Leonards.

Each license will cost £923, to cover the costs of both administering and maintaining.

The scheme, approved by Lambeth’s cabinet in May, hopes to improve property conditions and tackle rogue landlords.

Celebrate the history and heritage of Lambeth throughout September with the borough’s specially curated heritage festival.

Organised by Lambeth Archives and the Lambeth Local History Forum, Lambeth’s Heritage Festival will bring together more than 80 different events and activities celebrating the history and heritage of the South London borough.

Events include talks about lost rivers, the history of Ovalhouse theatre and prolific female artists as well as online workshops on family history and an urban sketching tour of Brixton.

An ex-police station empty for almost a decade could be turned into a 57-bed boutique hotel.

The building at 101 Streatham High Road has been vacant since 2015 when the local police station relocated to a building further down the street.

Now Everitt Road Properties has applied to Lambeth council to turn the former cop shop, built in 1912, into a hotel and café. As part of the development, a rear extension would be added to the building, as well as a mansard roof.

New data from London Ambulance Service (LAS) reveals the 150 neighbourhoods across the capital in greatest need of lifesaving defibrillators.

When someone suffers a cardiac arrest – which is when the heart stops beating – the use of a defibrillator gives them the best chance of surviving.

But new analysis from the LAS shows 21 neighbourhoods where there is no access to a defibrillator, and 129 neighbourhoods where there is limited access for the population nearby.

NIHL 1 National Championship champions Streatham RedHawks have moved to retain a significant bulk of their squad for next season, writes Christopher Beal.

Danny Milton, Sam Waller, Tomasz Skokan, Jordan Gregory, Preston Tombs and James Warman – celebrating his testimonial campaign – have all signed up again.

Ziggy Beesley, Jared Lane, Luke Brittle, captain Ryan Watt and player-coach Ben Paynter are also all staying on.

Labour has swept to victory across Lambeth, securing all constituencies including three new seats and a Lambeth by-election.

Dominic Armstrong, the party’s candidate for Streatham Common and Vale, finished in first place, picking up 2,796 votes.

The by-election, which took place on the same day as the general election, was called after former Labour councillor Henna Shah resigned.

Green Party candidate Duncan Eastoe was second with 1,354 votes and Conservative Party candidate Lachlan Rurlander was third with 918 votes.

A campaign group anxious to see a locally famous old theatre return to something of its former glory is worried that the chances of that ever happening are receding as the evangelical church that bought it prepares to move in.

Streatham Hill Theatre has, since 1994, enjoyed Grade II listed building status and has a proud past, but succumbed to financial pressures decades ago to become a bingo hall until 2017.