Cameron Blackshaw

LDRS reporter

London

Full list: Greenwich Council to resurface 26 roads in £3.65m project

The South East London authority has announced which roads it will be resurfacing in 2026

9 Jun 2026
London

Coroner sends suicide warning to Google after death of London boy, 16

Leo Barber died on a railway after accessing an online forum which discussed suicide

18 Oct 2025
London

Battle to scrap south London LTNs after 'traffic pushed elsewhere'

Councillors ‘call in’ two traffic schemes for scrutiny as decision looms on whether to make them permanent

15 Oct 2025
London

Boost to hopes to save under-threat London equestrian centre

The much-loved venue's future remains uncertain however, as the council acknowledged its intended use might not continue if placed on the open market

4 Oct 2025
London

Greenwich residents protest council’s ‘Stalinist’ parking proposals

A crowd of angry residents gathered outside Woolwich Town Hall on Wednesday evening

27 Sept 2025
Crime

London teacher who found child abuse images on Twitter is struck off

Kieran Atter admitted to accessing indecent images of children, a number of them in the most serious category

22 Sept 2025
London

London's biggest theatre to open in Greenwich next year with 3k seats

Troubadour Theatres plans to open a new venue with two auditoriums next to the cable car station on Greenwich Peninsula

12 Sept 2025
London

Residents resist eviction as iconic Thamesmead estate faces demolition

The 1960s Lesnes Estate — made famous by A Clockwork Orange — is set to be demolished and replaced with 1,950 new homes, but dozens of residents are refusing to leave

11 Sept 2025
London

Chinese restaurant plan for London block gets up noses of residents

Residents have objected to the new restaurant over fears of “extremely pungent cuisine”

11 Jul 2025
London

Parents launch fundraiser in bid to save London private school

Families devastated after Bishop Challoner School announces closure at the end of academic year

25 Jun 2025
London

High-rise blocks plan rejected over World Heritage Site impact fears

‘We are setting a precedent here. We are beginning to look like New York on the Thames,’ councillor warns

19 Jun 2025
London

London station shuts for a year to replace 'unreliable' escalators

Cutty Sark DLR will remain closed until next spring so the ‘increasingly unreliable’ escalators can be replaced

2 Jun 2025
London

'Bond-esque' underground helicopter lift plan for garden is rejected

The applicant wanted to build the helicopter storage facility in the 3.85-acre grounds of Grade II-listed Cookham Dene

7 May 2025
London

Crystal Palace dinosaurs to be restored with £22m from land sale deal

Funding secures restoration of the famous Grade-1 listed sculptures, creation of a new dinosaur-themed playground, and a new visitor centre, community centre and café

23 Apr 2025