On 22 April this year, 40,000 runners will line up at the iconic start line in Greenwich to begin their 26.2 mile run around the streets of London. Streatham resident, Lorn Joseph, will be one of those runners and we asked her to tell us a little bit more about her training and why she has decided to run this year.
It was the first of Spring and a lovely day for meeting one of Streatham’s up and coming superstars. Streatham has both a historical and contemporary forte for attracting quality musical and literary personalities across the spectrum from Dr Johnson to Dave the Rapper and I’m pleased to report the current zeitgeist does not disappoint. In a quiet, lush and surprisingly large garden in south Streatham, I had the privilege of interviewing Elizabeth S Moore (or “Lizzie” as she introduced herself) for this piece and meeting her husband and her son. Her first book, “The Man on the Middle Floor...
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In response to incidents of concern, most of which have occurred in the central and northern wards of the borough, a Section 60 Order (Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994) was authorised Sunday the 8th of April an on Monday the 9th of April giving power to stop and search if an officer has reasonable grounds to believe an individual has been involved in a crime or thinks that they are in possession of a prohibited item, such as a weapon. Additionally, extra officers were deployed to Lambeth for two weeks to assist with patrols, weapon sweeps and CCTV led stop and search. These...
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On 22 April this year, 40,000 runners will line up at the iconic start line in Greenwich to begin their 26.2 mile run around the streets of London...
Last month we published the response we got to a Freedom of Information Act (FoI) request for Lambeth to send us the number of fines and...
The Streatham Police Base update – We attended the public meeting on the future of the Police Base and learned some very interesting detail....
It’s been a busy month already this autumn. Our officers seized another dangerous weapon potentially saving a life. They had responded to an...
When you next see someone on the news, in the papers, on Facebook or wherever, launch into a jeremiad about all that’s wrong with the today’s...
Normally we feature a roundup of local events and happenings we attended in the previous month since the last magazine hit the letterbox. This...
We reported some months ago that the Streatham Police Base was under threat. This was disparaged on social media,...
We were very pleased to meet our new area police inspector for the Streatham area Teresa Hubbard this summer. We caught up with her over the...
You’ve probably heard the name “Kardashian” a couple of times if you’ve every picked up a newspaper or checked your social media feeds. After a...
Streatham residents have been forced to take long diversions to get to their homes because Transport for London with the support of Lambeth...
The So and So Arts Club is proud to present the Women and War Exodus festival at the beautiful Streatham Hill Theatre, where we hope to one day...
Last year DOLPH were approached by the staff at Sunnyhill Primary School to come up with a project as part of their Art Week at the end of Term 3...
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