Campaigners trying to stop 45 homes being built on Blackheath station’s car park have had the site declared an asset of community value by Lewisham Council. Acorn Property Group wants to build a row…

Will Lewisham council's plans move the needle on improving road safety?

Greenwich Council is poised to introduce a 20mph speed limit across the borough, bringing it into line with the rest of inner London.

The European Prize for Urban Public Space’s shortlist highlights projects helping people cope with climate crisis

6 bed detached house for sale in Watergate Street, London SE8, selling for £4,500,000 from Hamptons - Greenwich Sales. See property details on Zoopla or browse all our range of properties in Watergate...

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Fifteen fire engines are responding to a fire at a waste facility in Deptford

A two-way cycle path could be put in place across Blackheath as part of revived plans to create a better route for riders between Greenwich Park and Eltham. But Greenwich Council has backed away from…

Despite its lead on School Streets, Lewisham's poor scores on controlled parking, protected cycling and traffic reduction kept it at the bottom of the league for inner London boroughs.

Imogen-West Knights investigates the journey of food waste - from disposal, to recycling. Photographs by Wunmi Onibudo.

Find out about plans to refurbish and redevelop the Albany building.

Mayor announces return of “Summer Streets” programme to boost to al fresco dining in the capital, as landmark new licensing powers come into force

Citizen's House was the result of a long community campaign. But the model which delivered it is under threat, without government changes

The well-tended rain gardens at the intersection with Vulcan Road are helping reduce vehicle speeds and improve road safety.

Lewisham Green Party candidate Esther Lie was elected with a majority of 10 votes, holding the seat which the Greens won on 7 May.

Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters are tackling a fire at a recycling centre on Landmann Way in Bermondsey.

Greenwich Council will finally introduce an initial 29 parking bays for Lime bikes - and is set to sign an agreement so Forest bike users will have to use them too.

Meet the team from Lewisham's Salamander News and Darryl Chamberlain from The Greenwich Wire.

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A look at how TfL are planning to change Cycleway 4 across Greenwich including some notorious junctions as scheme becomes permanent.

Residents living around Trundleys Road and Sanford Street are calling on Lewisham Council, Transport for London (TfL), local MP Vicky Foxcroft, and Tribe Student Housing Ltd to fortify the road safety...

A young woman was tragically killed in a collision on the dangerous road, campaigners say they have been asking for safe crossings for many years.

High excitement as the bike bus began at Bridgehouse Meadows and dropped off at Hatcham and Kender primary schools, before arriving at Edmund Waller school to a round of applause.

Tomilyn Hannah Rupert joined a group of excited kids as the bike bus wound its way from Hatcham to Kender and then Edmund Waller primary schools.

556 fires in three years, six dead and a call-out every other day. We speak to the firefighters and doctors struggling to cope with a deadly new epidemic.

A woman in her 20s has died and three people have been arrested in what police describe as a hit

Greenwich Cyclists want the borough’s next council leaders to implement “gamechanging” plans for better bike lanes across the borough after the election next month.