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Lubna Speitan wearing keffiyeh, speaking at an outdoor event with microphone.

Campaigner launches legal action against Greenwich council for failure to divest

Lubna Speitan, co-founder of Greenwich Palestine Alliance, has instigated legal action against Greenwich Council, challenging the authority’s failure to divest over £60m of investments in companies with interests in Israel.

Two Forest bikes at Albacore Crescent outside Lewisham Hospital, one parked in the marked bay, one on the pavement.

'Excellent news': Lewisham on brink of new agreement with Forest and Lime e-bike operators

Picture of open palm showing handful of rubber crumb. Caption - 3G football pitches use around 120 tons of rubber crumb, topped up with 300 kg/year

Council ignores health risks in plans for rubber crumb pitch at Whitefoot Lane, Downham

Zack Polanski and Liam Shrivastava, against backdrop "Liam Shrivastava for Lewisham mayor".

Zack Polanski comes to Lewisham as Greens report surge in support

GCI showing new layout of Sunday market, shoppers and stalls with awnings. Bike store on left

Blackheath: Lewisham defers decision on controversial plans for station car park

Bird's eye of view of wider site seen from south across Deptford Creek, in Kitewood's 2018 application

Lewisham council will make vacant land in Deptford Creek available for sale

Smiling woman standing next to car which is charging with cross-pavement charging cable embedded in pavement.

Good news for EV owners - if you live in Greenwich, anyway

Housing

Bird's eye of view of wider site seen from south across Deptford Creek, in Kitewood's 2018 application

Lewisham council will make vacant land in Deptford Creek available for sale

The council agreed to make the vacant land, which has been the subject of regeneration plans for over a decade, available for sale to the insurance firm L&G which plans to build new social homes on site.

Zack Polanski and Liam Shrivastava, against backdrop "Liam Shrivastava for Lewisham mayor".

Zack Polanski comes to Lewisham as Greens report surge in support

GCI showing new layout of Sunday market, shoppers and stalls with awnings. Bike store on left

Blackheath: Lewisham defers decision on controversial plans for station car park

View of revised scheme from New Cross Road, brick facade building, with tower visible in background.

Besson Street, New Cross: plans for more homes .. and Passivhaus

Purpose Built student housing under development in Deptford, Lewisham. It contributes to figures at a fractional rate of 0.4.

London house building starts plummet by 84% in 10 years

Councillor Stephen Penfold questioned officers at the committee meeting.

Awaab's Law - how is Lewisham council doing?

Low rise galley-style housing at Crossfield estate, Deptford

Lewisham plans council rent and service charge increases

Climate

Smiling woman standing next to car which is charging with cross-pavement charging cable embedded in pavement.

Good news for EV owners - if you live in Greenwich, anyway

Greenwich council has announced an EV cross-pavement charging trial, but Lewisham is dragging its heels.

View of revised scheme from New Cross Road, brick facade building, with tower visible in background.

Besson Street, New Cross: plans for more homes .. and Passivhaus

Telehouse data centre under construction, scaffolding visible, at Canary Wharf. Seen from across Thames.

What are AI datacentres doing to local communities?

Roof of data centre showing long rows of cooling towers and backup generators, Arizona.

230+ US environmental groups call for moratorium on new AI data centres

Two cyclists waiting to cross Old Kent Road at the redesigned junction to join the new link.

Old Kent Road: new link to Cycleway 62 at Ilderton Road

Zack Polanski standing in front of decorated Christmas tree at City Hall.

Green Party leader accuses Sadiq Khan of ‘standing with Keir Starmer over Londoners’

British Airways aeroplane flight BA497 Mallorca to London Heathrow in the air.

Heathrow expansion: government is ignoring harms of 'ultrafine' air pollution

Transport

Two Forest bikes at Albacore Crescent outside Lewisham Hospital, one parked in the marked bay, one on the pavement.

'Excellent news': Lewisham on brink of new agreement with Forest and Lime e-bike operators

Councillor Louise Krupski, Cabinet member on Sustainable Development, announced the news, noting that user share of rented e-bikes has "rocketed" across the borough.

Smiling woman standing next to car which is charging with cross-pavement charging cable embedded in pavement.

Good news for EV owners - if you live in Greenwich, anyway

Two cyclists waiting to cross Old Kent Road at the redesigned junction to join the new link.

Old Kent Road: new link to Cycleway 62 at Ilderton Road

Two zipcars at Lewisham council staff car park, Lawrence House, Catford on 4 January 2026

Zipcar: London Assembly slams TfL 'policy failure', Lewisham seeks alternatives

British Airways aeroplane flight BA497 Mallorca to London Heathrow in the air.

Heathrow expansion: government is ignoring harms of 'ultrafine' air pollution

Zipcar van parked in car club bay with words "Open for Business" on the back.

Calls for TfL to develop London-wide car club strategy, as Zipcar leaves UK

Couple on beach with caption "St Kitts, Love takes time, do not disturb" and "Fly direct with British Airways".

Sadiq Khan says ministerial guidance needed to ban fossil fuel ads across TfL

Nature

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Council ignores health risks in plans for rubber crumb pitch at Whitefoot Lane, Downham

Calls to scrap plans for crumb rubber football pitch at Whitefoot Lane, Downham

'Janet Daby, I beg you' - Is your MP going to the National Emergency Briefing?

Whitefoot Lane, Downham: risk of serious harms to children's health from planned football pitch

Green Woman Oasis project, Downham: the community had a plan for health and nature - what happened?

Community

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Murals at Foxborough Gardens, Ladywell restored - 1960s public art for 'ordinary people'

'I actually cried, it meant I could heat my home' - but Selce's vital energy advice service at risk

'Visionary' plan to redevelop Lewisham Islamic Centre approved

'A life changer': Lewisham's trial of 'Cash First' approach to food insecurity

Hurricane Melissa: relief donations pour in, amid warnings of 'dangerous new reality'

Art & Design

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Murals at Foxborough Gardens, Ladywell restored - 1960s public art for 'ordinary people'

"Unsightly" New Cross hoarding on the way out

Ladywell Playtower: step on-site (just for one day)

SEEN Lewisham exhibitions: Bun n Cheese, the Caribbean Living Room .. and This is England

Ladywell Playtower: Council welcomes CLT and non-profit bids this time around