Lewisham News

"Inadequate" Southwark College to merge with Lewisham College
Southwark College – which has campuses in Waterloo, Bermondsey and Camberwell – has around 5,000 students. On Friday the Skills Funding Agency published a statutory notice announcing the proposed dissolution of Southwark College and the transfer of its property, rights and obligations to Lewisham College.

Southwark Archdeacon Michael Ipgrave named as new Bishop of Woolwich
The Bishop of Woolwich is one of three area bishops under the leadership of the Bishop of Southwark. The Woolwich episcopal area covers the boroughs of Southwark, Lewisham and Greenwich.

Met police PV panels set to cut 90 tonnes of carbon a year
London's police force has begun installing solar PV on its buildings as part of carbon cutting drive.

World War I plaque thief jailed
A man is jailed for 18 months for stealing a World War I memorial plaque from a south-east London church.

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£15,000 grant to help fund café
A community library has been given a £15,000 council grant which will pay for a café.

Babies will be 'tiny teachers' to cut out classroom bullying
Babies are being brought into classrooms to cut bullying and teach children empathy.

Policeman told me to stay quiet about cash, says News International driver
Three packages containing money from News International were handed to a Metropolitan Police sergeant between 2006 and 2007 by a former chauffeur who worked at Wapping, a court heard yesterday. Related Stories Man questioned over pond bodies Assange in bid to block extradition MPs move to reverse welfare defeats Value call over apprenticeships Goodwin shaming tawdry: Darling

Mac on... Bishops told to drop housing costs
'You're all going to be so grateful that I opposed benefits cuts - because guess what?'