Tribune • 4th March 2021

‘Coal Not Dole’: The Legacy of the Miners’ Strike

‘The circumstances have taken away people’s right to employment,’ says Nicky. ‘They’ve caused poverty, deprivation, drug-taking, and law-breaking. That’s what’s changed. Not the actual people themselves.’

South London Press • 1st June 2020

Hike in food bank usage

"I've only been to the food bank a couple of times because it's demeaning. It makes you feel like there's nothing left when you have to resort to that kind of thing."

South London Press • 15th December 2017

Mother left street homeless with two children

"I have days of not being able to sleep. There's too much going on in my head and I have no outlet. I can't break down and scream so at night, I just go through it all in my head."

South London Press • 1st June 2020

London's slashed youth budgets costing lives

“I turn on the TV and I see that someone has been shot or stabbed and I hold my breath and shut my eyes and pray that it’s not one of our kids.”

South London Press • 28th November 2020

Evicted woman drowned at sea tried to make last call to neighbour

“She came through as call waiting when I was on the phone so I got off the phone and tried to ring straight back but there was no answer,” said the neighbour. "I texted her but I didn’t get a delivery report. I rang again and the phone was off."

Southwark News • 1st June 2020

Couple cycle across US in memory of stillborn daughter

"Life can never be normal after you lose a baby. And you don't come back from a trip like this recovered. But it does help you start the healing process."

South London Press • 28th November 2020

Brain tumour survivor runs marathon

“It was a pretty awful decision to have to make. I had to come to terms with the fact I would have single-sided deafness."

South London Press • 1st June 2020

Child's squint revealed she had cancer

"The doctor looked at her and then he walked out of the room. He didn't say anything. I just knew there was something wrong."

Southwark News • 29th November 2020

Family house asylum-seeking doctor and activist

"I think sometimes I should have stayed quiet. But I can't help the tendency to think about human rights." Charles fled from his native Senegal in 2007 after an attempt on his life

South London Press • 1st June 2020

John McAvoy: Armed robber turned athlete

"I started training out of anger. I was deemed the worst of the worst and put in a 24-hour-a-day seclusion unit. I was so angry at the establishment and I had to find a way of managing my anger."

South London Press • 28th November 2020

Theresa May's Windrush apology doesn't go far enough

“Even though she’s apologised to Caribbean leaders, she’s not done an apology to the families affected. She needs to go out and meet the families affected and apologise, as she did with Grenfell."

Southwark News • 28th November 2020

Campaigner calls for car ban to protect children from deadly air pollution levels

An award-winning environmentalist has called on Southwark Council to ban the use of private cars on high pollution days to protect children from toxic emissions...

South London Press • 1st June 2020

Residents fear for lives in tower block

"When you tried to walk down the stairs it was like walking into hell. A fire in the middle of the night is what happened in Grenfell. It's time for a change here."

Southwark News • 1st June 2020

Brexit hits local business

"If there's a curb on migration, we'd better be able to start convincing British kids that hospitality is an option. There's something in the British psyche where we feel serving is beneath us."

South London Press • 28th November 2020

Interview: performer and artist Timberlina

“In order to live this wild, country subsistence then really you need £4,000 for a wood stove and a posh allotment. In order to live this life you need to have the money to do so."

South London Press • 1st June 2020

Interview: Tooting comedian Stephen Bailey

Everyone thinks gays are fine now after gay marriage was legalised but that is just not true. LGBT hate crime actually increased in 2017."

Southwark News • 1st June 2020

Blake: the boy who saw angels in Peckham

William Blake – what does the name bring to mind? Poet? Almost certainly. Painter? Maybe. Psychedelic drug use coupled with naked, public reenactments of his work? Possibly. But Peckham Rye Common? Probably not.