Brockwell Park is the new home for Lambeth’s annual fireworks display Lambeth’s 2013 fireworks display will take place in Brockwell Park on Tuesday November 5th and not Clapham Common as originally planned. Lambeth council say it has confirmed Brockwell Park as the venue for the annu
Bromley trading standards are warning residents to be on their guard against credit card criminals out to trick members of the public of their cards and vital banking information after a resident told how she was duped by criminals who pretended to be calling from the Apple store in B
A HARD-HITTING campaign to tackle street drinking and begging is to be launched in Croydon town centre. The one-month campaign, which runs until Wednesday 7 August, is taking action against offenders who harass the public for money, or act antisocially, by making a drunken disturbance
A GROUP OF TRAVELLERS thrown out of the borough could face tougher sanctions if they return to the same site, say Croydon council. A total of 15 caravans were moved on by council officers from Lloyd Park, Croydon, on Thursday July 4th. “As well as being abusive and threatening
A cancer pop-up shop piloted in Croydon has paved the way for more to open across London. Set up in partnership between Croydon council and the London Health Improvement Board, the shop had more than 1,300 visitors during its five week pilot last autumn in the Centrale shopping centre
PEOPLE are being warned of the dangers of buying goods online from untrustworthy - and often illegal - websites. Croydon council’s trading standards team say that during the first few weeks of this year they have received a high number of calls from shoppers duped into buying p
Bromley Youth Council launched their anti-bullying campaign in the Glades Shopping Centre on 22 November. Youth Council members and councillors are helping to raise awareness to help give young people the confidence to speak out if they are being bullied. Cllr Stephen Wells, executi
BROMLEY’S council / banks protocol has saved a “vulnerable” consumer from being ripped off by a bogus roofer. Staff at the Halifax bank in Bromley High Street called the rapid response team in Bromley council’s trading standards department when an elderly cu
RESIDENTS ARE being warned not to make payments to cold callers claiming to be from Croydon council’s trading standards team - and acting on behalf of businesses.
GIVE COLD CALLERS THE COLD SHOULDER Residents are being reminded of the dangers of giving personal information to callers claiming to be from organisations that, at face value, seem to be legitimate. The reminder comes from Croydon council’s trading standards team after a woman from