Streatham News

The number of UK bank branches to close in the past nine years has surpassed 6,000.

Barclays is closing eight more of its branches for good on Friday, taking the total by the end of the day to 6,005.

Sutton's main B&Q branch has announced it will close early next month, making way for a large-scale residential development to be built on site.

The store on Sutton Court Road is set to close on June 8 and it will later be transformed into a residential development following planning permission approval in December, 2023.

B&Q opened a new store on Sutton High Street last year, but this is a smaller “local” store.

All hail Streatham queen Naomi Campbell who stole the show both on the red carpet and at the after-show where she joined her lil’ bro Usher for the party of all parties.

Sunday will be a bit of a homecoming for Sadia Kabeya, the outstanding player in England’s outstanding, Grand Slam-winning women’s rugby team.

Kabeya, 22, plays flanker for Loughborough and England, and was recently voted England’s Player of the Year.

People facing hardship in the Lambeth and Croydon area received 27,109 emergency food parcels in the past year, with 9,632 of these going to children, figures released today (15 May) by The Lambeth Partnership of Foodbanks have revealed.

Last Sunday, 14th May, the Streatham Kite Day returned to Streatham Common, and with the weather near-perfect, around 100 kites could be seen in the sky.

Roy Reed was there and sent us in this photos:

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Streatham Common Kite Day

Sunday 12th May 2024

Residents have hit out at a circus for damaging a common which could “take months to fully recover”.

Zippos Circus, which holds events in parks all over the capital, had a four-day show scheduled on Wandsworth Common to begin yesterday.

Mary Poppins taught us a few things — including the sheer, unadulterated joy of flying a kite.

Lambeth Council is set to introduce a compulsory licensing scheme for private landlords across the borough.