Bermondsey – Southwark News

New junior parkrun launched in Southwark Park

Staff Reporter — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:57:33 +0000

A junior parkrun for children between the ages of four and 14 has been launched in Southwark Park, writes Joe Rattue… The event is free to attend and takes place every Sunday at 9am starting from the path east of the playground and the Southwark Park Pavilion Café. Event Director Saskia Dykstra said “Everyone is […]

Southwark’s COLAB Theatre hosts acclaimed play ‘Cock’

News Desk — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:21:02 +0000

Cock returns to London in an intimate new staging running from Wednesday 22nd April to Saturday 2nd May 2026 at COLAB Theatre, writes Myfanwy Fleming-Jones… Following sold-out international runs, Cock – a witty and provocative modern classic – arrives in Southwark this month. After the 2022 West End revival, this new iteration places audiences at […]

Save Old Kent Road – protestors to demonstrate in national rally this Saturday and local rally next Saturday

Staff Reporter — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000

The Save Old Kent Road campaign is planning a major demonstration in Southwark next weekend as well as an appearance at the National Housing Demonstration this Saturday, writes Rich Brann. Alongside the Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE) group, the national demonstration in Central London this weekend as well as the march along the Old […]

Why is Bermondsey hosting an Oktoberfest in April?

Staff Reporter — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:54:00 +0000

The Bermondsey Bierkeller will be throwing a rare celebration of the traditional German Springfest starting this weekend and running every Saturday for a month, writes Rich Brann… While most people will be familiar with the traditional festival of Oktoberfest, held across Bavaria and Southern Germany and now popular in the UK and USA, fewer will […]

Man extradited from Nigeria over 2018 Bermondsey murder of Joshua Boadu

Evie Flynn — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:53:59 +0000

A 25-year-old man has been extradited from Nigeria and charged this week with the 2018 murder of Joshua Boadu in Bermondsey. Joshua, who locally was affectionately known as SJ, was stabbed in broad daylight on Linsey Street, near the Blue Market, in Bermondsey on 11 June 2018. The 23-year-old was rushed to King’s College Hospital with […]

Southwark Park Primary School launches its free breakfast club

Evie Flynn — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:46:28 +0000

Southwark Park Primary in Bermondsey launched its first free breakfast club this week – with six others schools across the borough set to do the same. The club is part of the government’s roll out of free breakfast clubs across primary schools in England. The scheme is backed by £80 million government funding and is […]

Old Kent Road flat fire leaves man hospitalised and two cats needed rescuing with oxygen masks

Evie Flynn — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:06:36 +0000

Firefighters tackled a blaze near the Old Kent Road Tesco at around 2pm this afternoon (Wednesday 15 April). Emergency services were called at 1:30pm to a second floor flat fire on Old Kent Road. One man was taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service to be treated for smoke inhalation. Firefighters also rescued two […]

Woman forced to jump from third floor flat in Bermondsey after ‘e-bike battery fire’

Kevin Quinn — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:32:47 +0000

A woman was forced to make the terrifying leap from a third floor flat in Bermondsey at the weekend to escape what the brigade says is yet another e-bike battery fire. The woman was rushed to hospital after the fire broke out on Sunday afternoon, April 12, at the flat on Reculver Road, just off […]

One year on from the National Insurance rise how is the hospitality sector coping?

Kumail Jaffer - Local Democracy Reporter — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:59:51 +0000

Punitive tax rises are stretching London’s hospitality sector to its limit, local business owners have claimed. Last April Chancellor Rachel Reeves faced heavy criticism for choosing to top up the public finances with an extra tax on businesses. The policy, intended to raise £25billion from companies nationwide, saw National Insurance (NI) rates increase from 13.8 […]

Bermondsey man donates kidney to a stranger as six people a week die on lengthy transplant waiting lists

News Desk — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:43:38 +0000

Over seven thousand Brits are currently waiting for a kidney transplant, with numbers having increased by 31% since 2016.