Evie Flynn – Southwark News

What’s on in South London: farmers markets, poetry nights and art exhibitions

Evie Flynn — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:15:23 +0000

Oval Farmer’s Market, Kennington: Just a stone’s throw from Oval Tube Station lies a quaint farmers’ market in St Mark’s Churchyard. Known amongst locals for its fresh, local produce, it’s become a firm favourite on a Saturday.Peruse a selection of bread, baked goods, homeware, cheese and hot food stalls. Every Saturday, 10 – 3pm St […]

Hundreds of residents on Bermondsey estate fear rent hikes or evictions ahead of a change in law

Evie Flynn — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:14:46 +0000

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Designs for Canada Water’s second bridge have been unveiled

Evie Flynn — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:13:07 +0000

Canada Water will be getting a 170-square-metre wide footbridge over the Albion Channel, which will replace the old wooden bridge built in the 1980s. The council have approved plans for the crossing in the new Canada Water town centre, allowing shoppers to cross the the 5.8-metre wide Albion Channel – which runs from Surrey Water […]

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 […]

Five men convicted of murdering Giovanny Rendon Bedoya in Walworth last year

Evie Flynn — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:10:59 +0000

Five men were found guilty of murdering Giovanny Rendon Bedoya after he was chased and stabbed in a ‘brutal attack’ on the streets of Walworth last April. The Old Bailey heard the 21-year-old was stabbed amid rising tensions between two groups in the area. Giovanny was on found with stab wounds behind a block of […]

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 […]

Health of little boy thrown from Tate modern takes a ‘sad step backwards’

Evie Flynn — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:58:39 +0000

The rehabilitation young boy who was thrown 100ft off the Tate Modern balcony is ‘proving longer and more difficult than expected’, after an update was shared by his family. The unnamed French child was on holiday with his parents on on 4 August 2019 when 17-year-old Jony Bravery threw him from a balcony on the […]

How are over 55s being catered for in upcoming Southwark Council elections?

Evie Flynn — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:44:12 +0000

A local group for pensioners is calling on May election candidates to declare whether they will support over 55s people if elected – spanning key issues like the cost of living, social housing crisis and accessible transport. On Thursday 7 May, residents across the borough will vote for ward councillors to make up Southwark Council, […]

Hospital worker in Peckham left with a ‘hole in his ceiling big enough to climb through’ for months after storm

Evie Flynn — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:42:57 +0000

An NHS worker in Peckham’s ceiling imploded after a storm in January, creating a hole ‘large enough to climb through’ – and it still hasn’t been fixed two months later. Darren Say, who lives in a flat for key workers managed by Clarion Housing, said a heavy rainstorm on at the end of January caused […]