Walworth – Southwark News

New play celebrating local boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper opens next month

News Desk — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:22:20 +0000

A new play celebrating the boxing legend, Sir Henry Cooper, will open at Lewisham’s The Fellowship Inn in May, writes Tom Appleby… “Dancing In The Mirror” follows the life of the young boxer, and will be performed in the icon’s former training ground. His nephew, opera singer, Neal Cooper, will play his uncle in the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Fire on Walworth shop roof caused by ‘unsafe disposal of a cigarette’

Evie Flynn — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000

The roof of a shop in Walworth caught alight this Bank Holiday weekend after it is believed a cigarette was not properly put out. Firefighters were called to a blaze on Cadiz Street just off Walworth Road late Monday night (April 6) . Four fire engines raced to the scene at approximately 11:30pm but fortunately […]

Southwark’s newest library to host Spanish storytelling event for families

Staff Reporter — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:13:00 +0000

The Una Marson Library in Walworth will host a special Spanish-language storytelling event this Saturday April 11, writes Myfanwy Fleming-Jones… The library, which open just two years ago as part of the redevelopment of the sprawling Aylesbury estate, is welcoming families for an afternoon of stories connecting them to one another and Spanish culture. Walworth, […]

Get your transport questions answered by Southwark’s main political parties at a public meeting next Thursday

Issy Clarke — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:05:50 +0000

A public meeting in Camberwell next week will be a chance to hear from representatives of the main political parties in Southwark about their vision for transport in the borough for the next four years. Local people will be able to get their transport-related questions answered by local politicians from the Labour, Liberal Democrat and […]

Retrofitting many Aylesbury Estate blocks would be ‘difficult’, says Southwark Council

Issy Clarke — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:33:09 +0000

Retrofitting much of the Aylesbury Estate would be “difficult” because of inbuilt problems and new fire safety and building regulations, Southwark Council said this week. It comes after a group of residents on the estate launched a campaign earlier this month calling for the remaining buildings to be retrofitted instead of demolished. Cllr Helen Dennis, […]

Thousands gather on Aylesbury Estate to release balloons in memory of 16-year-old Junior Dean

Evie Flynn — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:57:40 +0000

Thousands gathered on Walworth’s Aylesbury Estate on Saturday night to release balloons in memory of a 16-year-old, who tragically passed away after a fire at his friend’s home last week. The night’s sky on Saturday was filled with balloons as a whole community mourned the loss of the popular teenager, who was an extremely talented […]

Protest against ‘overdevelopment’ of Old Kent Road outside Southwark Council next week

Issy Clarke — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:46:54 +0000

Housing protestors will gather outside the council’s offices next week to protest what they describe as the ‘full-scale gentrification’ of the Old Kent Road. Activists from Save Old Kent Road and Southwark Housing and Planning Emergency (SHAPE) will meet outside Southwark’s Tooley Street offices before a meeting of the full council next Wednesday (18 March) […]

Walworth shop temporarily shut down for ‘selling cigarettes to minors for £5 a pack’

News Desk — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:50:27 +0000

Southwark Council has closed a Walworth off-license until May for allegedly selling illicit goods, writes Cristina Trujillo… Southwark Council obtained a closure order on Walworth Rd Vape, previously known as SE Cloud and Europe Vape, until at least 25 May of this year. The local authority claims it was found to be selling illicit and […]