Southwark News

1 day ago | southwarknews.co.uk | Evie Flynn

To read more stories from around South London visit our sister site southlondon.co.uk The Greenwich and Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London’s longest established free festival of outdoor performances and is returning to Greenwich, Newham and Thamesmead from Friday 22nd August until Saturday 6th September.

3 days ago | southwarknews.co.uk | John Kelly

By John Lewis Result: Dulwich 81 (27.2) lost to Sunbury 423-7 (50) by 342 runsDulwich suffered their second heavy defeat of the season in the Premier Division of the AJ Sports Surrey Championship, losing by a massive 342 runs at home to Sunbury last weekend. Dulwich put their opponents in to bat, but were stunned when Sunbury skipper Rajan Soni launched a blistering attack, scoring the first 24 runs before a wide broke the sequence, and racing to his fifty off just 24 balls.

3 days ago | southwarknews.co.uk | Evie Flynn

Standing tall on Walworth Road since 1894, Walworth Town Hall has long been a landmark of South London. But after it was ravaged by a  fire in 2013, it lay dormant and damaged for over a decade. Now following a restoration by Southwark Council and developer General Projects, the Hall reopened in January this year, breathing new life into a cherished civic space.

3 days ago | southwarknews.co.uk | Evie Flynn

Lauren Turner is the proud owner of a thriving clinic located on Lordship Lane in Dulwich, with a newly opened second clinic in Blackheath Village. With a decade of experience in nursing, Lauren began her medical career  in the Emergency Department as a senior Sister. She worked at King’s College Hospital in Denmark Hill, one of London’s busiest trauma centres. However, just after the Covid-19 pandemic Lauren left the nursing profession, but didn’t want to leave behind the medical career just yet.

4 days ago | southwarknews.co.uk | John Kelly

By Andrew Stockhausen in Taunton Surrey lost to their arch rivals Somerset by five wickets in an entertaining Vitality Blast curtain-raiser at the Cooper Associates Ground, Taunton. Looking to avenge their defeat to the Cider county in last season’s semi-final, the Londoners were on the receiving end of a strong batting and bowling display as Somerset gave their short format campaign lift-off in front of a raucous sell-out crowd.