The single use plastic is being given a new lease of life courtesy of the Crisp Packet Project which originally started in Sussex.

Crisp packets turned into blankets for the homeless in Lewisham

A young super chef from South London cooked up an enormous feast using 500 meatballs, and 15 kilos of pasta as part of a big idea inspired by Marcus Rashford.

Meatball marathon! Leila, 8, cooks up big idea inspired by Marcus Rashford

Undated handout photo issued by Panas Gurkha of their restaurant team in south London, as their owners are nearing their target of handing out 100,000 free meals at hospitals, community centres and homeless projects during the pandemic.


Sujan and Bandana Katuwal began giving out meals to NHS staff at nearby University Hospital during the first lockdown.

Restaurant nears target of giving away 100,000 meals during pandemic

Undated family handout file photo of Ella Kissi-Debrah. A fresh inquest into the death of the nine-year-old girl who suffered a fatal asthma attack will examine the role of the government as it looks at whether air pollution "caused or contributed" to her death.


Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 after suffering numerous seizures and making 27 visits to hospital with breathing problems over the previous three years

Ella Kissi-Debrah: Did air pollution contribute to schoolgirl's death?

Handout photo courtesy of Matt Colquhoun 29 tonnes of carrots being dumped outside Goldsmiths College - part of the University of London - for an art installation.

Many students have climbed on top of the orange pile for a photo opportunity, with some even taking carrots home to eat.

Why were 29 tonnes of carrots dumped outside a London university?

The family of a girl whose death was linked to unlawful levels of air pollution have been given permission to apply for a fresh inquest.

Family of girl, 9, apply for new inquest into death

Labour MP Heidi Alexander is to stand down from Parliament after being confirmed as London's deputy mayor for transport.


Alexander triggers Lewisham East by-election by stepping down

This is the moment a car is deliberately driven into a man, apparently knocking him unconscious outside a south London bar.

CCTV released after car driven into man outside bar

People were urged to avoid Lee High Road in Lewisham, south east London after a burst water main caused a large hole to open up.

Passengers stranded after coach crashes into sinkhole

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 15-year-old boy was shot in south-east London. 

15-year-old boy shot in south-east London

A man has been bailed following the death of a 27-year-old who was killed in a crash in south east London. 

Man bailed after 27-year-old killed in crash

Police are hunting a man who went missing from a mental health unit based in Lewisham.

Police hunt man missing from mental health unit

Lewisham Central Police tweeted the collapse of a terraced house on Lampmead Road in SE12.

Terraced house collapses in south London

A house party ended in horror after a group of party-goers standing outside were shot at from a car.

House party ends in horror after drive-by shooting

A 21-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who died five days after he was stabbed multiple times.

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