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Image of new tower and existing community hub from planning documents

Campaigners fight plans for 31-story student high rise at Scott House, Deptford

Developer Tribe plans to demolish the Victorian building, evicting more than 60 residents, and build a tower block providing 502 student rooms. Campaigners say that Lewisham is failing to follow its own Local Plan and failing to meet local housing needs.

Campaigners marching with giant envelope stamped "petition 3000+ signatures"

"A borough that cares for peace" - Lewisham Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls for council to divest

Several hundred protesters marched up Lewisham High Street on Saturday to a rally outside Lewisham Town Hall, Catford. They delivered a petition with more than 3,000 signatures, calling for the council to "Divest for Palestine".

The north portal building

Silvertown tunnel opens, while campaigners call for repurposing

Campaigners made another appeal to the London mayor, calling for repurposing the tunnel for public transport, cyclists and active travel, for "the welfare of future generations .. and the sake of Londoners' health".

Statue of Ella in Mountsfield Park.

Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah's statue unveiled in Mountsfield Park, Catford

Ella's mother, Rosamund and her siblings unveiled the bronze statue, which stands close to where she lived and went to school. The statue is 1.37m (4 ft 6") tall, the same height that Ella was when she died tragically, aged nine.

Traffic at Silvertown Way, Newham

GLA air quality monitors still closed as Silvertown tunnel prepares to open

Transport for London has assured residents that the GLA will monitor dangerous PM2.5 pollution when the tunnel opens. But the GLA's Breathe London monitors are closed.

Disability benefits cuts at Westminster

Lewisham campaigners protest disability benefit cuts, while Greenwich councillor Anning leaves Labour

Lewisham Save Our NHS were outside parliament to protest Labour's cuts. In Greenwich, Cllr Anning said she can no longer support a party that "takes vital funds from the disabled."

Bike shuttle bus with blue branding and woman with cargo bike

Tfl offers free buses and bike shuttle bus through Silvertown tunnel

Tfl announced that travel on routes 108, 129 and SL4, and a shuttle bus for cyclists will be free for one year. But commercial cargo bikes are too big for the shuttle, while London Cycling Campaign calls the offer "greenwashing".