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James Ayles

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Ollie Lewis

I am an NCTJ-qualified journalist, working currently as an Interviews Producer at Sky News. I have a background in both broadcast and digital journalism. Prior to my current role, I …

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Jasmine Laws

I work as a Live News Reporter for Newsweek, reporting on news across the globe and the US.I completed my fast-track NCTJ with gold-standard at News Associates, and graduated from …

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Heather Nicholls

NCTJ trained Journalist at News Associates Bath Spa University Criminology Graduate Host of 'Coffee Chats Podcast'I have written for LBC, the four Londoner websites and The Everyday Magazineheatherlnicholls26@gmail.com

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Benjamin Youell

I'm an NCTJ-qualified journalist working as a news reporter at the Daily Star Online. I have experience in both regional and national news. I completed a history degree at King's …

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EVE BENNETT

I am a fast-track NCTJ trainee at News Associates, the UK's No.1 Journalism School. I recently graduated from Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, with a first-class degree in Modern …

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Latest Articles

Innovating Industries - Episode 2: Restaurants

Have you ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of some of the UK’s leading industries? The Innovating Industries podcast explores exactly that, plunging into the troubles they face, their current achievements and finally their next steps. In this three part series, we focus on three sectors …
By Julius Lawless-Master
• South West Londoner

South West London loneliness reduced by the Walk and Talk Movement

The Walk and Talk Movement was initially founded in 2021 to help bring together communities of people who were suffering from loneliness after the pandemic. Since then, more than 500 weekly Walk and Talk events have been successfully run by the community and more than 10,000 participants have joined. They …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

Londoners frustrated by lack of UK employers providing menstrual support

Just over one in ten UK workers (12%) say their employers provide support for menstruation and menstrual health, new data has shown. According to the data by CIPD, respondents’ most common types of menstrual support currently provided by their employers were free period products (18%), menstrual leave (15%) and time …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

Refugee Tales’ five-day walk for asylum seekers set to finish in Wandsworth

Refugee Tales is set to embark on its annual walk in solidarity with asylum seekers, migrants and refugees next week, finishing with an evening event in Wandsworth on July 9th. Beginning on July 6th, the organisation’s supporters will walk from Edenbridge to Westminster and, on each evening, host an event …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

Inside the UK’s top performing arts schools

Each year, thousands of budding performers audition for dance and drama schools across the UK. These highly competitive institutions select the best-of-the-best to train into industry professionals. There’s no business like show business, but what is it really like inside these institutions? Former students from Bird College and Masters Performing …
By Nicole Haynes
• South West Londoner

London has no housing support for male domestic abuse victims

London has no refuges or safe houses for male domestic abuse victims, new data from a male domestic abuse charity has shown. The data from Mankind Initiative, shows that whilst England and Wales, as of March 2023, has 45 male accommodation provisions, none of these were in the capital. Under …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

200th anniversary of the RNLI: The value of Teddington Lifeboat Station

The Teddington Royal National Lifeboat Station is one of the country’s busiest, with its thirty-plus voluntary crew protecting the people of Richmond through to Hampton. This year marks the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) 200th anniversary of saving lives, with recent RNLI data revealing that its lifeboat crews and lifeguards …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

Relief for Tories in Croydon and Sutton as they retain potential swing seat

The Conservatives have held the Croydon and Sutton seat in the London Mayoral elections, in a relief win for the party after a crushing overall defeat by Labour. Tory candidate Neil Garratt won 64,674 votes compared to Labour’s Maddie Henson, who got 54,380 votes, securing a 10,000 strong majority. The …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

Despite decline in contraceptive prescriptions, pill remains most popular

While the total number of contraceptive prescriptions in the UK* has decreased, the pill remains the most commonly prescribed method, new data has shown. The data, obtained from the NHS Business Services Authority via a Freedom of Information request, shows the total number of contraceptive prescriptions decreased by more than …
By Hannah Bradfield
• South West Londoner

Eurovision interviews: In conversation with hosts Sweden, Moldova and Latvia

Eurovision contestants came together to perform their songs in London before the big day in Malmö on 11 May. The London Eurovision Party is an annual event which was held this year near Tottenham Court Road, offering audiences a preview of contestants’ songs and providing acts with an opportunity to …
By Libby Jennings
• South West Londoner

Children's cancer care moving from St George’s and Royal Marsden

NHS England announced last month that specialist children’s cancer services will move to the Evelina London by October 2026 at the earliest. Care for children aged 15 and under at both St George’s Hospital in Tooting and Royal Marsden in Sutton will be forced to move, at an estimated cost …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

A celebration of 200 years of the RNLI with Kingston choir Euphonix

Kingston-based community choir put on a lunchtime concert last week in aid of the RNLI’s bicentennial anniversary earlier this month. Euphonix, a community choir of up to 100 members, which began in 2009, performed at Kingston’s Rose Theatre last Wednesday, raising money in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

'Beaming with Queerness' - How the West London Queer Project has transformed the LGBTQ+ community

The West London Queer Project, a non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC), aims to provide a support network and give a voice to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual and gender identifying people (LGBTQ+) in west London at a time of great uncertainty and challenge. Their LGBTQ+ History Month …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

REVIEW: Yaatra in Westminster is the tastiest Indian I've ever had

When every other person in London seems to have plans for Valentine’s Day, I highly recommend meeting your pal for an Indian next year. That’s what I did, anyway. Except it was no ordinary Indian, it was quite possibly the tastiest Indian I’ve ever had. Yaatra is located inside a …
By Maggie John
• South West Londoner

Richmond remembers pandemic loss for Day of Reflection

The Richmond community are remembering lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic with a wall of reflection for the fourth annual Day of Reflection this Sunday. The wall, hanging poignant written messages dedicated towards loved ones, has been placed in end-of-life charity Marie Curie’s Richmond shop to encourage individuals to commemorate …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

Owl stolen from Wimbledon and Putney Commons in suspected targeted attack

A tawny owl has been stolen from Wimbledon and Putney Commons. Merlin, who is nearly 30 years old, has lived in a locked aviary in a stable yard on the commons since 2017 and was cared for by a specialist team until Saturday. Angela Evans-Hill, who was working as duty …
By RUTH STAINER
• South West Londoner

Strictly star Ellie Leach to commence stage acting debut at Richmond Theatre

Strictly Come Dancing winner Ellie Leach will commence her stage acting debut in Richmond this month. The reigning champion will be playing Miss Scarlett in the 75th anniversary tour of CLUEDO 2 at Richmond Theatre from the 29th of February. This comes following her Glitterball trophy victory in December with …
By Nicole Haynes
• South West Londoner

The potential reason your Long Covid symptoms aren’t shifting

Research shows that Long Covid sufferers could find relief from symptoms by adopting the mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) treatment plan. It is estimated that 17% of the population have MCAS and there is significant similarity between the two conditions. This would mean that for some battling Long Covid, they …
By Jasmine Laws
• South West Londoner

Mayra Ramirez magic helps Chelsea women beat Crystal Palace

Chelsea Women needed a moment of magic from record signing Mayra Ramirez to find a way past Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. Emma Hayes vowed pre-match to give the competition the respect they deserved and was true to her word, naming a full strength side against their lower league …
By Conor Wilson
• South West Londoner