41 h. ago South east London pub reopens with mega new features after six

South east London pub reopens with mega new features after six-figure makeover  This Is Local London

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56 h. ago English town called the ‘Gateway to Cornwall’ is home to one of the UK’s best pubs

IF you cross the Tamar Bridge from Devon, there is a pretty riverside town that is often dubbed the Gateway to Cornwall. And the destination that sits on the waterfront has lots to see from historical cottages to a cosy award-winning pub. Saltash is found on the western banks of the River Tamar right on...

Politics

3 d. ago More than 500,000 people in London and South East to be dragged into paying 40% income tax after Reeves Budget

The Chancellor was facing criticism that she was hitting workers with tax rises to pay for more benefits

Economics

3 d. ago Mansion tax on properties over £2m, up to £7,500 a year, will COST Treasury before it comes in with less taken from stamp duty & CGT and will drag in more homes over years

Labour's mansion tax attack will hit 'normal' properties in London and the South East - and initially cost the government money, experts have warned.

Economics

4 d. ago Labour 'mansion tax' will cost homeowners up to £7,500 a year

Kate Allen, 45, founder and owner of Finest Stays, a luxury holiday letting agency based in Devon, manages more than 100 high-value holiday homes, most worth more than £2million.

Economics

5 d. ago Our pick of upcoming South East London festivities in December

Our pick of upcoming South East London festivities in December  Southwark News

Politics

6 d. ago Man charged with murdering woman in south east London estate

Man charged with murdering woman in south east London estate  News Shopper

Events

6 d. ago Man, 62, dies in hospital after fight on residential south east London road

Man, 62, dies in hospital after fight on residential south east London road  This Is Local London

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6 d. ago Popeyes set to open 100th restaurant in south east London with loads of freebies

Popeyes set to open 100th restaurant in south east London with loads of freebies  This Is Local London

Politics

7 d. ago 2.6 million people in London and South East to be hit by stealth income tax with Reeves Budget raid

The Chancellor is set to continue the income tax thresholds freeze, first introduced in 2022 by Rishi Sunak, until 2029/30

Economics

7 d. ago London exhibition to explore mental health and social bonds in ‘polarised’ times

Artworks to go on display in January at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, in the world’s oldest psychiatric hospitalFrom images of empty community rooms and a colourful canvas crammed with caricatures to a baby linked by an umbilical-like cord to a seated stranger, artworks on the subject of mental health are to go on display in an exhibition that examines social bonds against the backdrop of today’s polarised times.Artists have long drawn on their own experiences of mental ill health. Staged at the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, in the world’s oldest psychiatric hospital, in south-east London, Kindred will explore the power of communities to make people feel comforted as well as isolated. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago The south east London restaurant finalists in Asian Food & Drink Awards

The south east London restaurant finalists in Asian Food & Drink Awards  News Shopper

Society

8 d. ago Police appeal for witnesses after man hit by car dies on major south east London road

Police appeal for witnesses after man hit by car dies on major south east London road  News Shopper

Events

8 d. ago Suspect bailed after man hit by car dies on major south east London road

Suspect bailed after man hit by car dies on major south east London road  News Shopper

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9 d. ago 'My raffle with mega south east London prizes to raise money for suicide charity'

'My raffle with mega south east London prizes to raise money for suicide charity'  News Shopper

Events

1 week ago Huge London transport project gets green light as Rachel Reeves backs £1.7bn DLR extension to Thamesmead

Rachel Reeves to back £1.7bn rail link - the first to the south-east London area earmarked as a new town

Economics

1 week ago Chancellor gives green light for DLR extension to Thamesmead in homes and jobs boost for London

Rachel Reeves to back £1.7bn rail link - the first to the south-east London area earmarked as a new town

Society

1 week ago ‘He used to say things like “Hitler was right”’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school

A former friend and others who were at Dulwich college with the now Reform UK leader speak of his behaviour‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at schoolIt had been a fun sleep-over at Nigel Farage’s house and Jean-Pierre Lihou, a teenager with an appetite, was delighted with his schoolfriend’s mother’s hospitality. “I remember the fantastic cooked English breakfast, as opposed to what you get at a boarding house on a morning,” Lihou recalled. “I was a boarder and he was a day boy,” he said of their education at Dulwich college in south-east London.Farage was a great mimic, and funny with it, Lihou said. But, over time, he found that there was a darker side to his 14-year-old friend. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Budget 2025: Which tax rises could hit you as Chancellor Rachel Reeves targets millions with new levies?

London and the South East are set to be most impact by a wave of tax changes to plug a shortfall of around £20 billion

Economics

1 week ago Chancellor's Budget raid will make 500,000 more people in London and South East pay 40% income tax rate

Rachel Reeves is set to impose a ‘stealth tax’ in her Budget on November 26 with a further two-year freeze on income tax thresholds

Economics