“‘HANDSOME’ Ironmonger Row Baths has made such a splash with the Government it has been made a listed building.Tessa Jowell MP, secretary for culture, media and sport, has announced her decision to give the Finsbury swimming pool a grade II listing.She said the baths were ‘a handsome, well-detailed example of an inter-war public baths’, adding: [...]

Lewisham Council is consulting local people and users of Forest Hill Pool on developing the facilities. The two options include refurbishing the existing pool or building a brand new pool on the site.

Come and tell us your views at a public meeting chaired by Steve Bullock, the Mayor of Lewisham, on Wednesday 5 October [...]

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On Saturday 6th August the Save Ladywell Pool Triathlon team achieved an excellent result in the London Triathlon and ended the race ranking 80th out of 160 teams competing in the Olympic relay speciality.

Nick Ingham swam the 1500 mt distance in 38:50 minutes.Transition swim-bike 3:14Ed Simpson cycled 40k in 1:11:08Transition bike-run 1:26Max Calò ran 10k [...]

“Cllr Johnson attacked the ‘chaotic’ plan to build a new school at Ladywell Leisure Centre.

Councillor Helen Le Fevre, who represents single-issue party LEAP Local Education Action for Parents (LEAP) said: ‘The new school proposal needs some new eyes to end this political groundhog day.”

The mayor then took to his feet and launched a counter-attack on [...]