Tara O'Connor

A former soft play centre in Colliers Wood will be demolished to make way for nearly 100 new flats.

A South London mum, her partner and two kids are stuck in a mouldy one-bed flat and may have to wait 10 years for a better home.

A teaching assistant was one of a dozen people evicted from their homes at a Wimbledon hostel with little notice, earlier this month.

Wimbledon’s first LGBT+ bar has been stripped of its licence after staff failed to call Met Police when an “extremely violent fight” broke out on a Monday night in November.

A South London council has turned down swimming pool heaters in a desperate bid to save on energy bills.

Merton Council has a gap of more than £4million in next year’s budget, blaming inflation and “financial chaos in the economy” for the hole.

South London families say their town is a ‘dump’ with few good shops and serious crime problems – despite it being named one of the capital’s up-and-coming ‘property hotspots.’

Constant dripping pipes and people “using drugs on families doorsteps” are commonplace for residents on estates in Merton, a councillor has claimed.

Famous Wimbledon residents have voiced their opposition to “ludicrous” plans for an expansion of the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

A Merton councillor has admitted selling off the authority’s council housing stock could have been “one of the worst mistakes” it made.