17 June 2019

Prince Harry and Anthony Joshua join launch of community sports project - ITV News

Prince Harry and Anthony Joshua join launch of community sports project - ITV News
... At the launch event, the duke stepped into a boxing gym to watch former heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua coaching youngsters in Kennington, south London, alongside flyweight fighter and double Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams. ...

Beefeater gives London Garden a global roll-out

Beefeater gives London Garden a global roll-out
... This London gin was first created in 2014 to coincide with the opening of the distillery’s visitor centre in Kennington. Inspired by visits to the Apothecaries’ Garden, now known as the Chelsea Physic Garden, Beefeater’s master distiller created a herbaceous twist on Beefeater by adding lemon verbena and thyme to the nine botanicals that feature on Beefeater’s London Dry recipe. ...

Prince Harry: Investing in sport for disadvantaged youth would save 'hundreds of millions of pounds'

Prince Harry: Investing in sport for disadvantaged youth would save 'hundreds of millions of pounds'
... At the event, at the Black Prince Trust's Community Sports Hub in Kennington, London, the duke stepped into a boxing gym to watch former heavyweight world ... ...

Engineering train travels full length of the Northern Line Extension for the first time – IanVisits

Engineering train travels full length of the Northern Line Extension for the first time – IanVisits
... The train entered the new 3.2km tunnels at Kennington station, travelling through the newly-constructed step-plate junction that connects the existing Northern ... ...

The First Train Has Travelled Through The Northern Line Extension | Londonist

The First Train Has Travelled Through The Northern Line Extension | Londonist
... Entering the new 3.2km tunnels at Kennington station, the train continued to Nine Elms Station before terminating at the extension's second station, Battersea ... ...

Kennington Oval Cricket Ground - Kennington Oval London, Kennington Oval history, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 | CricketCountry

Kennington Oval Cricket Ground - Kennington Oval London, Kennington Oval history, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 | CricketCountry
... LONDON: Associated with the unmistakable giant gas holders that have buttressed its boundaries since 1853, The Oval, or Kennington Oval and Kia Oval as it is ... ...

Engineering train travels full length of Northern Line extension

Engineering train travels full length of Northern Line extension
... The train entered the new 3.2km tunnels at Kennington station, travelling through the newly-constructed step-plate junction that connects the existing Northern ... ...

08 June 2019

Custody comes to Ovalhouse | Brixton Blog

Custody comes to Ovalhouse | Brixton Blog
... Custody runs until 22 June in the Ovalhouse, 52-54 Kennington Oval, SE11 5SW ...

Pullens Yards Open Studios – independent creative artists and designers

Pullens Yards Open Studios – independent creative artists and designers

Spotlight on bumper summer of shows at Kennington's Ovalhouse Theatre - South West Londoner

Spotlight on bumper summer of shows at Kennington's Ovalhouse Theatre - South West Londoner
... Kennington’s independent theatre, pictured above, relocates to south-west London in October 2020, as part of the multi-million pound Somerleyton Road Project – which also includes more than 300 houses. ...
... Now in its penultimate summer in Kennington, Ovalhouse’s schedule is one of its busiest and most varied yet. ...

There were 7 major police incidents in 24 hours in London - MyLondon

There were 7 major police incidents in 24 hours in London - MyLondon
...

Kennington

Police blocking Kennington Road after the bomb was discovered 
Police shut down Kennington Road in Lambeth after an unexploded Second Word War bomb was discovered.
The bomb was reported in Fitzalan Street just before 4pm and was analysed before being removed from the area by police.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman confirmed that the item was found near Kennington Road, forcing the A23 closed at the junction with Kennington Lane.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said: "We were called at 3.54pm to a suspected unexploded World War Two ordnance in Fitzalan Street.
"The device has been removed."
The road went on to reopen at around 5.30pm.
...

Warwick Charlton: The local man who painstakingly recreated the Mayflower - and then donated it to the American people - Southwark News

Warwick Charlton: The local man who painstakingly recreated the Mayflower - and then donated it to the American people - Southwark News
... The physical ship that will be at the centre-piece of the anniversary celebrations will not be the original – but a replica, born out of a passion project from a Kennington man who from the experience of war became convinced that a ‘Mayflower II’ would help strengthen Anglo-American relations. ...
... That man, Warwick Charton, was born the son of a Fleet Street journalist in Chelsea, later living on Kennington Park Road, in 1918. ...

Croydon boy, 10, missing for three days and police are 'concerned for his wellbeing' - MyLondon

Croydon boy, 10, missing for three days and police are 'concerned for his wellbeing' - MyLondon
... Serani Stone was last seen in KenningtonLambeth, on Tuesday afternoon (June 4). ...

01 June 2019

Kennington Bethlehem Link : Quiz Night Fundraiser - 5 July 2019, 7.00pm

Six jailed for total of Seventy Seven years - UK News In Pictures News

Six jailed for total of Seventy Seven years - UK News In Pictures News
... Mishak Wright-Martin, 34 of Kennington Park Road, Kennington, SE11 was jailed for 11 years. On 12 December 2018 he was found guilty of conspiracy to sell or ... ...

South London firearms gang jailed for 77 years - Southwark News

South London firearms gang jailed for 77 years - Southwark News
... A firearms gang, including a man from Kennington, have been jailed for a total of 77-and-a-half years after one of the Met's largest ever weapons busts. ...

D-Day landings: Spitfire lands at London Bridge to mark 75th anniversary - Southwark News

D-Day landings: Spitfire lands at London Bridge to mark 75th anniversary - Southwark News
... The 75th anniversary of the landings is being marked across London with events at the Imperial War Museum in Kennington, HMS Belfast and Churchill War ... ...

Beefeater has a 'secret' gin flavour - and you can now buy it online!

Beefeater has a 'secret' gin flavour - and you can now buy it online!
... And while this may be news to some people, the gin has actually been around five years, coinciding with the opening of the distillery’s visitor centre in Kennington in 2014. ...

Oasis steps up campaign to keep ex police station in local hands [29 May 2019]

Oasis steps up campaign to keep ex police station in local hands [29 May 2019]
... Waterloo-based charity Oasis is calling on local people to sign a petition urging the Mayor of London to support the organisation's bid to acquire the former Kennington Police Station. ...