More than four years since my first post about betting shops on this blog , and finally I read some vaguely good news about changes to plann...

The charity Gambling Reform & Society Perception (GRASP) and Southwark councillor Rowenna Davis have set up a petition asking Eric Pickl...

It's fairly likely that you are now bored of reading about Betfred's attempt to open a new betting shop on the high street; to be ho...

While it's by no means the end of the saga, it's good to get news just before Christmas that Betfred's second application to op...

Thanks to Bill on Deptford Misc for tipping me off to the fact that the planning inspector published his decision on this case yesterday. ...

Living Streets is billed as 'the national charity that stands up for pedestrians' but its latest campaign 'The local joke' ...

Sue on Crosswhatfields blog has posted an update on efforts to seek greater powers for local councils who want to prevent proliferation of ...

Unsurprisingly Betfred (or should I say Done Brothers) has appealed against Lewisham Council's refusal to grant planning permission to o...

Many Deptford residents will have been delighted to hear the news yesterday that Betfred's application for a change of use for the forme...

Sue has done the legwork on this so I won't steal her thunder...suffice to say you can read the latest news over on Crosswhatfields blo...

'Oh no, not more betting shop stuff' I hear you groan.'Haven't you flogged that particular horse to death with no hope of su...

Tomorrow night Lewisham's licensing committee will consider the application by Betfred for a licence to open a betting shop on Deptford...

The 2005 Gambling Act gives local authorities very limited powers to refuse Gambling Licenses and Planning Permission to large betting chain...

Sue over on Crosswhatfields blog has posted an excellent analysis of the current situation with licensing of betting shops and the difficul...

Happy new year? It doesn't look like it; Crosswhatfields has news that Betfred has put in an application for a betting shop licence for...

Depressingly predictably the council's licensing committee this week granted a gaming licence for the John Evelyn pub for Paddy Power. ...

The South London Press has got a good story on the closure of the John Evelyn pub in its latest edition. It highlights the fact that the ...

With Deptford at risk of losing another community pub to the gambling industry , it is interesting to hear that planning issues relating t...

Reader Chris has alerted me to the depressing news that Paddy Power is attempting to open another betting shop in Deptford - in one of our l...

When the Geezer came home last night with a tip-off that the Deptford Arms pub was slated to become a betting shop, I initially thought he w...