The South London borough where 445 homes have been left empty for 2 years
Hundreds of properties have been lying empty for over two years in a South London borough where 10,000 people are ...
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Tag: Lewisham
Urgent search for woman, 61, with Alzheimer’s last seen in South London
Police are appealing for help to find a 61-year-old woman suffering with Alzheimer's. Karen, 61, has been missing from South ...
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Cyclist, 40, who was ‘light of his family’s life’ was ‘caught under wheels’ of lorry on busy street
A cyclist suffered “fatal crush injuries” after he lost his balance whilst driving alongside a HGV driver and fell underneath ...
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Man ‘punched and stabbed’ outside bank in ‘unprovoked attack’
A man was left with a 'number of injuries' after he was 'punched' and then 'stabbed' in an 'unprovoked' attack ...
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London dad of four ‘trapped’ in mouldy flat for over 12 years has to pick ‘wet ceiling’ out of his children’s dinner
A Lewisham family with a premature child living "like crabs in a barrel" in their mould infested and overcrowded flat ...
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Ex-ITV producer cleared of causing car crash in ‘unique and bizarre’ alleged road rage incident
A famous TV producer known for his work on a number of BBC, ITV and Channel 4 programmes has been ...
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Kind South Londoners get up at 5am to give away 7,000 free turkeys to those struggling this Christmas
A Lewisham-based charity is feeding thousands of vulnerable families this Christmas by giving away 7,000 free turkeys up and down ...
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Surge in Covid hospital admissions in South East London as Omicron spreads across city
More than 300 people are currently in hospital with Covid in South East London alone, according to the latest Government ...
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London care home where grandmother was beaten to death criticised by watchdog
A South London care home where a resident killed a grandmother was criticised by a watchdog over safety fears earlier ...
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ITV2 Peckham’s Finest: ‘I do 10 hours hairdressing then 2 hours football training a day chasing my World Cup dream’
Let's be real, most people excel in just one talent. But not Otesha Charles, a 28-year-old running a hair salon ...
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Frustrated London woman who struggled to find hairdressers for Afro hair sets up hairstylist-matching app
On average, Black women spend three times more on haircare than white women, and it has been estimated that the ...
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Sabina Nessa: Man, 36, charged with primary school teacher’s murder
A man has been charged with the murder of Sabina Nessa in Kidbrooke. Koci Selamaj, 36, of Terminus Road, Eastbourne ...
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Sabina Nessa: Everything we know so far after ‘caring’ teacher, 28, ‘killed by stranger’
The death of caring primary school teacher Sabina Nessa has shocked the Greenwich community and London as a whole. The ...
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Lewisham mum-of-3 found dead at house in Plymouth after taking lethal drugs cocktail
A Big Issue seller and mum-of-three from South London was found dead at a property in Plymouth last year after ...
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Lewisham woman desperate to track down stolen box of irreplaceable photos of mum who died from blood cancer
A woman is desperate to track down a box of personal belongings, which included photos of her late mum, that ...
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London river ‘stinks and is full of dead fish’ as toxic blue substance found
Thames Water is investigating after a toxic blue substance was found in a river in South London. The pollution was ...
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