An investigation has begun by the tour operator First Choice Holidays and local police after a child, 5, from Forest Hill, Lewisham died in a pool while on holiday with her family in the Red Sea Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. The Foreign Office say the local consulate is assisting…
On Saturday, May 18, Labour party members in the Lewisham Deptford constituency will select a candidate to stand for the area’s Parliamentary seat in 2015. The party released a shortlist of six women aspiring to succeed the retiring MP, Joan Ruddock, who has been in Parliament for the area since…
The Met Police would like to identify two men after an assault near a pub in Mare Street has left the victim in a “critical” condition in hospital. The incident took place near the Dolphin public house in Mare Street, E8, last Sunday, May 12 at around 5 am. The…
The Metropolitan Police are asking for the public’s help in tracing Justeena Everest, 14, from Lewisham. Justeena was last seen at her home address in Bourneside Gardens, SE6 one week ago at 11.30 in the morning on May 8. She is described as “mixed race, 5ft 1ins tall, of slim…
There is so much fun to be had this week along the line. Shine up your dancing shoes and get down to Deptford for the Tea Party at the Albany and the fantastic Jive Party at Brockley’s Rivoli. Taste the flavours of the world in Victoria Park at the weekend,…
A substantial drop in the number of high earners employed by Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Lewisham have been noted in a national survey of council employee remuneration by The Taxpayers’ Alliance. In 2011-12 Hackney Council reduced the number of employees earning more than £100,000 from 21 to 11. Tower Hamlets,…
An appeal court bid by David Norris, one of the two men convicted of the murder of Stephen Lawrence who was stabbed to death in Eltham in 1993, has been rejected at the Royal Courts of Justice. Lord Justice Leveson, Mr Justice Foskett and Mr Justice Hickinbottom rejected an application…
This week there is lots of drama, with new writing festivals in Hackney and Lewisham, and a colourful highlight is the Mela in Victoria Park on Sunday. …
The discovery of a First World War hand grenade reported to have been found underneath a flowerpot in a Sanderstead garden on Sunday morning 5 May has generated global media coverage. The story was broken by Croydon Advertiser Chief Reporter Gareth Davies on Twitter Breaking: First World War grenade found…
Police are appealing for information following a stabbing on a bus in Croydon on Friday afternoon 3 May. The incident took place at around 4.10 p.m on the top floor of the No 60 bus. The Air Ambulance service attended and the teenager was accompanied by a HEMS (Helicopter Emergency…
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