Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, in Tower Hamlets, have proposed a new approach to prevent radicalisation. One of the surprise findings from the study was that violent radicalisation is more common in young people who are educated, isolated or marginalised.

A woman from Lewisham has been charged with having a dangerous dog out of control in a public place.

Ten bikes, believed to have been stolen, have been seized by the Metropolitan Police Service at an address in Lewisham.

A grocer in Croydon has been fined almost £2,000 for leaving ham and sausages that were past their sell by dates on his shelves for sale.

A 27-year-old man has been found guilty of stabbing a “defenceless” pensioner to death at his home in Lewisham.

A man from Croydon has been jailed for seven years after Sussex Police seized a package of high-purity cocaine worth an estimated £450,000.

A Croydon man has been found guilty of murdering his mother, a church pastor who was found dead next to her Bible in 2010. Jermaine Gilchrist, 36, who was accused of stabbing his mother Beryl Gilchrist to death at her home, is thought to suffer severe mental health problems and will be held in the [...]

Lewisham, Croydon, Hackney and Tower Hamlets are due to benefit from a government grant aimed at ending gang and youth violence. On Monday the government identified 22 areas that have particular problems with gangs or serious youth violence. £10 million of Home Office funding has been allocated to support these places.

Lewisham patients can now access GP information through a new website launched by the NHS.

A man from Tower Hamlets has pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of rare bird eggs. Matthew Gonshaw, 49 from Bow, was given a four month sentence after being charged with ten offences at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, including the theft and possession of golden eagle and osprey eggs.