Posted on May 15, 2013 by Eastlondonlines and saved under Lewisham, Local News
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…
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Posted on May 13, 2013 by Sean Mullervy and saved under Features, Housing, Lead Stories, Lewisham
A Deptford housing cooperative now accommodating 120 people continues to thrive in “a crisis” London housing market described as desperately short of affordable private renting and home ownership. In the last fortnight renters across London have staged protests against disproportionate fees and rents charged by letting agents. At a speech…
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Posted on May 13, 2013 by Dennis Funk and saved under Crime, Lewisham
A 33-year old from New Malden is the eighth man to be charged with the murder Thierry Christian-Gnanakumar in Lewisham. Jeyasuthan Theiventhrampillai appeared in Bromley Magistrates Court on May 10 via virtual court, and was accused of murdering of 22-year old Thierry Christian-Gnanakumar on Lewisham High Street last November. On…
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Posted on May 13, 2013 by Hana Walker-Brown and saved under Crime, Lewisham
The Lewisham Police’s Borough Commander is holding a live question and answer session on Twitter. Chief Superintendent, Russel Nyman, is inviting people to submit questions about policing in the borough using #AskLewisham on the social networking site. Lewisham Borough Commander Russell Nyman will be taking your questions on policing in…
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Posted on May 11, 2013 by Sean Mullervy and saved under Arts, Lewisham, Music
The South Bank Centre resonated with the music of emerging artists on the evening of Thursday, May 9, for the double-launch of Pure Gold and NX Records. Final year undergraduates and alumni from the Department of Music at Goldsmiths, University of London took to the stage across three venues to…
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Posted on May 11, 2013 by Sean Mullervy and saved under Crime, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Local News, Politics
26 years after private detective Daniel Morgan, was found murdered with an axe embedded in his head in a Sydenham car park, after an inquest, several police investigations and trials and no convictions, after allegations of police corruption and collusion with the now defunct News of the World newspaper, his…
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Posted on May 10, 2013 by Eastlondonlines and saved under Crime, Lead Stories, Lewisham
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…
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Posted on May 8, 2013 by Hana Walker-Brown and saved under Arts, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Music
Students from the Popular Music Course at Goldsmiths College are launching their own record label this week in collaboration with Matthew Herbert, founder of Accidental records. NX Records will launch alongside the annual PureGold event at The Sounthbank Centre. The label will act as platform enabling students and alumni to…
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Posted on May 8, 2013 by Victoria Galvin and saved under Education, Lewisham
The annual Goldsmiths Graduate Festival is currently being hosted at Goldsmiths, University of London in New Cross. It features over 100 events, such as public lectures, musical installations and performances with an aim to showcase postgraduate talent. New to the festival this year is the participation of students from universities in…
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Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sean Mullervy and saved under Crime, Lead Stories, Lewisham
An independent review into the Daniel Morgan murder case will be launched by the Home Office. Morgan, originally from Wales, was a private investigator who was killed with an axe in Sydenham in 1987. He was found in the car park of the Golden Lion pub on Sydenham Road. Although…
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