The idea for the first Croydon based brewery in more than 50 years came to Mark Russell, 30, and Simon Dale, 31, right after the 2011 riots, and now they have launched the Cronx brewery in New Addington. After the riots, the aspiring brewers felt they needed to start a business that…
Several community organisations gathered in front of Lewisham Shopping Centre on Friday May 24 to help raise security awareness. Around 30 people came to the meeting held by Lewisham Council, Victim Support and the Metropolitan Police. Kennedy Obazee, a Community Safety Officer, explained that this was part of an ongoing…
Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after the death of a pensioner, 88, in Tower Hamlets. The police answered a call to Sonali Gardens, Sutton Street E1 at 4.26 yesterday afternoon after staff found the elderly lady in her room in the care accommodation following a suspected burglary. Officers…
More arrests in murder inquiry Detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command and firearms officers arrested three more men tonight in the murder inquiry into the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in the John Wilson street area of Woolwich last Wednesday afternoon. They are being held on suspicion of conspiracy to…
A motorist who caused the death of a teenage cyclist by dangerous driving and twice drove away from the scene of the accident has been jailed for four years, but the victim’s family say the sentence is not enough and are calling for more designated cycle lanes. Barry Normah, 28,…
The second suspect arrested for the murder of soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday is being named by multiple news outlets as Michael Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, south-east London. The focus of the huge anti-terrorist police investigation has included raids and extensive searches of flats in old Greenwich SE10,…
In a rapidly developing police investigation into the murder of a 25 year old soldier in Woolwich yesterday, the Met Police have announced that they have made two further arrests and executed six search warrants “three in south London, one in east London, one in north London and one in…
A large area of south east London is under a security alert with an investigation into what is being described by the Home Secretary as a “barbaric and sickening attack” resulting in the death of a man in John Wilson Street, Woolwich, a busy junction of the South Circular. A…
Stephen Lawrence has been honoured with a blue heritage plaque in tribute to his life. Lawrence is the third person to receive this kind of memorial. The plaque was unveiled during a service led by Chairman of the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, Symon Sentain and Doreen Lawrence, Stephen’s mother, at The Stephen Lawrence Centre in…
The Metropolitan Police have charged ten more men in relation to disorder amongst Millwall supporters at the FA Cup semi-final on April 13, when Millwall played Wigan at Wembley. Nine men have been charged with violent disorder, and one has been charged with breach of a football banning order. They…
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