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,…
As part of Love your local market week fifteen new street food traders, who are all graduates from the Council’s trainee market trader scheme, will be setting up in Douglas Way Square to sell an eclectic range of street food. The trainee market trader scheme is one of a number…
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,…
The Metropolitan Police are very pleased to announce, Thursday May 23, that Justeena Everest, 14, missing from home since May 8, 2013 has “returned safe and well.” The missing persons alert was covered by local and national media organisations and the police “thank the media for their assistance.”…
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…
Lewisham Deptford’s constituency Labour Party has selected Vicky Foxcroft to succeed the veteran MP Joan Ruddock as the prospective parliamentary candidate in the next General Election expected to take place in 2015, according to a Labour Party activists’ website. She was selected from a shortlist of six women on Saturday…
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