January 4th brought back some of the anger after his mum, Cherry Groce, was shot by police in 1985 – an event which sparked the Brixton riots. Lee Lawrence writes his story in The Louder I Sing
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More than 1,700 fines have been handed out to people who refuse to wear face coverings on London public transport as TfL insists it is cracking down on those who flout the rules.
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The number of coronavirus patients at Croydon University Hospital is not expected to drop for up to five weeks. As of yesterday (Tuesday, January 19) there were 233 Covid-19 patients being treated at the London Road hospital.
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The High Court has ruled that the Mayor of London and Transport for London acted “unlawfully” by introducing a Streetspace scheme at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Forty years ago on January 18, Yvonne Ruddock and Angela Jackson held a joint birthday party at a house in New Cross. The celebration was to end in tragedy after a fire ripped through the house in the early hours of the morning. A total of 13 young black people died.
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Forty years ago on January 18, Yvonne Ruddock and Angela Jackson held a joint birthday party at a house in New Cross. The celebration was to end in tragedy after a fire ripped through the house in the early hours of the morning. A total of 13 young black people died.
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A new Covid-19 rapid testing centre has opened at the Damilola Taylor Centre in Peckham. Testing is open to people over 16 who do not have Covid-19 symptoms
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A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility has opened for those with symptoms to book appointments at Angela Davis Industrial Estate, Brixton (SW9 8ND) in Lambeth.
Testing at this site is only available for those with coronavirus symptoms – a high temperature, a new continuous cough, or a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste.
Patients infected with a deadly disease 40 years ago – and the families left behind when most died – hope an inquiry into how it happened will finally reveal the truth.
Thousands of haemophiliacs, including those treated at St George’s Hospital, Tooting, were given infected blood by medics in the 1970s and 80s – but were not told, some for decades.
A man has today died after being hit by a train at a tube station. At around 12.30pm, the British Transport Police (BTP) were called to Tooting Bec Station following reports that a man had been struck by a train.
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Police were called yesterday following reports of a rowdy dispute that could have turned nasty. Officers attended Crystal Palace Road, Crystal Palace, at 1.45pm, and searched the area but those involved had run away before police arrived.
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David Bowie did not seem to age much in the 43 years between performing Star Man in a fake snakeskin leotard on Top of the Pops in 1972 and the last pictures in 2015, soon after he discovered he had terminal cancer. That was one factor which made his death on January 11 2016 such a shock. Here TOBY PORTER remembers his South London roots on the fifth anniversary.
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Lee Lawrence’s win in the memoir category of the Costa Book Awards brought back some of the trauma and anger of the incident which is the pivot of his story. His mum, Cherry Groce, was shot by police in an incident which sparked the 1985 Brixton riots. Here TOBY PORTER recalls the events which shocked a community.
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A man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Merton.
Police were called by by paramedics shortly before 1am on Wednesday, January 13 following reports of an assault at an address on The Broadway, Wimbledon.
A murder investigation has been launched following a fatal stabbing in Merton.
Police were called by by paramedics shortly before 1am on Wednesday, 13 January following reports of an assault at an address on The Broadway, Wimbledon.
Leonie Huie, mum to three-year-old twin girls from Southwark, is the author of The First Year Is Survival, a book published in October last year for parents of twins and multiples.
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Sheila Holliman was taken to Croydon University Hospital in October after she began feeling breathless.
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The Al Khair Foundation has been working tirelessly delivering food packs and ingredients to prepare hot meals for those unable to feed themselves.
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Borough Market has become the first outdoor venue to legally enforce the mandatory wearing of face masks. Using by-laws dating back to 1829, the open-air market today made face masks compulsory for all customers and traders.
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Sean Ash, from Bexley, who works at the London Ambulance Service’s (LAS) Waterloo HQ, will try to drag himself a mile for the emergency call-out’s charitable arm.
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A charity giving out meals to struggling families thanks to controversial support from the United Nations’ children’s arm, Unicef, is expanding its food operation.
The charity School Food Matters is to receive funding to support Southwark and Lambeth children and families at risk of food insecurity while schools are closed during the UK’s third national lockdown.
Central and West London hospitals have seen a tidal wave of new Covid patients since the start of 2021.
New data released today (January 8) by NHS England shows patient numbers at some hospitals were up by around 45 per cent over seven days.
RSPCA inspector Rebecca Phillips rescued the not-so-fantastic Mr Fox on Tuesday after discovering it well and truly stuck between the two posts.
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