Ricky Woodford, 42, of Henwick Road, was sentenced yesterday to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 10 years 340 days, after being convicted of manslaughter by diminished responsibility.
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A Croydon carer was not let off a £65 traffic camera fine she got on her way to see a dying patient.
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A man has been convicted of murder after stabbing his 23-year-old girlfriend to death in a hotel room in Greenwich.
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Adopting a new eco standard for homes in London could save families up to 90 per cent on their energy bills while reducing carbon emissions in the long run. Homes that meet the “Passivhaus” (passive house) standard – considered the gold standard for energy efficiency – are so well insulated and airtight that they remain cool in the summer and warm in the winter without much need for energy consuming heating systems.
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A serving Met Policeman has been jailed for assault and “shocking” controlling behaviour. PC Jamie Rayner, 27, who was attached to the South Area Command Unit, has been sentenced to two years and three months’ imprisonment. He pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm and engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour.
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More than 14,700 Covid-19 booster jabs were delivered in 48 hours in South West London – the equivalent of one every 12 seconds. On Wednesday October 27 and Thursday October 28 around 14,753 doses were given out in Wandsworth, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Croydon.
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A care home resident in his 60s beat his 93-year-old neighbour to death with a metal walking stick. A jury at the Old Bailey found that Alexander Rawson, 63, attacked and killed Eileen Dean less than two weeks after he moved into Fieldside care home in Catford.
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The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has met with community groups from Lambeth and Southwark to discuss the force’s plans to tackle violence against women and girls.
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A Southwark community group has been awarded almost £10,000 in funding to help them take action to combat climate change. The Civil Society Consulting CIC is using its funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to set up a national Community and Faith Leaders Network focused on climate action learning.
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This November is Male mental health awareness month, inspired by the campaign Movember, to encourage the conversation around the mental pressures that anyone who identifies as male may incur during their lives. According to research conducted by the mental health app Headspace, people in the UK are still not comfortable talking about their mental health.
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Two East Dulwich schoolboys have given up their free time to hug 100 trees and raise almost £1K to stop deforestation. Thomas Pickles, 11, and his eight-year-old brother Daniel hugged 100 trees at Beckenham Place Park over the Halloween weekend to raise funds to help save rainforests and fight climate change.
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A council leader has slammed the Chancellor’s Budget claiming it will “take money out of the pockets of the most deprived”. Danny Thorpe, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich said: “A decade of austerity and cuts to public services has taken their toll on our poorest residents, with too many people struggling to afford even the most basic amenities like housing, food and fuel.
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Residents are being encouraged to “start your weekend right” by walking, jogging or running 5km. The Greenwich Park Run is back for another year to help people stay active and socialise with their neighbourhoods.
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Guy’s and St Thomas’ has launched a new fellowship programme in honour of Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black nurse to work in the NHS. The Kofoworola Abeni Pratt Fellowship is open to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals from across the Trust who want to undertake personal and professional development.
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Vulnerable young people are missing out on potentially life-saving education that could help combat knife crime in gang hotspots across South London. Last week, the South London Press exclusively reported that a Surrender your Knife amnesty bin was left overflowing with blades outside Brixton Police Station.
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A woman has been jailed for three years after killing a young mum by dangerous driving in Battersea. Rajanee Brown, 26, of Balham Hill, was found guilty of killing 24-year-old Aliyah Roach in 2019. She was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court today to three years’ imprisonment for causing death by dangerous driving after being found guilty at the same court on Friday July 23, earlier this year.
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A man who fatally stabbed the brother of Grammy Award-winning rapper 21 Savage has been jailed for 10 years. Tyrece Fuller, 22, of Tavy Close, Lambeth, was found guilty of the manslaughter of 27-year-old Terrell Davis-Emmons who was stabbed in the chest last November.
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A woman has been sexually assaulted as she sat on a bus headed towards Croydon. The incident happened at around 10.15am on Tuesday, August 31, on the top deck of a route 468 bus.
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Giant food sculptures have appeared on London’s South Bank to call on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ‘face up to food waste’. The three temporary structures, created by the Surplus food app Too Good To Go, feature giant sculptures of potatoes, milk and bread – three of the UK’s most wasted food items.
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