Students across South London are still celebrating their huge achievements after GCSE results were released last week. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Year 11’s at Harris Academy, Peckham, did exceptionally well.
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A host of princesses are heading to Balham High Street and Tooting Common to bring joy to children after a tough year of Covid restrictions. A free-to-attend event on Wednesday, August 25 will be hosted by professional party entertainment business, Snow Princess Parties, and is set to include live singing, dancing and photo opportunities with five princesses
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A man who kidnapped and raped a thirteen-year-old girl as she walked to school has been jailed for two decades. The family of the victim thanked members of the public who stepped in and saved their daughter.
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An investigation has been reopened into the death of a Lewisham man who was heard saying “I can’t breath” after being restrained by police. Kevin Clarke, 35, pictured, who suffered from schizophrenia with paranoia, was having a mental health crisis on March 9, 2018 when he was restrained by up to nine Met Police officers.
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Against a backdrop of multiple lockdowns, remote learning and self-isolation, students across Southwark have seen vast improvements to GCSE grades. Exams were cancelled for the second successive year but grades have been awarded to students by teachers based on their assessment of mock exams, homework, coursework or mini-exams.
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Repairs to Greenwich foot tunnel could take up to five months to complete, Greenwich Council has warned. Until repairs are made, the lifts cannot be operated, but access to the tunnel via the stairs will remain open 24 hours per day.
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A Bexley councillor has praised pupils, parents and teachers for GCSE and A-level results this week. Cabinet Member for Education, Cllr John Fuller said: “Despite the disruptions and difficulties everyone has faced, the outcomes for pupils have been excellent and they are now looking forward to exciting futures as they move to their next stage in learning and work.
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A Streatham terrorist was shot dead in a ‘split-second decision’ by undercover police, an inquest has heard. Sudesh Amman was shot dead by police on Streatham High Road on February 2, 2020, after stabbing a man and a woman with a stolen knife.
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A woman has died and two pedestrians have been left injured after a collision between two buses outside Victoria Railway Station. The woman, believed to be aged in her 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene around 9am yesterday morning.
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A former Southwark Council employee has been left ‘devastated’ with claims the council has robbed her of the chance to foster a child. Holly Evans, a former Southwark housing officer, has been forced to leave her home of 14 years due to subsidence in a move that has left her “anxious and depressed about the future” with no permanent residence.
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Nurses and midwives have been honoured for ‘going above and beyond’ for patients at Guy’s and St Thomas’.
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London’s oldest woman says “I still feel 21” as she celebrates her 108th birthday. Betty Spear celebrated her milestone birthday with family and friends last week at her care home in Sutton.
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Twenty-six vehicles, eight arrests and £30k worth of stolen power tools have been recovered during a huge police operation over the weekend. Over 150 cops from units across the Metropolitan police took part in the operation to disrupt county lines drug gangs that took place on Saturday, August 7, across Croydon, Sutton and Bromley.
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Eight teenagers have now been arrested in connection with a fatal stabbing of Denardo Samuels-Brooks in Streatham. A 19-year-old woman was the eighth person to be arrested last Thursday on suspicion of assisting an offender.
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Lucas Bugeja Price, 20, of Pasley Close, Walworth, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent, robbery and possession of an offensive weapon.
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Renovations are fruitful for one stall holder as upgrades continue at a Greenwich hospital. Hasan Er will now be able to sell his fruit outside Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) permanently.
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A month-long poetry trail has kicked off in Woolwich to encourage the community to share stories and discover its history. Woolwich Speaks launched last Friday in the form of a brightly coloured trail of verse adorning a dozen buildings including the Royal Arsenal Gatehouse, Woolwich Arsenal Station and the Woolwich Centre Library.
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A new walk-through Covid-19 testing facility has opened at Burgess Park Car Park, Albany Road, in Southwark. Testing at this site is only available for those with symptoms which include a high temperature, a new continuous cough, or a loss or change to your sense of smell or tas
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‘Arrogant’ drug dealer who posted videos waving a knife in a club on Snapchat has been convicted of Class A drug offences. Abel Buafo, 23, of Berry Lane, Lambeth, brazenly filmed himself on social media with a knife in a North London nightclub.
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