Croydon NHS services will continue to require patients to wear masks despite Covid restrictions being lifted today. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, along with NHS trusts nationwide, will continue to require patients, visitors and staff to wear a face masks, wash hands and follow social distancing rules in healthcare settings.
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A sixteen-year-old boy has been sentenced for stabbing and sexually assaulting teenage girls in a spate of random attacks in Croydon. The boy has been linked to four incidents between November 2019 to October 2020 where schoolgirls were sexually assaulted or assaulted as they walked to school.
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A cancer support team has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to be there for cancer patients, their carers and loved ones, as rising Covid-19 cases hit hospitals. The Macmillan Centre at St George’s Hospital in Tooting is determined to continue supporting people with cancer, despite the many challenges posed by the pandemic. The Macmillan centre closed its doors on March 23 last year.
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Three men have been arrested after the body of a man in his 40s was found in Lambeth. The victim is yet to be formally identified but the 44-year-old is said to have died as a result of ‘multiple injuries’. Cops were called by the London Ambulance Service just before 7am last Monday (July 12) to New Park Road where the body of a man was found.
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The clock is ticking for a mystery lottery winner in Lewisham who has just over a week left to claim their £1,000,000 prize. The last-ditch search is on to find the owner of the winning ticket from the EuroMillions draw on January 29. The lucky winner has until next Wednesday to claim their prize
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Lewisham businesses could get priority for council contracts in a bid to support economic growth in the borough. Lewisham Council agreed to the Sustainable Procurement Strategy 2021 – 2025 last Wednesday.
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A man in his 30s has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy who was stabbed to death in Lambeth. Keane Flynn-Harling was found dead after being stabbed in Oval Place, at 11.45pm last week. A 36-year-old has been charged with his murder today.
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A former bank employee who stole more than £74,000 from members of her own family has been jailed. Hien Ly, 40, of The Drake, Deptford, was sentenced to 28 months’ imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud by false representation.
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Londoners are being warned to stay vigilant with a big crime wave predicted for after ‘freedom day’ next week. Covid-19 restrictions are set to end on July 19 but with it could come with a surge of criminal activity. Police data revealed that 31 of 32 London boroughs saw a rise in offences when lockdown ended last summer.
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A Croydon security officer has been honoured with a prestigious award for keeping safe one of London’s most iconic buildings. Javon Lewis, a 23-year-old employee of Dardan Security, has been recognised with an ACS Pacesetters Officer of Distinction Award for his outstanding work as a ‘brand ambassador’ and guard at The Royal Exchange in Bank in the heart of the City of London.
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Four teenage boys, one as young as fourteen, have been charged with murder after a fifteen-year-old was stabbed to death in Woolwich. Police have named the victim as Tamim Ian Habimana, who died from a single stab wound last Monday.
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The Council, the Metropolitan Police, and the wider Safer Greenwich Partnership, have said they will remain “fully committed” to tackling violent crime across the borough, following the senseless murder of a teenager in Woolwich on Monday evening.
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Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens lied to detectives and claimed to have been blackmailed into abducting his victim Sarah Everard, it has been revealed. Couzens, 48, pleaded guilty today to murdering the 33-year-old marketing executive who vanished while walking to her home in Brixton from a friend’s house in March.
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A new report is calling for South London’s culture hub to boost the capital’s recovery after more than a year of Covid-19 lockdowns. The creative cluster in London’s South Bank and Waterloo, which is home to some of the UK’s biggest cultural powerhouses, is a major driver for employment and international investment.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a sixteen-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Lambeth. Police were called at 11.45pm on Monday to reports that a teenager has been stabbed in Oval Place.
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The brother of Daniel Morgan has once again condemned the police saying “the Met has colonised my life for the last three and a half decades.” Speaking to members of General London Assembly’s (GLA) police and crime committee today, Alastair Morgan also revealed that he received death threats after his brothers murder over three decades ago.
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Football fans and locals are being invited to a special Covid-19 mass vaccination event at The Den, home of Millwall Football Club, this Saturday. Millwall FC is also offering everyone who gets vaccinated the chance to win two stadium tour tickets.
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A Lewisham man has been charged with the murder of a man and a woman in 90s. Danville Neil, 63, of Sandrock Road, in Lewisham, appeared in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court today having been charged with the murders of two siblings.
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A Council leader has spoken of his shock after the ‘senseless murder’ of a 15-year-old in Greenwich this week. Cllr Danny Thorpe, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “This is a senseless murder and one that has shocked the community and the Council.
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