Police have been left baffled after a man died after sustaining an injury to the neck as commuters passed by on the way to Plumstead station. At 6.29am on Wednesday, 28 October, police were called by paramedics to reports of an injured man in Orchard Road.
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Residents of Melbourne Grove are making the most of their safer street with a spooktacular set of new road signs for Halloween
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A Brixton man has been jailed for three years after another man he pushed to the pavement in a Southwark brawl hit his head and died. Jose Adolfo Licona Valladares, 25, of Brixton Hill, Brixton, was sentenced on Friday, 30 October, at Inner London Crown Court for manslaughter.
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A family was forced to wait two years for Southwark Council to make a decision on its homeless application, despite it being legally required to do so within three months.
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Byron Webster has been back to watch Millwall at The Den a couple of times since he left in January 2019. But going incognito is not a particularly effective option for the 6ft 4in tall blonde centre-back.
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The traffic lights where Gap Road in Wimbledon crosses Durnsford Road hold particularly tough memories for Ivor Heller.
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Three smugglers have admitted using a drone to fly phones and drugs into Wandsworth prison – more than two years after one of them pleaded guilty to speeding away in his car to Fulham and killing his girlfriend in a 91-mile-an-hour police chase.
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A 15-year-old boy has died after being stabbed in a knife fight outside Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth.
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Alex Pearce was full of praise for his team-mates as Millwall bagged a 2-0 victory against Preston North End at Deepdale on Tuesday.
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Captain Pearce praises scorer Ken Zohore and hopes injury is just cramp
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Stand-in Alex Pearce says manager Gary Rowett was making the decisions remotely for 2-0 win at Preston
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Former Charlton director and solicitor Chris Farnell has been cleared for football club ownership by the EFL.
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Millwall grab second spot with two-goal win at Preston as Ken Zohore opens scoring on full debut
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“If you have any concerns about your health my advice is to go to the GP. Don’t worry about seeming silly or wasting their time – it might not be cancer, but you should get it checked out.”
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AFC Wimbledon picked up their first ‘home’ win of the season with a 1-0 triumph over nine-man Blackpool in their final game at Loftus Road before their return to Plough Lane.
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Four out of Millwall’s five first-team coaches have tested positive for Covid-19 so they have all had to isolate.
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Charlton manager Lee Bowyer is thrilled to have bagged wide man Adam Matthews – but surprised the Wales international did not get a Championship club this summer.
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Charlton manager Lee Bowyer expects former Addicks boss Karl Robinson to pick a footballing team against the Valley side on Tuesday night.
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Lewisham has joined a growing list of councils that will fund free school meals for all children who need them over half term. Mayor Damien Egan, who relied on free school meals himself as a child, said a “Government that cannot ensure children do not go hungry is failing in its most basic duty”.
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Around 100 members of Extinction Rebellion (XR) and Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) from across South London marched from Tooting Broadway to Tooting Common on Saturday 24 October in protest against Priti Patel’s proposals for detention camps.
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Clifford Daley, 33, of Southwark was charged on Saturday, 24 October with child abduction and possession of cannabis. He will appear in custody at Croydon Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 26 October.
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Mohammed Badat from Norbury, despite being an expert in cyber security, has now found himself in the running for the Garden of the Year – and you can help decide if he wins.
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The National Maritime Museum said it will not meddle with its displays on Lord Nelson, despite the fact he was an avowed opponent of the abolition of slavery. One national newspaper in particular seemed to think acknowledging this fact was a dangerously subversive, leftie idea.
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Southwark town hall chiefs have committed to paying for free school meals for pupils over half-term.
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High fare increases and an extension of the congestion charge to the edge of the South Circular are measures the government may force on residents to plug the Covid-19 transport gap.
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What is certain is that Lewis Latimer came to live in London while working for the inventor of the first machine gun, Streatham resident Hiram Maxim. The debate is where he lived while he was here.
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A charity has been overwhelmed by an “amazing demonstration of compassion and generosity” from residents, who donated 200 boxes of hygiene essentials to refugees.
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