A man has been charged following a stabbing in Brixton which left a 17-year-old male critically injured. Leon Rashid, 18, of Dunheved Road, Thornton Heath has been charged with attempted murder; possession of an offensive weapon and possession of a class B drug (cannabis).
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The familiy and friends of a teenager stabbed to death near his home have appealed for help in funding his funeral – amid claims his dying moments were filmed by those who attacked him. Levi Earnest Morrison died yards from his family in Sydenham Road, Sydenham, after paramedics and cops tried desperately to save his life.
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A witness has described the scene of the latest fatal knife attack in London as “horrific”. A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in daylight on Sydenham Road, at its hunction with Hazel Grove, in Sydenham, on Saturday.
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Everyone over the age of 11 who lives or works in Lambeth is being asked to take a PCR Covid-19 test after new cases of the variant first identified in South Africa were found in the borough. The additional testing being introduced will help quickly identify any further cases and help limit any potential spread.
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A witness has described the scene of the latest fatal knife attack in London as “horrific”. A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in daylight on Sydenham Road, at its hunction with Hazel Grove, in Sydenham, on Saturday.
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A charity supplying surplus food to hard-up families has more than doubled the number it gave out during the pandemic. Fareshare, which redistributes edible food that would otherwise have gone to waste, has donated more than 40,000 packs from its Deptford depot to 254 London charities.
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Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after a stabbing in Southwark. Police were called by paramedics in the early hours of this morning, at 12.18am on Sunday, 11 April, to a report of male with stab injuries in the More London Riverside near London Bridge rail station – yards from City Hall.
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Police have arrested a male as part of an investigation into three linked sex offences reported in Peckham Rye Park, Peckham. Officers arrested the teenager, who matched the description of the suspect, in the park at 4pm on Friday 9 April. He was taken to a South London police station and bailed to return pending further enquiries on a date in late April.
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A 17-year-old has died of stab wounds despite the desperate efforts of paramedics and police to save him. A murder investigation has been launched after the teenager died in Hazel Grove, near its junction with Sydenhem Road, Sydenham.
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The Duke of Edinburgh has died aged 99 after 73 years of marriage to the Queen. Flags on landmark buildings in Britain were being lowered to half-mast as a period of mourning was announced.
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Detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in broad daylight in a park in Lewisham. At around 4.30pm on Monday 22 March, the girl got on a bus towards Lewisham.
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