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 couple who used credit cards, cheques and false identities to pay for their luxury lifestyle – then complained about a cop who investigated them – have been jailed for a total of five years. The couple, who lived in Queenstown Road, Wandsworth and Gatliff Road, Chelsea conspired together to commit at least a total fraud of £87,897, using fake documents to buy Rolex watches from luxury West End shops.
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The redevelopment of the iconic Battersea Power Station is nearly complete, with lots of new things set to open on the site this year. The Grade II*-listed building is due to open its doors to the public in Spring 2022, but there are several key milestones taking place ahead of the grand opening.
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Police checked on a Polish Catholic church again today during its Easter Sunday Mass after officers shut down its Good Friday service for breaching Covid rules and threatened worshippers with £200 fines. Officers shut down the religious ceremony at Christ The King church, Balham High Road, at around 6pm on Friday – YouTube footage showed one telling worshippers from its pulpit that the gathering was “unlawful” and that they had to go home.
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Members of a criminal network have been arrested for human trafficking and modern slavery in Wandsworth. A total of 11 alleged members of an organised criminal network (OCN) have been arrested for modern slavery and drugs offences following a pre-planned operation by officers from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command.
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A charity which teaches young people to play music instruments has been raided by a professional burglar, who broke in at 2am and stole thousands of pounds of instruments and recording equipment and cycled off on a Santander bike. The first-floor home of the World Heart Beat Music Academy in Kimber Road, Wandsworth, was plundered in the early hours of March 22, with CCTV footage showing only partial pictures of what the culprit looked like.
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A gang who used Santander bikes to traffic a cocktail of hard drugs have been jailed after cops bagged the largest haul of ‘chem sex’ drugs seized in London. Members of a Brazilian drug dealing ring used lockups in Southwark, Wandswroth, Kings Cross and Hoxton to supply an estimated £3million worth of drugs including what is believed to be the largest-ever seizure of GBL in the capital.
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The Winstanley and York Road estates in Battersea are some of the most deprived in the capital. The estates were mentioned in the reports on the London Riots of 2011 as “difficult to manage,” and there have been ongoing issues with drug and knife crime.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of explosive substance and terrorism offences. Cops from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 53-year-old man at an address in south-west London on Monday, 22 March, on suspicion of possession of an explosive substance.
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Dog walkers have been reminded that they should keep dogs on leads at all times when near seals and other marine wildlife by the River Thames in London.
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Trust board papers for this week said just 68 per of Trust staff had attended the clinic for their first dose.
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