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Croydon set for UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras
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Croydon
Croydon set for UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras
Appeals to trace mother after body of baby found outside a church
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Kensington & Chelsea
Appeals to trace mother after body of baby found outside a church
Tuskar Street development held up by Greenwich as example of housing stock it’s aiming to grow
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Greenwich
Tuskar Street development held up by Greenwich as example of housing stock it’s aiming to grow
Exclusive Dulwich College wants facelift for some of its historic rooms
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Southwark
Exclusive Dulwich College wants facelift for some of its historic rooms
Tooting welcomes new community venue aiming to streamline support
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Wandsworth
Tooting welcomes new community venue aiming to streamline support
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Bromley
Bromley link over boy of 12, missing for four days
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Police are appealing for help to find a 12-year-old from west London who is believed to have travelled to Bromley ...
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Southwark
Writer and MP welcomed to Theatre Peckham’s family of patrons
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A theatre has welcomed two new patrons as it heads towards its 40th anniversary next year. Celebrated playwright Roy Williams ...
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Lambeth
Brothers unite in helping get vital emergency vehicles out to Ukraine
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Two brothers are preparing to embark on a vital drive out to Ukraine as part of the war-torn nation's battle ...
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Lewisham
Lewisham man charged after £2m of cocaine found hidden beneath seat of plane
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A man from Lewisham has been charged with smuggling 30 kilos of cocaine into an airfield in Essex. Border Force ...
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Croydon
Croydon youngsters daring to dream at careers fair
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Pupils at a Croydon school who are encouraged to dream, achieve and inspire where given even greater scope to imagine ...
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Lambeth
London Air Ambulance teams treat more patients than ever in 2024
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London’s Air Ambulance teams treated more patients than ever before in 2024, the charity has said. In its annual mission ...
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Southwark
Southwark shopkeepers warned: Get ready for the vape revolution – or pay the price
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Southwark council is urging local businesses to prepare for the upcoming ban on single-use disposable vapes. From June 1, it ...
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Lambeth
Alcohol and opioid addicts offered brain surgery to improve-self control
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People suffering from severe alcohol and opioid addiction are being offered the chance to have electrodes planted in their brain ...
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Croydon
Knifeman targeted five people at warehouse that used to employ him
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A 31-year-old man has pleaded guilty to stabbing five people in a commercial warehouse where he used to work. Babah ...
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Lewisham
Parents express grief after son’s death as his Southwark Tube station attacker is convicted
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A man has been convicted of the manslaughter of 28-year-old Samuel Winter at Southwark Tube station - a single punch ...
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Kensington & Chelsea
Two Met cops cleared of misconduct over man targeted by stun gun before death
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Two Met cops have been cleared of misconduct by the police watchdog after a man was shot with a stun ...
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Croydon
Croydon man, 23, convicted of ‘revenge porn’ and stalking
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A 23-year-old man has been sentenced for stalking a woman and forcing her to send explicit images and videos. Ibrahim ...
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Greenwich
Hospitals secure £2m funding to go green, saving money for front line care
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Two hospitals have secured more than £2million of funding to become more energy efficient, saving money for front line care. ...
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Greenwich
Trio facing lengthy jail terms after attempt to kill east London rival left target paralysed for life
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Three men with links to Greenwich, who shot a rival in his own home, have been convicted of involvement in ...
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Lambeth
South-east London makes its mark on The Sunday Times best places to live
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Seventy-two neighbourhoods across the UK have been featured in a comprehensive guide of the best places to live, published by ...
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Lewisham
Hundreds of residents forced to leave homes after ‘catastrophic’ leak in new-build
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More than 400 residents have been forced to leave their flats for at least six months after a “catastrophic infrastructure ...
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Hammersmith & Fulham
Alert officers’ stop and search puts lock-knife and drug possessor behind bars
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A man has been jailed after a routine stop and search conducted by Met police officers found him to be ...
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Lambeth
Lambeth Lib Dems furious after Streatham’s only arts venue closes
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Lambeth Liberal Democrats have hit out at the Labour-run council after the closure of Streatham’s only arts venue. Streatham Space ...
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Lambeth
Brixton Tube station’s old ‘workers’ recreation space’ could become a diner
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By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter Part of Brixton Tube station could be converted into a restaurant under plans submitted ...
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Croydon
New medical centre set for Croydon will offer 35,000 additional GP appointments
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Croydon is set for a brand new medical centre backed by a £6million investment, it was announced on Thursday. The ...
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Wandsworth
Sports hall is on the way – with school set to share with local community
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Harris Academy Battersea marked a a key staging post in the construction of a new sports hall, with a ground-breaking ...
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Lambeth
Lewisham and Lambeth both come under fire in housing watchdog’s reports
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By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter A Lewisham mum and her three kids were left living with a sewage leak ...
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Lambeth
Broken lifts leave woman, 89, ‘trapped’ in high-rise missing hospital appointments
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An 89-year-old woman living on the 10th floor of a high-rise block of flats missed three hospital appointments due to ...
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Westminster
Bakery given all-clear to make evenings about Lebanese wining and dining
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By Ben Lynch, Local Democracy Reporter The owners of a new family-run central London deli are looking to open next ...
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Lambeth
Heartless burglars snatch electronics worth thousands of pounds from key training hub
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By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter Workers at a firm which delivers training to young people have been left devastated ...
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Bromley
Lunchtime networking launches at Bromley Curry Club
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By Paloma Lacy Bromley Curry Club launched on March 19 at Tamasha Hotel & Restaurant in Bromley. The lunchtime networking ...
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Greenwich
Sixth-formers take to House of Lords for fiery debate final
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Sixth form students took to the House of Lords on Friday after securing their place in the final of a ...
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Lambeth
Court hearing today for man charged over Brixton killing
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A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Brixton. Ibrahim Gonclaves-Cumare, 30, of no ...
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Merton
Students try out life as a grounds professional at the All England Club
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School students got a hands-on experience of life as a grounds professional at one of the world’s most renowned sporting ...
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Greenwich
Man, 35, jailed for sexually abusing two 12-year-old girls
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A man has been jailed for more than 11 years for sexually abusing two children. Jamal Armstrong, 35, of no ...
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Greenwich
Stephen Lawrence killer reportedly admits role in attack for first time
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One of Stephen Lawrence's murderers has accepted his role in the attack for the first time, according to reports from ...
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Lambeth
‘He was one of the nicest souls’: Brixton author Alex Wheatle dies aged 62
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Prize-winning author and Brixton talent Alex Wheatle has died aged 62. Mr Wheatle passed away on Sunday, following his fight ...
‘Overworked’ hospital staff stage lunchtime protest
‘Overworked’ hospital staff stage lunchtime protest
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TfL says focus is on ‘welfare and safety’ of homeless before court order sees encampment cleared
TfL says focus is on ‘welfare and safety’ of homeless before court order sees encampment cleared
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Families waiting to be housed for more than a decade fear drop in larger council homes
Families waiting to be housed for more than a decade fear drop in larger council homes
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Police launch murder probe after man, 30, knifed to death in Brixton
Police launch murder probe after man, 30, knifed to death in Brixton
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Your Great South London Press Out Now!!
Your Great South London Press Out Now!!
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Named victim dies from injuries inflicted in Sunday’s Bromley assault
Named victim dies from injuries inflicted in Sunday’s Bromley assault
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Just Stop Oil ringleader found guilty of setting up Heathrow runway plot
Just Stop Oil ringleader found guilty of setting up Heathrow runway plot
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Record on adult social care in Greenwich impressing peer group assessors
Record on adult social care in Greenwich impressing peer group assessors
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Early-morning Iran embassy climber arrested
Early-morning Iran embassy climber arrested
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Private club going public as Covent Garden gets a new cocktail bar
Private club going public as Covent Garden gets a new cocktail bar
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Aldwych tragedy: Collision victim is named
Aldwych tragedy: Collision victim is named
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The push is on to get Government to commit to ‘game-changing’ Bakerloo line extension
The push is on to get Government to commit to ‘game-changing’ Bakerloo line extension
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‘Fighting for breadcrumbs’: Protest calls on council to block development until more social housing offered 
‘Fighting for breadcrumbs’: Protest calls on council to block development until more social housing offered 
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Croydon women on pro-Palestinian march charged with racism
Croydon women on pro-Palestinian march charged with racism
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Former world wars aircraft factory identified as site for new homes
Former world wars aircraft factory identified as site for new homes
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Community kitchen set for free refurb as part of council trial to connect organisations
Community kitchen set for free refurb as part of council trial to connect organisations
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Young mum left without electricity for week after leak in temporary accommodation
Young mum left without electricity for week after leak in temporary accommodation
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Eltham library hailed for its status as a community hub and friend of Ukraine
Eltham library hailed for its status as a community hub and friend of Ukraine
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More than 150 asylum seekers welcomed by charity after funding boost
More than 150 asylum seekers welcomed by charity after funding boost
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Woman hit by Met police car in Denmark Hill
Woman hit by Met police car in Denmark Hill
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Painting firefighters as ‘Grenfell heroes’ is all wrong says survivors’ group rep
Painting firefighters as ‘Grenfell heroes’ is all wrong says survivors’ group rep
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Reward of £20k on offer in hunt to revive cold trail nine years after murder
Reward of £20k on offer in hunt to revive cold trail nine years after murder
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Thames Water’s grim sewage record draws more ire from E-coli-plagued Hammersmith
Thames Water’s grim sewage record draws more ire from E-coli-plagued Hammersmith
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SWR long-awaited £1billion fleet of trains to ease overcrowding ‘stuck in limbo’
SWR long-awaited £1billion fleet of trains to ease overcrowding ‘stuck in limbo’
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