A South London-born Zumba teacher has made history by becoming the first black Ms Great Britain. Croydon-born Kat Henry, 37, was recently crowned winner of a new division of the Miss Great Britain pageant for women aged 28 to 39.
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Residents of a council tower block marched on the town hall in protest of what they describe as “squalid, unsafe and demeaning living conditions”. Milford Towers in Catford is home to hundreds of people in temporary accommodation, who have complained about disrepair and neglect by the council.
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A teenager from Eltham has been jailed for life for murdering sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman as part of a “pact” he made with a “demon”. Danyal Hussein, 19, a former pupil of Thomas Tallis School, Kidbrooke Park Road, Eltham, repeatedly stabbed Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, on June 6, 2020, after using his own blood to sign a pact with mythical King Lucifuge Rofocale.
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The victim of a fatal stabbing in Woolwich last week has been named. Police have confirmed that the man who died last week on Sandy Hill Road was 26-year-old Emmanuel Ogabi. He was found collapsed in the street at around 8am on Thursday, October 21 and was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The sister of a schoolteacher who was found dead in a South London park has said that politicians need to “step up” efforts to address violence against women. Jebina Yasmin Islam said that there were “not enough words to explain” how much the death of Sabina Nessa had hurt her.
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A Battersea primary school has celebrated harvest festival by collecting donations for a food distribution charity. On the last day of the Autumn term, pupils at St Mary’s RC Primary School dedicated a day of goodwill to City Harvest, raising money and collecting much needed food for the charity.
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Environmental protesters have caused traffic disruption after gluing themselves to a bridge. More than 60 members of Insulate Britain blocked three roads in London on Monday, October 25, including Southwark Bridge.
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They say music makes the world go round – or at least Southwark. More than 130 children from three schools in the borough joined a day of music to bring the community together following the pandemic. The event had all the bells and whistles, with different musicians and singers performing at care homes and day centres across Southwark.
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Three men from South London have been convicted after police found they had discarded £1,000 worth of crack cocaine and heroin and a sawn off shotgun with ammunition during a chase last year. After noticing the occupants of black BMW acting suspiciously on Rotherhithe New Road, in Southwark, on November 19, 2020, police attempted to stop the vehicle, but it sped off.
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A campaign to provide safe spaces for woman and girls in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard has launched this week. Businesses in Balham, Earlsfield, Furzedown and Tooting can sign up to the scheme, which will show women and girls who feel unsafe that they can go inside.
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A theatre company led by young people is putting on a show exploring the climate emergency through their own global family stories. DIRT is on at The Albany until October 30, accompanied by a series of films and artwork.
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A drug dealer caught with drugs and a knuckleduster in his house has been jailed for three years and three months. Nicholas Sean Tyrell, 30, was arrested on July 18 after police saw a drug deal about to take place from his car.
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A man who stole a world-renowned expert’s collection of coins, medals, spoons and watches has been sentenced in his absence.Dominik Kuzio, 31, was convicted at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, October 18 of breaking into Simon Bendall’s Westminster home.
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A rapper who grew up in and around South-east London has released his first five track EP, with the help of a charity that champions rehabilitation through music. Mr Darius bares his soul through powerful rhyme schemes, flows and melodies paired perfectly to made-to-measure custom beats.
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A decade after unwittingly saving an acclaimed artist’s drawings and letters from a skip, a charity founder used his honeymoon to donate them to a Scottish museum.
A man who killed his wife with a pair of scissors in Plumstead has been convicted of her murder and given a life sentence. Vasile Bratu, 40, murdered his 49-year-old wife Constanta Bunea in the bathroom of a flat in Ravine Grove in Greenwich on Easter Sunday this year.
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A man in his 20s has died after being admitted to a South London hospital with a gunshot wound. It is believed the man was injured following a shooting in the area of Belinda Road, Brixton, just after 6am.
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A man in his 40s has died after being involved in a traffic accident in Sidcup last night. Around 8pm on October 20, police, the London Ambulance service and the London Air Ambulance were called to reports of a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Maidstone Road, Sidcup.
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Police are appealing for information after three sexual assaults in Vauxhall which detectives believe could involve the same suspect. On January 16 a man assaulted a woman and was later seen exposing himself and committing an indecent act in Exchange Square.
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