New theatre production The Collaboration playing at the Young Vic
The world premiere of a play starring Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat has opened at a theatre in Waterloo this week.
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Author: Alexandra Warren
What’s On this Week: 18th February – 25th
Entertainment Listings: English National Opera, London Coliseum; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Churchill Theatre; National Theatre
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Greenwich Valentine’s Day murder victim named
Police were called at about 8.30pm on Monday, February 14 to a home in Congleton Grove.
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29-year-old woman with links to Westminster and her two children missing
Rosemary Goncalves, 29, was last seen at 5.45pm on Monday, February 14 in the NW8 area. She has links to Westminster and Hackney.
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Cleaners treated like ‘second-class citizens’ at private hospital
Staff have claimed they were put at rick of catching Covid-19 and were not paid when they had to isolate.
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Lewisham council writes off more than £350,000 in unpaid rent
The local authority has given up chasing over £12,000 owed by a man who pretended his dead mum was alive for three years, Lewisham’s budget report for the 2022/23 financial year claims.
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Murder investigation launched after woman in her 30s found dead at Plumstead home on Valentine’s Day
Police were called at about 8.30pm on Monday, February 14 to a home in Congleton Grove.
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84-year-old Greenwich woman missing after getting lost on way to friend’s house
Carol Ewemade, 84, from Greenwich, left her home address at about 8.30am on Monday, February 14 to see a friend in Peckham, but she never arrived.
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Council leader ‘appalled’ after bench in memory of Covid-19 dead stolen
The memorial bench, which was installed just a few days ago in King George’s Field, outside Greenwich Cemetery, is one of 23 across the borough dedicated to those who lost their lives during the pandemic.
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TfL reviews safety fears on Embankment after series of fatal collisions
TfL is looking into extending Cycleway 8, west from Chelsea Bridge along the Embankment, after a series of fatal collisions.
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Teenage cancer patient relearns how to walk after chemotherapy left her too weak
With the help of the physio team at St George’s Hospital in Tooting, Ismahan Ahmed from Peckham, is now able to walk around the hospital – including up and down stairs.
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Ella Adoo Kissi Debrah’s mother raises money for a pollution-absorbing statue in her memory
She is hoping to raise £75,000 for the artwork, which will show Ella’s sleeping face surrounded by flowing forms inspired by flight and nature.
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Three charged in murder of 21-year-old in Eltham
Yusuf Aydin, 21, of Greenwich, Jack Davies, 19, of Greenwich, and a 16-year-old boy appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, February 12, charged with murder.
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Former children’s home worker jailed for sexually abusing Lewisham boy in care
Peter Frank Hickman of Lawdley Road, Coleford, Gloucestershire sexually abused the victim whilst he was resident in a children’s home located in Park Road, Beckenham and later located in College Road, Dulwich during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
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Woman who posted on Facebook that Grenfell victims were burned in ‘Jewish sacrifice’ jailed
In one post Tahra Ahmed, 51, of Lansdowne Road, Haringey, stated that Jewish people were ‘behind ritual torture’ and ‘the murder of children.’
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16-year-old arrested after woman attacked in racially aggravated assault
Police appealed for information to identify a male in connection with an incident outside East Croydon railway station at 6.45pm on December 18, 2021.
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Commuter trains to be reinstated as railway staff numbers return to normal
South Western Railway, which operates services to and from London Waterloo, introduced a temporary reduced timetable earlier this year due to staff shortages caused by Covid-19.
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Swedish hitman found guilty of killing Flamur Beqiri in front of his family in ‘meticulously planned murder’
Flamur Beqiri, who is the brother of reality star Misse Beqiri, was gunned down on his doorstep by Anis Hemissi, 24, on December 24, 2018, in a dispute between two organised crime groups based in Sweden.
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Man in his 30s assaulted in Bromley after asking for a lighter
At around 11:30pm on Friday, December 10, the victim who is in his 30s was in Market Square, Bromley when he approached another man asking for a light for a cigarette.
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