Police data reveals neighbourhood ‘blackspots’ where almost 100% of crimes go unsolved and phone snatchers thrive
In one small area around Oxford Circus there were more than 10,000 thefts and more than 99 per cent of them going unsolved.
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Author: Claudia Lee
Graduate, 23, put cancer symptoms down to ‘hormones’ and ‘stress’
Mia Ancell was 23 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer at St George’s Hospital.
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TfL calls on London to come together with launch of Radio Underground
The work can be heard at Waterloo Underground station from July 15 to 28.
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Councils get £30m to support children in care, but charity calls for national rollout
In 2023, the Children’s Commissioner for England said 37 per cent of children in care who have siblings are separated from them.
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Council to build 100 ‘affordable’ new homes for key workers
The scheme will also include a new replacement space for the much-loved Beormund Community Centre.
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Cleaners at private school see pay slashed after balloting strike action
The cut took effect unannounced on payday following a successful strike ballot which closed on July 5.
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Hospital waiting times cut as nurses assess patients in A&E queue
St Thomas’ Hospital has moved one of the senior nurses from reception to the front door of the emergency department.
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‘He had great vision and belief’: Founder of children’s hospice charity dies aged 83
Derek Phillips established the charity in memory of their daughter Demelza, who died of a brain tumour aged 24.
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Destroyed 1985 mural celebrating Windrush generation returns home to Brixton
A large-scale reproduction of the original mural has returned home almost 30 years after it was painted over during the construction of a new housing complex.
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Town hall report lays bare scale of huge budget challenge
According to the report, the council may need to save £69.9million by 2028.
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Man spent ’23 hours on the floor’ after wheel chair fall in ‘unsuitable’ council home
Nathan Rollinson was unable to eat or use the toilet while he waited overnight for emergency services to find a way to evacuate him from the property.
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‘Age has no limits’: 54-year-old wins gold at British National Powerlifting championships
Elaine Jackson took Gold at the championships, 24 years after being diagnosed with cancer.
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25 people evacuated from church after fire ripped through two floors
Firefighters rescued seven other people from the lower ground floor.
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Council moves forward with £15m plan to move central library after asbestos discovery
Council documents stated the project would cost approximately £15.5million overall for the existing library to be transferred.
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‘Timi Champions’ invited to Houses of Parliament to learn more about governance
The students who took part sit on the governing bodies of their schools, which are known as Anthem Community Councils.
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Woman and man treated by ambulance crews after tumble dryer caught alight
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus rescued a woman via an internal staircase.
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Man who killed 25-year-old and held woman captive in brutal scam murder jailed for life
Jurick Croes, 38, of no fixed address, was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for murdering Riches Obi.
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D-Day vet, 104, says he feels ‘like a prisoner in my own home’ after lifts on estate break down
He evaded Nazi capture and pushed Hitler’s forces off the beaches of Normandy. What this veteran didn’t expect was to become a prisoner in his own home.
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‘It’s time for an apology’: Council urged to review leaseholder bills
The council, which is the freeholder, is making improvements to the block, but leaseholders must foot the bill.
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