A pub landlord in Tooting has said he wants to “just forget this year” after coronavirus restrictions have impacted his business. James (Jimmy) Crowe is the landlord of the Ramble Inn, and says the 10 pm curfew has meant his takings are down 30 per cent.
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“It’s a completely altruistic thing to wear a face covering,” according to a virus expert who serves as an adviser to the government. Professor Wendy Barclay, who is the head of Imperial College’s department of infectious diseases said the face coverings can protect other people.
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In a wide-ranging update to a Bexley Council scrutiny committee, the authority’s director of public health Dr Anjan Ghosh also said London could enter Tier 3 or “something worse” by the end of November if numbers across the capital continue to dramatically rise.
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A man and a woman have been charged with the murder of Loeike Guei in Mitcham.
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A town hall has been accused of ignoring a Grade-II listed building and a recognised community group in its planning assessment for a 20-storey tower.
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London has the highest social costs from pollution compared to any other city in Europe, a new report has found. The report by the European Public Health Alliance calculated that in 2018 the public purse was dented by more than £10billion as a result of pollution on London’s roads.
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The police have released images of suspected stolen paintings and a ring in the hope of reuniting them with their owners.
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A five-month operation targeting organised crime networks and drugs supply in south-east London has led to 53 arrests and £63,000 in seized cash.
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Two more people, including a 69-year-old woman, have been arrested in connection with the killing of Loeike Guei, whose body was found on fire in Mitcham.
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A fourth man has been charged in connection with the killing of Patrick Gomes De’Almeida, who was stabbed to death earlier this month.
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A teenage boy has been charged in connection with a stabbing at Surrey Quays Shopping Centre last Friday.
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A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to possession of a kilo of cocaine, amounting to £100,000 street value, following a routine traffic stop.
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Four police officers were injured in a road collision in Southwark yesterday with one left “with potentially life-changing injuries”. A police vehicle collided with another car at around 1.30pm in Draycott Close near to the junction with Edmund Street
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A teenager was airlifted to a major trauma centre after a stabbing at a shopping centre. The 18-year-old was found by emergency services with stab wounds after they were called to the Surrey Quays shopping centre in Redriff Road, at around 12.15pm this afternoon.
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A plumber has been hailed a hero after helping more than a dozen people to safety from a burning block of flats he was working on. Tom Holt, 22, who works for Pimlico Plumbers, sprang into action after being alerted to the blaze which was threatening to engulf a neighbouring flat on the top floor of a block of flats in Azenby Road, Peckham.
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Reports of “a smell of burning” prompted an evacuation from The Shard in London Bridge this morning.
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London MPs have been told to prepare for the capital to move up to the next tier of lockdown which will see a ban on mixed households meeting up to combat the rising rate of COVID-19.
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A woman who was kept prisoner by a man who tortured her and threatened to murder and rape her has spoken about how she managed to escape.
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A woman who took photographs of a park every day during lockdown and spoke to people using it will release a book about their experiences.
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