Two adults and a child taken to hospital after house fire
Six fire engines and around 40 firefighters were called to a house fire on Alderwood Road in Eltham earlier this morning.
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Mayor of London summonsed to answer questions on Cressida Dick’s resignation
The mayor of London is required to attend the session by law and could face a fine or three months in prison if he fails to attend.
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Dad to sue town hall after it booted him off housing waiting list
A year since Lewisham council tried to evict Anthony Brathwaite from his temporary home, the dad-of-two has said he wants a judge to decide whether his family should get a council home.
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Woolwich town centre could be set for makeover
Beresford Square would get a new illuminated water feature and “immersive” garden.
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Wandsworth primary school set to close as not enough space for SEN kids
Kids in Wandsworth with special educational needs are being sent to private schools elsewhere in London as the borough has run out of places for them.
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Silvertown tunnel fire under investigation after ‘very worrying’ damage
Six fire engines and 40 firefighters were called to the blaze at 10:30pm on Tuesday which resulted in damage to a conveyor belt in the tunnel boring machine launch chamber.
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Loophole sees 50K homes in South London not protected by Government’s energy price cap
Some residents living in heat network blocks claimed they were gas bills nine times their regular amount this winter.
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23-year-old man stabbed to death in Greenwich
Police were called to Brookhill Road, Greenwich, at around 5.40pm yesterday following reports of a stabbing.
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Croydon kids in care went missing more than 1,000 times in a year
In the 2021/22 financial year, there were 2,067 ‘missing episodes’ recorded in the borough, more than half of which involved children in care.
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Elizabeth Line to open at Bond Street station in October
Bond Street’s “spectacular” Elizabeth Line station is finally set to open in October following delays early in the construction process.
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Woman in Bromley killed by police car after communication failure, report finds
Ms Louise Bailey, 57, was run over on Farnborough Common in Bromley on August 1, 2019, while running for a bus at the Crofton Road junction.
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Mum on universal credit forced to pay fine as daughter ‘too anxious to attend school’
Natasha Beauvois has been trying her hardest to get her 14-year-old daughter Maisie to attend Pimlico Academy in Lupus Street, Westminster.
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Mother forced to share single bed with five-year-old daughter after fleeing domestic abuse
The property was also allegedly full of rat droppings and mould.
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Residents and schools priced out of Westminster by ‘dirty money’
The number of empty and second homes in Mayfair is leaving the area half-empty as Londoners can’t afford to live there, Labour councillor Jessica Toale stated.
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Five puppies abandoned in plastic box
The crossbreed puppies, from two separate litters were found shut inside a clear plastic storage box – with red handles and a crack in the lid – in Buckfast Road, Morden, on Sunday.
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‘The Lady in the Thames’ image released on 45th anniversary of death
The woman was never identified and became known as ‘The Lady of the Thames’, when she was found at the bottom of the stairs leading to the south bank of the Thames by Vauxhall Bridge.
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Shepherd’s Bush school given lowest rating after autistic children at risk of receiving wrong medication doses
The school was previously ranked “outstanding” for 15 years straight.
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Victory for Croydon library campaigners after years of uncertainty
This means the South Norwood Library will stay in its current brutalist home in Lawrence Road after years of uncertainty and public campaigns to save it, including a petition of more than 1,800 signatures.
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Fulham restaurant slammed by food inspectors as mouse poo found in kitchen
Seven Seas in Fulham was given a one out of five grading by Hammersmith and Fulham Council following a food hygiene inspection on June 29.
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