A man in his 40s has died after suffering from a head injury in a fatal collision between a car and a motorcycle in Croydon. Police were called to the junction of Gladeside and Woodmere Avenue at 6.12pm on Saturday following reports of a collision involving a ‘scrambler-style’ motorbike and a silver Volkswagen Touran.
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A man has been stabbed to death and 16-year-old arrested at an illegal rave in South Bermondsey. Police were called at around 11.50pm on Saturday to reports of a male stabbed inside an industrial unit in Stockholm Road where an unlicensed music event had been taking place.
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Over 500 e-scooters have been removed by police from London’s roads in one week. Last week saw 507 e-scooters removed across all of London’s boroughs after an increase of usage of uninsured e-scooters.
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Almost one year after launching an Instagram page to post photographs of her lockdown hobby, Abigail Oyabambi from New Cross has created a successful business. The 23-year-old designer crochets beautiful handmade clothing under the name Bambicita – a merge of her Nigerian surname Oyabambi (Bambi) and her Spanish influences.
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Residents have warned of the need for a “permanent police presence” in North Kensington over fears about violence and gangs. The concerns come as the future of a temporary police counter – which opened in Ladbroke Grove after the Grenfell Tower disaster – looks uncertain.
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Shortly before midnight last Wednesday, 16 June, police officers attended a residential address in Cressingham Road. They found a 53-year-old woman who was unresponsive and despite the best efforts of the emergency services, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A woman and a man in his 70s have been left hospitalised with serious injuries after a vehicle collision in Forest Hill. Police were called to Dartmouth Road in the early hours of Sunday morning. At around 2am a dark coloured vehicle – make and model unknown – was travelling southbound when it was in collision with the two pedestrians, a woman in her 30s and a man in his 70s.
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A ‘dangerous duo’ involved in running a county lines drug supply have been jailed for a total of 24 years after being caught with around £108,000 worth of drugs. Jermequic Harrison, 30, of the Clapham Road Estate in Peckham and Rhianna McLeggan, 27, of Chadwick Road in Slough, were convicted of drugs and firearms offences.
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Lambeth residents are being urged to get tested for Covid-19 after a rise in confirmed cases of the Delta variant. Cases are particularly high in the 20-35 year old age group who are being encouraged to get a PCR test as well as using regular rapid tests.
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A brawl that erupted in a bar in Hammersmith and Fulham has left several people with knife injuries. Chairs were thrown across the bar after a minor disagreement between a group of men escalated into a brawl in Wandsworth Bridge Road.
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A Balham man who was ‘brutally’ gunned down and left to die on his doorstep by masked shooters has been named by police. 27-year-old Matthias Poleon was fatally shot in the chest last Thursday as he left his home in Bedford Hill.
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NHS bosses urge residents to get their “vital and lifesaving” second dose of the Covid vaccine as the largest ever NHS vaccination programme enters its last lap. Dr Jonty Heaversedge, Clinical Chair for NHS South East London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), is encouraging South East Londoners to come forward for their jabs.
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Three men have been jailed for a series of linked knifepoint robberies after forensic evidence linked them to the crime scenes.The trio, all in their early 20s, were part of a gang which carried out a series of knifepoint commercial robberies in Sutton, Croydon and Lambeth between October and November in 2019.
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A former bit-part actress in EastEnders accused of battering an 86-year-old woman to death and stealing her jewellery has denied murder.
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A man has been jailed for 18 years for raping and abusing a young girl in Croydon. 64-year-old Adeyinka Oluwaseyi Ajose, from Croydon, was sentenced to 18 years in prison yesterday at Croydon Crown Court. His victim has been praised by police for her ‘courage’ in coming forward to report her abuser.
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Love by name, love by nature. Former Clean Bandit star, Love Ssega, hopes to clean up South London with a new track highlighting the impact of climate change on black communities.
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Charlton Athletic Football Club are offering fans a chance to ‘give Covid-19 the red card’ at a special vaccination event. The first 1,000 people to get vaccinated this Saturday (June 19) will receive a free ticket to a Charlton Athletic football game, with more prizes on the day.
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Detectives investigating the shooting of BLM activist Sasha Johnson in Peckham have made a further arrest. A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in the earlier hours of this morning at a residential address in Kent. He has been taken to a police station where he remains in custody.
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A man in his 20s has been arrested after a large amount of weapons, drugs, cash and a machete were found in a car in Greenwich. At around 9pm on Monday, officers from the Violence Suppression Unit stopped the vehicle in Gilbourne Road. The driver and the vehicle were searched and a folding knife with a locking blade was recovered from the centre console and a baseball ball between the door and the seat.
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