A Beckenham man in 50s has been stuck with a hammer in the early hours of the morning as thieves ran off with his watch. The man was left with a broken arm after being ‘struck a number of times’ with a bright-handled hammer.
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Three men have been injured, including a teenager, with two arrests after in a shooting and stabbing in Westminster. Police were called at just before 8pm on yesterday (June 13) to reports of gunshots heard in the vicinity of Beethoven Street.
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Four people, including a teenager, have now been charged after the fatal stabbing of Nathaniel Eyewu-Ago in Greenwich. The fourth man was arrested and charged yesterday. Ernesto Elliott, 44, of Parquier Road, was charged on Sunday with murder and aggravated burglary.
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Over 200 MPs, Peers and Mayors have come together today to write to the Prime Minister to urge him to support a campaign for the Covid-19 Memorial Wall to become a permanent site. The Covid Memorial Wall, with its endless line of hand-drawn red hearts, has engulfed the wall opposite Parliament since March as bereaved families visited the site to add messages for their loved ones.
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Indoor plants can add a touch of natural beauty to any home. House plants and freshly-cut flowers are natural mood enhancers and improve indoor air quality by naturally filtering polluted air.
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Greenwich Council has announced new funding for events to help recognise black history throughout the year. In support of the Black Lives Matter movement and Black History 365 (BH365), the council is providing up to £6,000 of funding per organisation to put on an event.
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Police are appealing for help to find a Bromley man in his 30s who has disappeared. Mark Spence was last seen in Penge at approximately 3.45pm on Tuesday, June 8, and officers are said to be growing increasingly concerned for his welfare.
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Four men have been arrested after a man in his 30s was fatally stabbed in Greenwich. Nathaniel Ago, 35, was stabbed to on Barge Walk last week and died yesterday (June 8) from his injuries in hospital. A 17-year-old boy, 22-year-old man and 25-year-old man were arrested yesterday on suspicion of murder.
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A new ‘walk and talk’ initiative has been launched in Southwark and Lambeth in a bid to make women feel safer on the streets. Twenty five female neighbourhood officers are buddying up with women from within the community to walk the streets and hear of their experiences and concerns.
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Eight newly built zero-carbon council homes in Greenwich have welcomed their first tenants. The new zero-carbon council home development is among the first to be completed as part of the council’s Greenwich Builds programme. Royal Borough of Greenwich Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Anthony Okereke, visited the new tenants yesterday.
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Three men, including one from Lambeth, have been charged for attempting to smuggle 69 Albanian migrants into the UK. A fishing boat was intercepted off the coast of East Anglia on November 17, last year, as part of a joint operation involving the NCA, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force.
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Police have named the 74-year-old killed in Lewisham as a man is charged with his murder. Christopher Martin has been identified as the elderly man found critically injured at an address in Wild Goose Drive in New Cross just before 5am on Friday, May 28.
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A gunman dressed as a delivery driver pretended to deliver a package before attacking an East Dulwich man at home with his young daughter. Terrifying footage of the incident shows Vicente Forde, 32, of Gavestone Road, Greenwich, dressed as an Amazon delivery driver brandishing a shotgun.
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An 89-year-old woman has been found dead in her home in Bexleyheath with a man in his 50s being arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. The arrested man was taken to hospital with self-inflicted injuries.
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A man who lured a woman into his home in Peckham and raped her six year’s ago has been be jailed for half the time it took to convict him. Abiodun Adeagbo, 33 of Crescent Road, Tottenham, was sentenced to three year’s imprisonment for rape on Friday.
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Southwark Greenpeace have accused the supermarket chain Tesco of ‘greenwashing’. The environmental campaign has called on the food store to cut ties with meat suppliers that contribute to deforestation.
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The number of Covid-19 cases in Lambeth has continued to rise, with extra testing now underway in four parts of the borough. Lambeth Council has launched extra PCR testing in West Norwood, in addition to those already operating during recent weeks in Brixton, Stockwell and Clapham.
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Shocking images have been released of men brandishing machetes in Hyde Park, that led to a 17-year-old boy being stabbed. Detectives have released the terrifying pictures of a group of men holding weapons in the park earlier this week.
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A man has been stabbed in broad daylight in Brockwell Park as park-goers enjoy the warm weather.Police are hunting for a man in a grey tracksuit after a 20-year-old was found with a stab wound to the leg on Wednesday. Police were called to Effra Parade at 8.17pm after being alerted to a stabbing by the London Ambulance Service.
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