Despite a challenging year of Covid restrictions, one Southwark basket ball team has bounced back better than ever. City of London Academy Southwark (CoLAS) Women’s Team returned to the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL1) Finals for the first time since 2016/17 after a phenomenal season rising to second place with a late run of results.
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A search has begun for a man who knocked an elderly woman to the floor and robbed her near Brockwell Park. The woman had been walking down Norwood Road around midday when she was attacked by the man.
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A Dulwich campaign group has slammed the council over a consultation on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) that they have claimed was “biased and misleading”. Southwark Council has denied the claims made by the Dulwich Alliance that the council lied about residents’ support for a main road closure over two year’s ago.
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A police dog is ‘lucky to be alive’ after being stabbed in the head five times during a knife attack in Orpington. Kaiser the police dog was on patrol with his handler, PC Mark Woolcott, when he was attacked with a large kitchen knife.
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An eleven-year-old Croydon yoga prodigy has been honoured by the Prime Minister for his bringing joy to many during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ishwar Sharma, who has autism and ADHD, led daily yoga classes for 40 children across 14 countries during lockdown.
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It has been revealed today that Sarah Everard died from compression of the neck. Ms Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive, went missing after leaving a friend’s house in Clapham Common on her way home to Brixton in March.
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A Charlton footballer has praised a new online safety bill after being on the receiving end of discriminatory abuse. The 21-year-old academy player Wassim Aouachria spoke out about his personal experiences of social media abuse during an event organised by the football club last Wednesday.
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A twenty-five-year-old man who was killed in a car accident over the bank holiday weekend in Merton has been named by police. Marcos Mateus Alves, known as Mateus to his friends, who was born in Brazil, was pronounced dead around 5pm on Saturday in St Helier Avenue.
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Bexley residents have been warned of a ‘summer stink’ as refuse workers prepare to strike over low pay. Serco refuse workers are preparing to vote in a strike ballot after a dispute over pay and the poor treatment of workers.
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A man has been charged with the murder of of a 74-year-old man in New Cross. Jack Forde, 23, of Wild Goose Drive, appeared in custody at Bromley Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with murder. Just before 6pm on Friday, a man, who was known to Mr Forde, was found dead at the address on Wild Goose Drive.
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Hay fever sufferers have been warned to expect high pollen levels over the Spring bank holiday with a long-awaited spell of sunny weather. Data from the Kleenex Pollen Forecast shows that pollen levels across the country this weekend are continuing to rise into peak pollen season.
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A 74-year-old man has been stabbed to death in Lewisham and a man in his 20s has been arrested. Police were called by London Ambulance Service [LAS] just before 5pm today to reports of concerns for the welfare of an occupant at an address in Wild Goose Drive.
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Greenwich Council will be increasing the number of CCTV cameras in the borough in an attempt to reduce congestion. The Royal Borough of Greenwich have said they will be rolling out the CCTV, being installed in June, to discourage illegal driving behaviour and help to reduce congestion, increase road safety and improve air quality.
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Since lockdown, there has been a noticeable shift in our everyday relationship with the outdoors. Nature has been a source of solace for many, as lockdown rules heightened our appreciation for local parks and green spaces did too.
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A new scheme has been launched in Lewisham to help local people feel more confident getting the Covid-19 vaccine. A free, confidential telephone call back service was launched this week to offer residents the chance to arrange a conversation with a healthcare professional about the vaccination.
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Police are on the hunt for two men after a teenager was stabbed in Southwark. A 19-year-old man was found with stab wounds just after midnight in the More London Riverside area. Police were called by London Ambulance Service at 12.18am on Sunday, April 11, and found the victim.
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Five men have been jailed for a combined total of forty years for firearms offences in Lewisham and Lambeth. The men were sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Wednesday for numerous offences.
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Police are searching for a man after a woman was raped in Greenwich. The woman in her 20s was assaulted and raped inside a residential address earlier this month. The assault occurred between the evening of Tuesday, May 11 and the early hours of Friday, May 17.
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Two men and three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of activist Sasha Johnson, police say. The five arrests have been made in connection with the shooting of the Black Lives Matter activist in Peckham over the weekend. Ms Johnson, a mother-of-two, was left in critical condition in hospital after was she shot in the head as she attended a party on Consort Road on Sunday.
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