Fake cops pointed gun at luxury car owner in Crystal Palace
Two fake cops in uniform and with blue flashing lights on their car threatened a man with a firearm before
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Author: Toby Porter
Croydon school sports contest organisers who raised £70,000 win award from Prime Minister
Two school sports contest organisers who raised £70,000 for projects in developing countries have won an award from the Prime
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Streatham daughter transformed Brixton dad’s life with kidney transplant
A daughter who saved her dad’s life by giving him her kidney is now on a mission to raise awareness
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Wimbledon man highlights cancer care gaps in charity photoshoot by singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor
With new analysis from Macmillan Cancer Support finding that 1 in 5 London cancer patients feel there aren’t always enough
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Millwall fan bags home shirt from the only England international played at The Den – in 1911
A famous writer, whisky legend and lifelong football fan has paid thousands of pounds for a 1911 England football shirt
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Disused garages could be converted to homes in Greenwich borough
By Lachlan Leeming BBC Local Government Reporter Vacant, run-down or underused garages will make way for new social housing projects,
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Lambeth and Croydon siblings sentenced for illegally offering loans at an interest rate of 25 per cent
A brother and sister who raked in hundreds of thousands of pounds from illegal money lending have been sentenced. Following
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South London Memories: Grandfather reminisces on being one of the first cataract patients at The Thomas Hospital in the 1950’s
Last week marked the 70th anniversary of the first eye cataract operation at St Thomas’ Hospital. The procedure, to remove
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Violinist plays instrument while tumour is removed from her brain at King’s College Hospital
A woman has successfully had a brain tumour removed while playing her violin during the procedure. Professional musician Dagmar Turner
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Lambeth leaders implement maximum possible council tax rise
One town hall has set the highest possible rise in council tax and put aside a quarter of a million
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Prize-winning architects to revamp National Theatre’s brutalist neighbour
An unobtrusive rough concrete building next to the National Theatre is set to get restaurants and green spaces and an
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Brixton pupils swimming to raise money for cancer centre
Primary school pupils are training for more than an hour at a time to raise money for a cancer support
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Duo took thousands from vulnerable pensioner – then his Wandsworth house after he died
Two men who targeted a vulnerable pensioner in a “calculated and predatory” fraud have been jailed after a determined four-year
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Robber who cut sex worker’s face and body gets nine years in jail
A robber who threatened prostitutes into handing over their takings and slashed a woman’s body has been sentenced to nine
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Parents talk of the tough road in getting their disabled children a proper education in Wandsworth
By Sian Bayley BBC Local Government Reporter Parents have expressed relief after town hall education chiefs were slammed for only
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Massive hurdle overcome in regenerating area around The Den as new images released
Negotiations on turning the desolate industrial area around Millwall’s ground, The Den, into flats have been held this week with
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South London Memories: The London Eye celebrate it’s 20th anniversary in March
The London Eye was only conceived a few years before it went up, as an entry to a competition in
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Turn over a new leaf by picking up a gift book on Valentine’s Day
A charity is leaving books across South London to cheer up people on Valentine’s Day. As well as a day
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Theatre revamp is £12m over budget – and looks the same, say critics
By Tara O’Connor BBC Local Government Reporter A prestige theatre complex’s refit is £12m over budget – and critics say
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