A man has run a 5K with his widowed sister to raise money for the Brain Tumour Research charity their family has supported since her husband died of a brain tumour. Juliet Legg’s husband, Nigel Legg, died in 2012, just six weeks after being diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
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The Lions boss changed to a four-man defence during Saturday’s 2-1 win over Stoke City as Tom Bradshaw’s brace cancelled out Romaine Sawyers’ opener with Rowett admitting he did consider changing the shape from the kick-off.
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Rowett’s change of formation and playing Billy Mitchell in the engine room paid off for the Millwall manager
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The Lions came from behind to beat Stoke on Saturday, but the Lions chief wants his side not to have to do it from behind.
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Gary Rowett heaped praise on Tom Bradshaw after the striker netted twice during Millwall’s win over Stoke at The Den on Saturday.
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Bexley council have imposed a borough-wide Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to tackle antisocial behaviour such as the use of nitrous oxide canisters and street drinking.
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The Environment Agency is closing the barrier to protect London from a high tide as a result of low pressure and northerly winds coinciding with spring tides. Closure of the barrier and associated gates will reduce the risk of flooding for up to 640,000 properties in London and along the Thames.
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Almost four-fifths of kidney patients across south-west London and Surrey support a plan for a £80million new specialist unit. St Helier hospital patients would have to transfer to Tooting.
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Mixed Blessing West Indian Bakery will today host a celebration of the recording studio there, which once hosted legends of reggae. There is a roll call of famous reggae names, synthpop pioneers, funkateers, glamrockers and of course the Bob Marley story!
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A dad, whose seven-month-old son Leo sadly died this year, has raised a whopping £65000 for the neonatal unit at St George’s hospital. James Kennedy, from Tooting, and his team of Lions, will be setting off on an epic charity cycle ride on Monday (18 October), in memory of little Leo Kennedy.
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Southwark council’s ruling Labour group has rejected an opposition bid to enforce a more detailed look at controversial road blocks designed to cut car use. Liberal Democrats tried to get the borough’s overview and scrutiny committee(OSC) to re-examine town hall decisions on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Dulwich and Peckham.
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Residents have achieved a victory over housing chiefs who they say left them in leaking flats and waiting months for solutions to problems after a multimillion-pound improvement project.
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A single-mother with cystic fibrosis has been left no choice but to abort pregnancy following town hall housing bosses’ failure to repair her flood-damaged property.
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Tooting Bec Lido, which gets a new pump house this year, has been a mecca for overheated or over-brave swimmers for 106 years. Here TOBY PORTER outlines its extraordinary history.
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The owner of a cash and carry has been jailed for seven years for helping a gang to launder £25million through a series of shell companies posing as legitimate alcohol suppliers. Mandeep Singh Dhillon, 40, from Grove Park, Mottingham, was found guilty in July 2021 of conspiracy to convert criminal property after a four-month trial at Southwark Crown Court.
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An 87-year-old widow has amassed a total of £3,000 in fines after driving through road blocks she says she did not see during the most restrictive part of lockdown. Kate Redfern accrued 17 PCNs, reduced to 14 because of the sheer number, after using her car in Burbage and Townley Roads in Dulwich.
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Night Tube services are set to return on the Central and Victoria Lines in time for Christmas but driver shortages are preventing a full rollout, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said today. Speaking at Mayor’s Question Time this morning, Mr Khan said that restarting the 24-hour service on the 27th November was a sign that the city’s “thriving night time economy is returning”.
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A father and daughter have been sentenced for running an illegal school for the second time. Headteacher Nadia Ali, 40, and director Arshad Ali, 75, admitted running Ambassadors Home School Limited in Mitcham Lane, Streatham – illegally despite being prosecuted for the same offence two years ago.
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A blind climate activist who wept as he was jailed for chaining himself to a plane has been lullabied with a samba band outside his prison. The Extinction Rebellion musicians played at Wandsworth Prison to show their support for the British Paralympic gold medallist James Brown, age 56, who has been jailed for a year.
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