Shakespeare’s Globe is hosting a local food bank distribution hub from Monday 5 – Tuesday 6 April. The theatre will be hosting Holly Adomah Thompson, Amrit Maan FRSA and a team of volunteers from their food distribution hub.
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Two teenagers have been jailed after killing a man in a confrontation which turned into a fatal fight in Southwark last year. Mohamed Kolokoh, 18, of Elephant and Castle, was on Wednesday, 31 March at Isleworth Crown Court sentenced to 13 years imprisonment, to serve eight in custody and five on license, for the manslaughter of Francois Kablan.
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Former Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has approached the Dulwich Estate with a scheme to create a superhero theme park on its open spaces, called JokerLand. The 56-year-old, who joined the advisory board of tree-planters Dutch Green Business last month, has been trying to draw support from investors as far away as Cape Town. He has also begun the search for a web designer.
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A manhunt is under way after a possible killer, bleeding after a fatal knife fight, attacked a cop trying to arrest him – and fled the hospital where he was being treated for wounds sustained in the blood-soaked struggle. A murder investigation has also been launched after a 23-year-old man was fatally stabbed during a fight in Alpha Road, Croydon last night – at a vigil for another murder victim killed in the same road less than a month ago.
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A charity which teaches young people to play music instruments has been raided by a professional burglar, who broke in at 2am and stole thousands of pounds of instruments and recording equipment and cycled off on a Santander bike. The first-floor home of the World Heart Beat Music Academy in Kimber Road, Wandsworth, was plundered in the early hours of March 22, with CCTV footage showing only partial pictures of what the culprit looked like.
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Two men have been convicted for their part in the death of Greenwich teenager Cameron Murfitt who was fatally stabbed after being knocked off his bike in March last year. Mason Bridle, 18, of Lewisham, was found guilty of murder. Mario Gruda, 23, of Eltham was found guilty of manslaughter.
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A Grenfell Tower resident who warned about an “inferno” at Grenfell after a previous fire in the tower block, handed in a dossier of concerns just weeks before the fatal fire. Michael Mansfield QC told the Grenfell Inquiry today (Monday, March 29) that Shah Ahmed who lived on the 18th floor was planning to take his concerns to the housing ombudsman.
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A man has been charged with possession with intent to supply Class A following a Specialist Crime warrant in Camberwell New Road on Thursday, 25 March. Justin Simister, 28, of Camberwell New Road, appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 27 March
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AFC Wimbledon Football Club have turned their brand new Plough Lane stadium into an Covid-19 vaccination centre, following the lead of Crystal Palace. The vaccination centre will play a key role in vaccinating eligible residents as well as health and care staff.
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Fans are fundraising for a mosaic memorial to one of Charlton’s most dedicated, loyal and popular supporters, Seb Lewis, who died a year ago at the age of just 38. Plans are now in place for a mosaic depicting Seb to be placed alongside other club legends on the exterior of the West Stand.
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Fans are fundraising for a mosaic memorial to one of Charlton’s most dedicated, loyal and popular supporters, Seb Lewis, who died a year ago at the age of just 38. Plans are now in place for a mosaic depicting Seb to be placed alongside other club legends on the exterior of the West Stand.
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Violent burglars stole £20,000 by posing as police to trick their victims.The trio got out of a silver Vauxhall Insignia displaying a false number plate of NA0 8XHZ and approached the residents of an address on Featherbed Lane, Croydon on Sunday, 25 October 2020, between 4.55pm and 5.11pm.
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A business owner missing from Eltham for four years is today the subject of an appeal by police who have not given up being able to trace him. The Met are renewing appeals for help to find Shaune Jones, 49, who was last seen in June 2017. He has not been heard from since.
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of explosive substance and terrorism offences. Cops from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command arrested a 53-year-old man at an address in south-west London on Monday, 22 March, on suspicion of possession of an explosive substance.
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Police are appealing for help from the public to identify a man they would like to speak with in connection with an indecent act aboard a bus in south-east London. At around 5pm on Tuesday, 2 March a woman aged in her 30s travelling on a Route 469 bus through Plumstead noticed a male staring at her while touching himself over his clothing.
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A probationary cop involved in the search for murdered Brixton marketing executive Sarah Everard has been removed from duties for allegedly sharing an “inappropriate graphic”. The Met said a graphic was shared via social media on Friday and was reported by a number of officers “who were concerned by its content”.
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Home Secretary Priti Patel has asked Scotland Yard for a “full report” amid criticism of the Met’s handling of mourners at a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard at Clapham Common this evening. Some called for the Metropolitan Police’s Commissioner Cressida Dick to quit as London Mayor Sadiq Khan acknowledged that officers’ handling of the meeting at the common bandstand was at times “not appropriate nor proportionate” and he would be “urgently seeking an explanation”.
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The Duchess of Cambridge has made an unannounced visit to Clapham Common to pay her respects to Sarah Everard because she “remembers what it felt like to walk around London at night before she got married”. An official vigil at the common’s bandstand was cancelled this morning, but thousands have visited the park to pay tribute to Ms Everard.
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A vigil on Clapham Common this evening in response to the disappearance nearby of Sarah Everard has been cancelled by the organisers because of the threat they face of being fined under the Serious Crime Act. Reclaim These Streets planned to hold the event at the common’s bandstand tonight, Saturday at 6pm, near to Poynders Road, on the South Circular, where the 33-year-old, whose body was formally identified on Friday, went missing.
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