A funeral director has raised hundreds of pounds for cancer support by running more than the distance of a marathon after being inspired by his nan who was diagnosed with the disease.
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An 84-year-old Millwall fan with terminal cancer has donated £400 to a club-backed charity drive – and been personally thanked by manager Gary Rowett. Charlie Harris, now living in Kent, cannot have surgery or chemotherapy – but he donated the amount in the hope of helping find a cure.
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Tomorrow’s South London Press has 44 pages packed with news, views, letters, sport, the classified adverts you need to read, all sprinkled with humour and insight – and the trusted and crucial facts residents rely on to get through lockdown.
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A rapist who asked a teenager for directions before offering her a ride home and attacking her, has been convicted. Taofiq Laguda, 46, was convicted of one count of rape and one count of theft following a trial at Woolwich Crown Court
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An annual event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day will be held virtually this year to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Second World War. Merton’s civic event commemorates the 76th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Berkenau.
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A man is in a life-threatening condition after being stabbed earlier this evening. Police were called to an address in Queenstown Road, Battersea, at 7.30pm today following reports of a knife attack.
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Temporary accommodation in Southwark is at crisis point, the council’s overview and scrutiny committee was told on Monday (January 25). The council has overspent by more than £8.9 million this year in homelessness services, while the number of homeless applications has surged by 51 per cent
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A firefighter was beaten over the head by the resident of flats he was trying to save – and only his helmet saved him suffering serious head injuries.
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A gun, six knives, and hard drugs were found last week following a police raid at an address in a block of flats. Two men were arrested in Hampson Way, Stockwell on suspicion of possession of a firearm
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Lewisham cabinet minister for jobs and the son of two national party figures is stepping down from the town hall. Cllr Joe Dromey, whose dad is shadow Cabinet office minister Jack Dromey and mum is former Labour leader Harriet Harman, has been appointed director of an organisation driving diversity.
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The coronavirus crisis left one South Londoner living on just one meal a day after he lost his job. ‘Rob’ applied for Universal Credit in Wandsworth, but it wasn’t enough to meet the rent for his one-bed flat.
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A class of 250 students has started to help deliver the Covid-19 vaccine to residents after an intensive two-month course in running the brand new and crucial roll-out.
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Croydon Council will be handed £2.5 million worth of debt when a Catholic girls’ school closes its doors for good.
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South London’s police chief has warned residents who break lockdown rules will be punished for putting lives in danger.
Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove says his officers have already dealt with an illegal unlicensed music event in Page Walk, Bermondsey.
January 4th brought back some of the anger after his mum, Cherry Groce, was shot by police in 1985 – an event which sparked the Brixton riots. Lee Lawrence writes his story in The Louder I Sing
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More than 1,700 fines have been handed out to people who refuse to wear face coverings on London public transport as TfL insists it is cracking down on those who flout the rules.
Read MoreThe number of coronavirus patients at Croydon University Hospital is not expected to drop for up to five weeks. As of yesterday (Tuesday, January 19) there were 233 Covid-19 patients being treated at the London Road hospital.
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The High Court has ruled that the Mayor of London and Transport for London acted “unlawfully” by introducing a Streetspace scheme at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Forty years ago on January 18, Yvonne Ruddock and Angela Jackson held a joint birthday party at a house in New Cross. The celebration was to end in tragedy after a fire ripped through the house in the early hours of the morning. A total of 13 young black people died.
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