Romance off the menu at unclean Covent Garden restaurant
The French restaurant in Covent Garden was given a one out of five hygiene rating by Westminster City council on February 28.
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Regent Street hammer attacker given 13-year jail term
Morteza Ahmadi, 39, targeted his victims in and around Regent Street on Saturday, October 1 2021 and his assaults left two with fractured sculls.
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Lewisham teen rushed to hospital after daylight stabbing
Police were called at about 9:30am yesterday to reports of a stabbing in Falmouth Close and found the teenager suffering from stab injuries.
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Nine-and-a-half-year jail term for street killing
Christopher Hallam, 58, of Sowerby Close, Eltham, was convicted of causing the death of Zeki Demir after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court.
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Lewisham Mayor Damien Egan names his squad
Mayor Egan won the election with 39,966 votes (58.05 per cent). Labour held all 54 seats for local councillors.
Read MoreCouncil wrongly demanded £36k from seriously ill man to pay for care home
The authority sent a letter to the sister of the unnamed man, known as Mr D, threatening legal action if the money wasn’t received.
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History made as capital picks first Muslim Lord Mayor
Cllr Hamza Taouzzale, who was born and bred in Westminster, is also the youngest set to be the youngest at the age of 22
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Memorial garden to honour victims set for site of Grenfell Tower
The Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission – made up of bereaved family members, survivors of the fire and Lancaster West Estate residents – said it was engaging with survivors, the bereaved and local residents about ideas for the “community-led memorial”.
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Shooting club whose members have represented Great Britain at the Olympics fighting for survival
The Wimbledon Park Rifle Club has called Putney home since 1904, sending members to the Olympics and British Championships.
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Mum forced to carry son down flight of stairs for a year due to broken lift
Charlie Lynch can only get her 11-year-old disabled son to school if her sister or neighbour helps carry him in his wheelchair down a narrow staircase – otherwise he has to stay at home.
Read MoreLambeth forced to cough up more than £1million after bailiff visits
A Freedom of Information request has revealed debt collectors turned up at Lambeth town hall and Lambeth civic centre to recover £1,013,495 between May 2021 and May 2022.
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Landlord ordered to pay more than a quarter of a million pounds after squashing seven flats into six
In addition, three of the flats had unauthorised bedrooms that added to the already cramped and sub-standard conditions.
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Victims told to f*** off by council staff after Grenfell disaster, inquiry hears
A Kensington and Chelsea council worker swore at people who had escaped the blaze, according to one of the shelter workers.
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Four arrested over suspected involvement in organised crime
Specialist Crime detectives also seized three cars and arrested four men early yesterday morning for their suspected involvement in installing the sophisticated hides made to conceal and transport illegal items such as drugs and cash.
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Tower blocks to replace ITV studios in Waterloo branded “grotesque!
Japanese developer Mitsubishi Estates bought the 24-storey London studios tower in Waterloo in 2019 for £145m and wants to knock it down to build three office blocks with shops. The blocks will be 26, 13 and six stories high.
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More bus strikes planned for next week
Unite the Union has announced three days of bus strike action over pay that affects 37 routes in South London on Monday and Tuesday.
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Teenager to appear in court charged with murder of 16-year-old
A 17-year-old from Lambeth was charged yesterday with the murder of 16-year-old Rommel McKoy.
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NHS trust pays out £94m in claims for negligence which led to childhood cerebral palsy
London NHS trusts paid out a total of £898m in damages across 259 clinical negligence claims over the past 10 years and Lewisham and Greenwich has had to pay out a total of £94.2m of that in 25 separate claims. Some £11.1m in legal costs were also paid out in those cases.
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Woolwich student to collect data on top footballers at World Cup
Mohammed Koroma is one of seven Middlesex University students helping FIFA collect sophisticated data on top professional footballers at the 2022 World Cup which will be shared with all competing countries to help them improve their performance in future.
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