The male staff member, who worked in the council’s social services team, was appointed to manage colleagues Wendy Andrew and Kevin Baptiste shortly after having a racist outburst at them during a team meeting in 2018.
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Police have released an image captured in Smith Street at around 8.30pm on Saturday, July 20. Later that evening two men broke into an address on the street and stole a number of items
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Patrick Ruane, 55, of west London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday of two counts of encouragement of terrorism.
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A union representing the guards said the latest offer of £13.15 an hour by their employer and security contractor Wilson James, which is in line with last year’s London Living Wage, was “too little, too late” and below last year’s inflation rate of 11per cent. Instead, they want £16 an hour and sick pay which kicks in the moment they are absent from work.
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Residents living around Eltham High Street have claimed individuals are targeting pensioners on the road in pickpocketing and theft offences, with one woman having close to £2,000 in cash taken.
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Now in its 13th year, National Fitness Day is run by leisure industry body UKActive and aims to encourage the nation to get moving and shine a light on the many benefits that being active can offer.
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For more than 20 years the Good Vibrations band has been successfully using communal music-making to support people in challenging circumstances, and often with complex needs, to develop life and work skills and to forge fulfilling, constructive lives.
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Greenwich Green Investment is inviting residents, businesses and organisations to make low-risk investments into environmental projects in their local area from as little as £5.
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Homeowners in Dahlia House, Paddington, said they’ve installed security cameras just to feel safe and avoid communal areas at all costs.
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Firefighters rushed to Reston Waste Management in Weir Road, Wimbledon, after a large pile of rubbish in a single-storey building caught alight on Saturday night.
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Hammersmith and Fulham council say they will validate Earl’s Court Development Company’s (ECDC) application for 4,000 new homes and three cultural centres on September 16, while Kensington and Chelsea Council said it would do the same next week.
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The six-acre Wildcat Wilderness site in Catford is nestled in an urban area. It contains a few allotments and is also an education centre for schools, as well as a site for events and festivals.
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The victim has been named as 28-year-old Tikquaan Stephenson-Walters, who lived in the Queens Park area. His next of kin are being supported by specially trained officers.
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A small part of a three-roomed flat was damaged by the fire late on Monday night. Two people were treated on scene by London Ambulance Service, one of whom was taken to hospital.
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Ged Corbett was sentenced to HMP Thameside in April 2023 after failing to comply with the requirement of the sexual offences order. He was sentenced a week after he was released from HMP Hull following a previous assault conviction.
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Favourite Chicken, at 176 Addington Road in Selsdon, which specialises in burgers, fried chicken and chips, has been given a one out of five food hygiene rating due to the high risk of cross-contamination, said inspectors.
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Schools were invited to nominate students to recognise their achievements in GCSEs, A-levels and BTecs, to attend a special ceremony hosted inside Woolwich Town Hall’s historic Victoria Hall.
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The council first proposed the closure of the Bradmore Green (Coulsdon), Sanderstead, Broad Green and Shirley libraries back in January of this year. Following a public consultation and impact assessment, Croydon confirmed these libraries will close on October 25.
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Upgrade work will mean that no trains will run on parts of the National Rail and London Overground networks for seven days from Saturday October 26, to Friday November 1 (half-term week).
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