17 h. ago Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school

Teachers at a school in Beckenham have complained about being ‘severely overworked to the point of exhaustion’

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19 h. ago Arson arrest made after fire breaks out on south London’s Electric Avenue

70 firefighters were called to a Brixton fire as large plume of smoke seen billowing over busy shopping street

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19 h. ago Police arrest man on suspicion of arson following fire on Electric Avenue

The blaze on the busy shopping street saw 10 fire engines and approximately 70 firefighters called out on Monday.

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20 h. ago Brixton fire: Man arrested on suspicion of arson after blaze on Electric Avenue

Emergency services remain at the scene after dozens of firefighters called to tackle blaze near market

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20 h. ago Firefighters battle building blaze in Brixton on famous Electric Avenue that has shut down tube station as man, 40, is arrested

Ten fire engines attended the scene in south London at 9.40am after large plumes of smoke were seen billowing over a shopping street.

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21 h. ago Strictly’s Johannes Radebe to make West End debut as Kinky Boots’ drag queen

The South African dancer will play drag queen Lola in the award-winning musical at London Coliseum next year.

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23 h. ago Brixton Tube station shut as firefighters tackle blaze on Electric Avenue

Dozens of firefighters are tackling the blaze on Electric Avenue

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23 h. ago The young Oscar Wilde’s Russian revolutionary drama reveals a playwright divided

Vera; or, The Nihilists concerns a plot to kill a tsar but after Alexander II was assassinated, its London premiere was cancelled. Now receiving a rare production, it captures his conflict between ethics and aestheticsWho wrote the following: “When private property is abolished, there will be no necessity for crime”? In one of his plays the same writer has a female revolutionary cry: “How easy is it for a king to kill his people by thousands but we cannot rid ourselves of one crowned man in Europe.” If I reveal that the writer was a London-based Irishman, most people would assume it was Bernard Shaw. In fact, it was Oscar Wilde and, while the first quote comes from his essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism, the last is from his play Vera; or, The Nihilists which is to get a rare professional production at the Brockley Jack Studio theatre, south-east London, in September.The play itself is virtually unknown even to Wildean devotees. It was written in 1879 and loosely based on the sto...

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24 h. ago 70 firefighters tackling fire on south London’s Electric Avenue

Large plume of smoke seen billowing over busy shopping street in Brixton

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24 h. ago King Charles, PM Starmer lead UK tributes 20 years after deadly 7/7 London bombings

King Charles, PM Starmer lead UK tributes 20 years after deadly 7/7 London bombings  South China Morning Post

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24 h. ago King Charles, PM Starmer lead tributes 20 years after deadly 7/7 London bombings

King Charles, PM Starmer lead tributes 20 years after deadly 7/7 London bombings  South China Morning Post

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34 h. ago The moment desperate drivers  realise they've been snared by London's most

Greenwich Council are raking in £16,500 a day from fines dished out to locals who drive through camera enforced LTN roads in East Greenwich, south-east London.

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42 h. ago Vauxhall 'murder' as man, 32, stabbed and London skyscraper 'on lockdown'

Police rushed to the scene in Vauxhall, south London, where they found a man aged 32 with knife injuries - despite the best efforts of medical staff, he died

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45 h. ago Man arrested after Windrush exhibition vandalised in south London

Met Police officers were called to Windrush Square on Thursday following reports of damage to the display

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45 h. ago Jamaican drug dealer 'Wrecker' dies while serving life for South London murder after failed deportation

Jamaican drug dealer 'Wrecker' dies while serving life for South London murder after failed deportation  Yahoo

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66 h. ago High street store puts security tags on popular board game Brits love

Chiefs at WHSmith’s Croydon outlet in south London have slapped two layers of anti-theft measures on the £29.99 family gift – a hard plastic security alarm tag and sticker

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2 d. ago 'I tried South London pub with £2.50 tacos and it's one of my favourite boozers in the city'

'I tried South London pub with £2.50 tacos and it's one of my favourite boozers in the city'  MyLondon

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3 d. ago Enzo Maresca says Chelsea Club World Cup win over Palmeiras was ‘perfect night’

A deflected late Malo Gusto cross saw the Londoners snatch a 2-1 victory in their quarter-final against Palmeiras in Philadelphia.

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3 d. ago More cash given for new south east London Overground station

More cash given for new south east London Overground station  News Shopper

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3 d. ago South London café hailed for serving 'the best breakfast' in the capital

South London café hailed for serving 'the best breakfast' in the capital  Yahoo

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