46 m. ago Love Forms by Claire Adam review – the power of a mother’s loss

Forty years on, a Trinidadian woman has never stopped looking for the daughter she gave up for adoption, in a quietly devastating novelClaire Adam’s 2019 novel Golden Child was her debut, but it felt like the work of a master. It was tender, ravishing, shattering – you believed every word of it. The book had an effortless narrative authority that most first-time novelists would kill for.Love Forms is every bit as alive and convincing, and returns us to Trinidad, with its potent fizz of colour, heat and political instability. But unlike the earlier book, it’s also set partly in south London – the writer’s own home turf – and has a mother, rather than a father, at its heart. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Stormzy takes on Hollywood with Merky films and teams with Oscar winner

South London rapper launches #Merky films to champion new talent and lands his lead role debut in a short film by an Oscar winning director. The film is shot entirely on an Apple Iphone.

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7 h. ago Polish nursery worker accused of abusing 24 toddlers was 'sleep deprived from smoking cannabis and staying up late with her boyfriend', court hears

Roksana Lecka is accused of 'badly harming' 23 of the infants, all aged 18 months to two years, at a £1,900-a-month Montessori nursery in Twickenham, south-west London .

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11 h. ago Doctors told me I had anxiety and turned me away... now I'm bedridden

Maisie Moore, 25, from south West London, spends every day sequestered to her bed in a brace given her severe neck pain, alongside high blood pressure, a racing heart and intense nausea.

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14 h. ago Shocking moment jobless fare dodger hurls abuse at rail inspectors after refusing to buy a ticket

The man was confronted by a revenue protection officer on a South Western Railway train from London to Weymouth, in the latest incident shown in Channel 5 series 'Fare Dodgers: At War With The Law'.

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24 h. ago A moment that changed me: I went to a death cafe – and learned how to live a much happier life

I felt peace flood over me as I realised I no longer needed to seek validation from others. Rather than saying yes to everything, I became more open, present and patient‘Are you afraid of dying, or are you afraid of not living?” Last year, I was sitting in a circle of strangers – half Buddhist monks, half morbidly curious members of the public – when someone asked one of the most profound questions I had ever heard. I was at a “death cafe”, at my local Buddhist centre in south London. A plate of biscuits was passed around while people nursed mugs of hot tea. At 29, I was one of the youngest attending the informal chat about death and dying, which was part of an initiative to encourage more open conversations about the ends of our lives.During the session, people reflected on the lives of those they had lost. Stories were shared about the joyful moments they had had together. A woman asked me why I would want to come to something like this, at my age. I looked around before revealing...

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30 h. ago Huw Edwards slashes price of his £4.75million family home AGAIN and his 'divorce has been delayed'

The six-bedroom detached property in Dulwich, south London, was put on the market last October after wife Vicky Flind filed for divorce from the former TV front man.

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38 h. ago Queen's Club 2025: Emma Raducanu breezes through first round as Katie Boulter survives wobble

It was a strong day for the British contenders in South-West London

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45 h. ago Man gets life for ‘senseless’ murder of talented footballer, 32, in south London car park

Theo Porteous was stabbed multiple times outside a block of flats near Battersea Power Station

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50 h. ago AP PHOTOS: London's red foxes get a lifeline in The Fox Project

When red foxes are ill, injured or abandoned as cubs in south London and its leafy suburbs, The Fox Project is often there to help.

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60 h. ago Bus driver high on drugs who fell asleep at wheel and killed girl, 9, is jailed

Ada Bicakci, 9, died in hospital on August 5 last year, two days after the collision in Bexleyheath, south-east London, which left her with 'catastrophic injuries'

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3 d. ago Moment 'fare dodger' is warned he could be committing fraud after only paying for short part of his journey

The train passenger was stopped by a revenue protection officer at the barriers at London Waterloo station after arriving on a South Western Railway (SWR) service.

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3 d. ago UK vows due diligence on Chinese embassy in London amid security concerns

UK vows due diligence on Chinese embassy in London amid security concerns  South China Morning Post

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3 d. ago Howzat for a view? Dream flats that give owners one of the most coveted views in cricket with terrace overlooking the Oval go on sale

The plush properties at Oval Mansions offer exceptional views of the Oval in south London and have now gone up for sale for between £400,000 and £600,000.

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3 d. ago ‘I’m here to open doors’: Bernardine Evaristo on success, controversy and why she plans to donate her £100k award

The Girl, Woman, Other author has this week been awarded a one-off Women’s prize award for her outstanding contribution. She talks about her long road to recognition, and using her profile to support other writersBack in 2013, Bernardine Evaristo gave a reading in a south London bookshop from her novel Mr Loverman. Only six people showed up, a couple of them were dozing and she realised they were homeless people who had come to find somewhere comfortable to sleep. Last month, the hit TV adaptation Mr Loverman, about a 74-year-old gay Caribbean man set in Hackney, east London, won two Baftas, including leading actor for Lennie James, making him the first Black British actor to win the TV award in its 70-year history. “I checked Wikipedia!” Evaristo exclaims of this shocking fact when we meet in London.Evaristo’s long career is one of firsts and creating them for others. In 2019, at the age of 60, she became the first Black woman to win the Booker prize – shared with Margaret Atwood –...

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3 d. ago South Africa’s Deputy President spent R346,000 a night in London using taxpayer money

South Africa’s Deputy President spent R346,000 a night in London using taxpayer money  Business Tech

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4 d. ago South London pub perfect for a day trip from Surrey reopens after £1 million revamp

South London pub perfect for a day trip from Surrey reopens after £1 million revamp  Surrey Live

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5 d. ago 'I was one of the most recognisable faces on TV but I gave it all up to become a teacher'

A face many people grew up with on CBBC and CITV Michael Underwood left his life in front of camera to become a primary school teacher in South West London

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5 d. ago Developing | Trump’s top economic officials to meet with China counterparts in London next week

Developing | Trump’s top economic officials to meet with China counterparts in London next week  South China Morning Post

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5 d. ago Met Office issues thunderstorm warning with parched Britain set to get more rain tomorrow than in all of May

The Met Office has issued a thunderstorm warning for southern England including London as well as the Midlands and South Wales tomorrow from 9am until 6pm.

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