15 h. ago Met Office warns thunderstorms could hit London as temperatures reach 25C

Areas likely to be affected include London, the South West, and the West Midlands

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20 h. ago South London council raked in £1m from illegal low traffic zone

Lambeth council collected £1,080,580 from penalty charge notices (PCNs) issued to drivers who entered streets suddenly closed as part of the controversial West Dulwich LTN

Economics

37 h. ago Sierra Leone's First Lady 'renting council flat in south London'

Sierra Leone's First Lady 'renting council flat in south London' - despite owning huge property portfolio in Africa  GB News

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38 h. ago Sadiq Khan urged to block high rise building that skirts Grenfell building rule by 30cm

Tory controlled Bromley Council has approved an application to build a tower block in Penge, South London, that attempts to get around the rule by reducing the height of the building by 30cm.

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47 h. ago Historic route maps hidden for decades at Victoria station restored for 200th anniversary of rail

Ceramic route maps showcased London Brighton & South Coast Railway

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49 h. ago Sierra Leone’s first lady rents a council flat in south London

Sierra Leone’s first lady rents a council flat in south London  The Times

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57 h. ago 'Vaping' nursery worker accused of leaving 23 infants 'writhing in pain'

Roksana Lecka, 22, is accused of punching, grabbing and pinching children in her care at Riverside Nursery, in Twickenham, south west London, and is currently on trial

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57 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana 'threw scalding water over prison officer' in horror attack

The attack reportedly took place at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London, where Rudakubana, 18, is serving a minimum of 52 years for murdering three young girls last year

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57 h. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana in 'horror boiling water attack' on prison guard

Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three young girls in the savage Southport stabbing attack, threw scalding water over a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh in south-east London

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62 h. ago ‘Tearing the heart out of our communities’: Two Southwark schools set to close despite campaigns

‘Tearing the heart out of our communities’: Two Southwark schools set to close despite campaigns  South London Press & Mercury

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64 h. ago Nursery worker 'seen hurting 23 babies' in alleged attacks 'on CCTV'

Roksana Lecka, 22, was employed as a nursery worker at the £1,900-per-month Riverside Nursery in Twickenham, south London, when she allegedly pinched, punched and pulled the hair of the babies

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2 d. ago South London paedo teacher who paid £65k to commission child abuse given ban

South London paedo teacher who paid £65k to commission child abuse given ban  News Shopper

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3 d. ago Mother saw gunman shoot son near Damilola Taylor centre, court told

Jesse Lloyd-Smith, 20, was fatally injured close to the Damilola Taylor centre in Peckham, south-east London, the Old Bailey was told on Thursday.

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3 d. ago Charity director who claimed 'menopause madness' caused her poor performance at work loses disability discrimination claim

Deborah Sangster blamed failures to hand in reports and attend meetings on symptoms causing 'low mood, irritability and night sweats', a south London tribunal heard.

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3 d. ago Academy trust silent 'as dozens of teachers across south London face redundancy'

Academy trust silent 'as dozens of teachers across south London face redundancy'  News Shopper

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3 d. ago Former Millwall midfield favourite joins Welling United coaching staff

Former Millwall midfield favourite joins Welling United coaching staff  South London Press & Mercury

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4 d. ago Millwall boss up for Championship April award – up against two promotion

Millwall boss up for Championship April award – up against two promotion-winning managers  South London Press & Mercury

Economics

4 d. ago South London primary school set to close after just eight children joined reception class

St Anne’s Church of England School, in Wandsworth, could shut permanently on August 31

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4 d. ago Food and freedom: exhibition charts radical history of gardening in Britain

Artefacts from 11th century on display at British Museum in London, alongside work of modern-day community group“Being able to grow your own food is one of the most radical ways that you can express your freedom, your sovereignty, your liberation,” says Valerie Goode, the founder and chief executive of the Coco Collective, a Black-led community gardening organisation in south London.“When you leave your food production in the hands of other people, you are leaving your health, your wellbeing, your sense of identity in the hands of other people. When we reclaim our food, we reclaim our power.” Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Britain's richest plumber Charlie Mullins reveals he's considering a UK return from his tax exile in Spain so he can become a Reform councillor

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Mullins insists he is 'loving life' abroad but would 'undoubtedly' consider coming back to contest a local council election in his native South London.

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