18 h. ago ‘They inspire me’: Alessia Russo on empowering young girls and giving back

The Arsenal and England forward has a new foundation designed to boost girls’ participation in sport and promote female health“She’s just so cool.” “Is that her? Is that really her? I didn’t think she was that blonde.” “Even her clothes are cool.” Alessia Russo is a footballing Pied Piper and the teenage girls following her down the path from the five-a-side pitches to the full-size one at Haringey’s New River Leisure Centre can’t contain their excitement.Russo has just watched the final of the Alessia Cup, an evolution of an annual girls’ tournament organised by the London-based charity Goals 4 Girls. This year it was staged in partnership with Russo’s newly launched Alessia Russo Foundation and Sky. The broadcaster’s involvement comes in the wake of its Public First report, which found that girls in the UK are missing out on 280 million hours of sport every year. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Frustrated residents put up fake speed camera to deal with speeding drivers on their road

Residents say the rogue installation was propped up overnight on Sandhurst Road in Catford, southeast London .

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60 h. ago This famously tasty southeast London chippy is one of the top 10 fish and chip takeaways in Britain for 2026

This famously tasty southeast London chippy is one of the top 10 fish and chip takeaways in Britain for 2026  Time Out

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62 h. ago This beloved 1980s leisure centre in southeast London is getting demolished

This beloved 1980s leisure centre in southeast London is getting demolished  Time Out

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3 d. ago The Biggest Urban Winery in Britain is Opening in Southeast London

The Biggest Urban Winery in Britain is Opening in Southeast London  Time Out

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3 d. ago Boy, five, dies after wall collapsed during child's birthday party at crazy golf course

Paramedics raced to Sidcup Family Golf in southeast London at around 5.40pm on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Boy, five, in a critical condition after wall collapsed during child's birthday party at crazy golf course

Police were called to Sidcup Family Golf on Sidcup Bypass, southeast London , at around 5.45pm on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Boy, five, is rushed to hospital in a critical condition after wall collapsed during child's birthday party at crazy golf course

Police were called to Sidcup Family Golf on Sidcup Bypass, southeast London , at around 5.45pm on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Shocking moment truck crashes after driving into police officer

In the footage, filmed from a nearby window, a pickup truck can be seen driving down a residential street in Lewisham - in southeast London - as police officers and a police van follow behind.

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2 w. ago Horror as one of world's most dangerous spiders found in bunch of bananas

Staff working at a supermarket in southeast London were shocked when they discovered the potentially lethal insect scurrying around in the fruit, thousands of miles from home

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3 w. ago Coroner's chilling warning after boy, 16, takes own life on railway tracks

Leo Barber was just 16 years old when he was killed by a train in Bromley, southeast London - and it's emerged he had visited a suicide forum in the lead up to his death

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3 w. ago London braces for heavy rain this week as temperatures plunge

Monday will see heavy showers with the risk of thunder and hail in London and the southeast of England

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4 w. ago A massive winter festival – with an ice rink – is coming to southeast London

A massive winter festival – with an ice rink – is coming to southeast London  Time Out Worldwide

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last month Around 100 firefighters tackle shop blaze in southeast London

Around 100 firefighters tackle shop blaze in southeast London  Sky News

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