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Campaign encourages people to recognise the symptoms of lung cancer and take action early
The NHS South East London Cancer Alliance (SELCA) has launched a new burst of its campaign “It Started With,” to raise awareness of the symptoms of lung cancer and encourage anyone experiencing potential symptoms to speak to their GP practice. Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in t...
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Millwall boss explains Doughty omission in Birmingham loss
ALEX Neil said he left Alfie Doughty out of his squad against Birmingham City because he picks “a squad to try and win the game”. Doughty, 26, was a regular in the first team when fit last season but has barely featured this campaign amid further injury problems. The left-sided player has made t...
Neil says Millwall lacked ‘discipline’ in midfield during Birmingham defeat
ALEX Neil said his side lacked discipline in midfield during Millwall’s 3-0 defeat to Birmingham City. The Lions fell behind inside two minutes at St Andrew’s when Alex Cochrane’s 35-yard volley flew through a crowded penalty area and into the bottom corner. They came close to equalising ten m...
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Millwall lose right-backs Ryan Leonard and Tristan Crama to injury
MILLWALL have lost both Ryan Leonard and Tristan Crama to injury, Alex Neil has confirmed. Both right-backs featured in the Lions’ 4-1 win over Derby County on Saturday but were absent from the squad that travelled to Birmingham City three days later. Millwall lost 3-0 at St Andrew’s. Crama, who...
REPORT: Birmingham City 3-0 Millwall – Lions concede three soft goals amid drab showing at St. Andrews
MILLWALL conceded three soft goals as they put in another drab performance against Birmingham at St Andrew’s. Like the Lions against Derby County last Saturday, it took Blues just 30 minutes to score three goals amid some poor defending and goalkeeping. Alex Cochrane opened the scoring within 40 s...
TEAM NEWS: Birmingham City vs. Millwall – Neil makes two changes
ALEX Neil has made two changes for Millwall’s clash with Birmingham City. Jordi Osei-Tutu replaces Tristan Crama, who drops out of the squad, at right-back, while Mihailo Ivanovic makes his first start of the season in place of the suspended Jenson Metcalfe. Luke Cundle retains his place in midfie...
What was South London’s most horrific murder? Introducing the new podcast from Southwark News
What was South London’s most horrific murder? That was the question we set out to answer in the first episode of Pitch Your Story, a new podcast by the journalists at Southwark News. In our first episode and Halloween special, we took a look at three of the most gruesome historic murders south of ...
Reclaiming a murder from North London: ‘The Edgware Road Murder’ was actually a South London killing
A notorious 19th century murder case remembered for the discovery of a dismembered body on Edgware Road actually began in a cottage in South London, where a bride-to-be was murdered on Christmas Eve. Hannah Gay Brown, a widow aged around 50, was due ... This is premium content for subscribers only G...
Lewisham and Lambeth suffer highest gun crime in South London
Lewisham, closely followed by Lambeth, were the two South London boroughs with the highest number of gun crime offences last year. In the 12 months from September 2025-26, Lewisham saw 97 gun crime offences, one more than Lambeth with 96. Meanwhile, Southwark suffered the third-highest number, 79, m...
Crackdown on the Jubilee Line: Transport for London’s war on fare dodgers
A new intelligence-led operation to crack down on fare evaders is already bearing fruit, a senior Transport for London official has said with 50 people caught at one Tube station in a day. Operation Vector, a joint venture between the transport network and the British Transport Police (BTP), uses d...
Search launched for couple to have wedding ceremony on film at Old Marylebone Town Hall
Old Marylebone Town Hall is one of London’s most recognisable wedding venues, with celebrities from Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa having tied the knot in its famous rooms. The famous registry office is now offering a whole wedding package for one couple next April – with the catch that their whole...
Mayor given power to intervene on licensing, but will it benefit London’s nightlife or is it a power grab from local councils?
The Mayor of London has denied carrying out a democratic power grab from the capital’s boroughs after his new licensing powers came into effect. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) that he wanted to work with Westminster City Council, after being accused of a “land grab” by th...
The London Million Hearts and Minds challenge begins in Lambeth
Heart attacks and strokes cause one in four deaths in London. Around 70% of these are preventable, and knowing your blood pressure is one of the simplest ways to protect yourself. The new London Million Hearts and Minds Challenge is encouraging Londoners to get their blood pressure checked and take ...
Homes on council estates being short-term let on Airbnb for more than £200 a night in breach of rules
Fraudulent tenants of council apartments are raking in hundreds of pounds a day illegally subletting the properties out to short-term visitors. Several council-leased flats in Pimlico are currently being advertised for up to £200 a night, in an almost certain breach of lease rules. According to one...
'Struggling' market traders in one London borough face huge rise in weekend pitch fees
Daily pitch fees are proposed to rise from £22 to £42 in some cases
Gang which robbed more than £385,000 of luxury goods from West End stores is jailed
Three men responsible for stealing more than 100 luxury items from West End stores have been sentenced to jail. The gang conducted five robberies at high end stores on Bond Street and Sloane Street over a three-month period last year, grabbing a haul of handbags, clothing and boots worth a total of ...
Block of flats for vulnerable residents plunged into darkness for several days with pitch black hallways and stairs
Residents living in a block of flats in Pimlico have been left for days with a pitch black lobby, with even fire exits invisible in the darkness. Common areas at Kent House on the Tachbrook Estate, including stairwells, have been left without any light since last week despite several reports sent to...
New Cross road rage driver mowed down cyclist who spat at him
A van driver who deliberately swerved into and ran over a cyclist on New Cross Road in Lewisham has been sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court.
Two men sentenced after glass bottle stabbing in Mayfair nightclub
An R&B singer has been sentenced following an incident in which a man was assaulted with a glass bottle in a Mayfair nightclub. Chris Brown, 37, admitted to affray after he and his vocal coach Omololu Akinlolu attacked a friend at Tape London in Hanover Square in the early hours of February 19, ...
Oxford Street has gone traffic free – this is what it currently looks like
It’s a rainy October morning and change is afoot in central London – Oxford Street, the nation’s high street, has officially gone traffic-free. Well almost. Barriers have been erected at junctions, traffic signals covered up and new pedestrian signs laid down on the road warn of crossing traff...