Complete with a detached pool house, the near-£3 million property is the former home of Narinder Sandhu, 62, who used the proceeds of an elaborate postage scam to buy it along with a Bentley and a Rolls-Royce.
Hadley Grange is in the desirable Jordans …
Only a handful of authors have earned the distinction of an entry in the Collins English Dictionary[1]. “Ballardian”, we are told, means “resembling or suggestive of the conditions described in the works of J. G. Ballard, esp dystopian modernity, bleak…
A man removed Banksy’s installation in Peckham within an hour of it being confirmed as genuine. (PA)A second man has been arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage after a Banksy[1] artwork was ripped off a lamppost in south London.The street …
A school has come under fire for serving a student food with seemingly little to “no nutritional value” for lunch, as parents blast how their kids are treated.
A student at The Charter School Bermondsey in Drummond Road, Southwark, took a picture of th…
Hailu Getemariam, 24, from Southend Lane, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault at Inner London Crown Court on November 15, 2023 (Image: BTP)A Sydenham man has been jailed for 14 months after committing a spree of sexual assaults on trains…
An interactive map shows the exact areas of Essex with the highest number of cases of an ancient biblical disease. It comes as Government advisors call for a vaccination programme to target the growing threat of gonorrhoea.
The latest NHS data shows th…
The company that runs The Priory Hospital has been fined for failing to ensure the safety of patients on the hospital’s Emerald Ward, after the death of a 21-year-old Cheshire woman.
Francesca Whyatt, from Knutsford[1], was found unconscious at The Pri…
Transport for London (TfL) has asked Londoners to check before they travel this weekend.Londoners travelling into the capital this weekend could be faced with disruption due to closures on TfL services.Transport for London (TfL) has asked Londoners to …
By Robert Firth, Local Democracy Reporter
Shocking videos show huge lorries struggling to turn down a narrow side street that residents say a council road closure has turned into a rat run.
In one clip, two police officers try to guide a lorry around a…
Officers are appealing for information following a fatal collision in Peckham that happened at about 15:35hrs on Wednesday, 23 August.
Officers were called to reports of a lorry in collision with a pedestrian on Peckham High Street, near the junction w…
Disability campaigners and local politicians have urged rail companies to reconsider plans to close ticket offices at ten of Southwark’s national rail stations.
Under proposals floated by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), which represents the UK’s major …
A father and son from near Derby helped a money launderer by offering non-existent jobs which provided criminals with proof of employment so they could move cash in a non-suspicious way. Businessman Simon Gamble and his son Laurence, of Denby,[1] assis…
10 Years Ago
A&E departments across South London experienced one of their busiest weekends as the temperatures soared.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) said calls to its control room rocketed as the mercury climbed to about 28C.
More than 6,000 emerg…
Privatley-backed tram moguls will push for a new Southwark route despite Transport for London’s (TfL) “significant concerns” about the scheme.
Light rail company Trampower wants to build a line running from London Bridge to Denmark Hill via ten other …