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BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A nurse who has spent 10 years promoting organ donation in minority communities has been awarded a British Empire Medal. Agimol Pradeep, who works as a

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Algorithms, codes, programming and polymorphism may sound like gobbledegook to many of us. So it would seem rash to build a website around these semi-mythical skills

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Tributes have been paid to three graffiti artists who died after being hit by a train. Alberto Fresneda Carrasco, 19, Harrison Scott-Hood, 23, and Jack Gilbert,

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A handful of words aimed at the wrong person at the wrong time were enough to spark events that led to the death of doting dad-of-two

Two men who ambushed and fatally stabbed a man to death after a boxing match in 2016 have been convicted of manslaughter. Marlon Thomas, 28, of Woodcote Place, West Norwood,

Two men riding a scooter who mugged a woman were jailed for a total of seven years on Monday, 18 June. Recco Williams and Reuben Blakeway, both from Tooting, snatched a

Three men in their 20s were killed on a railway line in the early hours of this morning. Shortly after 7.30am during this morning’s rush hour, officers from British Transport

A special constable and former soldier who was once homeless has won an award for supplying books for people detained in police cells. Steve Whitmore, from Lambeth, has been announced

You can grab a burger Dirt cheap on Monday. Well, for free, in fact. Because Linda McCartney’s and Dirty Burger have joined forces to launch the Dirty Vegan in celebration of World

A festival of sleep-outs, community action, talks, performances and parties will begin tonight with a panel of experts discussing the housing crisis. The Waterloo Festival celebrates the past and its characters

Police investigating the fatal stabbing of 20-year-old Kelva Smith in South Norwood on March 5 have charged a third person in connection with his murder. A 15-year-old boy was charged on Thursday,

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Parts of South London are sinking as a result of work on the Northern line extension to Battersea. Many families affected by drilling work are set

A health manager has helped her choir hit the top 10 in the charts after they performed at Harry and Megan’s Royal Wedding. The boss at Guy’s and St Thomas’

BY CALUM FRASER calum@slpmedia.co.uk Residents from South London were at the heart of the gospel rendition of Stand By Me sung at the royal wedding. Mark De-Lisser, born in Streatham,

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Parents campaigning against a school becoming an academy have succeeded in having the changeover put back a month. But more than 200 families of pupils at

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk Historic child abuse victims are contemplating employing a top human rights lawyer after it emerged some of them will get the same compensation as people who

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A historic working men’s club is to be turned into a cafe as part of a £40million five-storey hotel plan near a busy shopping street and

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk There was a time when you couldn’t have given away a place in Brixton for love or money. But things have come full circle, because the

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A teenager has been jailed at the Old Bailey for a vicious stabbing in South London that left his 17-year-old victim in a minimally conscious state

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk A widow barred from seeing her home for eight years has returned to her family after a Home Office U-turn. Gretel Gorcan, 81, landed at Gatwick

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk South London has dominated the winning rostrum in the Time Out Love London Awards. Tens of thousands of locals voted for their favourite London spots –

BY CALUM FRASER calum@slpmedia.co.uk Olivia Parson hopes her hair can look as good as Donald Trump’s at the upcoming Royal Wedding. The Donald is not on the guest list, and

The attempt to arrest Michael Groce sparked the Brixton riots of 1985. A police raid on his mother Cherry’s home ended with her being shot in the shoulder, the bullet

BY TOBY PORTER toby@slpmedia.co.uk The heartbroken family of a 20-year-old who was shot and stabbed to death after a row in the street have appealed for help in finding his

Established in 1699 by St Martin’s church in Trafalgar Square, St Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls is preparing to celebrate 90 years of being located in Tulse Hill. Silwood House,