#south-london

#south-london

In the 19th century, English lavender fetched a much higher price than its French counterpart, often selling for 16 times more, being deemed the purest in the world.

TfL announced that coverage has expanded along the Northern line, allowing passengers traveling between South Wimbledon and Stockwell to experience continuous mobile service.

A 12-year-old boy died in a fire in Lewisham, south London. Despite emergency services' efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman, aged 54, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The fire damaged a maisonette and part of the building's external fascia. Ten fire engines and about 70 firefighters were deployed to tackle the blaze, which was brought under control by 2am. Investigators are working to determine the fire's cause, which is not currently deemed suspicious.

"I have diabetes, high blood pressure, and I've had a bad infection recently. My mum has diabetes too. She needs those appointments, and they're just not arriving."

The Met Police is offering a £20,000 reward for information about the shooting death of Jazmel Patterson-Low, whose case remains unresolved one year later.

Dr Ronny Cheung emphasized, 'The idea is to keep children out of hospital unless they absolutely have to be there,' highlighting the service’s focus on at-home care.

Network Rail has announced that train services in south London will be disrupted over the Easter weekend due to a major upgrade programme, urging passengers to plan ahead.

TikToker Dilan Kurt highlighted the ongoing debate about whether Orpington is part of South London or Kent, revealing that opinions among locals are deeply divided.

A 16-year-old boy in a south London park went missing after entering the water, leading to a police investigation and the evacuation of the area.

For too long southeast London has been excluded from the world-class London Underground network and the benefits of being a well-connected inner London borough.

The vast majority of the rail network will be open as usual for people wanting to travel over the Easter Bank Holiday, but there will be changes to services in some areas.

Kathy Vanner from Cats Protection emphasized the dire situation for the ‘inbetweener’ cats, noting the urgent need to find safe homes due to imminent eviction.

Helen O'Connor, GMB Membership Development Officer stated: "Our members provide vital services to the patients in both NHS trusts and they are sick and tired of the bullying and harassment, having pay held down and staffing cutbacks." She termed the treatment of outsourced staff as profoundly unfair, calling the discrepancies in pay and benefits between outsourced and directly employed NHS staff into question.

"This week Homebase was sold to CDS in a rescue deal securing up to 1,600 jobs and 70 stores. But the future of 49 shops with 2,000 workers is currently uncertain after these stores were not included in the negotiations."