Met Police issue swimming warning after death of teenager in London lake Scotland Yard issued advice after the body of Izaiah Smith, 15, was recovered from Beckenham Place Park in Lewisham Evening Standard · Apr 7, 2025
‘Kind’ footballer, 15, who died after drowning in London lake named Izaiah Smith, 15, was found dead after ‘getting into difficulty’ in the water at Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2025
Football club pays tribute to 'hugely popular' boy, 15, after lake tragedy at Beckenham Place Park Izaiah Smith was ‘just starting his life’ and greeted everyone ‘with the most adorable smile’ according to his friends and football coaches Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2025
Boy, 15, dies after ‘getting into difficulty’ in London lake Specialist divers, paramedics and firefighters rushed to Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham, on Friday The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2025
Statue unveiled of girl whose air pollution death inspired Sadiq Khan's Ulez clean air zone Statue funded by public donations stands same height as nine-year-old Ella Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025
Lewisham man charged for flying £2m cocaine haul into Essex airfield Two men hid 30kg of cocaine under aircraft seats on flight from France to Essex Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2025
Bakerloo line upgrade could see trains run every two minutes under TfL plans The proposals would allow 27 trains per hour to run on the line Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025
Dramatic moment brave Met police officer risks life to tackle knifeman in London petrol station PC Morgan Younger managed to take Fitzgerald Carty, 66, to the ground at a petrol station in Lewisham on January 25 Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025
The cannabis farm scandal: how a rogue lettings agency destroyed countless homes Imperial Property Group said it rented homes to NHS staff. In fact, they were torn apart to create drug factories, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage. Why has the culprit not been brought to justice? The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2025
Lewisham high street reopens as man detained following 15-hour knife stand off Lewisham Council confirmed all cordons had been lifted as video appears to show police detaining someone inside property Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025
Residents return, high street reopened after knife stand-off Lewisham Council confirmed all cordons had been lifted. The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025
Lewisham: Armed police lock down London high street for hours in stand-off with knifeman Police closed off Lewisham High Street after man was seen waving knife from window in block of flats Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025
Lewisham incident LIVE: Armed police lock down London high street in stand-off with knifeman Police are at the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2025
Council parking boss behind ‘war on motorists’ in London borough was accused of ‘trying to quash own tickets’ Seamus Adams rolls out programme where those with most-polluting vehicles could pay £750 to park outside own homes Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025
Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025 Bakerloop route revealed as Sadiq Khan pledges express bus will be 'precursor' to £10bn Bakerloo line Tube extension Bakerloop to link Waterloo and Lewisham - with three other Superloop express routes also on the way
Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025 Bailiffs to hunt council tax dodgers as another London borough seeks emergency bailout Town halls in crisis: Lewisham appoints debt collectors as Enfield follows Haringey in pleading for Government help
Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025 TfL boss hopes to see 'Superloop 2' launched later this year The new wave of routes will include the ‘Bakerloop’ service from Elephant and Castle down to Lewisham
Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025 Row breaks out over London council's alleged links to church accused of abuse Rival politicians clash over Lewisham council’s dealings with the United Church of the Kingdom of God
Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2025 Brave officer tackles and disarms 'knife-wielding' man at south London petrol station PC Morgan Younger tackled ‘knifeman’ at petrol station in Lewisham while on patrol alone
Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025 Police officer tells panel man who died in custody seemed ‘out of breath’ Kevin Clarke, a relapsing paranoid schizophrenic, died in police custody at Lewisham Hospital in 2018 after he was restrained by up to nine officers.
Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2025 London hospitals reintroduce mandatory face masks as flu cases soar The country is currently grappling with soaring cases of flu
Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2024 Sexual predator jailed for raping young woman after night out in Lewisham The Met said ‘Dorney is a sexual predator who targeted a vulnerable woman’
The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024 Father’s desperate plea for safe return of missing teenager for Christmas Lilyanne’s father Mark Hook addressed his daughter directly, saying: ‘We all love you. Please come home for Christmas’
Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2024 'Planets aligning' for Bakerloo line extension to Lewisham and Hayes, as new campaign launches Backing from London’s business community is crucial for making the project ‘unstoppable’, a senior TfL official has said
Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2024 Olympics star Alex Yee ‘speechless’ as Lewisham running track named in his honour Yee - the most successful triathlete in history - was cheered by pupils from his old school