HISTORICAL FACTS: 8 - Caught on Camera

Man arrested on suspicion of murdering missing Lewisham woman

Maureen Gitau, 24, was reported missing by her family on December 10.

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2022

Mother of London girl who died from air pollution says she would be ‘overjoyed’ by CBE

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, from Lewisham, has been named in the New Year Honours list for services to public health

Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2022

‘It is so hard at Christmas’: Mother’s desperate plea for missing Lewisham daughter to come home

Maureen Gitau, 24, has been reported missing since December 10

Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2022

Boy, 12, is first secondary school pupil to die in wave of Strep A cases

A Year 8 pupil from private Colfe’s School in Lewisham, south east London, has died after contracting Strep A, after at least six other children have died amid the outbreak

Daily Mirror · Dec 3, 2022

Lewisham fire: Firefighters scramble to tower block after reports of 'explosions'

Around 60 people evacuated their flats early on Tuesday morning before fire crews arrived after flames began rising out of a tower block following reported explosions

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022

One to watch: Coby Sey

The Lewisham producer, vocalist and DJ explores a multitude of genres to create strange, unpolished melodies full of feeling

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022

Woman in her 30s stabbed to death in Deptford, Lewisham, sparking murder investigation

A 33-year-old man who was known to the victim has been arrested on suspicion of murder

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022

Climate protesters ‘would be treated much worse if they were black or working class’ claims foreign secretary

‘Black boys from Lewisham or working-class boys from Wolverhampton ... would be treated as criminality, nothing more,’ says James Cleverly

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022

Here is one easy change that could help food banks

Every time. Every damn time. Every trip to my local Sainsbury’s (or, increasingly, Asda, because it’s cheaper, and they do leaf tea at the one in Lewisham), I get to the till, haul my tatty canvas totes onto my shoulder and there it is, the blasted food bank box. I…

Evening Standard · Oct 19, 2022

Police issue appeal image of man after Lewisham indecent exposure

Detectives have released an image of a man they want to trace following an indecent exposure allegation in Lewisham.

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2022