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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

‘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

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

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Boy, 15, dies after ‘getting into difficulty’ in London lake

Specialist divers, paramedics and firefighters rushed to Beckenham Place Park, Lewisham, on Friday

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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

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

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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

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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

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?

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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

Residents return, high street reopened after knife stand-off

Lewisham Council confirmed all cordons had been lifted.

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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London hospitals reintroduce mandatory face masks as flu cases soar

The country is currently grappling with soaring cases of flu

Evening Standard

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

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

'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

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

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