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The Latest Breaking News from Lewisham

Residents return, high street reopened after knife stand-off

Lewisham Council confirmed all cordons had been lifted.

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

London hospitals reintroduce mandatory face masks as flu cases soar

The country is currently grappling with soaring cases of flu

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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’

Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

'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

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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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Lewisham: Plans for borough's first travellers' site for 15 years revealed

Plans for Lewisham’s first Travellers’ site in 15 years have been revealed — next to a railway line and homes.

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Police hunt Lewisham man who breached bail conditions ahead of rape trial

Craig Dorney is believed to be sleeping rough in and around London

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Plans for a £1.3 billion revamp of Lewisham shopping centre with urban meadow on the roof submitted today

The current shopping centre was built in 1977 with Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer, and H&M the biggest occupiers.

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Catford Mews: Only cinema in Lewisham closed down after council repossess building

Catford Mews, Lewisham borough’s only cinema, suddenly shut its doors after council-owned landlord repossessed building over rent arrears

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Man jailed for life after stabbing wife to death and hiding her body in Lewisham attic

Shane Simmonds has been jailed for murdering his wife Tia Simmonds at their home in Forest Hill

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Lewisham: Man arrested following stabbing on south London high street

A 24-year-old man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed

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Tory leadership race: James Cleverly can 'speak to all Londoners,' says ex-London minister Paul Scully

Lewisham-born Cleverly was a member of the Greater London Assembly

The Independent UK

Woman charged with murdering pensioner in Lewisham

Christopher Brown died as a result of blunt force trauma and was discovered dead at a house in Lewisham

Evening Standard

Woman charged after pensioner dies of 'blunt force trauma' in Lewisham

Habiba Naveed charged with killing Christopher Brown

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Far-right disorder fails to materialise as thousands of counter-protesters line the streets

Anti-fascist, anti-racism protests were also held in Finchley, Brentford, Lewisham, and towns and cities across the UK

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