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Woman stored baby’s remains in fridge after London hospital refused them

Laura Brody had to deliver son at home after miscarriage and was then told Lewisham A&E could not take remains

The Guardian - UK

London’s top boroughs for homes with gardens — Croydon, Barnet and Bromley are the capital’s garden property hotspots

Croydon is London’s private garden hotspot but those wanting an inner-city oasis should hunt in Lewisham and Lambeth.

Evening Standard

London elections 2022: Labour wins every seat in Lewisham

Londoners went to the polls in local elections on May 5. Josh Salisbury has the lowdown on the vote in Lewisham

Evening Standard

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Local elections 2022: your complete guide to the votes happening across the UK on May 5

May 5 sees a big set of elections across the UK. In England, there are contests across 146 councils. In London, every council seat is up for election across all 32 boroughs. Elsewhere where there are elections, at least one-third of the council seats are being contested, with some authorities…

The Conversation

Maureen from Lewisham doesn’t approve of queer parents like me. That’s my vote lost

A leaflet arrived in my letterbox from a candidate to be my local mayor. But in between the pledges on fly-tipping and tax cuts was a shocking statement against gay marriage, writes Jessica Fostekew

The Guardian - UK

Lewisham shooting: Teenage girl hit by gunfire in early hours as neighbours ‘hear screams’

Local residents allegedly heard a woman ‘screaming’ and ‘five gun shots’ in the area on Saturday morning

The Independent UK

Linton Kwesi Johnson interview: ‘Racism’s still very much in the DNA of the United Kingdom’

The legendary dub poet reflects on five decades at the heart of Black activism – and how he’s still fighting now

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Malcolm Ball obituary

Other lives: Youth worker in south-east London who was co-founder of the Young Mayor Project in Lewisham

The Guardian - UK

Teon Campbell-Pitter: Second 15-year-old charged with murder of young boxer in New Cross

A second 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Teon Campbell-Pitter outside his boxing club in Lewisham.

Evening Standard

Teenage boy charged with stabbing 16-year-old to death

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Teon Campbell-Pitter in Lewisham last week.

The Independent UK

Boy, 16, dies in stabbing after police called to reports of fight

A Section 60 Order granting additional stop and search powers to police has been authorised for the whole borough of Lewisham.

The Independent UK

Lewisham stabbing: Boy, 16, dies after being knifed next to school during fight

A 16-year-old boy has died after being stabbed multiple times during a fight in Angus Street, New Cross, in southeast London. No arrests have been made

Daily Mirror

Fears for schoolgirl, 11, who disappeared on way home from school

Police are concerned for the welfare of Caprice-Maitai Barrett-Reid, who went missing after leaving school and walking through a park in Lewisham, South London

Daily Mirror

Shop workers injured after being attacked with noxious liquid

Police are appealing for help in tracing a man after three shop workers were attacked with a noxious substance in Lewisham in December.

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Evening Standard

House sharing in London: the cost of renting a room in every borough revealed

The most expensive and most cost-effective parts of London for renting a room, according to new ONS data.

Evening Standard

Leaving London: we left Lewisham for a village with a ‘Londony feel’ two train stops from Brighton

When the Bartholomews realised they were living a village lifestyle in the heart of Zone 3, they started their search for a bigger home much further afield.

Evening Standard

Moses Boyd at The Albany in Deptford review: Borough of Culture gig was a display of dazzling jazz wizardry

The Mercury-nominated drummer and bandleader was hypnotising at a Deptford show for Lewisham’s Borough of Culture celebrations

Evening Standard

Public warned not to approach man who fled mental health ward in Lewisham

Members of the public have been urged not to approach a patient who fled a mental health ward in Lewisham.

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Girl, 1, seriously injured after plunging from second-floor window at London home

A one-year-old toddler has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after falling from the second-floor window of a home in Lewisham, South London

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: There can be few human rights more fundamental than that to breathe clean air

This week marks the ninth anniversary of the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. Her mother, Rosamund, says she would “still be alive today” were it not for air pollution caused by traffic near their home in Lewisham.

Evening Standard

Ella Adoo Kissi-Debrah’s mum raising money for pollution-absorbing statue in her memory

Rosamund Adoo Kissi-Debrah wants her daughter’s statue to “serve as a reminder to people about the detrimental impact of air pollution”.

Evening Standard

McDonald’s worker attacked in Lewisham fast food chain

A McDonald’s staff member was attacked in a London fast food chain.

Evening Standard

Beijing Winter Olympics: British hopes high as curtain to lift on winter spectacular

Lewisham’s Montell Douglas will become Great Britain’s first woman to compete at both a Summer and Winter Games

Evening Standard

Talking Point: Do you think possession of cannabis should be decriminalised in London?

Lewisham is to join two other boroughs in a “drug diversion” pilot scheme aiming to see whether the decriminalisation of cannabis for young people can help to alleviate the cycle of crime that can begin when a young person gains a criminal record.

Evening Standard

Decriminalise cannabis to protect young Londoners, says Mayor of Lewisham

Decriminalising cannabis possession for young Londoners could help fix a “broken system” and create a safer city, the borough mayor behind the plans has said.

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