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Elderly Lee woman rescued from flat fire

11:34am Tuesday 21st May 2013

AN ELDERLY Lee woman was rescued from a flat fire by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus late last night (May 20) after a candle was reportedly knocked over.

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New pictures of Millwall FA Cup semi-final violence suspects:

12:36pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

POLICE investigating violence in the Millwall vs Wigan FA Cup semi-final at Wembley have released 16 more images of people they want to trace.

Lewisham pupils' 10,000 Hands campaign gets big name backing

11:03am Tuesday 21st May 2013

CELEBRITIES, politicians and the police all leant a hand to an anti-violence project set up by schoolchildren in recent weeks.

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Man stabbed in chest in Lee has life-threatening injuries

4:27pm Monday 20th May 2013

A 35-YEAR-old man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after he was stabbed in the chest this morning in Lee.

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Forest Hill mum of Chloe Johnson: Family has lost 'heartbeat' in Egyptian holiday pool

12:06pm Monday 20th May 2013

THE distraught mother of a little girl from Forest Hill who drowned in a pool on holiday says the family has lost its "heartbeat".

• Chloe Johnson's grandmother April Johnson tells of 'anger and hurt' at 5-year-old's death.

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An edible road of fruit trees has blossomed in Forest Hill

4:42pm Monday 20th May 2013

AN 'EDIBLE road' of fruit trees sprang up in Forest Hill over the weekend in a bid to encourage home-grown fruit and veg.

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JLS star Marvin becomes a father with The Saturdays' Rochelle

4:07pm Monday 20th May 2013

WOOLWICH JLS star Marvin Humes has become a father.

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Vicky Foxcroft selected as Labour's Lewisham Deptford parliamentary candidate

10:04am Monday 20th May 2013

VICKY Foxcroft has been announced as Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Lewisham Deptford after long-term MP Joan Ruddock is standing down.

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Forest Hill Horniman Museum walrus off to Margate

4:33pm Friday 17th May 2013

FOREST Hill's Horniman walrus has packed his suncream and gone to the seaside for a summer holiday.

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Probation workers warn 'shake-up could lead to another Deptford killer'

11:58am Friday 17th May 2013

PROBATION workers have warned a shake-up of the service could lead to another case like Dano Sonnex - the notorious Deptford murderer left free to walk the streets.

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Eltham teacher Andrew Hillary jailed for 21 months over 87,000 child porn images

5:17pm Thursday 16th May 2013

A FORMER Eltham College teacher was jailed for 21 months today after admitting possessing more than 87,000 pornographic photographs and movies of children.

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Commons select committee pushing for tighter dog ownership laws

8:18am Thursday 16th May 2013

THE Government's moves to tackle irresponsible dog ownership do not go far enough, a committee of MPs has warned.

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Lewisham police's five most wanted suspects

3:20pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

NEWS Shopper has teamed with Lewisham Police to reveal the five most wanted suspects in the borough each fortnight.

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A&E 'collapse' fear as numbers soar

1:23pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

THE number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, figures suggest.

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Phoenix Community Housing Association hosts Phoenix Festival in Catford

12:04pm Wednesday 15th May 2013

CATFORD crowds flocked to an annual community festival which marked a housing association's fifth birthday. Phoenix Community Housing Association marked the occasion with the Phoenix Festival - a day of fun in Forster Park.

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Police appeal after 14-year-old girl missing from Lewisham

1:34pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

POLICE are appealing for help in tracing a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing from Lewisham.

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Sony award for Deptford's Danny Baker after BBC tirade

10:20am Tuesday 14th May 2013

JUST months after slamming BBC radio bosses live on air, Deptford's Danny Baker has won a top broadcasting award.

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Artists launch campaign to celebrate society's unthanked in Deptford

10:08am Tuesday 14th May 2013

ARTISTS launched a campaign in Deptford to celebrate those who often do thankless tasks from street cleaners and bus drivers to mothers.

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Lewisham Police urge jewellery wearers to be cautious after trend in bling thefts

9:52am Tuesday 14th May 2013

LEWISHAM Police are urging jewellery wearers to be cautious after a 35-year-old woman had her chain ripped from her neck in Catford.

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Catford all night raves on residential street drive neighbours crazy

3:30pm Monday 13th May 2013

A SERIES of all-night raves lasting up to 16 hours in a Catford residential street are driving the neighbours crazy.

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Catford neighbour from hell served with council order for 'public health risk' flat

3:05pm Monday 13th May 2013

A CATFORD homeowner says she is living below the neighbour from hell as water continues to leak through her ceiling for a third year.

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Goldsmiths students launch NX Records after Blur, Placebo, Katy B, James Blake success

1:51pm Monday 13th May 2013

Blur, The Velvet Underground, Placebo, James Blake and even Wings all owe something to time spent at Goldsmiths.

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Lewisham Hospital birth centre celebrates third birthday

12:40pm Monday 13th May 2013

LEWISHAM birth centre celebrated its third birthday on Friday in state-of-the-art facilities which are more like a "posh hotel" than a hospital.

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Next fraudster Adeshola Adegite jailed for 18 months

11:47am Monday 13th May 2013

AFTER fraudulently ordering goods worth £79,000 from Next in an online shopping spree, a 40-year-old fraudster’s next location is prison.

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James Bond villain Jaws actor visiting Ladywell cinema

10:25am Monday 13th May 2013

JAMES Bond villain Jaws is one of a host of stars making Ladywell’s Misty Moon cinema a "slice of Hollywood".

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Thierry Christian-Gnanakumar murder in Lewisham High Street: Eighth man charged

7:43am Monday 13th May 2013

AN EIGHTH man has been charged with the murder of Thierry Christian-Gnanakumar in Lewisham.

Lucky charms or all night revision, tell us how you get through exam time

1:57pm Friday 10th May 2013

WITH exam season fast approaching students are clinging to lucky pants, pens and mascots to get them through.

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Lewisham police borough commander to do Twitter Q&A

3:29pm Friday 10th May 2013

LEWISHAM police's borough commander will hold a question and answer session on Twitter next week.

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Catford's Sedgehill School visited by Grayson Perry

2:56pm Friday 10th May 2013

A CATFORD school was visited by cross-dressing artist Grayson Perry for a Channel Four documentary.

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England cricketer Susie Rowe returns to Catford to boost new girls group

2:36pm Friday 10th May 2013

AN ENGLAND cricketer who grew up in Catford is returning to her home town to inspire girls to pick up a bat.

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Daniel Morgan Sydenham axe murder: Theresa May sets up independent review panel

1:53pm Friday 10th May 2013

AFTER years of campaigning by a murdered private investigator’s family, an independent panel has been set up to look at the role police corruption played in his death.

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Blackheath headmaster shows support for Gove proposal branded 'destructive' by headteachers' union

11:59am Thursday 9th May 2013

CONTROVERSAL Education Secretary Michael Gove announced recently he wants longer school days and shorter holidays, in a move the National Association of Head Teachers branded "destructive".

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Police appeal after woman violently robbed at Sydenham railway station

11:32am Thursday 9th May 2013

POLICE have made an urgent appeal for witnesses after a woman was "violently" pushed to the ground and robbed at Sydenham railway station.

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Brockley birthday boy locked up after loaded shot gun found under bed

10:55am Thursday 9th May 2013

A BROCKLEY teen arrested on his 18th birthday after a loaded shot gun was found under his bed has been locked up for 10 months.

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Brockley Wickham Road police car crash leaves woman in hospital

9:45am Thursday 9th May 2013

A BROCKLEY accident between an unmarked police car and another vehicle has seen two people rushed to hospital.

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Grove Park knifeman jailed for Mottingham killing

10:44am Wednesday 8th May 2013

A GROVE Park killer who knifed two men after discovering one of them in bed with his Mottingham ex-girlfriend has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years.

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Suicide should be debated: Editor's Eye comment

5:31pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

IF death is a difficult subject to talk about, then suicide has got to be tens of times tougher.

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Catford's Green Man pub reborn as Phoenix housing HQ

5:24pm Wednesday 8th May 2013

A CATFORD pub which controversially closed and then lay derelict for years has finally been replaced with a new building.

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