Brent news

• Man from Sydenham charged with starting fire at Keir Starmer’s house

  15-05-2025 20:46 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with starting a fire at a house belonging to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
  
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• 'Disturbing' shock for staff as elderly man hit by lorry leaving Stoke Newington pub

  15-05-2025 19:50 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  An elderly man has been seriously injured after he was run over by a lorry while leaving the Wetherspoon pub in Stoke Newington.
  
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• Recap after police cordon off entire road in Collier Row after crash

  15-05-2025 18:54 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A road in Collier Row has been closed both ways following a reported crash.
  
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• Arts centre 'pauses work' amid funding shortfall

  15-05-2025 18:49 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Bernie Grant Arts Centre in Tottenham is being forced to “step back” from some of its activities amid a funding shortfall.
  
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• All the South Western trains through Clapham Junction cancelled this weekend

  15-05-2025 18:28 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  South Western train services to and from Clapham Junction via the Barnes area will be cancelled, diverted, or replaced by buses for yet another weekend due to major maintenance work.
  
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• Council claims notice sent to nursery 'six months ago' after shock closure

  15-05-2025 18:06 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Brent Council claims it contacted Bridge Park Montessori Nursery in Stonebridge six months ago after parents turned up with children to discover it would be locked shut.
  
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• Bromley drama teacher jailed for raping pupil pictured for first time

  15-05-2025 17:45 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Former Ravens Wood School teacher Shaun Baker has been pictured after his 17 year prison sentence.
  
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• Erith and Thamesmead residents 'sick of streets being plagued by discarded rubbish'

  15-05-2025 17:35 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Labour MP Abena Oppong-Asare has welcomed new government plans to tackle fly-tipping, including crushing vehicles, using drones for surveillance, and imposing tougher penalties on waste criminals.
  
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• Shop fined after blocking pavement with washing machines

  15-05-2025 17:27 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Quality Appliances London Ltd was reported to Redbridge Council after multiple complaints from the community about regular obstruction.
  
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• Team GB star opens first Aldi in Wimbledon as bargain hunters flock to new store

  15-05-2025 17:20 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Aldi has opened its first Wimbledon store on May 15, with Team GB’s Toby Harries cutting the ribbon. Shoppers queued early for bargains and a free fruit giveaway.
  
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• 'Old-fashioned gentleman' and former Dagenham footballer dies

  15-05-2025 17:19 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  John Marsh, who used to play for Dagenham & Redbridge, Chelmsford and Margate, has died aged 93.
  
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• Waltham Forest in top-ten councils for parking permit income, research finds

  15-05-2025 17:05 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The revenue made by Waltham Forest Council from residential parking permits between 2020 and 2024 has been revealed in new FOI data.
  
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• Reasonable force used in mistaken arrest of Sex Education actor, watchdog finds

  15-05-2025 16:57 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The police watchdog said the use of force to arrest actor Reece Richards after he was mistaken for a suspect was "reasonable".
  
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• Woman rushed to hospital with severe head injury after Carshalton crash

  15-05-2025 16:52 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A woman has been rushed to hospital with a severe head injury after a crash in Carshalton.
  
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• Southwark thief caught stealing from Boots blames brother who was already in prison

  15-05-2025 16:43 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A prolific shoplifter from Southwark has been fined after stealing £130 worth of items from a Boots store in Waterloo.
  
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• Halal meat business sees plan for new building in Upminster refused

  15-05-2025 16:35 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  An application from Romford Halal Meats for the erection of an agricultural building to be built on a farm in Upminster has been refused.
  
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• Search to find two teenagers after kittens tortured and killed in London

  15-05-2025 16:34 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Police have released CCTV footage of two teenagers they want to speak to after a pair of kittens were tortured and killed in west London.
  
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• Man arrested after ‘rape’ near housing block in Bexleyheath

  15-05-2025 16:30 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested after a rape was reported in Bexleyheath.
  
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• Recap after 100 firefighters tackle blaze at flats in Walthamstow

  15-05-2025 16:24 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Live updates as 100 firefighters tackle a blaze in Walthamstow at a block of flats.
  
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• LIVE updates as 100 firefighters tackle blaze at flats in Walthamstow

  15-05-2025 16:24 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Live updates as 100 firefighters tackle a blaze in Walthamstow at a block of flats.
  
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• Romford Film Festival returns including world premiere

  15-05-2025 16:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Romford Film Festival returns this month, showcasing 176 films across three screens at Lumiere Cinema, including world premieres.
  
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• Robot surgeries 'transform' patient care at east London hospitals

  15-05-2025 16:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  St Bartholomew’s Hospital, The Royal London Hospital and Whipps Cross Hospital have delivered 600 more surgeries in the last year thanks to robots.
  
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• Official opening of state-of-the-art £10 million NHS hospital in Eltham

  15-05-2025 15:50 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The £10m Eltham Community Diagnostic Centre has officially opened, offering faster NHS diagnostic services including CT, MRI, and ultrasound for thousands in south east London.
  
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• London Ambulance Service records fastest response times in two years

  15-05-2025 15:43 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The London Ambulance Service recorded its fastest emergency response times in years this April, thanks to staff increases, hospital coordination, and innovative triage strategies.
  
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• Cheam to host 766th annual fair with stalls and parade

  15-05-2025 15:28 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Cheam will celebrate one of its oldest traditions as the 766th annual Charter Fair returns to Park Road and into the Broadway.
  
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• Labour MP who skipped court 'for Parliament' went and visited a school instead

  15-05-2025 15:19 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Margaret Mullane, Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham, was ordered to court by senior east London coroner Graeme Irvine, who said her office had "misled" two grieving parents and tried to interfere in a judicial investigation.
  
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• Recap after busy Carshalton road closes after 'crash'

  15-05-2025 15:07 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Nightingale Road is reportedly closed this afternoon (May 15) due to a crash.
  
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• LIVE updates as busy Carshalton road closes after 'crash'

  15-05-2025 15:07 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Nightingale Road is reportedly closed this afternoon (May 15) due to a crash.
  
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• Recap after major road CLOSED due to 'police incident' in Ilford

  15-05-2025 15:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A major road in Ilford is closed due to a 'police incident'.
  
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• LIVE updates as major road CLOSED due to 'police incident' in Ilford

  15-05-2025 15:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A major road in Ilford is closed due to a 'police incident'.
  
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• Thug who pushed teen off balcony after she rejected his advances loses his appeal

  15-05-2025 14:58 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Yusef Ali who threw an 18-year-old girl over a fourth-floor balcony has lost an appeal against his sentence.
  
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• Children sob as nursery given 24 hours' notice of closure

  15-05-2025 14:09 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Staff and parents at Bridge Park Montessori Nursery in Stonebridge are shocked and bewildered after Brent Council apparently terminated its lease, leaving children with "nowhere to go".
  
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• Ilford and Gants Hill GP surgeries set for refurbishment

  15-05-2025 14:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Kenwood Medical Centre and Loxford Polyclinic will receive funding from the NHS to modernise facilities and create more than 60,000 GP appointments annually.
  
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• Car hitting young boy prompts large cycle ride for safer streets

  15-05-2025 14:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Jessica Smith, the mother of Fionn Smith who was hit by a car in Forest Gate earlier this year, organised a 130 person cycle ride in campaign for safer roads.
  
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• Pedestrian-only zones made permanent around three Romford and Hornchurch schools

  15-05-2025 13:27 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  School street zone trials near three schools in Romford and Hornchurch have now been made permanent by Havering Council.
  
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• Major police presence after man in his 30s stabbed on busy Surbiton road

  15-05-2025 13:18 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A major police presence has been pictured after a man was stabbed in Surbiton.  
  
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• Woman denies killing cyclist by dangerous driving

  15-05-2025 13:03 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A woman has denied causing the death of cyclist Harry Webb in Hackney by dangerous driving.
  
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• Whitechapel and Wapping health centres get funding for expansion

  15-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Whitechapel’s Albion Health Centre and Wapping Health Centre will be refurbished to add six new clinical rooms and 49,500 extra appointments a year under new NHS funding.
  
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• Traffic scheme made permanent despite camera 'vandalism' outside school

  15-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A Healthy School Streets scheme restricting traffic near four schools in Newham has been made permanent after a trial.
  
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• 'Most controversial plan in 20 years' gets approved

  15-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Controversial plans for more than 100 new homes in Barkingside were approved by Redbridge Council despite more than 130 objections.
  
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• Children's services in Barking and Dagenham 'strengthened', Ofsted say

  15-05-2025 13:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Children's services in Barking and Dagenham have "strengthened", Ofsted said after an inspection.
  
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• Martin Lewis says today is the day to claim part of £3bn of energy bill credit

  15-05-2025 12:29 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Martin Lewis says today is the day to claim part of £3bn of energy bill credit, in what he describes as 'the energy direct debit cycle'.
  
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• RECAP after Blackwall Tunnel closes due to 'technical problems'

  15-05-2025 12:25 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The A102 Blackwall Tunnel is currently closed in both directions due to technical problems, causing stationary traffic between Poplar and Greenwich.
  
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• LIVE updates as Blackwall Tunnel closes due to 'technical problems'

  15-05-2025 12:25 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The A102 Blackwall Tunnel is currently closed in both directions due to technical problems, causing stationary traffic between Poplar and Greenwich.
  
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• Boy, 15, dies in hospital after falling unwell at school in Chislehurst

  15-05-2025 12:12 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A 15-year-old boy has died after falling unwell at a school in Chislehurst.
  
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• Event aims to inspire girls to become tech leaders

  15-05-2025 12:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Female entrepreneurs in the field of biotech, fashion, and beauty technology led workshops to give girls creativity, confidence, and real-world skills at Francis Holland Regent's Park school.
  
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• Search continues to find mum of three abandoned babies across east London

  15-05-2025 11:59 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Police say they are doing “everything they can” to find the mum of three babies abandoned across east London.
  
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• City Hall defies council to approve 46-storey tower block for students

  15-05-2025 11:57 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Plans to build a 46-storey tower containing almost 1,000 student bedrooms in Canary Wharf have been approved at City Hall, after Sir Sadiq Khan’s planning deputy overruled Tower Hamlets Council.
  
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• £2m school upgrade planned to meet demand for places

  15-05-2025 11:50 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Redbridge Council will spend more than £2million upgrading Little Heath School near Chadwell Heath to meet a “pressing need” from special needs pupils.
  
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• Investigation launched as seven people escape house fire in Streatham

  15-05-2025 11:38 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Seven people have escaped a house fire in Streatham, where part of a loft was alight.
  
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