Hammersmith and Fulham news

• Lewisham: Young girl found alone on Ravensbourne Road

  11-08-2020 20:36
  
  Police are appealing to find the parents of a young girl who has been found alone in a street in Lewisham this afternoon.
  
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• Police appeal after man exposes himself in Wimbledon park

  11-08-2020 20:26
  
  Police are appealing for information as they hunt a man who reportedly exposed himself multiple times in a Wimbledon Park.
  
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• Perseid meteor shower: Shooting star display expected to peak

  11-08-2020 20:00
  
  Stargazers are urged to keep their eyes peeled as a display of shooting stars is expected to peak, producing up to 150 meteors every hour in the sky.
  
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• New BTP & Southeastern police team arrest six in SE London

  11-08-2020 20:00
  
  A new policing team has been brought in by the British Transport Police and Southeastern Railway, making six arrests and reporting half a dozen more for drug offences in its first week.
  
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• Greenwich Park road to completely close to vehicle traffic from Saturday

  11-08-2020 19:40
  
  A trial banning vehicles driving through a number of Royal Parks will commence on Saturday, including at Greenwich Park in south east London.
  
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• Harrow Council panel rejects low-traffic neighbourhoods

  11-08-2020 19:00
  
  Plans for road closures to create low-traffic neighbourhoods in Harrow were rejected amid concerns they could have a “counterproductive” impact on the environment.
  
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• Call for council-owned leisure centres to reopen in Enfield

  11-08-2020 19:00
  
  A leisure operator has faced criticism after its sports centres stayed shut more than two weeks after the Government allowed them to reopen – and a council claimed it had asked for an extra £1 million to do so.
  
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• Bexley councillor under fire after tweeting 'Ireland could rejoin the UK'

  11-08-2020 18:20
  
  A Conservative Bexley Councillor has triggered a social media firestorm by suggesting that "Ireland could rejoin the UK" on Twitter.
  
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• Barclays bank branches to shut in Earlsfield and Southfields

  11-08-2020 18:20
  
  Banks and building society branches have been disappearing from high streets at record pace over the last few years.
  
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• Met Police shelve Stephen Lawrence murder investigation

  11-08-2020 18:16
  
  The Met Police has today declared that the active investigation into the racist murder ofin Eltham has now been moved to an "inactive phase," with no further lines of inquiry.
  
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• Met Office reveals when thunderstorms will arrive in UK

  11-08-2020 18:00
  
  THUNDERSTORMS are heading for the south east this week as the Met Office has set a yellow weather warning.
  
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• Cyclists vent anger at reopening of Richmond Park to cars

  11-08-2020 18:00
  
  The reopening of roads through Richmond Park to cars prompted a furious online backlash on Tuesday (August 11), despite assurances from park management about their implementing of "car free" zones inside the park.
  
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• Trial begins of Bushey father accused of murdering daughter

  11-08-2020 17:42
  
  A man accused of murdering his 13-year-old daughter threw her across a room in a "fit of temper" when she was a baby because she would not stop crying, a court has heard.
  
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• Shopkeeper urges Harrow Council to remove Covid-19 barriers

  11-08-2020 17:00
  
  A shopkeeper said pavement widening measures put in place to help reduce the spread of Covid-19 are “crippling” businesses.
  
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• Repeated attacks and theft of broadband cables in Thamesmead

  11-08-2020 16:37
  
  Repeated attacks on cables and communications infrastructure in Thamesmead have caused hundreds of homes and businesses to be left without phone lines, TV or broadband.
  
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• Stop blaming coronavirus on ethnic minorities, says academic

  11-08-2020 16:27
  
  People must stop “trying to blame” black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) Brits for being worst hit by coronavirus, a health expert has warned.
  
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• Police officer warns of dangers of inflatable boats in Ham

  11-08-2020 16:00
  
  An off-duty police officer has warned parents about the dangers of the river, after rescuing two children from drowning in the Thames.
  
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• How will A-Level and GCSE grades be decided and how to appeal

  11-08-2020 15:24
  
  Thousands of students will receive their A-level and GCSE results this month after exams were cancelled amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
  
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• Supercars seized by Bexley, Greenwich & Lewisham Met Police

  11-08-2020 15:14
  
  High-end supercars and a flash Rolls Royce are among the 24 vehicles to be seized by Greenwich, Bexley, Lewisham and other Met Police teams in London over the weekend.
  
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• South-east hospitals call for patients needing treatment to return

  11-08-2020 15:05
  
  The head of a south-east London NHS trust has made an impassioned plea for patients who require treatment to return to hospitals, as services suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic begin to restart.
  
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• Footage of Richmond deer walking in litter sparks backlash

  11-08-2020 15:05
  
  A video showing deer in Bushy Park surrounded by litter has sparked outrage online and prompted further action from the park authorities.
  
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• Taser disguised as phone seized in Croydon

  11-08-2020 14:06
  
  A man has been arrested in Croydon after police said they found him in possession of a Taser disguised as a smartphone.
  
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• Debenhams to axe 2,500 jobs across stores and warehouses as Covid-19 hits retail

  11-08-2020 13:38
  
  Debenhams is to cut 2,500 jobs across its stores and warehouses across the UK as the high street retailer looks to slash costs.
  
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• Richmond's mobile air quality monitoring unit stolen

  11-08-2020 13:30
  
  Richmond Council has slammed thieves who have stolen the borough’s mobile air quality monitoring unit from the A316 and are appealing for its urgent return.
  
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• MP backs calls for 'system change' after colleague pulled over by police

  11-08-2020 13:23
  
  One of the UK’s first female British-Ghanian MPs says it is “time to look at unconscious bias within the police system” after a fellow black politician was stopped by police while travelling in a car in east London.
  
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• Police update after stabbing in Colindale

  11-08-2020 12:55
  
  A man who was stabbed yesterday has not sustained life-threatening injuries, police have said.
  
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• Taser pulled out in police standoff on Kimber Road

  11-08-2020 12:30
  
  Pictures have emerged of a police incident in Wandsworth, which show a man in hospital pyjamas being aimed at with a taser in the middle of the road.
  
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• France could be added to UK's quarantine list

  11-08-2020 12:00
  
  Fears are growing that France will be added to the UK's quarantine travel list within days.
  
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• Around 730,000 jobs lost since lockdown started

  11-08-2020 09:30
  
  Around 730,000 UK workers have been removed from the payrolls of British companies since March when the coronavirus lockdown began, according to new data.
  
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