Police have issued an appeal to help locate a man missing from the Purley area.

A 12-month trial of e-scooter rentals in London will begin in June, TfL has today confirmed.

Armed officers and a helicopter were deployed by Surrey Police in Walton on Monday night (May 17) after they received reports of a man sighted with a weapon.

Hundreds of residents have encouraged a yarn group to "crack on with their colourful displays" after they received an anonymous letter asking them to be removed from the streets of Merton.

More than 200 pieces of IT equipment has been donated to schools across Sutton to help bridge the digital divide.

The roof of a home in Epsom was burnt through by a sudden house fire yesterday that was reportedly caused by a chance lightning strike.

A car dealership has issued an apology after chopping down eleven trees in Wimbledon.

More wet weather is forecast to follow this week after thunder and lightning was joined by a freakish hail storm sweeping across south London yesterday.

A Tooting MP has spoken out in criticism of a joint operation by Met Police and the Home Office, targeting food delivery drivers

Richmond Park MP Sara Olney has criticsed the Israeli state's aggressive actions in Palestine in response to an open letter from the Muslim community.

A former probation officer with the Met Police in Croydon has been sentenced after pleading guilty to assaulting a fellow member of the force while off duty.

An elderly couple linked with a veterans' care home in Surbiton have spoken out about their experience living with dementia to mark Dementia Action Week.

A man is in a serious condition after being violently stabbed in Richmond.

A nurse who looked after Boris Johnson when he was seriously ill with Covid-19 has resigned, citing the Government's 1% pay offer and its lack of respect for the profession.

A Russian supermarket which has been dubbed the new Lidl has set its sights on opening a store in south London.

A man in his 30s has been hospitalised with a serious head injury following an unknown incident in Croydon.

Kingston and Epsom and Ewell both inaugurated new mayors in recent days as figureheads for their respective boroughs for the coming year.

Emergency services were called to the scene of a house fire in Epsom this afternoon after a lightning strike reportedly hit a home on a residential street.

Concerns over the spread of a new and highly transmissible strain of the Covid-19 virus first detected in India are being furthered with cases detected in a number of south west London boroughs.

Transport for London (TfL) has secured another short-term extension of its Government bailout as negotiations on a longer deal continue, the authority announced.

A pedestrian crossing has been painted in the colours of the transgender flag in Sutton Town Centre.

A charity football match featuring former legends of the game will take place at Selhurst Park on June 1, organizers have announced.

A prison governor who spends his spare time as a pacer at marathon events is taking on 11 marathons in 11 days.

Clapham cheerleaders are going for gold at a national competition.

South London councils in Sutton and Kingston have joined with flooding tech providers Aquasition to introduce an early warning system designed to help deal with future flooding in their boroughs.

TWO pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinics are set to open in Merton this week.

An aspiring fire fighter has trekked from Tooting to Brighton to raise money for a cause close to his heart.

Petersham residents have complained after being awoken in the early hours last week by a helicopter landing on a nearby golf course.

A south London man with links to Epsom is being sought by police in connection to an ongoing investigation.

Police are re-appealing for help to locate a missing 57-year-old from Putney.

The coronavirus vaccine rollout has been extended to 36 and 37-year-olds as cases of the Indian variant have doubled in the space of one week.

A man who threatened to shoot a cashier has been sentenced to 30-months in prison for an armed robbery in Clapham.

An independent beer shop is celebrating its 16th year of trading in Twickenham by collaborating with a local brewery.

A Hampton teenager has designed an app to improve everyday life for dementia sufferers.

Wandsworth Arts Fringe is set to return with a mix of digital and live events this June.

At least 10 cases of the 'India Variant' of Covid-19 have been detected in Croydon according to new figures released by Public Health England (PHE).

A handful of changes are being considered to improve the borough’s public spaces after the pandemic.

Lib Dem Councillors in Carshalton Central have issued an apology after wrongly accusing a football club of applying for adult entertainment on-site.

A Wimbledon zookeeper is set to swim 5k by Bournemouth Pier to raise vital funds for London Zoo alongside his father.

Celebrities flocked to the opening of Chessington World of Adventures (CWOA) new Croc Drop ride this weekend as the lockdown easing saw visitors return to the park.

New data shows the London boroughs hit hardest by dog thieves.

An 18-year-old archer from Shepperton will compete with Team GB at this summer's Tokyo Olympics after a year's delay to the games saw him claim a spot in the men's team.

Charities in Wimbledon have a chance to win a share of a £25,000 prize pot to help their recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed at Teddington Lock.

More than one million Covid-19 vaccinations have now been given in south west London, figures reveal.

Families of the Croydon tram crash victims are set to relive the "nightmare" as the inquest into the deaths opens today ( May 17 ).

THREE teenagers have been charged with the murder of Abdirizak Hassan.

Cash prizes are on offer for young creatives in Surrey as part of a new competition designed to celebrate biodiversity in the county.

Fourteen young people are still missing from in and around South London after being reported missing in the past six months, according to the charity Missing People.

The Metropolitan Police has welcomed seven newborn puppies in memory of a police officer killed in the line of duty in Croydon.