A Downham mum is abseiling 160 feet off a hospital building for the "absolutely amazing" staff who saved her baby’s life.

Richmond Talking Newspaper has celebrated its 40th birthday, and the original duo responsible for setting it up were on hand to mark the milestone.

Franco Manca pizza restaurant will open in Greenwich TODAY.

A fire has ripped through a flat in Woolwich in the early hours of this morning.

The National Maritime Museum will be hosting an immersive theatre experience.

Ferry services between Woolwich and North Woolwich are closed this morning because of fog.

“Good progress” has been made on the proposed Woolwich Creative District as plans emerge for the public to name what is hoped to be a landmark destination. 

The Royal Parks is about to begin building a natural playground in the historic landscape of Greenwich Park.

Community volunteers are leading an initiative to tackle paan spitting – a habit which costs their council around £30,000 a year to clean up.

Vulnerable children are well cared for and protected by Enfield Council, an Ofsted inspection found.

Council officers have faced calls to get tough on developers who fail to meet the borough’s affordable homes targets.

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A woman suffering a 'medical episode' ploughed her car into a Croydon shop front this afternoon.

Police have arrested four individuals in connection with a knifepoint robbery at Bexley Food & Wine in which a shopkeeper was stabbed.

An teenager has been found guilty of murdering an 18-year-old in Northolt.

The first Harrow Music Festival will take place this weekend, hosted by St George’s, Headstone.

A man has received a 21-year sentence with a minimum jail term of 16 years following a road rage incident which left a man with life-changing injuries.

The A1 has reopened after a crash shut the northbound carriageway for more than three hours.

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A baseball club has received a £200 donation from an estate agent to help fix the vandalised pitch and replace the stolen equipment stolen.

Plans for a doctors’ surgery and three new homes on the site of a former psychiatric hospital, which campaigners tried to save from closure, are going to committee once again.

A builder has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 in compensation for defective work valued at just £1,124.

Milkshake! Monkey’s Musical, a new all-singing, all-dancing preschool musical extravaganza starring Channel 5’s iconic Milkshake! Monkey is set to tour theatres nationwide.

Formal complaints about missed bin collections increased six fold after the introduction of a new collection service, a meeting heard.

A 27-year-old man died after a fight in which a car was driven at him.

Merton Council has said it offered a primary school place to every Merton child whose family applied for one this year.

An Essex Police officer who sent racist and homophobic messages to friends has been found guilty of gross misconduct.

Police have discovered a cannabis factory with a street value of £90,000.

A new vegetarian cafe in Twickenham was opened by Sir Vince Cable last Friday.

Two Hounslow college students are balancing their studies with professional football, taking to the pitch for Brentford FC in the championship.

A pair of slum landlords have been fined thousands of pounds after tenants were found to be living in "uninhabitable conditions" in an overcrowded Erith home.

Businesses in a busy commercial road in Richmond have been left despairing after the entire road was coned off to prevent parking due to gas works.

A 30-year-old man from south-east London has pleaded guilty to a string of car break-ins across Potters Bar.

A person has sadly died after being hit by a train in Penge earlier today.

A record number of events at Wembley in 2017-18 boosted the local economy by £150 million, according to a leading consultancy firm.

A closed and rundown boozer in Crystal Palace could soon reopen as a Wetherspoon’s overlooking the park as council officers back new plans.

A police base in Wallington is set to close as part of Scotland Yard’s major review of its sites across the capital’s policing network.

An “unauthorised encampment” has illegally set up in Hall Place for the second time in under a year.

One of south east London’s most established butchers is opening a second green grocery – this time in Bromley.

A radio station has raised over £6,000 during a 24-hour charity show to raise awareness for testicular cancer.

A woman’s is hoping that her love of jelly babies will help her complete the London marathon later this month.

A £20 million project will see old boilers replaced at St Helier Hospital in a bid to make it more environmentally friendly.  

This year 86.14 per cent of children in Greenwich received a place at their first preference school with 95.18 per cent receiving a place at one of their top three preferences.

The contentious redevelopment of a community space is set to go ahead after Brent Council’s cabinet agreed to recommendations put forward by a scrutiny committee.