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Police were called to reports of an altercation on Fernwood Avenue

The incident happened on Fernwood Avenue

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Josh Salisbury7 April 2024

Homicide police are investigating the death of a man in Streatham after an altercation on Friday.

Police were to a home on Fernwood Avenue just before 2.30pm to reports of a fight.

They found a man there, aged in his 50s, unresponsive. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

A 38-year-old man was arrested at the scene and has been bailed pending further enquiries.

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Police have named the victim of a suspected deadly arson attack in south London.

Brazilian cleaner Basilio Dos Santos Antonio, 49, perished when a blaze broke out at a house that is divided into bedsits in Glenister Park Road, Streatham around 7pm on Sunday February 25.

Mayara Loiola Ataide, 34, and Gevaldo Tavares Dos Santos, 46, have been charged with murder and two counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

The mayor said Lambeth Council had created ‘brilliant’ LTNs elsewhere, but the Streatham Wells scheme had ‘unintended consequences’

Noah Vickers8 March 2024

Sadiq Khan has “applauded” Lambeth Council for suspending a controversial low traffic neighbourhood (LTN), while dismissing the idea it could set a precedent for the removal of similar schemes.

The mayor said it was clear the Streatham Wells LTN had caused “unintended consequences” and that it was the right decision to suspend it, but suggested that its problems were due to exceptional circumstances.

A bus reportedly took more than two hours to travel less than three miles on the A23

Ross Lydall @ RossLydall8 March 2024

A low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme is to be scrapped after being blamed for causing horrendous congestion on a main road in south London.

Lambeth Council said it would suspend the Streatham Wells LTN after a bus was reported to have taken more than two hours to travel less than three miles on the A23.

The council’s U-turn comes a week after Mayor Sadiq Khan admitted the LTN was “not working” and was “causing huge problems”.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said changes are coming “ASAP” to a low traffic neighbourhood which has fueled so much congestion that one bus took two hours to travel three miles.

Traffic has reportedly become so bad around the Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) that buses have to be diverted at peak times, or navigate through the zone itself, to avoid gridlock.

Transport for London (TfL) data showed one bus took 121 minutes to travel 2.9 miles as the A23, which runs along one side of the LTN, became so congested.

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Streatham: Two face court charged with murder after 'arson attack'

Mayara Loiola Ataide, 34, and Gevaldo Tavares Dos Santos, 46, will appear in Bromley Magistrates’ Court

The scene of the alleged arson attack on Glenister Park Road

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Anthony France @ NewsFrenchTony28 February 2024

A woman and man are due to appear in court charged with murder after a suspected deadly arson attack in south London.

A 47-year-old man was found dead after the fire on Sunday

Neighbours describe the scene on Sunday as ‘chaos’

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Margaret Davis27 February 2024

A second arrest has been made as part of a murder investigation into a deadly arson attack in Streatham, south London.

The blaze broke out at a house that is divided into bedsits after 7pm on Sunday, where officers found a 49-year-old man dead.

A 34-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder.

A London bus took two hours to travel three miles through congestion fuelled by a new low-traffic neighbourhood, figures have revealed.

Traffic has reportedly become so bad around the Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) that buses have to be diverted at peak times, or navigate through the zone itself, to avoid gridlock.

Transport for London (TfL) data has revealed one bus took 121 minutes to travel 2.9 miles as the A23, which runs along one side of the LTN, became so overwhelmed.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson after a man died following a suspicious house fire in south London.

The Metropolitan Police were called by London Fire Brigade to a multi-occupancy house in Glenister Park Road, Streatham, shortly after 7pm on Sunday, where they found a 49-year-old man dead inside.

On Monday a 34-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder and arson with intent to endanger life.

The man’s next of kin have been informed and are being supported by family liaison officers.