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Police have arrested more than 400 people in a crackdown on gangs following the fatal shooting of a bus driver in south London.

Auguste Marie Bile-aka Amoa, 25, was gunned down in his car on 10 August with detectives launching a murder investigation.

Metro understands that he was not the target of the attack but a relative who was with him who was injured in the incident.

Following the killing, firearms officers and plainclothes units were dispatched to ‘hotspot’ areas of gang activity around Lambeth and Southwark in a ten-day operation.

Video: South London property set alight after being struck by lightning

The roof of the building in Streatham was destroyed in a blaze sparked by a bolt overnight

When it comes to South London, certain areas are well-known for being ‘cool’. There’s Brixton, Camberwell, Peckham.

But if there’s one location that’s usually overlooked when compared with its SW neighbours, it’s Streatham.

Yes, critics will say the high street (which locals know is actually the High Road) is too loud, and that there’s no Tube (how about three railway stations, though?). Both valid points.

Nine people were injured, with seven taken to the hospital, after a double-decker bus crashed into a bridge in Croydon.

The latest collision happened on Park Street near George Street in Croydon at about 11.30am today.

It is the second incident involving a bus in south London within 24 hours after another crash in Southwark yesterday involving two double-deckers.

Several ambulance crews rushed to the scene, where they discovered nine people had been injured.

A man jailed for terrorism offences said he made a ‘pact with the devil’ after police found ‘horrific’ materials on his phone.

Declan Candiani, 26, was arrested by counter-terrorism police at Stansted Airport as he was about to jet off on holiday to Finland with his girlfriend in August 2024.

A search of his phone and iPad found terror-related documents on the devices, including guides on how to commit ‘lone wolf’ attacks.

Officers also found a German imperial flag and what appeared to be a ram’s skull at his home in Streatham, south London.

A former synagogue and car park in Streatham, South London, could be demolished and redeveloped into 92 new residential units.

The scheme, submitted by developer Pocket Living to Lambeth Council, includes compact ‘pocket’ homes measuring just 38 square metres — one square metre above the government’s minimum legal space standards.

The development site comprises 35-37 Leigham Court Road, encompassing the synagogue, which has been closed since 2021, and neighbouring land previously used as public facilities.

A former synagogue and car park in Streatham, South London, could be demolished and redeveloped into 92 new residential units.

The scheme, submitted by developer Pocket Living to Lambeth Council, includes compact ‘pocket’ homes measuring just 38 square metres — one square metre above the government’s minimum legal space standards.

The development site comprises 35-37 Leigham Court Road, encompassing the synagogue, which has been closed since 2021, and neighbouring land previously used as public facilities.

You might expect a tourist tax in the West End or in Camden. But what about Brixton?

That’s the plan Lambeth council is weighing up, echoing what has happened in tourist hotspots like Edinburgh, Manchester and Bhutan.

Lambeth, stretching across south London, covers the suburban areas of Streatham Common and Norwood all the way up to tourist hot spot areas of Waterloo and the South Bank.

David Lammy is the UK’s new Deputy Prime Minister, following a major government reshuffle prompted by Angela Rayner’s departure in the row over stamp duty tax.

She held the post and another as housing secretary before resigning today amid mounting pressure over her property wrangles.

Ms Rayner admitted earlier this week she underpaid stamp duty while buying an £800,000 flat in Hove – with the flat in question vandalised with graffiti reading ‘tax evader’ in response.

Neighbours of a house once owned by the notorious Madam Cynthia Payne says she helped put their suburban enclave ‘on the map’- and even helped to drive up house prices.

The large property in Ambleside Avenue, Streatham in south London, was turned into luxury flats in 2021 but was once a hotbed of vice – with Payne hosting a cast of characters reportedly including a peer of the realm, barristers, ex police officers bank managers and priests.