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Streatham RedHawks secured a vital three points in their quest to unseat NIHL 1 South leaders Slough Jets with a 5-2 win over the visiting Romford Buccaneers on Sunday, writes Christopher Beal.

Buccaneers netminder Sonny Phillips and his defence withstood an early hammering in the opening period as the hosts created chance after chance.

But Luke Brittle broke their resistance on 19 minutes.

Romford responded at 22:16 with Nathan Williams equalising, Elliot Dervish quickly putting them in front.

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested for conspiracy to commit murder after a stabbing on Friday.

Cops were called to reports of a stabbing in Bramley Road, between Ladbrooke Grove and Notting Hill, at around 7.30pm.

Officers and London Ambulance Service crews attended the scene and found a teenage boy suffering from stab injuries.

He was taken to hospital where his injuries were deemed not to be life-threatening.

A 13-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder.

Streatham RedHawks bounced back from a disappointing defeat on home ice the weekend before with a 7-1 win over visiting Swindon Wildcats 2 on Saturday, writes Chris Beal.

Coach Ben Paynter said he was looking for a response from the team following the third-period collapse against the Slough Jets and he got exactly that.

Streatham opened the scoring early on through JJ Pitchley and then Luke Brittle assisted Aiden Doughty.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a vulnerable man who is missing from Woolwich.

Paul Merrett, 28, was last seen leaving Greenwood House Memorial Hospital on January 22.

It is possible that he got onto a bus towards Shooters Hill, police say.

Mr Merrett is described as a white man, of a slim build with brown hair.

He was last seen wearing a black jacket, a black jumper, blue jeans and light blue crocs.

Streatham split this past weekend’s NIHL South 1 games with a win on the road and a defeat at home on Sunday, writes Chris Beal.

The Redhawks came away from Solent on Saturday with a hard-fought 3-2 win over the Solent Devils. Danny Ingoldsby, Ziggy beesley and JJ Pitchley with the goals for the RedHawks, putting them 3-0 up before Liam Coleman and Alex Murray scored in the late stages.

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Lily-Rose Brown took centre stage by winning a South of England indoor gold medal at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre on Sunday, writes Geoff Jerwood.

Brown, 16, now competes in the U20 women’s category.

The Streatham resident rounded off a busy day with heat, semi-final and final in the best way by taking the 200m win in 25.15 seconds. Her time was just outside her PB, a strong effort at the end of three races.

A woman has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years after a prosecution by the RSPCA.

Shannon Beecher, 27, of Gleneagle Road, Streatham, pleaded guilty to two offences of failing to address her Italian mastiff’s weight loss and failing to meet her pet’s needs.

The defendant appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Friday where she was sentenced to eight weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months, and banned from keeping animals for a decade.

A rebel Labour councillor still waiting to make his maiden speech more than 1,000 days after being elected has accused the party’s local leadership of ‘silencing’ him.

Lambeth councillor Martin Abrams was elected to represent Streatham St Leonard’s for Labour at the local elections in April 2022, during which the party swept to victory — winning 57 of the 63 seats on the council.

A Streatham bar has been allowed to play music until 11pm despite a neighbour complaining she couldn’t hear her TV due to noise from the venue.

Opposition from residents who live in flats above Hybrid Bar and Restaurant in Streatham High Street wasn’t enough to stop Lambeth council from giving it permission to open late seven days a week at a meeting on Tuesday.

The bar, which has room for 69 people, will be allowed to serve booze to customers until 11pm and open until 11:30pm on weekends under the new licence.

Streatham secured a six-point weekend in NIHL 1 South with a 3-1 win at Romford Buccaneers on Saturday followed by a 3-0 shutout success against Chelmsford Chieftains on Sunday, writes Chris Beal.

The RedHawks were battling a flu virus and it led to shortened benches.

Aidan Doughty, Ryan Watt and Ben Paynter got on the board for Streatham in Romford.

Sunday was revenge over the club which dumped them out of the Britton Cup earlier this month.

Streatham player-coach Ben Paynter said: “It was a good game.