Southwark News

Six men, including one from Camberwell, have been jailed for 103.5 years minimum for the murder of seventeen-year-old Michael Jonas.  Michael died from stab wounds to the chest in Betts Park, Bromley, in November 2017 - a brutal attack that lasted less than 120 seconds.  The six men, all teenagers…

Three men have been jailed after robbing people’s phones and jewellery at various South London stations.

Elias Angulo Ruiz, 22, Starling Rodriguez Jose, 24 and Juan Martinez Vargas, 22, were imprisoned for a combined twelve years and seven months, at Inner London Crown Court on Friday, November 17.

A fourth defendant, Yoscar Lake, 22, was sentenced to eighteen months in prison suspended for two years.

Police said the group targeted “innocent” commuters at stations including Elephant & Castle, Tulse Hill and Sydenham.

Drivers will face restrictions on four more South London roads from autumn under £450,000 traffic restrictions revealed by a council, which come into effect just a few weeks after ULEZ is expanded.

Motorists in Streatham already facing the potential for a £12.50 a day charge if they have a non-compliant vehicle when ULEZ expands, will face fresh restrictions on Leigham Avenue, Culverhouse Gardens, Valley Road and Gleneldon Road under Lambeth Council’s plans for the Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood [LTN].

Drivers will face restrictions on four more South London roads from autumn under £450,000 traffic restrictions revealed by a council, which come into effect just a few weeks after ULEZ is expanded. Motorists in Streatham already facing the potential for a £12.50 a day charge if they have a non-compliant…

A South London jazz club shut since the pandemic could reopen below a new seven-storey Travelodge.

Hideaway in Streatham closed its doors in March 2020 after struggling to foot a £750,000 bill for serious repairs needed to the venue. But the club, which has been dubbed South London’s answer to Soho’s internationally famous jazz bar Ronnie Scott’s, could now reopen in the basement of a new hotel planned on the site of its former home.

A South London jazz club shut since the pandemic could reopen below a new seven-storey Travelodge. Hideaway in Streatham closed its doors in March 2020 after struggling to foot a £750,000 bill for serious repairs needed to the venue. But the club, which has been dubbed South London’s answer to…

A Camberwell man has been charged with serious driving offences after the tragic death of 44-year-old dad Ronaldo Medeiros De Oliveria.  Abdirahman Ahmed, 19, of Lilford Road, appeared in Croydon Magistrates’ Court charged with six separate driving offences on Saturday, May 27. Mr Medeiros Oliveira (pictured) was killed in an…

A grieving family has paid tribute to their dad who was killed in a Streatham crash - as police step up their investigation. Ronaldo Medeiros De Oliveira, 44, was killed in an incident involving his motorbike and a car at around 8pm on Thursday, May 11, on Leigham Court Road. …