Baby joins fight against bullying
Baby Zoe is taking one class a week at Edmund Waller Primary in Lewisham to teach children how to treat one another.
Lewisham playgroup is easy target for cuts
Telegraph Hill playgroup is an easy target for cuts but it may well be the kind of place that prevents family breakdowns.
Rioter who threw brick at police is jailed
Alexander Elliott-Joahill who was filmed throwing a brick at police has been jailed.
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'The Quran prohibits murder in clear terms': Lewisham Islamic Centre
From our perspective, we would like to clarify and confirm categorically, that these actions are in no way, shape or form from the teachings of Islam.
Islam’s position on the sanctity of life, the concept of justice and the value of human life is such that the Quran equates the taking of one human life unjustly, with killing all of humanity - thus the Quran prohibits murder in clear terms [Glorious Quran, Ch 5, verse 32].
– Lewisham Islamic CentreIt is inevitable at times like these that various groups will seek to drive a wedge between communities. We believe our community in the London Borough of Lewisham (LBL) is an excellent one that has an outstanding record with respect to community cohesion within and beyond LBL. We sincerely hope that the heinous crime that has taken place will not lead to long term discord within the borough or beyond.
Police release last image of missing girl
Police have released a CCTV image of a 12-year-old girl who has been missing since Tuesday.
Suada Gashi, of Lewisham was last seen leaving Victoria coach station at 12.40pm on April 2, after getting off a coach from Birmingham.
Anyone with information should call the Missing Persons Unit on 020 8284 8455.
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Police release image of missing girl
Police have released this image of Suada Gashi, 12, in the hope of hearing of her whereabouts.
Suada, was last seen on Tuesday morning, boarding a coach in Birmingham which was due to arrive at London Victoria at midday.
Suada, from Lewisham, is described as of slim build with long black hair.
Organised criminal networks dismantled in Lewisham
Thirty eight people have been jailed for a total of 70 years after a police crackdown on organised gang crime in Deptford.
The sentencing is the culmination Operation Nona which involved undercover officers buying drugs on the streets of South East London.
Police officers were working as part of Operation Trilogy Unit - a unit set up to tackle gang-related crime in Lewisham
They seized large amounts of cash and an imitation fire arm.
Police say as a result of Operation Nona they have broken up four organised criminal networks. .
Missing Lewisham teen found safe and well
Police in Lewisham were appealing for help in tracing a teenage girl missing since Tuesday.
Tracey Ikeme, 18, has now been found safe and well.
18 year-old Lewisham girl missing
Police in Lewisham are appealing for help to find a teenage girl who has been missing since Tuesday. 18 year-old Tracey Ikeme was seen by staff at Haberdashers' Aske's School in Brockley but then failed to return to her home in Lewisham.
She has never gone missing before and her disappearance is regarded as out of character.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Lewisham Missing Person's Unit on 0208 284 8455, the police non-emergency line on 101 or Missing People on 116 000.
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Man missing after walking out from hospital
Lewisham police are appealing to trace a missing man who walked out of Lewisham hospital yesterday.
Jermaine Brissett was being treated at the hospital when he walked out at approximately 1630hrs on Saturday 16 March.
He is black, 6ft tall and of slender build with a goatee beard. He was last seen wearing black trousers, a black leather jacket with a grey hoodie.
He was being treated for mental health issues and the public are asked not to approach him but instead call the CID at Lewisham on 07788916864.
Officer commended for rescuing toddler
An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer who rescued a toddler that had fallen underneath a train has been commended for his actions. DS Cary Gawley, based in Lewisham and who was off duty at the time of the incident, received the commendation at a ceremony in Tavistock Square.
DS Gawley, who was waiting for a train at London Bridge station, went to assist when he heard a commotion taking place on platform two.
When he got there he found a toddler, who had been leaving the train with his grandparents, had fallen between the train and the platform after missing his step
DS Gawley reached down and pulled the boy from underneath the train and back up onto the platform.
Borough Commander Stewart Wratten said: "The actions that Cary took show the bravery of the officer and his ability to think quickly in a pressurised situation.
"He was off duty at the time but he acted quickly and bravely, without any thought for his own safety, to assist in saving the toddler from serious injury.
I am glad that British Transport Police have recognised this act of bravery as I believe his actions were above and beyond the call of duty."
Police appeal for help in solving 2010 Lewisham murder
The Met Police is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information which helps solve a murder in Lewisham three years ago. 56-year old Abdel Salam Hassan Abdel Salam was found dead at an address in Boone Street in March 2010 by a neighbour. He had been stabbed in the leg and bled to death.
Police believe someone in the local community knows what happened to him. Anyone with information is asked to call the police incident room on 020 8721 4805 or the anonymous service Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Lewisham Hospital protesters turn on Mayor
The Mayor of London was booed and heckled as he apppeared at a 'Question and Answer' session in south east London last night.
Boris Johnson was at a theatre to hear from the public, but at the meeting too were a group of campaigners - angry about the downgrading of services at Lewisham Hospital.
They've fought a long and public battle to stop the changes and last night they turned on the Mayor.
Paul Brand has the story: