melting pot children's home abuse in Lambeth

A warning, this report from our Senior Correspondent Ronke Phillips, contains graphic and harrowing details of abuse from the start.

Why were children abandoned and left to face horrific abuse?

Campaigners fighting to save libraries and play areas are furious after a council spent £5,000 on a propaganda video justifying cuts.

Fury over council's £5,000 video justifying cuts

Detectives have launched a hunt for two men over the stabbing of a teenage boy near a fast-food chicken shop.

CCTV footage shows the moment a woman tried to stab a 15-year-old boy with a huge kitchen knife as he boarded a bus with his grandmother.


Investigators believe the e-cigarette was being charged using a computer and the wrong type of adapter.

Eight out of the top ten areas in England with the highest proportion of singletons are in London. 

There was an early wake-up call for suspected gang members in south London today. At 5am, police stormed 21 different addresses.

The cost of dying can be as high as £7,000 when funerals and other costs such as flowers and wakes are added up, according to a study.