police Archives - Page 3 of 4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Brockley police station stripped

Aug

2013

Brockley police station has been closed and stripped, ready for sale. Its closure has been well-signposted and makes sense. What happens next to this building is the key question. It would be nice if it wasn't simply turned into flats.Brockley has relatively few buildings capable of doing something other than putting a roof over people's ...

Lewisham Way witness sought

Jun

2013

Police at Lewisham are appealing for witnesses to a robbery that occurred on 18 June 2013 at approximately 22:00 hours outside the Albertines Public House in Lewisham Way, SE4.A woman in her 40s was assaulted by two women who took a number of items from her including cash before making off. Two women both 21 ...

Walworth radical history walk

Jun

2013

Interesting radical history/geography walk last weekend from 56a InfoShop in Crampton Street, around the the top end of Walworth Road and the Pullens Estate SE17 courtesy of Past Tense.How the poor dieOne theme was who gets remembered and who get forgotten in the official record, with reference to Orwell's How the Poor Die. We were reminded of Ayikoe ...

Stabbing incident under investigation

Jun

2013

BC had reports that a man was stabbed near the Brockley Barge on Friday night. Lewisham police confirm:We can confirm police were called to Brockley Road on 1 June 2013 by the LAS at approximately 00:47 hours following a report that a man had been assaulted at that location. The man was taken to a South ...

Police place conditions on planned BNP march to Lewisham

May

2013

A statement issued by the police today reads:The MPS yesterday (30 May) imposed conditions upon a march and rally being planned by the BNP for Saturday 1 June.Conditions have been imposed under Section 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act, 1986, that the BNP march and rally must take place between 1300 and 1600, ...

Brockley journalist charged in corrupt payments investigation

May

2013

This is Local London reports:A Brockley journalist for The Sun has been charged with conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office over alleged inappropriate payments.The tabloid's Whitehall editor Clodagh Hartley, aged 38, and Jonathan Hall, from HMRC, are both facing charges, along with Mr Hall's partner Marta Bukarewicz, who is not a public official.It is ...

Unmarked police car smash on Wickham Road

May

2013

Last night, a car travelling along Wickham Road crashed in to another car turning from Geoffrey Road, causing two people to be taken to hospital and the road to be temporarily closed last night. Wickham Road suffers from boy racers, who make that mini-roundabout particularly hairy. On this occasion, one of the cars was being ...

Police the peace

Apr

2013

Lewisham Police have responded to the findings of a report published this morning, which suggests the borough has been the least peaceful area of the country over the last decade. Chief Superintendent Russell Nyman, Lewisham Borough Commander said:The peace index shows that the UK has become a more peaceful place and the end of financial ...

Lewisham: ‘Least peaceful local authority’

Apr

2013

Global think tank, the Institute for Economics and Peace, has released a report today, which finds that Lewisham is the 'least peaceful' part of the country.The study defines peace as "the absence of violence or the absence of fear of violence" and is based on Home Office crime data (murders, violent crime, weapons crime and ...

Police appeal for help with stabbing case

Apr

2013

Lewisham Police say:Officers from Lewisham CID are appealing for witnesses and information following a stabbing in Coulgate Street, SE4.Police were called by staff at Brockley Railway Station at approx. 18:10hrs on Tuesday 2 April to reports of a man stabbed following a disturbance outside the station in Coulgate Street, SE4. Local officers, British Transport Police ...