I never knew a man laugh more heartily... Dr Johnson. Samuel Johnson. What can you tell me about him? Come on, come on, I'll have to hurry you. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life." Yes, very good. Anyone else?

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A shocking rise in teenage gun and knife and crime on London's streets has prompted a wave or new ideas from politicians and youth workers on how to tackle the tragic epidemic.

A man lost control of his car after collapsing at the wheel - smashing into a Streatham Park pharmacy, seriously injuring a pedestrian and causing thousands of pounds of damage.

A disabled Streatham woman said she is "deeply worried" about council house privatisation after being told her home's repairs would be delayed.

Prostitutes selling their wares in broad daylight have been targeted by police on horseback in a vice crackdown.

Naomi Campbell is rumoured to be starting her community service at an HIV and Aids charity. Today the Pink Paper, a gay newspaper, revealed that the Streatham-born supermodel will spend five weeks working at the Food Chain, starting from tomorrow.

The sudden death of a Streatham Park cleaner has baffled medical experts at his inquest. Ecuadorean Jose Inca Guaman was found in his flat on May 28 this year, just two weeks after immigration officials told him he had the right to stay in Britain permanently.

The findings of the British Crime Survey were published last week. And it's good news. Crime in this country is falling at record rates. So you only think you've been knifed.

A teenager was stabbed to death in the street in a dispute over insults traded on the Facebook website by rival gangs. Freddie Moody, 18, was found bleeding to death outside a row of town houses worth up to £1million, one of which is owned by Tory justice spokesman Edward Garnier.