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Police are appealing for a woman they believe to have been raped to come forward following an incident in Streatham.

The attack took place on Blairderry Road at 05.30hrs on Tuesday, 12 May.

Armoured vehicles, armed police, drones and 4,000 police officers are part of an unprecedented public order operation being imposed by the Metropolitan Police

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Saiqa Ali, the suspended Green candidate elected for Streatham St Leonard’s just last week, has decided not to take up her seat – leaving one of three seats vacant in what has long been the Green Party’s strongest ward in the borough.

THE METROPOLITAN firearms office who shot and killed Chris Kaba will know by the end of July if he will face gross misconduct proceedings.

Kaba, a 24 year old Black man, was fatally shot by Sgt Martyn Blake, a Metropolitan Police marksmen on 5 September 2022 in Streatham, London.

As we reported yesterday, Martin Abrams has now been confirmed as the new leader of the Lambeth Green Party, after his party won 29 of Lambeth’s 63 seats, ending Labour’s 20‑year control.

The Greens have now issued a statement about his appointment:

Lambeth Green Party members have formally ratified Martin Abrams as the new leader of the Green Group of councillors, following a decisive vote on the party’s Helios platform that closed at 6pm today.

As health secretary Wes Streeting considers resigning from government, possibly triggering a leadership challenge, Steve Reed, Sarah Jones and Natasha Irons are backing Starmer

Helen Hayes – MP for Dulwich and West Norwood – has yet to sign an open letter calling for Special Administration of Thames Water.