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A south London council is considering plans to turn an empty police station into a luxury hotel.

A property developer has applied to Lambeth Council for permission to turn the former station on Streatham High Road into a 57-room boutique establishment.

It closed in 2015 when the police relocated to a building further down the street.

The station, built in 1921, was shut after a review by the Met and the Mayor of London concluded it was no longer meeting the force’s needs.

A man who died in a south London house fire last month has been named by detectives carrying out a murder investigation.

Basilio Dos Santos Antonio was discovered inside a multi-occupancy house in Glenister Park Road, Streatham, on 25 February.

The 49-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said.

Two people are due to go on trial next year charged with Mr Antonio's murder.

Detectives said Mr Antonio worked as a cleaner having moved from Brazil.

A south London council is suspending a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) scheme after months of delays to buses.

Lambeth Council said the combination of the Streatham Wells scheme and "frequent roadworks by Thames Water and other bodies" had caused a "significant strain on bus services" on the A23.

It added the LTN would pause due to the concerns and upcoming construction.

But the council's Liberal Democrat group leader said it was an embarrassing "climbdown".

A man and a woman are due in court after being charged with the murder of another man who was found dead following a south London house fire.

The 49-year-old victim, who has not yet been named, was discovered inside a multi-occupancy house in Glenister Park Road, Streatham, on 25 February.

Mayara Loiola Ataide, 34, and Gevaldo Tavares Dos Santos, 46, have been charged with murder, police said.

A 34-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a house fire in south London.

A 49-year-old man was found dead inside a multi-occupancy house in Glenister Park Road, Streatham, on Sunday evening.

The Met said the fire is thought to have been started deliberately and is being treated as suspicious.

The woman, who is in custody, was also arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, the Met said.

Officers were called to the scene at 19:07 GMT by the London Fire Brigade.

A 34-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in a house fire in south London.

A 49-year-old man was found dead inside a multi-occupancy house in Glenister Park Road, Streatham, on Sunday evening.

The Met said the fire is thought to have been started deliberately and is being treated as suspicious.

The woman, who is in custody, was also arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, the Met said.

Officers were called to the scene at 19:07 GMT by the London Fire Brigade.

An anonymity order preventing the naming of a Metropolitan Police firearms officer charged with murdering Chris Kaba will be lifted on 1 March, a judge has ruled.

Mr Kaba, 24, died from a single gunshot in a police operation in Streatham, south London, on 5 September 2022.

The officer's trial is set to begin on 1 October.

At the Old Bailey, Judge Mark Lucraft said the date of the lifting of the order could be reported.

Gross incompetence proceedings brought against PC Paul Fisher over a car crash have been dropped.

An armed policeman who crashed while racing to the scene of a terror attack will not face misconduct proceedings, a police watchdog has said.

PC Paul Fisher, 46, was cleared of dangerous driving at Southwark Crown Court last month.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) had brought gross incompetence proceedings against the officer in 2021 but has now withdrawn the case.

Scotland Yard has welcomed the move.

PC Fisher reached speeds of more than 80mph (129km/h) while responding to a stabbing spree in Streatham by Sudesh Amman in February 2020.

An armed policeman who crashed while racing to the scene of a terrorist stabbing attack in south London has been cleared of dangerous driving.

PC Paul Fisher, 46, made a "split-second error" when he lost control of a Met Police unmarked BMW X5 on the way to Streatham.

Southwark Crown Court heard PC Fisher admitted he "let people down" but denied dangerous driving.

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley branded the prosecution "appalling".