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Relief for council tenants swapping temporary accommodation for something long-term

The one, two and three-bedroom flats and houses were bought by the council to provide long-term council housing for local people on the housing register.

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They’re in everyone’s good books: Two librarians on shortlists for awards

Gill Nutkins, stock librarian at Bromley Libraries, and Loretta Awauh, strategic business support manager in Greenwich, Bromley and Wandsworth Libraries, have both been nominated

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Urgent search under way for runaway mental health patient

Antony Antorka-Pieri left a hospital in Woolwich on Friday, March 8 where he was receiving treatment for his mental health condition.

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A200 Greenwich road has the longest delays for drivers

These are the roads in Greenwich where drivers had to wait the longest – according to new data.

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Faces of south Londoners jailed in March 2024 so far

Here are the names and faces of 18 of the men from south London who are now behind bars this March 2024.

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Man attacked by group of men with bats minutes before boy stabbed

A 17-year-old boy was found with stab wounds.

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Video roundup of your great South London Press this week

Welcome to our South London Press weekly news round-up.

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Traffic fears over Gloucester Circus near Greenwich Park

Greenwich residents are ‘in despair’ at a set of changes planned for their road after claiming rat runners treat the street like a ‘race track’.

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Blackheath Road Greenwich crash: Motorcyclist in hospital

A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital after a crash with a car in Greenwich.

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Search for missing boy, 14, linked to Greenwich

Police are searching for a boy with links to Greenwich who has been missing for over one week.

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Greenwich mobile phone thefts rise

Mobile phone theft is on the rise in Greenwich, with more than 1,400 thefts reported in the last year.

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Bromley and Greenwich men charged with aggravated burglary

Four men from Bromley and Greenwich have been charged with aggravated burglary.

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Greenwich homeless families 'being sent to Manchester'

Greenwich councillors have claimed that the housing crisis in the borough has become so bad that homeless families are being sent as far as Manchester for housing. A Greenwich family with newborn twins was  forced to live in a ‘tiny room with mould and exposed wires’ while they were stuck in an...

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TfL Superloop now complete after launch of south east London routes

The Mayor of London has today announced that the London Superloop routes are now fully complete.

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Superloop’s joined up circuit just the ticket for South London, according to Mayor.

The loop’s final three routes were all launched in the last few weeks, meaning that the network now forms a 138km circle through London’s suburbs.

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Eltham’s Orangery may have a new hotel for a neighbour

The project would see the industrial building currently on the land on Orangery Lane being knocked down to build a new block up to five storeys tall.

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Lee Rigby’s widow joins terror attack survivors to sign open letter warning against “anti-Muslim hate”

The letter comes as the Government plans to set out a new definition of extremism.

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Affordable homes for first-time buyers in south east London

These south east homes could be ideal for first-time buyers looking for an affordable entry into London’s property market.

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Greenwich housing crisis so dire families reportedly being relocated 200 miles away

Greenwich councillors have claimed that the housing crisis in the borough has become so bad that homeless families are being sent as far as Manchester for housing.

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Cheapest rental options in Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lewisham

We've had a look at what the cheapest rental price in each south east London will get you right now - as London is revealed to be the fourth highest place in the UK for spiking rent costs.