A GRANDAD has melted thousands of hearts after his song about coronavirus was shared far and wide on social media.

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Snow has caused traffic disruptions on the M1 as some parts are completely blocked off.

Police have issued an appeal to help locate a missing 54-year-old man.

Millions of international passengers have passed through Luton and Heathrow airports during the pandemic, figures suggest.

There seems to have been a process of deflection going on by some politicians, seeking to blame the public for Covid cases.

Picture above is Lower Road, in Loughton, from c1900.

One of the few good things about self-isolating in these winter months is that I have started to watch some of films in my DVD library that runs into several hundred.

The proposed Clean Air Zone is exactly in keeping with the way the Conservatives run Epping Forest District Council (EFDC), knock everyone else, ignore counter opinions, never seek a wider consensus and expect minority group councillors to like it...

Temperatures are dropping and the weather is changing as places up and down the country are expecting to see snow this weekend.

Coronavirus infection rates are beginning to fall in one of London's worst hit boroughs, so we've broken down all local figures behind the decline.

TWO brothers have been sentenced after threatening to stab two people if they didn't withdraw cash in Wandsworth.

Nonsuch Park Cheam Gate is closed to all vehicles except for vaccinations this weekend.

POLICE were called to a fight in Sutton on Friday.

More snow could be on the way in South West Hertfordshire and London as the Met Office issued a weather warning.

A BUSINESSMAN who devised an elaborate plan to enable sexual assaults on women has been jailed.

Work to tackle congestion at a busy interchange will start next week.

With England back under the instruction of essential trips only during the third national lockdown, cars across the country are gathering dust on driveways and in garages.

Pictured in 1905, Chingford Mount cemetery was opened in 1884 on the site of the house and grounds of Caroline Mount.

A councillor has called for all of Barnet’s parks and green spaces to be protected amid fears some could be used as sites for solar farms.

Your columnist Brett Ellis, writing on December 10 under the heading, “The paranoia created by Covid may be unnecessary” said that he expected “to face some flak”. I have seen no comments in subsequent issues, but Mr Ellis does deserve som...

A Twickenham man who left his wife with life-changing injuries after a “frenzied” and alcohol-fuelled attack, has been jailed for 22 years for her attempted murder.

Lewisham Council is opening a second rapid testing site for critical workers with no Covid-19 symptoms. 

A community group hopes to take Lewisham Council to the High Court over a planning decision they say is unlawful and will harm the local area.

Lewisham Police have appealed to the public to help catch one of their most a criminals, a man wanted for robbery and dodging court.

A doctor and a committee have urged Lewisham council to rethink a proposed cut to children and young people’s mental health services (CAMHS).

Lewisham’s director for public health and mayor have written to supermarkets urging them to enforce Covid-19 rules.  

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has died after testing positive for Covid-19, the force has announced.

A Hither Green resident has complained about “filthy” roads ahead of budget cuts that could see street cleaning reduced.

Public Health England has issued a warning to keep warm as the Met Office forecast a spell of cold weather.

Work transforming the old Blockbuster store in Sidcup into a new library and cinema complex has begun.

A Croydon man has expressed his frustration and disappointment after receiving a number of traffic fines from the borough council related to the Lower Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTN) scheme.

Croydon NHS are giving remote oxygen monitors to certain people who test positive for Covid-19 in the borough to help patients and better manage the immense strain of coronavirus.

The first cohort of 250 students being trained by London South East Colleges to help deliver the vaccine across south east London have completed their training in record time.

Police are looking to speak to four men in relation to a serious sexual assault in Stockwell in August 2020.

A WOMAN from Wandsworth has launched a dog theft prevention group, following a concerning spike in pet crimes in the area.

More than 500,000 Londoners have now been vaccinated against Covid-19, but the capital is still lagging behind the rest of the country.

Fines for environmental offences in Harrow are set to increase and cover a greater number of issues, the council confirmed.

SPECIALIST firearms officers were on standby in Saxon Road, Southall yesterday afternoon (21) amid concerns for the welfare of a man inside a house.

Jewish leaders have condemned a wedding attended by around 400 people at a school after it was broken up by police.

Harrow Council defended the work of three ward councillors after an online petition called for a vote of no confidence in their performance.

Traffic-reduction schemes that have caused controversy in other boroughs will not be imposed on Barnet residents, councillors have agreed.

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has died after testing positive for Covid-19, the force has announced.

There is “some evidence” the UK variant of coronavirus is associated with “a higher degree of mortality”, Boris Johnson said.

A man has been sentenced to jail time after being found guilty of killing a father of five in Crayford in June 2020.

Two men have been arrested and sizeable amounts of drugs and cash seized by police after raids and searches in Lewisham and Bexley this week.

The number of coronavirus patients at Croydon University Hospital is not expected to drop for up to five weeks. 

The Covid-19 vaccine roll-out will be slowed down if people ring their GPs asking for it, Lewisham’s cabinet member for health and adult social care has warned.

Plans to build 80 new sustainable council homes in Kidbrooke have been approved by Greenwich Council's Planning Board, along with £750,000 to be spent on improving the local area.

Bin collections across Greenwich are delayed because several staff members are ill or self-isolating, but the council have asked residents to stop abusing their collection crews.