With schools heading back this week, we've taken a look at some of the best performing secondary schools in Greenwich.

Above is a wonderful picture of Epping High Street from c1905 with a man posing for the camera, leaning against the famous water fountain erected in 1887.

A plan to hang advertising banners in a town centre under a Barnet Council money-saving scheme was withdrawn from the agenda of a committee.

Here we reveal how likely parents in each south east London borough are to win an appeal over their child's selected school - compared with other parts of the country:

This three bedroom equestrian detached home is the most expensive for sale in Bexley right now.

'Creepy' advertising on the sides of some London buses will be removed, Transport for London has said following a backlash over the latest Naked Attraction campaign.

The Mayor of London has awarded Greenwich a £38 million grant to be used building hundreds of new council homes in the borough.

Five Met Police officers have been injured and 10 people arrested during clashes with anti-vaccine protesters in London, the police force has said.

Bromley teenager Emma Raducanu's dizzying rise up the tennis ranks continued with a hugely satisfying victory over Zhang Shuai in the second round of the US Open.

Summer may be winding down for another year, but that doesn't mean our tastebuds have to.

Did you or any members of your family live or grow up in the Waltham Abbey area in the 1940s and early 1950s?

The London Assembly has urged Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and TfL to remove temporary travel restrictions for older people imposed at the height of the pandemic.

A man died after a fatal crash on the A40 early this morning.

A mother and children are pictured above, perhaps ready to cross a very quiet Station Road, Chingford, with an early perambulator in c1910.

A developer has been given an extra two months to defend contentious plans for a large banqueting hall, despite strong objections from opposition councillors. 

A man appointed to advise residents on a regeneration scheme has accused Haringey Council of “pushing through” a vote that could see their homes demolished.

Stephen Lawrence was a black British teenager from Plumstead in south east London who was murdered while waiting for a bus in Well Hall Road, Eltham in 1993.

A store assistant at Morrisons in Sidcup has helped to cheer up a young, fed-up boy by letting him play on the tills and scan his family’s items.

Despite 192 people registering an objection to the council’s proposed café kiosk on Christ Church Green, the scheme was approved on Thursday, August 26.

Morrisons has combined two of the nation’s favourite takeaway foods in an ultimate pizza mashup.

Bexley's bin strikes have officially ended over seven long weeks on after a substantial pay increase was offered to waste collection workers.

Chart-topping rapper Dizzee Rascal has denied assaulting a woman, believed to be his girlfriend, at a home in south London this summer.

At least 40% of office workers in the capital would be willing to accept a pay cut to switch to permanent homeworking, with Londoners the most ready to ditch their commute, a new survey suggests.

Bexley Council are reviewing their charging policy for adult social care after the local government ombudsman for overcharging people by as much as 200%.

Tributes have been paid to the "loving" two-year-old boy from Dartford after both he and his father died in a horror crash.

An adorable line of ducks marching across a zebra crossing in Blackheath has been caught on video.

A new sports and games bar that will feature 'axe-throwing' among its entertainment options is opening at the O2 in Greenwich.

A man in his 60s is in a critical condition after he was found with a serious leg injury in Edmonton.

The head of TfL has said fare rises in January are not a “pre-determined outcome” despite it being a condition of the government’s funding deal.

A hospital trust was able to hit only 29 per cent of its performance targets during the past year because of the “substantial” impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

A MAN is due in court today in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals in Essex.

Chart-topping rapper Dizzee Rascal has denied headbutting his ex-girlfriend at a home in south London this summer.

The first major expansion of the London Underground this century will open later this month.

A golf club says it has taken on community suggestions after admitting it has killed a few foxes on "rare occasions" that were “repeatedly damaging” the course.

PLANS for more than 400 homes and a new wellness centre will be built after council decisions were overruled.

The HSBC bank branch in Field End Road, Eastcote, has officially closed today (Friday).

A baby fox was spotted trapped inside a shop this morning (Friday) in Wimbledon.

Merton Police are cracking down on gangs in the area.

Temperatures are set to soar in London this weekend as the city braces for a weekend of sunny spells.

A man has been arrested in connection with offences after theft from a shop.

A man in Dartford Town Centre decided to make off from security after shoplifting.

A van crashed into a family home and car sparking a police probe.

Police, ambulance crews and London's Air Ambulance attended a crash in Morden yesterday (Thursday).

The WHSmith's in Beckenham High Street was broken into in the early hours of this morning (Friday).

FRIENDS and footie fans joined together to raise cash for a cancer charity in memory of a father.

Bromley High School is opening its new multi-million pound extension and refurbished Junior School building to staff and pupils this September.

Apple says it wants to take more time to “make improvements” after concerns relating to privacy were raised.

Options to pay later appear on the checkout of retailers’ websites offering to spread the cost of purchases.

The messaging app Whatsapp is now offering a service where it can inform rail travellers about journey disruption.

It comes after E.On and Scottish Power told customers standard tariffs will jump by around £139 a year.