Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters have been called to a flat fire on Rye Lane in Peckham.

A major road in Bexley has been closed in both directions this morning due to a flood.

A Metropolitan Police officer from south east London has been jailed for ten weeks and barred from working for police permanently after assaulting a member of staff at a bar in central London.

Residents forced to evacuate from their homes following a fatal explosion in south London have claimed the local gas provider “has blood on their hands”.

Check the London Underground services this weekend before heading out this weekend.

A former doctor who sexually assaulted a young girl multiple times over 35 years ago has been jailed.

Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of a teenage girl in 2018 have arrested a seventh person in connection with her murder.

Police investigating the suspected creation and sale of fake Covid-19 vaccination records have charged two people.

South East Water has restricted the use of hosepipes and sprinkles as the heatwaves continue.

THAMES WATER has confirmed it will introduce a temporary hosepipe ban due to the long term forecast of dry weather.

More than 860 people signed a petition to save the 477 route from Orpington to Dartford after it was announced that the service would be scrapped altogether from October.

A GP surgery in South London where staff were overheard being rude to patients is facing closure after a second damning report by the care watchdog.

The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning with temperatures expected to hit more than 30 degrees.

Co-op said its commitments would counter high street bank closures, removal of free ATMs and the rise of cashless retailing

The US actress suffered “severe anoxic brain injury” and remains in a coma in critical condition

A Met Office amber weather warning is currently in place for the extreme heat.

It was announced that the UK would be hosting the Eurovision for the 2022 winners Ukraine.

Drought could be declared for some parts of England on Friday, as the country bakes in another heatwave.

Average take home pay after tax will be £2,054 a month in 2023, so two months’ worth will be less than the £4,200 predicted cost of energy bills.

A suspected gas explosion in a London suburb that killed a four-year-old girl was “an accident waiting to happen”, neighbours have said.

A man has been convicted of the manslaughter of Jobari Gooden in Peckham.

AN INMATE who threw boiling water into the faces of a prison guard and a prisoner in a wheelchair has been jailed for eight years.

A temporary hosepipe ban will come into force in Dartford on Friday following the extreme weather across the UK.

The four-year-old girl who died in a gas explosion in Thornton Heath has been pictured for the first time.

Two members of the same family have died and a child is seriously injured after a car crashed into pedestrians in Kent.

The fire brigade were called out to a fire in the field behind the scout hut in Salisbury Road, Worcester Park, this morning at around 12.30pm.

A second man has been arrested after a body was discovered in South Norwood.

A man has been taken to hospital and then arrested after a stabbing in Bromley.

A pistol was found at the scene of an incident in which an officer shot a man in the stomach, the police watchdog has said.

POLICE have launched an appeal to help find witnesses following a stabbing in Lewisham.

POLICE have confirmed the name of a victim who was killed after a house explosion in Thornton Heath.

The brigade has said that London grass is "tinderbox dry".

'THE lark ascending' by Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of Britain's favourite pieces of classical music, always within the top ten of the classical list and rightly so.

Six hectares of cut corn have been destroyed after a large field fire in Dartford.

Travelodge is today launching a nationwide recruitment drive, with 170 positions to be filled in London.

A teenager has been rushed to hospital after a stabbing in a Bromley street last night.

Two people have died and a child is seriously injured after five pedestrians were hit by a car in Kent.

The mother of a four-year-old girl who died in a gas explosion in south London has paid tribute to her “amazing” daughter and questioned why the “gas problem has been neglected for such a long time”.

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder after a fellow teenager was stabbed in a busy street.

Coldplay is heading to Wembley Stadium and we have the full list of all items that you can't bring into the venue.

For six nights Coldplay will be performing at the iconic Wembley Stadium and we have everything you need to know from door times to support acts.

A national charity is looking for volunteers to walk dogs in Orpington.

A woman living in Battersea has described the assignment of her road as an eMoped parking area as “inconsiderate” as they take up “much-needed” parking spaces.

South West Londoners are backing a fight to run a popular river bus on the weekends as they believe the service shouldn’t “cater strictly for commuters”.

A 25-metre-high hot air balloon hand-stitched by needlework students will take to the skies this month as a “floating gallery”.

The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning with temperatures expected to hit more than 30 degrees.

A man who stole more than £1,000 worth of vinyl records has been fined in court.

The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak in the early hours of Saturday.

They were reportedly spotted snogging in the pool of a £1,000 a night hotel in Mallorca as the pair’s romance becomes public.

The deadline for pensioners to claim the DWP cost of living payment is August 18.