The average rate across England was 435 deaths per 100,000 people. Blackpool had the highest mortality rate in England and Wales, at 696 deaths per 100,000 people. This was nearly 2.5 times above ...

London Fire Brigade was this morning in attendance on Lewisham Road in Lewisham, southeast London, where a maisonette caught ...

A South London council has approved a fresh package of savings worth more than £34million as it looks to close a £30m budget gap by 2026/27.

Environmental health officers have handed out food hygiene ratings to restaurants, cafés, takeaways, and retailers across ...

Fabian Henry lost his life at the scene after a fire tore through the maisonette in Lewisham, southeast London, where ...

A 12-year-old boy has died in a fire at a flat in south-east London, the Metropolitan Police has said. Police were called to ...

Fabian Henry, 12, died after a fire broke out at his home in Orchard Gardens, Lewisham, just before midnight on Tuesday. The ...

A Lewisham man has been jailed after unarmed Abdul Jalloh was stabbed to death while sat in his car in Tower Hamlets.

Lewisham Council said it is "deeply concerned" by the footage and has "mounted a full investigation". The Health and Safety Executive says it is carrying out its own enquiries.

The Lewisham girls hockey team was named the champion of the 2025 London Youth Games Hockey Championships last Sunday July ...

Lewisham Council caused “significant injustice” to the woman after failing to provide her with emergency accommodation when she was homeless and heavily pregnant.

The blaze broke out at a maisonette shortly before midnight on Tuesday, with a 54-year-old woman also taken to hospital with ...