Author: Blake Foster

Police footage shows officers confronting Aden Maynard moments after he stashed his drugs haul in some brambles near Tunbridge Wells in July. He had been followed into the woodlands after he was seen carrying a shoulder bag and looking suspiciously outside a nearby address. A police dog named Charlie found the bag, which contained drugs including cocaine, ketamine and cannabis worth at least £30,000, as well as phones, a knife and £1,400 cash. A receipt for a TV and an oven purchased from a ship in Orpington was also found within the bags. When police visited the shop they were…

Northern line trains will start serving the station again on December 23, according to a Transport for London (TfL) committee report. The station has been shut since June 26 last year while work to replace two “unreliable” 26-year-old escalators takes place. Work at the station took longer than expected after transport bosses decided some “structural elements” of the station also needed to be replaced. TfL has said that these structural elements could not be inspected before work started, but were then assessed as being “beyond repair”. This increased the scope of the project, and led to the summer 2024 reopening date being pushed…

Northern line trains will start serving the station again on December 20, according to a Transport for London (TfL) committee report. The station has been shut since June 7 for work to replace its 1960s entrance with a new building and ticket hall to provide step-free access. TfL said the station, in its current state, was projected to reach passenger capacity by 2026. The upgrade was confirmed after TfL secured £43.1 million from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund for work at both Colindale and Leyton stations. During the closure of Colindale station, commuters relying on the Edgware branch of the Northern…

Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, and stepmum Beinash Batool, 30, were found guilty of her murder and her uncle Faisal Malik, 29, was convicted of causing or allowing her death following a trial at the Old Bailey. Mr Justice Cavanagh adjourned sentencing until next Tuesday, telling jurors the case had been “extremely stressful and traumatic”. Sara was beaten to death four years after taxi driver Sharif was awarded custody, despite accusations of abuse against him, jurors heard. Prosecutor William Emlyn Jones KC said Sharif had gone on to create a “culture of violent discipline”, where assaults on Sara had “become completely routine, completely normalised”. He alleged Sharif had meant to…

Eligible businesses were entitled to a single Bounce Back Loan of a maximum of £50,000 to support them through the pandemic.  Ruxanda Guja, 40, formerly of Bell Avenue in Harold Hill, secured three separate loans for her business – Roxy Contracts Limited – totalling £145,000.  On Tuesday, December 3, a High Court judge banned Guja from being a director for 13 years and will have to pay £107,038 in compensation.  Dave Magrath, director of investigation and enforcement services at the Insolvency Service, said: “The rules of the Bounce Back Loan Scheme were extremely clear. Businesses were only entitled to a single…

Marcus Fakana was on holiday with his family in the UAE when a romance blossomed with the girl, who is also from London and is now 18, according to campaign group Detained in Dubai. The two were together in August and reportedly kept the relationship secret from her family – but Mr Fakana has been unable to return to the UK after he was taken into custody when police in Dubai became aware of what was happening. On Wednesday (December 11), he was sentenced in Dubai to one year in prison. Radha Stirling, his representative from Detained in Dubai, said…

The video shows cars queued to exit a car park while the Audi tries to manoeuvre around them during the incident in Livingstone Road at 5pm on Friday (December 6). Undercover police are seen in pursuit before the driver abandons the car and attempts to flee on foot.   @sambela110 #claphamjunctionbynight#💚❤️ ♬ Mission Impossible Theme (Movie Trailer Mix) – Dominik Hauser Police confirmed a man was quickly detained and arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, failing to stop, and attempted grievous bodily harm. The suspect was tasered during the arrest and taken to hospital as a precaution. A spokesperson for…

Officers were called to reports of an assault in Lensbury Way just before 8.50am today (December 11). London Ambulance Service and an air ambulance attended and found a man in his 40s who had been stabbed. He was taken to hospital for treatment where his condition is currently unknown. A boy was arrested at the scene on suspicion of affray, he has been taken into police custody.Police enquiries into the circumstances continue. A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police said: “Police were called at 08:46hrs on Wednesday, 11 December to reports of an assault in Lensbury Way, SE2. “Officers, the London Ambulance…

The incident happened in High Street, Barkingside just before 8.10am today (December 11). Officers and London Ambulance Service crews attended, however, the man was pronounced dead shortly after. His next of kin is yet to be informed. The death is not being treated as suspicious. A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police said: “Police were called at 08:09hrs on Wednesday, 11 December to a medical incident in High Street, Barkingside, Ilford. “Officers joined colleagues from London Ambulance Service. “Paramedics treated an elderly man but despite their best efforts, the man sadly died at the scene. “His next of kin is yet to…

Network Rail engineers will begin tests at Euston Station on Wednesday evening (December 11) to display live travel information on the large screen where the departure boards used to be.  The screen stopped being used to show adverts in October when former transport secretary Louise Haigh ordered Network Rail to improve the management of the station. The digital board will be fully activated next week as part of a five-point plan aimed at improving the station. The improvements are being made in response to feedback from passengers, who said that replacing a large advertising board with smaller ones in the central…