Author: Blake Foster

This announcement comes after a “hugely successful” opening last month. The show, described by Daily Mail as “big-hearted, bangin’, and flawless,” has released a first look at the “irresistible” performance. Based on the Paramount Pictures film, which was inspired by Jane Austen’s ‘Emma,’ ‘Clueless, The Musical’ has been adapted by the film’s original writer-director, Amy Heckerling. It features music by KT Tunstall, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and choreography by Lizzi Gee. It has been directed by Rachel Kavanaugh. West End audiences fall for Beverly Hills charm and catchy tunes (Image: PAMELA RAITH) The show has quickly become a favourite in…

Lewis Benjamin, 30, of Waddon New Road, Croydon, and Jamal Ali-Richards, 29, of Thornlaw Road, Norwood were convicted at Woolwich Crown Court today (April 10).  It comes after an eight-week-trial linked to the death of Justin Henry, who was reported missing in October 2023.  The court heard how Benjamin and Ali-Richards were discarding the body of the 34-year-old and attempting to clean up evidence of his death whilst he was listed as a missing person after failing to return home.  Justin was last seen alive at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Croydon on October 15, 2023, before driving to Waddon New…

At a meeting held on January 23 this year, Dartford Borough Council members agreed that a bidder, then known as Bidder B, would be the new occupiers for ATIK. The nightclub on Essex Road crashed into administration last year when it was announced that the popular nightclub would close. Bidder B was later revealed to be Kevin Spencer, who told KentOnline: “It was a well-established club. “The good thing about clubs like that is they are very unique as they are very rarely built like that now. “It is a purpose-built nightclub in a prime location. “We are thrilled to…

Sarah Cunningham, 31, was hit by a northbound Northern line train after stepping onto the track and walking down a tunnel at Chalk Farm station at about 3.30am on November 2 last year. An inquest at Poplar Coroner’s Court heard from Ms Cunningham’s friends and family, who said she was looking forward to the future and was thriving in her career as an artist. On the night of the incident, she had been out with a group in Camden, the BBC reported. Witnesses said she was “drunk but not very drunk”. Her father, Edward Cunningham, described her as “bubbly, friendly…

Officers from the Metropolitan Police were called to Hoskins Street at 5.40pm on April 9 with reports of an altercation between four males. They were dispatched to the scene with the London Ambulance Service where they discovered an 18-year-old suffering from stab wounds.  He was taken to hospital and his condition has been confirmed as non-life changing.  There has yet to be an arrest made in connection to the incident.  Urgent enquiries are now underway to locate the other individuals involved in the fight.  RELATED: Teenage boy taken to hospital after being stabbed in Greenwich ​A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police…

Sydney Mimer, 77, died on March 26 at HMP Littlehey where he was serving an 18-year prison sentence.  In the mid-2000s Mimer had carried out attacks on a girl aged seven to nine at the time at an address in Poplar and in a vehicle he owned.  The abuse came to light in 2016 when the girl confided what had happened to her mother.  When he was jailed Det Con Neil Golding described Mimer as a “predatory paedophile”.  He also said he suspected Mimer may have carried out other offences.  “We are appealing to anyone who has been targeted by Sydney Mimer to come forward…

The thieves targeted the couple as they returned to their car in Glengall Road, just a short distance from HSBC in Kilburn High Road at 11.30am on April 7. The couple had got back into their car when two “European” men knocked on the door, saying “you dropped money, you dropped money”. Despite his wife warning him it was a scam, the elderly man got out to see £150 on the pavement – a technique distraction thieves use. His wife got out to intervene but within four seconds a third thief had grabbed a bag containing the £5,000 from the passenger footwell. The couple,…

Experts warn that these gaps in surveillance are putting public safety at risk and undermining crime prevention efforts. While the council has improved from a faulty camera rate of 58.2 per cent in 2023, 29.5 per cent of cameras remain non-operational as of April 3, 2025. Croydon had 98 cameras in 2023, and experts say this continued unreliability could compromise crime-solving capabilities. Shahzad Ali, CEO of Get Licensed, stressed that CCTV cameras are crucial for both preventing and solving crime. “Buildings without CCTV are five times more likely to be burgled,” he said, urging local authorities to ensure their systems…

Two pigeons have been found with near-identical wounds on the same Charlton street within days of each other, in what a local wildlife group says are deliberate attacks using a catapult or similar weapon. Both birds were discovered on Victoria Way, near Harold Gibbons Court, with injuries described as “highly unlikely” to be natural. The first pigeon was rescued last week with a wound through its wing that lined up perfectly with a second circular wound to its flank. The second bird, admitted on Wednesday, was found just yards away with similar injuries and a suspected serious fracture. Rae Gellel…

Mahlet Goshu Debas, 26, formerly of Rainham, died in the early hours of June 13, 2024, in Surrey Road, Dagenham. She had gone out the night before to buy controlled prescription drugs from a dealer near a supermarket, an inquest heard, while a friend bought drugs from another dealer. They then shared the drugs and fell asleep. But when a staff member tried to wake Miss Debas in the morning to take her prescribed medications, she was found lifeless. Paramedics arrived within minutes but found rigor mortis – the stiffening of the body – had already set in, indicating she had…