London News Roundup

Rachel Holdsworth
By Rachel Holdsworth Last edited 111 months ago

Last Updated 01 January 2015

London News Roundup

London Bridge station. Photo by ArUK5 from the Londonist Flickr pool

  • Two pensioners have died in a house fire in Deptford.
  • And a woman has died in a fire in a flat in Croydon.
  • Police used pepper spray on a #blacklivesmatter protest in Brixton on New Year's Eve. They say officers were assaulted while trying to arrest a demonstrator who had set off a firework.
  • Four members of the public chased down and stopped a suspected armed robber in Petts Wood.
  • A woman from Haringey has been arrested at Luton airport on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences.
  • The Evening Standard picks 50 'awesome' things to do in London in 2015.
  • If you've been frustrated by disruption at London Bridge rail station, take a look at the video below and see what it's about (and what it will be about for the next three years).