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Former Arsenal player Thomas Partey denies two new rape charges at Southwark Crown Court

In a Southwark court, former football star Thomas Partey faced a new set of sexual assault charges, which he firmly rejected. Prosecutors are seeking to merge this latest case with existing rape and assault allegations, potentially delaying the trial until 2027.

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Tributes paid to talented footballer, 16, killed in Southwark house fire as friend fighting for life in hospital

Tommy Ballay-Dean, 16, has been described as the ‘heart and soul of Southwark’, while his friend Shauny Halsey is in hospital in an induced coma

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Teenager, 16, dies in Southwark flat blaze next to empty fire station

Firefighters from Old Kent Road station were initially unable to battle the blaze as they were called out on another incident

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Another senior London Labour councillor joins Greens as wave of defections from Keir Starmer's party continues

James McAsh blamed Labour becoming ‘intolerant of anyone pushing for progressive change’ for his defection

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Zipcar offered free parking permits as London borough mounts 11th hour bid to save car-sharing club

Southwark offers firm use of about 200 parking bays and calls on other boroughs to offer similar incentives

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Council housing and student flats above major Tube station approved again

Southwark Council’s Planning Committee has approved the development on top of Southwark Tube station

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Tim Westwood pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault and indecent assault charges

Former Radio 1 DJ pleads not guilty to a total of 15 charges at Southwark crown court

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Southwark Council approves plans for major refurbishment to Dulwich's Champion Hill stadium

Alongside the sporting improvements, the broader redevelopment will deliver 219 new homes in the surrounding area

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Popular South London McDonald's closes after 40 years

The Walworth Road branch of McDonald’s has closed after 40 years, with the chain citing redevelopment plans in Southwark

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Three London boroughs get green light to speed up buses as winners of £30m TfL competition revealed

Haringey, Lewisham and Southwark given go-ahead to redesign junctions and reprogramme traffic lights

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Autistic man 'imprisoned in his home for years' agrees £125,000 settlement with London council

The Southwark resident was left ‘scared, isolated and traumatised on a daily basis’ according to his mother

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Jubilee line: 'Jewel in the crown' Tube station listed in recognition of stunning architecture

Southwark Tube station has become the first on the Jubilee line extension to be listed by the Government

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Just Stop Oil protesters convicted after being denied right to state climate facts

Lawyers call for clarity over law as six are found guilty while being stopped from using defence used by fellow activists

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Everything we know about Rachel Reeves' rental law breach

The Chancellor admitted mistakenly breaching Southwark Council’s housing rules when renting out her family home

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Fury Over Rental Slip: What Made Rachel Reeves' Agent Miss Southwark Licence Deadline?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves faces backlash over a missed rental licence, agent error, and looming tenant refunds amid Budget scrutiny.

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No 10 refuses to say if ethics adviser saw proof Reeves’s rental breach was ‘inadvertent’

Pressure mounts on chancellor over failing to get a licence to rent out her south London home

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How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain

Between 2007 and 2010 Southwark council licensed 76 films to be shot on the high-rise Heygate estate in London’s Walworth area, providing a gritty backdrop for dramas of poverty and crime. This “theatre of stigma”, a term coined by historian of modern Britain Holly Smith, had come to dominate the…

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Man charged with manslaughter following fatal assault in Southwark

Michael John Edwards, 43, from Nuneaton in Warwickshire was rushed to hospital but died on September 17

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Kaieteur Kitchen: Council offers evicted Castle Square restaurant owners a lifeline amid electricity row

Southwark Council is offering Castle Square businesses a payment plan to settle their arrears

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Nigel Farage felt ‘genuinely worried’ by alleged TikTok death threat, court hears

Fayaz Khan, 26, is on trial at Southwark crown court accused of threatening to shoot Reform UK leader

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Footballer Thomas Partey pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault

The former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at Southwark crown court

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Thomas Partey could play for Villarreal at Tottenham on eve of court hearing

Thomas Partey is scheduled to appear at Southwark crown court on Wednesday to answer rape charges after his new club, Villarreal, start their Champions League campaign at Tottenham on Tuesday

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Suspect charged after man left fighting for his life in Southwark

A man was found non-responsive following an altercation on Borough High Street shortly before 3am on Saturday

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Barking lives up to its name with most noisy dog complaints in London

Southwark was the second-worst borough for noisy dogs with 2,144 complaints, while the City of London recorded just six

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Woman handed suspended sentence and ordered to pay over £6k for submitting false council housing application

Amira Issa, 41, who lives in Southwark, was sentenced to six months in prison suspended for 12 months

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