Brent news

Follow @Brent_UK_News

• Investigation into death of passenger hit by train at Tube station

  16-04-2025 17:32 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched into the death of a passenger who fell onto Tube tracks and was hit by a train at Ickenham station.
  
  Read more

• Heartfelt family plea for missing 'caring, funny' Crayford man 'who everyone loves'

  13-05-2025 20:35 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The family of a “lovely” and "caring" man from Crayford who went missing three days ago are pleading for him to come home.
  
  Read more

• We Are Here: Sondheim's swansong is a muddle of a musical from the maestro

  13-05-2025 20:31 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The final work by the late great Stephen Sondheim has flashes of brilliance but also boredom as it runs out of songs
  
  Read more

• Two arrested after student stabbed in fight outside Newham college

  13-05-2025 20:13 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested after a stabbing left an 18-year-old facing life-changing injuries.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Two police officers in hospital after crash in Catford

  13-05-2025 19:18 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Two police officers are among the three people injured in a crash in Catford.
  
  Read more

• 'Somebody cloned my number plate - and I got their parking fines'

  13-05-2025 19:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A driver undergoing chemotherapy was wrongly fined by both Barnet and Haringey councils in a case of apparent ‘car cloning’.
  
  Read more

• Former NHS clinic up for sale as discussions over hospital's future continue

  13-05-2025 18:20 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A former NHS clinic at Victoria Hospital, Romford has been spotted on Rightmove.
  
  Read more

• 'Self-obsessed' finance boss stole £185k from employer to fund lavish lifestyle

  13-05-2025 18:06 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Anita Mirmohammadi spent company cash at Harrods, Selfridges and funded holidays to Mexico, Turkey, and Dubai.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Eltham man jailed for subletting his council flat for three years

  13-05-2025 17:57 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Yussuf Alejo had been subletting his council flat in Woolwich for almost three years.
  
  Read more

• Sewage water seeps into Chadwell Heath park

  13-05-2025 17:41 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A drainage failure in St Chad's Park in Chadwell Heath has resulted in sewage water seeping into the grass.
  
  Read more

• Luxury Hornchurch hotel submits landscaping plan as part of refurb

  13-05-2025 17:29 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Plans have been submitted seeking approval, in part retrospect, for landscaping works at the Palms Hotel in Southend Arterial Road, Hornchurch.
  
  Read more

• Court: Mental health trust couldn't prevent disabled man's horrifying death

  13-05-2025 17:22 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  North East London NHS Foundation Trust's (NELFT) Havering mental health team did not miss any opportunities to prevent the suicide of Harold Hill man Michael Moore, East London Coroner's Court heard.
  
  Read more

• Lido Festival to bring four days of free activities to Victoria Park

  13-05-2025 17:11 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Enjoy four free days of sport, theatre, fitness and street food in Victoria Park, 9-12 June 2025, as Lido Festival’s In The Neighbourhood programme brings family-friendly fun. Festival headliners include Charli XCX.
  
  Read more

• Children watch as man stabbed in 'running fights' outside community centre

  13-05-2025 16:35 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man made his way to hospital after apparently being stabbed in front of two young children after violence flared at flats in Dartmouth Park.
  
  Read more

• Man jailed for 19 years after raping woman in his mum’s house in Clapham

  13-05-2025 16:19 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A man has been jailed for 19 years for raping a woman in Clapham in the latest of a series of sex crimes.
  
  Read more

• Free fitness sessions for ‘unsung heroes’

  13-05-2025 16:01 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Unsung heroes making community life better in Barking and Dagenham are being offered free leisure centre fitness sessions by Everyone Active.
  
  Read more

• Plan to merge boys and girls' schools' blocked due to impact on Green Belt

  13-05-2025 16:00 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Barnet Council has blocked plans to merge Hasmonean High School for Girls in Mill Hill with its boys’ school over the impact on Green Belt land.
  
  Read more

• Cumberbatch and Miliband oppose plan to build flats on site of family home

  13-05-2025 15:57 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Hollywood star Benedict Cumberbatch and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband are among neighbours fighting to stop a family home in Dartmouth Park being demolished to make way for flats.
  
  Read more

• The Kooks surprise fans with impromptu Camden Town busking session

  13-05-2025 15:52 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The indie rockers played two songs and posed for pictures with fans in front of a billboard in Castlehaven Road to promote their new album Never/Know
  
  Read more

• Three injured with two taken to hospital after crash on busy Catford road

  13-05-2025 15:51 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash closed a road in Catford.
  
  Read more

• Wellness festival returns to Canary Wharf this summer

  13-05-2025 15:49 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  The Wharf Wellness Festival returns to Canary Wharf from June 2–26, 2025, featuring free fitness classes, wellness treatments, live performances, and open water swimming.
  
  Read more

• Woman has life-changing injuries after ingesting ‘corrosive substance’ in Kingston

  13-05-2025 15:48 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Kingston Cemetery has been closed for two days after a woman ingested a “corrosive substance”.
  
  Read more

• Tory MP charged with sexual assaults at London's Groucho club

  13-05-2025 15:37 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A Conservative MP has been charged with two sexual assaults at London’s famous Groucho Club.
  
  Read more

• The Apprentice creator and US envoy returns to his school in Chadwell Heath

  13-05-2025 15:23 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Mark Burnett, The Apprentice creator and US special envoy appointed by President Trump, returned to The Warren School in Chadwell Heath to share his journey from east London to the White House.
  
  Read more

• Elderly man in hospital after crash on road in Chadwell Heath

  13-05-2025 15:03 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  An elderly man is in hospital following a crash in Romford.
  
  Read more

• Londoners slam UK-wide vote petition for mayor as 'ridiculous' and 'dumb'

  13-05-2025 14:56 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  A petition calling for all of the UK to be able to vote on the London Mayor has gone viral, but Londoners have branded it 'dumb' and 'ridiculous'.
  
  Read more

• Wimbledon Common Nature Club host pond dipping event

  13-05-2025 14:51 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Children from Wimbledon Common Nature Club enjoyed a morning of pond dipping.
  
  Read more

• Predatory Bexley pensioner, 88, repeatedly sexually abused child from age of 7

  13-05-2025 14:15 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Bexley pensioner Anthony Bryant sexually abused a child from the age of 7.
  
  Read more

• Aldi launches new Starbucks style treats at a fraction of the price

  13-05-2025 13:52 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  Aldi has launched its own version of a Starbucks snack staple, with its cakepops a sixth of the price charged in the coffee chain.
  
  Read more

• 'Selfish, self-obsessed' manager jailed after stealing almost £200k from employer

  13-05-2025 13:46 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
  She began working at the company in 2018 and was given access to a business credit card
  
  Read more

Follow @Brent_UK_News on Twitter!