Paul Cray News Today

Roads across Bromley will be closed to traffic during one weekend in June to make room for street parties.

Machetes and zombie knives should be completely banned in the UK, the Mayor of London said, as he called on the Government to speed up plans to curb availability of the weapons.

The 56-year-old blasted Mr Khan in a foul-mouthed rant after it emerged last week that more than 1,000 people have been killed in London since he became mayor.

Police estimates show 1,008 homicides were recorded in the 2,773 days since Mr Khan was first elected - leaving around 130 families ripped apart every year of his tenure.

Knife crime in particular continues to be a colossal problem in London, with a total of 18 teenagers stabbed to death in the capital city in 2023, with Croydon, Lambeth and Newham the areas most plagued

Bin collections in Bromley will operate on an altered timetable during Christmas and New Year.

Two other men have been remanded in custody and will appear at the Old Bailey in January

A third man has been charged with murder after Tafari Thompson-Mintah, 16, was killed in a crash in Orpington.

Tafari Thompson-Mintah was riding his moped when he was involved in a collision on 9 October.

A second man has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy after a crash in Orpington.