http://www.mercury-today.co.uk All the latest news from Mercury Mon, 22 Feb 0012 16:00:00 GMT http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6647 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6647 Mon, 22 Feb 0012 00:00:00 GMT A SECOND community meeting has been called following the police shooting of a man in Forest Hill. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6692 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6692 Mon, 22 Feb 0012 00:00:00 GMT A COMMUNITY pub and boxing gym makes “no positive contribution to the area”, say developers who want to demolish it. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6486 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6486 Sun, 21 Feb 0012 15:01:00 GMT IT WAS a shocking classroom question that led to a chilling answer. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6483 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6483 Sun, 21 Feb 0012 14:46:00 GMT THE number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) in Lewisham leapt by 224 last month, the latest figures have revealed. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6477 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6477 Sun, 21 Feb 0012 14:38:00 GMT A MAN who dreamed up a gardening apprenticeship scheme while taking on a daring ocean row has been picked as an Olympic torchbearer. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6473 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6473 Sun, 21 Feb 0012 14:05:00 GMT A COUNCIL has been forced to start a fresh search for a travellers' site after plans to use a cul-de-sac were scrapped. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6472 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6472 Sun, 21 Feb 0012 13:55:00 GMT RAIL passengers south of the river will be “short-changed” by new timetables, a leading politician has claimed. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6471 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6471 Sun, 21 Feb 0012 00:00:00 GMT A HISTORIC former library could be turned into flats, shops, a bar, restaurant or hotel – leading to fears a town hall has gone back on its word. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6362 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6362 Wed, 17 Feb 0012 16:15:00 GMT TWO boy racers who wrecked a £100,000 Aston Martin in a high-speed road smash could be back on the road in just 18 months. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6361 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6361 Wed, 17 Feb 0012 16:05:00 GMT STOPPING estate gangs turning into “generational” organised crime mobs that survive for decades is top priority for a police task force chief. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6360 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6360 Wed, 17 Feb 0012 15:59:00 GMT NUDE photos of a US horror movie actress have gone on display for the first time at a South London gallery to help fund her trip to the UK. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6359 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6359 Wed, 17 Feb 0012 15:52:00 GMT A POPULAR classical music festival that attracts star names to South London is being axed this year after a town hall cut its funding. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6356 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=6356 Wed, 17 Feb 0012 11:44:00 GMT A 93-YEAR-OLD man has been left in a critical condition in hospital after a hit-and-run. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5560 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5560 Mon, 15 Feb 0012 14:42:00 GMT PICTURES of potential witnesses have been released by detectives hunting the killer of a student in Sydenham. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5554 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5554 Mon, 15 Feb 0012 14:30:00 GMT DAWN raids aimed at cracking down on gangs across South-east London netted drugs worth thousands of pounds and led to more than 50 arrests. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5550 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5550 Mon, 15 Feb 0012 14:24:00 GMT THOUSANDS of people lined the streets to welcome a gunners' unit to its new base. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5549 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5549 Mon, 15 Feb 0012 14:13:00 GMT TRADERS in Blackheath say another steep rent rise coupled with new parking charges for customers could kill off their businesses. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5548 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5548 Mon, 15 Feb 0012 13:58:00 GMT A THEATRE group that is being kicked out of its home of more than 17 years is preparing for its last production at the Greenwich Playhouse. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5441 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5441 Sun, 14 Feb 0012 16:39:00 GMT ELEVEN members of a drug-dealing cartel who flooded four South London estates with crack cocaine and heroin have been locked up for a total of 38 years. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5438 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5438 Sun, 14 Feb 0012 16:27:00 GMT A PARK group has apologised after coming under fire for stating a gay festival would bring "undesirable” elements. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5437 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5437 Sun, 14 Feb 0012 16:24:00 GMT A £2. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5435 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5435 Sun, 14 Feb 0012 16:03:00 GMT LEWISHAM Borough Commander has defended moving officers off their patches, after he was criticised by a police community group chairwoman. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5434 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5434 Sun, 14 Feb 0012 16:03:00 GMT LEWISHAM Borough Commander has defended moving officers off their patches, after he was criticised by a police community group chairwoman. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5433 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5433 Sun, 14 Feb 0012 15:57:00 GMT COMMUTERS have reacted angrily to a town hall's decision to close a pier to river ferries – putting its future use in doubt. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5432 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5432 Sun, 14 Feb 0012 00:00:00 GMT A TOWN hall leader pledging to improve cycle safety in his borough said he was “reluctant” to get in the saddle himself because of the dangers. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5301 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5301 Wed, 10 Feb 0012 15:07:00 GMT THE head of a police community group has resigned over concerns the Met is asking officers to work off their patch, leaving wards understaffed. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5300 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5300 Wed, 10 Feb 0012 15:07:00 GMT THE head of a police community group has resigned over concerns the Met is asking officers to work off their patch, leaving wards understaffed. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5299 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5299 Wed, 10 Feb 0012 14:51:00 GMT BRAVE Daniel Oyelade had his faith in physics tested by a scientist. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5298 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5298 Wed, 10 Feb 0012 14:44:00 GMT A TOWN hall is paying a private contractor £2. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5296 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=5296 Wed, 10 Feb 0012 14:39:00 GMT A HOSPITAL has sparked fury by planning to evict nurses from their homes. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4597 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4597 Mon, 08 Feb 0012 11:39:00 GMT LONG-STANDING traders at a historic market are threatening to leave in a row over new stalls which could reach the High Court. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4592 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4592 Mon, 08 Feb 0012 11:33:00 GMT A YOUTH centre in the heart of an estate which is being demolished will get a new lease of life thanks to a church and two charities. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4587 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4587 Mon, 08 Feb 0012 11:26:00 GMT POLICE investigating the violent death of a cabbie have offered a £20,000 reward for information that leads them to the killer. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4586 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4586 Mon, 08 Feb 0012 11:23:00 GMT A NURSERY could be forced to close following a row with its neighbours. http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4579 http://www.mercury-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=4579 Mon, 08 Feb 0012 10:36:00 GMT A COMMUNITY group is busy transforming an abandoned plant nursery in Charlton into a community food-growing project.