On a dreary Saturday morning, they stream in from all over London, hare along Kent's A-roads, pour off Suffolk and Surrey trains, to converge on this primary school. It's the largest venue the volunteers could hire and the corridors, the loos, even the little library with its impressive range of Julia Donaldsons, are all heaving with grownups. We cram into the assembly hall, where the crowd is declared as the biggest turnout in Green history.
"What we believe has happened here is some unauthorised waste has been dumped." Peter says he thinks the waste has come from a barber-shop before he triumphantly pulls out a scrap of paper revealing details of the business. "So now we'll use that evidence to issue a fixed penalty notice for fly-tipping on that address," says Eiman, who is Lewisham's planning enforcement manager and interim environmental enforcement manager.
Nguyen told the court he had grown jealous in the months leading up to the incident as he believed his wife had been unfaithful. In the hours before she died, he made her access the TfL app to prove her movements. Speaking of his actions, Nguyen told the court he had been controlled by the devil and had lost control.
"A maisonette split between the ground and first floors was destroyed by the fire. Part of a maisonette split between the second and third floors was damaged by the fire along with a small part of the external fascia of the building."
This year, we recognized those who have made a notable impact across various sectors, celebrating contributions that reflect the compassion and resilience of Lewisham's community.