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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Thief breaks into ambulance and steals crew's bags
Footage of a thief breaking into an ambulance and making off the paramedics' belongings has been released by the London Ambulance Service (LAS). The locked ambulance was parked in Sandridge Close in Harrow, north London while the crew were treating a patient inside their home. The CCTV from the ambulance was taken at around 17:00 BST on 6 May. It shows the offender jumping head first into the cab of the ambulance, grabbing two bags then running off. LAS acting chief executive Dr Fenella Wrigley said: "To deliberately target our crew in this way is appalling and they are understandably extremely upset." Dr Wrigley added: "The damage caused to the ambulance means it is now off the road being repaired, unable to respond to patients. "The money to repair the damage would be better spent on caring for our patients." CCTV is installed in the service's ambulances and response cars as part of a crew safety system which includes panic buttons and electronic tracking. London Ambulance Service has released the footage in the hope someone will recognise the thief so they can be brought to justice. Anyone with information about the incident has been asked to contact the police. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Retired London ambulances donated to Ukraine Life-threatening 999 calls reach record levels 'Working collaboratively is best for the patient' London Ambulance Service
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Two teens admit machete murder of boy, 14, on bus
Two teenagers have pleaded guilty to the murder of a 14-year-old boy who was attacked with machetes on a bus in south-east London. Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed 27 times as he travelled home on a route 472 bus in Woolwich on 7 January. The two boys, both aged 16, who cannot be named because of their age, appeared at the Old Bailey on Friday, where they also admitted to carrying a bladed weapon. Sentencing will take place on Friday 25 July. Kelyan's mother was heard crying in court as the pleas were entered. Emergency services were called to Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 14.30 GMT, but Kelyan had sustained a severed femoral artery and died shortly after medics arrived. Scotland Yard later issued CCTV images of two boys as part of a public appeal for information. A court previously heard that Kelyan had been sitting at the back seat of the bus when two people both armed with "lengthy machetes" attacked him. The schoolboy was the first teenager to be killed by knife crime in the capital in 2025. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to 'I've lost my son and I still can't believe it' Teen attacked with machetes on bus home, court told HM Courts and Tribunals Service
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Thief breaks into ambulance and steals crew's bags
Footage of a thief breaking into an ambulance and making off the paramedics' belongings has been released by the London Ambulance Service (LAS). The locked ambulance was parked in Sandridge Close in Harrow, north London while the crew were treating a patient inside their home. The CCTV from the ambulance was taken at around 17:00 BST on 6 May. It shows the offender jumping head first into the cab of the ambulance, grabbing two bags then running off. LAS acting chief executive Dr Fenella Wrigley said: "To deliberately target our crew in this way is appalling and they are understandably extremely upset." Dr Wrigley added: "The damage caused to the ambulance means it is now off the road being repaired, unable to respond to patients. "The money to repair the damage would be better spent on caring for our patients." CCTV is installed in the service's ambulances and response cars as part of a crew safety system which includes panic buttons and electronic tracking. London Ambulance Service has released the footage in the hope someone will recognise the thief so they can be brought to justice. Anyone with information about the incident has been asked to contact the police. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Retired London ambulances donated to Ukraine Life-threatening 999 calls reach record levels 'Working collaboratively is best for the patient' London Ambulance Service
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
'Lives at stake' in tower block with broken lifts
Residents in a noted brutalist tower block in east London have been stranded in their homes after the 26-storey building's two lifts stopped working. The Grade II listed Balfron Tower in Poplar has 146 flats and maisonettes, and is managed by property management company Way of Life, which has said it is investigating the situation. Some disabled people had "no option" but to leave their homes, neighbours said, because there was no safe way to get in and out. One resident, Peter, who posted on social media about the problem, said Way for Life had told him to remove his comment or the company would stop helping him get supplies into the building. Peter, 58, who did not want to give his surname, cannot use the stairs because of a spinal injury. He said he knew other tenants who were avoiding using the lifts - when they worked - because they were fearful of them breaking down. He said he was concerned about safety and that "lives were at stake here". "What if there is an emergency? What if I have a heart attack? Anyone who can't use the stairs will be in great danger," he said. Another resident, 22-year-old Vasundhata Gupte, has been forced to climb 15 flights of stairs with a hamstring injury when she returns from medical appointments. Ms Gupte said she had asked Way for Life about what to do during an emergency and was told they "did not have an answer". Sophie Ruston can use the stairs - but has to carry her elderly dog up and down to her 21st floor flat. One lift has been out of order for a week and the other is "temperamental", residents said. When the second lift broke down, Ms Ruston said "chaos ensued". She added the situation meant she would finish a 10-hour night shift, during which she was on her feet, and was faced with climbing another 21 flights when she got home. Way of Life provided a service while both lifts were broken where essential supplies were taken to stranded residents. A spokesperson said the company had apologised to Peter, and added that "the behaviour outlined to us is very disappointing and absolutely does not reflect the values and conduct to which we aspire as a business". A number of staff based in the tower had been temporarily removed while the allegations were being investigated, Way of Life said. The Balfron Tower was designed by Hungarian-born architect Ernő Goldfinger in 1963 and was built between 1965 and 1967 as part of the Brownfield Estate, an area of social housing. Way of Life runs a number of residential blocks in London and elsewhere. It currently has eight apartments available for long-term rental at Balfron Tower, ranging from £2,050 per month for a one-bed flat to £3,850 for a three-bedroom home. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Council 'sorry' for tower block lift faults Over 100 London tower blocks may have safety issues Disabled man carried to flat after lift broke down
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Yahoo
Five people stabbed at south-east London event
Five people have been taken to hospital after a number of people were stabbed at an event in south-east London. Emergency services were called to Nathan Way in Thamesmead shortly after 04:15 BST to reports that a number of people had been injured. Officers and paramedics found five people with stab wounds. All of them were taken to hospital and no arrests have been made. A cordon remains in place and inquiries are ongoing, the Met Police said. Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Met Police
