A two-year-old boy has died after falling from height in south east London.

The child was rushed to hospital but despite the efforts medics, he sadly passed away.

Emergency crews responded to a call from an address Wynell Road, Forest Hill.

More: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/met-police-boy-dies-falling-height-london-wynell-road-forest-hill-b1228740.html

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A photographer from Forest Hill smuggled £2.4kg of cocaine into the country in a light aircraft.

Local man Errol McCardo Weir worked with qualified pilot Anastasios Balian in an attempt to bring 30kg of cocaine into the country.

More: https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/25168606.forest-hill-photographer-2-4-million-cocaine-plot/

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Fancy a free pint? Here are the Forest Hill pub in the scheme:

* The Hill, 45-47 Dartmouth Road, London, SE23 3HN

This is London wide so there are a lot more pubs you could crawl. Details:
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/all-the-london-pubs-you-can-get-a-free-pint-in-this-week-051325

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Forest Hill to get a new Lidl?

Story: https://www.timeout.com/london/news/lidl-is-spending-half-a-billion-pounds-expanding-in-the-uk-these-235-london-neighbourhoods-could-soon-get-a-new-budget-supermarket-042825

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"Over the last few weeks the Forest Hill Society has been looking for a suitable body of water to rename the Gulf of Forest Hill. After careful consideration we have chosen to honour the body of water between Devon and Wales – previously referred to as the Bristol Channel."

More: https://www.foresthillsociety.com/post/introducing-the-gulf-of-forest-hill

The Segal self-build method is a model of how housing could be. Not the badly built boxes that the property behemoths build today, but to scale and which the occupant has a real involvement.

Made famous by the developments in Forest Hill/Honor Oak.
https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/road-council-houses-south-london-30956652?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target

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Another day, another Thames Water hole being dug on the South Circular in
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If you can, it really is best to try and avoid driving on the A205 through Forest Hill for the foreseeable future. Current works are expected to last until at least 9th December.

From: https://bsky.app/profile/fhsoc.bsky.social/post/3lcit6tuyic2u

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The Forest Hill Society reveals plans for the future of The Capitol post-Wetherspoon.

Not a cinema as hoped but as a children's play centre. More here: https://www.foresthillsociety.com/post/latest-plans-for-the-capitol-london-road

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From FHSociety:

There will be 5 new Southern trains running at peak hours though Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park station from 15th December 2024.

The new trains are scheduled as follows:

MORNING (Norwood Junction to London Bridge)

Forest Hill 07:43 08:13 09:13

Honor Oak Park 07:45 08:15 09:15

London Bridge 08:01 08:31 09:31

EVENING (from London Bridge to Norwood Junction then West Croydon & Sutton)

London Bridge 17:10 17:40

Honor Oak Park 17:23 17:53

Forest Hill 17:26 17:56

PLEASE USE THESE TRAINS!

More: https://www.foresthillsociety.com/post/new-train-services-for-forest-hill-and-honor-oak-park