The south east London high street had been under lockdown since Monday morning, amid fears of a 'hostage situation'.

Officers holding firearms placed the south-east London street under lockdown yesterday afternoon after a dressing gown-clad ...

A man has been “safely detained” and taken to a hospital after a 15-hour police stand-off in Lewisham High Street involving a knife.

Residents have been allowed to return home after a south east London high street was closed off amid concerns over a man seen ...

Police have closed a cordon in Lewisham High Street after a nearly 17-hour stand-off with a man seen waving a knife.

Lewisham: Armed stand-off as man seen brandishing knife and shouting out of HSBC building window - Police still working to ...

Lewisham High Street remained closed off on Monday afternoon, and armed police could be seen on standby near the scene. The incident unfolded metres away from Lewisham police station. The Metropolitan ...

Armed police have been called to a stand-off in a flat above some shops in south-east London. Pictures posted on social media ...

Armed police have been called out to a stand-off in a flat above a bank in south-east London. Pictures were posted on social media of a man in a dressing gown brandishing a knife out of the window of ...

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