Alex Wilson selected as local Conservative London Assembly candidate

A Blackheath Westcombe ward councillor has been selected as the Greenwich and Lewisham Conservative candidate for the London Assembly.

Alex Wilson, aged 28, won a ballot of members of local Conservative associations at a selection meeting on Wednesday night. Elections to the London Assembly will take place next year on the same day as the London Mayoral election.

Cllr Wilson commented

I am delighted to be selected as the Conservative party candidate for the GLA elections next May. As someone who has grown up in Greenwich and Lewisham I am proud to have the opportunity to stand here. I attended local schools and know both boroughs well.

Since May 2008 I have seen the improvements that Boris Johnson has made as Mayor of London to Greenwich and Lewisham, from “Oysterising” the overland rail to freezing City Hall’s precept of Council tax. As well as more local improvements such as spending £400,000 to improve Avery Hill park, and planting over 350 trees in Brockley and Deptford as well as putting more Police and PCSO’s on the beat.

I look forward to the campaign and working with people from across the area to win this GLA seat and return Boris as Mayor of London.

The current member of the London Assembly representing Greenwich and Lewisham is Len Duvall OBE, who has held the seat since the creation of the London Assembly in 2000.

Two arrested over body in burning car

Police have made two arrests following the discovery of a body in a burning car in Angerstein Lane, Blackheath.

Officers found the car alight in the early hours of Saturday morning. The body, found in the boot of the Mercedes C-Class, was later identified as 21 year old Gagandip Singh from Bexleyheath.

Mr Singh was the president of the British Sikh Students Federation. A 19 year old man and a 19 year old woman has been arrested on suspicion of his murder.

An incident room has opened at Lewisham under Detective Chief Inspector Damian Allain from the Homicide and Serious Crime Command.

DCI Allain said: “We are appealing for anyone who was in or around the Angerstein Lane area, and who may have seen this car either arrive or seen anyone acting suspiciously as the car was left ablaze, to contact us.

“We already know that the car was last seen around 5:30pm in south-east London, so we are also appealing to anyone who can help us identify how the car came to be in Angerstein Lane.

Any witnesses or anyone with any information should call the incident room on 020 8721 4805 or they can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Friends and family of the victim are planning to visit Angerstein Lane this evening to pay their respects.

Reclaim your stolen jewellery at Precious Items Fair

The Metropolitan Police is holding a Precious Items Fair this Saturday to reunite local victims of robbery with their stolen jewellery.

The jewellery was all stolen from addresses in SE3 in a string of burglaries between January and September 2008.

Police say that the recovered items range from Tiffany necklaces, to broaches, bracelets, earrings, expensive pens and even include a trombone.

The items will be on display at the fair which is being held in the church hall of St Michaels’s and All Angels this coming Saturday (16th) between 1-6pm.

Sergeant Layne Strong, Blackheath Safer Neighbourhoods Team, said: “We are looking for people who live specifically in the SE3 area and that have been burgled between May and September 2008. Some of the items we have recovered are very unique and we would be delighted to give them back to their original owners. We know that some of those are very expensive but we are also aware that some of them might have high sentimental value. We would strongly encourage locals who have been burgled to attend the fair.”

Mycenae Gardens Village Green Hearing

There is a hearing taking place tonight at the Town Hall in Woolwich to discuss proposed plans for Mycenae Gardens Village Green in SE3. Visit the Westcombe Society’s blog to find out more about the meeting and the issues surrounding this Council owned green space.