Driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and for driving under the influence News | London Police are appealing for information after a man aged in his 50s was killed following a crash in West Wickham Officers were called to the High Street at 12.42 am on Thursday following reports that a man had suffered a cardiac arrest after being involved in a collision Upon arriving at the scene, emergency services found a man aged in his 50s who had been run over His family have been informed and they are currently being supported by specialist officers The driver of the vehicle, a man in his 30s, stopped at the scene. He was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and for driving under the influence He currently remains in police custody at a south London police station Road closures remain in place while the investigation progresses VE Day 2025 fashion: best looks from the day VE Day 2025 fashion: Princess of Wales to Lady Victoria Starmer Prince Louis steals the show at VE Day parade as he keeps dad William looking sharp and mimics brother George Prince Louis steals show with sweet antics at VE parade David Beckham’s 50th birthday bash in London 'shut down' by council over noise complaints David Beckham’s 50th birthday bash 'shut down' over noise complaints Royals watch historic flypast as huge crowds turns out for VE Day 80th anniversary  Royals watch historic Red Arrows flypast for VE Day 80th anniversary Stacey Solomon 'regrets doing reality show with Joe Swash' for tough reason Stacey Solomon 'regrets reality show with Joe Swash' for tough reason Police are appealing for information following a fatal night-time collision in West Wickham Police were called to West Wickham High Street at around 12.40am this morning following reports a man was suffering from a cardiac arrest after being involved in a collision Officers attended the scene alongside the London Ambulance Service who treated a man aged in his 50s who had been run over Despite the best efforts of the emergency services His family has been informed and they are currently being supported by specialist officers He was then arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and for driving under the influence He currently remains in police custody at a South London police station or saw what happened then please contact police by calling 101 stating CAD 216/13Mar you can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 to remain anonymous Pictured top: West Wickham High Street (Picture: Google Street View) Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Breaking crime updates and news from the courts Thank you for subscribing!We have more newsletters Police have appealed for information after a man died in West Wickham Earlier today (Thursday) police were called to West Wickham High Street at 12.42am They had received reports a man was suffering from a cardiac arrest after being involved in a collision His family has been informed and they are being supported by specialist officers He remains in police custody at a south London police station For best viewing experience of this website Please enter a place name in the search bar After provisionally the warmest May Day on record in the UK higher than average temperatures will subside over the weekend Environment Agency Updated: 22:40 (UTC+1) on Mon 5 May 2025 Cloud thinning and becoming mainly dry overnight Cloud thinning and breaking during the evening with showers and any remaining rain soon fading Showers remain possible across Kent with brisk winds here Possible rural grass frost in western parts by dawn Cloudier in 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Article A new biogas renewable energy facility will be built at a farm near West Wickham despite more than 100 people lodging objections The anaerobic digestion plant is planned for Streetly Hall Farm where the applicant said it will protect jobs and create renewable energy Cambridgeshire County Council’s planning committee approved the plans last Wednesday (17 July) The new facility will take in between 60,000 to 75,000 tonnes of agricultural waste and energy crops a year which creates biomethane and carbon dioxide The biomethane will be injected into the local gas network and the carbon dioxide transported for use in the food industry Applicant Chris Coby said the new facility was needed because the agricultural sector had faced a lot of “disruption” from the impact of Brexit and the war in Ukraine It will help his farm to be “more flexible and profitable” and may enable him to hire more people The size of the plant has been reduced from the original proposal and Mr Coby said they had done the best they could to screen it but more than 100 objections were recorded - including from South Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning department which raised concerns about the plant’s impact on the rural landscape The British Horse Society and the Ramblers Association objected to plans for the new access road for HGVs to be built across part of a Roman road bridleway Six parish and town councils in the area also lodged objections vice chairman at West Wickham Parish Council was “disappointed” these had all been “dismissed” by the planning officer Cllr Sargeant said safety concerns about the proposed new junction on to the A1307 were “at the heart of many local objections” from people who used the road daily and “saw the near misses” He noted that there were also concerns about the “sheer scale of this facility” describing it as “industrial scale” in the countryside Cllr Sargeant recalled the applicant referencing a plan to create a community fund of around £10,000 a year as a form of compensation Mr Coby said he was planning to donate £10,000 a year to a nursery in the area as a “targeted deployment of funds” planning officers said safety and ‘Give Way’ signs were proposed to give the bridleway users priority The county council’s transport officer had not objected and said while “it is never a great idea to put a new junction on a road like this” it could not be stopped without good reason and the proposed junction had been assessed for safety Gamlingay) said a decision was “difficult” noting it would be hard for the council to refuse the plans if concerns were not backed up by their own officer’s assessments He said he also had “sympathy” for the applicant and his effort to diversify the farm business in “extraordinarily difficult circumstances” Alconbury and Kimbolton) said he understood the concerns but found nothing to “legitimately refuse the application” Warboys and the Stukeleys) said they may not like it but felt there was no reason to go 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Plans to refurbish two Bromley leisure centres in a £29 million scheme have been approved including upgrades to the swimming pools and new café areas Bromley council has agreed to carry out extensive works to improve facilities at West Wickham Leisure Centre and Orpington’s Walnuts Leisure Centre The £29.8m project comes in partnership with the borough’s leisure provider and includes upgrades to the swimming pools in both centres as well as improved changing rooms and exercise studios for those with mobility issues Council officers said in their report that the leisure centres had over 20,000 visits a month and were two of the borough’s most used facilities but added that both centres had reached the end of their natural design life Council officers said more than £11m from the scheme would be used for West Wickham Leisure Centre which is considered to be in a worse condition than the Walnuts centre with ISG Limited being chosen to complete the works The centre is expected to benefit from a new soft play zone and a bigger gym The pool area is also expected to be rearranged in the scheme spectator seating and repairs to the existing concrete walls The centre will also benefit from solar panels and pool covers to reduce heat loss courtesy of a nearly £300,000 grant from Sport England’s Swimming Pool Support Fund The authority says work on the West Wickham Leisure Centre has begun The project was designed after several structural issues were found at the centre Council documents said the cost of remedial works to the concrete in the centre was approximately £1m It is expected that the newly refurbished centre will reopen in about 18 months The project to refurbish Walnuts Leisure Centre in Orpington will be carried out by Etec Group with more than £16m expected to be spent on the facilities Council documents said the male and female changing rooms in the centre are planned to be replaced by a smaller unisex changing area for space in the building to be used more efficiently The pool in the centre is expected to benefit from a redesigned layout including spectator seating Council officers said it is intended that the centre would be able to host competitive events following the works were also reported to be fundraising to provide new diving blocks touch sensitive racing pads and a numerical scoreboard Replacement sauna and steam facilities are also envisaged in the works Extra toilets are planned in the rest of the building with future funding allowing for the possibility of an additional studio space or party room being added A new consultation room has also been outlined in the gym space to facilitate fitness assessments Work on the Walnuts Leisure Centre is reportedly expected to begin early next year The pool will be closed from summer 2025 to March 2026 for the works to be completed said: “We are delivering this substantial investment in the borough’s leisure provision to ensure residents can enjoy enhanced facilities at these sites over the long term with all the important benefits this brings to health and wellbeing.” Pictured top: A CGI of the renovated pool planned for the West Wickham Leisure Centre (Picture: Bromley council) Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal & Haverhill Echo Powered by Bury Free Press, Suffolk Free Press, Newmarket Journal and Haverhill Echo Home   Haverhill   News   Article A new biogas renewable energy facility is set to be built at a farm near Haverhill despite over 100 people lodging objections to the plans The anaerobic digestion plant is due to be built at Streetly Hall Farm creating biogas to be injected into the local gas network The developer behind the plans said the new biogas plant will help protect jobs at the farm and create renewable energy The application to build the plant was approved by Cambridgeshire County Council at a planning committee meeting yesterday The new facility is due to take in between 60,000 to 75,000 tonnes of agricultural waste and energy crops a year The crops and waste will be used in the anaerobic digestion process to create biomethane and carbon dioxide The biomethane will be injected into the local gas network and the carbon dioxide transported elsewhere for use in the food industry said the new facility was needed to help support the farm after the sector had faced a lot of “disruption” from things such as Brexit He said the plant would help his farm to be “more flexible and profitable” helping him to keep employing staff he currently has and to potentially hire more people Mr Coby said the size of the plant had been reduced from the original proposal and said they had done the best they could to try and screen the proposed plant Concerns about the application were raised by many in the area with over 100 objections being lodged against the application The planning department at South Cambridgeshire District Council also objected to the development over concerns about the plant’s impact on the rural landscape Concerns were also raised by the British Horse Society and the Ramblers Association about the plan to build the new access road for HGVs across part of a Roman road bridleway also lodged formal objections opposing the plans said he was “disappointed” that the concerns raised by 100s of individuals and six parish councils had been “dismissed” by the planning officer who had recommended the plans be approved He said the safety concerns about the proposed new junction on to the A1307 were “at the heart of many local objections” Cllr Sargeant said the people raising these safety concerns were people who used the road daily and “saw the near misses” He also said there were also concerns about the “sheer scale of this facility” as he said it was an “industrial scale” facility planned in the countryside Cllr Sargeant added that the applicant had previously made reference to creating a community fund of around £10,000 a year as a form of compensation but said he could not see a reference to this in the proposals Mr Coby said he had talked about creating a community fund and was planning to donate £10,000 a year to a nursery in the area which he said would be a “targeted deployment of funds” Addressing the concerns about the access road crossing the bridleway planning officers said safety and ‘give way’ signs were proposed to give the bridleway users priority Councillors asked the county council transport officer to explain why they had not raised any objection in light of the concerns being raised by people in the area The officer said that whilst “it is never a great idea to put a new junction on a road like this” they said they could not stop people from doing so without a good reason They added that the proposed junction had been assessed for safety and they did not feel they had a reason to raise an objection Cllr Sebastian Kindersley said making a decision on the application was “difficult” He said it would be hard for the county council to refuse the plans for some of the issues raised if these concerns were not backed up by their own officer’s assessments Cllr Kindersley said he also had “sympathy” for the applicant and what they were trying to do to diversify their farm business in “extraordinarily difficult circumstances” Cllr Ian Gardener said he understood people’s concerns about the plans but said he did not think anything had been raised that they could use to “legitimately refuse the application” Cllr Steve Corney said while in their hearts they may not like it he did not think there was a reason for them to go against the officer recommendation to approve the application Councillors did agree to add a condition asking for a community forum to be organised to allow people in the area to meet with the applicant and officials to discuss any issues that may arise When a decision on the application was put to a vote the committee voted unanimously to approve the plans We use some essential cookies to make this website work We’d 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You can change your cookie settings at any time Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports a passenger was dragged along the platform at West Wickham station when the 11:00 hrs Southeastern service from London Cannon Street to Hayes (Kent) departed while her backpack strap was trapped in the doors of the train she fell onto the platform and then through the gap between the platform and train The backpack strap became trapped when the train doors closed unexpectedly and quickly while she was alighting Testing showed that this potentially unsafe situation could only occur when a passenger pressed a door-open button illuminated to show it was available for use within a period of less than one second beginning shortly after the train driver initiated the door closure sequence which was not known to the owner or operator the railway industry undertook a review which identified 21 other types of train that permit passenger doors to be opened for a short period after door closure is initiated by train crew The industry is now seeking ways to deal with this risk The train was being driven by a trainee driver under the supervision of an instructor which meant that before leaving West Wickham station drivers were required to check that it was safe to depart by viewing CCTV monitors located on the platform Two of these monitor images showed that a passenger appeared to be trapped but neither the trainee driver nor the instructor was aware of this Although the RAIB has not been able to establish why the trapped passenger was not seen before the train departed a number of possible explanations have been identified addressed to operators and owners of trains with power operated doors is intended to identify and correct all train door control systems exhibiting the unsafe characteristics found during this investigation seeks changes to guidance documents so that staff dispatching trains watch the train doors while they are closing in addition to checking the doors after they are closed RAIB has also identified five learning points relating to: releasing train doors long enough to allow passengers to get on and off trains safely; effective checking of train doors before trains depart (and not relying on the door interlock light); design of door controls; and use of train driving simulators to raise drivers’ awareness of circumstances when it is not safe to depart from a station The sole purpose of RAIB investigations is to prevent future accidents and incidents and improve railway safety While our investigations are completely independent of the railway industry we do maintain close liaison with railway companies and if we discover matters that may affect the safety of the railway we make sure that information about them is circulated to the right people as soon as possible and certainly long before publication of our final report This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details A housing block in Bromley will now have double the affordable housing than was originally intended after the local authority approved plans to make the project fully socially rented The project will see 26 new homes being built on the site on Glebe Way after Bromley council agreed to increase the number of affordable flats for the scheme to 100 per cent The decision was unanimously approved by councillors at a meeting on July 15 Council documents said the delivery of the 26 flats was dependent on the authority receiving a revised grant from the Greater London Authority of £4.6 million Labour councillor Chris Price said at the meeting: “We really appreciate this we appreciate the funding and the drive from the Mayor of London for funding affordable housing which really helped this happen so thank you.” The approval came after the council’s executive committee recommended the changes at a meeting in March this year Council officers said that at the time of the authority purchasing the project it was deemed more viable to deliver 14 socially rented homes and offer 12 for private sale increased housing pressures had reportedly led officers to review the original plans as the authority’s housing team ‘desperately’ needed more homes due to rising temporary accommodation costs said there were approximately 1,600 homeless individuals in the borough seeking temporary accommodation from the council Council documents claimed temporary accommodation costs for Bromley Council had risen to nearly £10,000 a year per household It was reported that the change to fully socially rented homes for the West Wickham scheme would provide greater savings than the expected £4m that would have been obtained if 12 of the flats were privately sold The scheme is forecasted to save the authority at least £31,000 per year overall and will include an extension to the area’s existing library Construction on the scheme began in March 2023 The project as a whole is due to be completed in January next year with tenants due to move in the following month Pictured top: A CGI of the new library and cafe as seen from Glebe Way (Picture: Brimelow McSweeney Architects / Bromley council)