Southern Rail closed platforms at East Croydon as new surfaces...
Slippery platforms were closed at East Croydon as staff struggled to remove ice from the new surfaces. As temperatures plummeted to below freezing at the station at about 8pm on Monday evening,...
View ArticleSick website predicts that the Queen, Bruce Forsyth and 48 other...
After the deaths of global superstars such as Prince, Carrie Fisher, David Bowie and George Michael, plenty of us will have been pleased to see the back of 2016. But a morbid website is predicting that...
View ArticleThis is why an air ambulance landed at a Selsdon school
An air ambulance landed on Selsdon Primary School's playing fields after a casualty was injured in a fall.The helicopter landed in the school grounds just after 3.30 yesterday (Monday) afternoon. It...
View ArticleCroydon brides may not be able to get to their weddings due to...
Croydon brides could be prevented from reaching the altar on time as wedding cars are being trapped in garages by inconsiderate parking. Three garages on Denmark Road, in South Norwood, are used by...
View ArticleCroydon flood victims still having to pay council tax despite...
Residents forced out of their homes by flash floods in June have had to continue to pay council tax despite victims just over the Surrey border being given up to year-long exemptions. Water gushed into...
View ArticleA young boy was knocked down by a quad bike in Croydon
A young boy's family watched in horror as he was knocked off his bike by a quad bike, according to eyewitnesses. Shocked onlookers saw the quad crash into a car on Wickham Road, in Shirley, before...
View ArticleCroydon University Hospital reveals how many babies were born...
Midwives working on the maternity ward at Croydon University Hospital on New Year's Day helped deliver eight babies.There were three girls and five boys entering the world on January 1 with the first...
View Article​Coulsdon resident tells of shock after waking to see a car...
A Coulsdon resident has spoken about the shock she got when she stepped out of her home on the morning of New Year's Day to see a car had crashed into the front of her neighbours' house.Kim Honey lives...
View ArticleSerious crash reported on Croydon road
A serious crash is reported to have occurred on one of Croydon's main roads this evening. The collision is understood to have forced Long Lane, in Addiscombe, to be closed while the emergency services...
View ArticleDriver remains in hospital following serious crash in Croydon...
A man is still in hospital following a serious two-car crash on a busy Addiscombe road.Police and paramedics rushed to Long Lane on Tuesday evening (December 3) after the collision between a Vauxhall...
View ArticleSouthern Rail strikes halved to three days
A planned six day strike against Southern Rail has been halved to three days.The driver's union Aslef has announced it will go ahead with industrial action on January 10, 11 and 13, but not the...
View ArticlePolitical row breaks out over leaflet handed out to Southern...
A row has broken out between rival politicians in Croydon over a leaflet handed out to long-suffering train passengers. Leaflets were handed out by Croydon Conservatives on behalf of Croydon Central MP...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Incredible home in Caterham on sale for £849,950
A lovely four-bedroom detached home in Caterham, located on a small development of 10 houses, is on sale for £849,950. Built in 2011, the property has an enclosed garden and private parking for several...
View ArticlePublic asked to help identify man and woman after Norbury...
Police are looking to identify two people in connection with a burglary at a Norbury restaurant.The back door of Sorrento In, a Neapolitan-style pizzeria, was forced open on December 18 and burglars...
View ArticleWe find out how Croydon police officers deal with suicide threats
Last Friday evening reporter Thomas Mackintosh was invited to join PC Stuart Lawless and PC Chris Moloney on their shift, as they patrolled Croydon. What he found was how a Friday night in Croydon...
View ArticleUpper Norwood woman 'tried to kill OAP with iron after he...
An Upper Norwood woman tried to kill a pensioner by burning him with a hot iron and battering him with paintings which had been hanging on a wall after he suggested being her "sugar daddy", a court has...
View ArticleQueen honours New Addington firefighter for decades of service to...
A veteran New Addington firefighter has been honoured with an OBE for his decades of work including starting a programme to cut the number of deliberate fires and hoax calls.Former London Fire Brigade...
View Article'I want to live long enough to see my son go to school' - mum...
A South Croydon mum with an incurable cancer is pleading for a revolutionary drug to remain freely available on the NHS so she can live long enough to see her son go to school.Bonnie Fox, 39, was...
View ArticleWatch this Waddon man shamelessly dump 3 tonnes of waste in a...
A Waddon man has been found guilty of dumping three tonnes of building waste along a Croydon street. George Smith, of Crowley Crescent, was convicted today (Wednesday, January 4) at Camberwell Green...
View ArticleMeet the first baby born at Croydon University Hospital in 2017
The year could hardly have got off to a better start for one Croydon couple after they welcomed a baby daughter into the world less than half an hour into New Year's Day. While most people were...
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