Woman taken to hospital after being cut free from car which...
A woman has been taken to hospital after being cut free from a car that crashed into a tree in Purley Way this morning.Police shut off a large stretch of the busy road following a lorry spillage...
View ArticleHere's the nearest place to Croydon you can get the new £1...
It's got 12 sides, a hologram and it's in circulation TODAY - but where can you find the new £1 coin?From today (Tuesday), the Royal Mint is rolling out the first batch to cash distribution centres...
View ArticlePhotos show damage from Purley Way crash which caused car roof to...
Images from the scene of this morning's crashes and spillage on Purley Way show the extent of the damage which led to major disruption this morning. Police closed off the normally busy route after a...
View ArticleAndre Aderemi murder trial: RECAP - Defendant Rodney Mukasa gave...
The third defendant in the Andre Aderemi murder trial gave evidence at the Old Bailey today (Tuesday, March 28). Rodney Mukasa, 20, of Greenview Avenue in Shirley, is one of four young men from Croydon...
View ArticleCroydon police employee pleads guilty to possessing indecent...
A Croydon-based police property officer has pleaded guilty to six offences including possessing indecent photographs of children.After being arrested three times last year for a number of crimes,...
View ArticleCroydon will be hotter than Ibiza, Tenerife and Barcelona on...
Croydon's beautiful weather is to continue - at least for a couple of days - and forecasters are predicting it will be hotter here than in Ibiza, Tenerife and Barcelona on Thursday. Yesterday saw...
View ArticlePurley Way back open following sewage spillage which caused two...
Purley Way in Croydon has fully reopened after part of it was closed for more than eight hours when a lorry spilled sewage - which caused two crashes and led to a "disgusting smell" in the...
View ArticleTributes paid to 'kind and funny' Croydon man found dead after...
Tributes have been paid to a "kind and funny" Croydon man who has been found dead after going missing more than a month ago.Jeremy Dodds, 54, went missing from his Bensham Lane home on February 19.A...
View ArticleAndre Aderemi murder trial: Accused denies trying to put the...
One of the men accused of the murder of Andre Aderemi has denied that he and two of his co-defendants are trying to "put everything on" another of the accused, a court has heard. Rodney Mukasa, Femi...
View ArticleElderly woman rescued from South Croydon house fire
An elderly woman was rescued from a house fire in South Croydon this afternoon (Tuesday).Fire crews from Croydon Fire Station were called to Pampisford Road, near the junction with Waldorf Close at...
View ArticleMore streets in Croydon changed to 20mph speed limits this week
The second phase of Croydon Council's plans for 20mph zones across the whole borough by 2018 has come into force this week. As of Monday, residential roads in the north-east area of Croydon, including...
View ArticleTeenager missing from his home for two weeks may be in Croydon
Police are looking for a 13-year-old boy who went missing more than two weeks ago and may be in Croydon.Rockeem Blake-Jones was last seen at about 9pm on Sunday, March 12 at his home address in...
View ArticleShoppers will no longer be able to buy certain types of beer from...
Shoppers at Tesco will no longer be able to purchase leading beers after the supermarket giant removed certain products following a reported dispute with suppliers.The major supermarket chain, which...
View ArticleMan attempted to sexually assault teenage girls on a bus
Two teenage girls have been "left traumatised and feel unsafe to get on buses" after a man tried to sexually assault them on a bus. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police have released a CCTV image of...
View ArticleCroydon Radio announces it will stop broadcasting this week
Croydon Radio has announced it will stop broadcasting for good this Friday. The award-winning community radio station was run entirely by volunteers and played a combination of well-known tunes and...
View Article'I wanted to kill him': Heartbreaking interview with mum of...
The mum of a young girl who was molested by a paedophile has told how she wanted to kill him when she found out what he had done. Conroy Lloyd, 46, has been jailed for seven years for sexually...
View ArticleThis dog had to be put down after shocking neglect by its Croydon...
The RSPCA has highlighted the shocking neglect of a German Shepherd found collapsed and dying in Croydon as it reveals there were more complaints of animal cruelty in Greater London than anywhere else...
View ArticleMarket traders furious at 'lack of work' in Surrey Street after...
Surrey Street traders are furious at the "lack of work" taking place in the road after the market was relocated for at least 10 weeks so that regeneration work can take place. Croydon Council's cabinet...
View ArticleMore than 100 people pay their respects at funeral for former SAS...
More than 100 people attended the funeral of a Special Air Service [SAS] veteran who lived in Croydon.Dean Pursell spent 35 years in the Armed Forces serving in countries including Germany, Malaysia...
View ArticleMurderer who stabbed man to death in South Norwood park has his...
A convicted killer who stabbed a former Croydon College student to death has had his sentence cut after judges heard he is "physically powerful" but "mentally deficient". A jury found Darnell Martin...
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