5 people arrested at Croydon immigration rallies
Five people were arrested during the rival immigration rallies in Croydon on Saturday which had to be policed by hundreds of officers. One group was protesting against immigration with the other...
View ArticleCroydon man who was part of gang who tortured men with knife and...
A Croydon man who was part of a gang which held two people hostage in a flat and tortured them with a knife and iron has been jailed for 14 years.Samuel Tando, from Hogarth Crescent, was one of five...
View ArticlePolice give an update on the teenager who was stabbed in New...
Police have revealed that a teenager who was stabbed in New Addington on Friday afternoon has been discharged from hospital.Detectives from Croydon CID are continuing to investigate the incident which...
View ArticlePatient, 84, spends 12 hours locked in a hospital toilet after...
A stunned son has said he "cannot believe" that Croydon University Hospital allowed his 84-year-old mother to spend 12 hours locked in a toilet, without realising she was there.Chris Borasinski...
View ArticleThis is why Thornton Heath High Street has been cordoned off
Police have cordoned off part of Thornton Heath High Street following a car crash this afternoon (Monday).Officers attended the scene at about 2.30pm after receiving reports of a collision between two...
View ArticlePolice investigating attempted arson attack after someone pours...
Police are investigating an attempted arson attack, after someone was seen pouring petrol outside a home in Norbury on Sunday night.Officers were called by the London Fire Brigade at 10.34pm to a...
View ArticleTwo dogs detained by police after another dog was killed in a...
Two dogs have been detained by police after the death of another dog in a children's play area last month.The incident, which happened in Tivoli Park, on Tivoli Road, in West Norwood, close to the...
View ArticleThese are the candidates standing across Croydon in the General...
All of the major parties have now confirmed the candidates who will stand across Croydon in the General Election next month. The Liberal Democrats, Ukip, the Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party...
View ArticleHas the 'Croydon Cat Killer' struck again? Fox cub found...
A "beheaded" fox cub has been discovered in the car park of a Tesco store in Caterham with its body found "tossed in a bush".The incident happened last night (Sunday, April 7) between 8pm and 10pm at...
View ArticleThe agony of one victim's family six months on from the Croydon...
Six months ago today Croydon suffered one of the worst disasters it has ever seen. A tram which derailed at speed, crashing onto its right hand side as it rounded a tight bend close to Sandilands tram...
View ArticleCroydon woman disappointed with TfL after it takes nearly 2...
A Croydon woman has been put off travelling on a tram, after she watched another passenger get "thrown violently to the ground" when a tram driver "slammed on the brakes". Sarah Beth has also expressed...
View ArticleGavin Barwell criticises Channel 4 over TV debate
Gavin Barwell has described Channel 4 as "unprofessional" after presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy stated on air that the Croydon Central MP "is refusing to debate". An appearance by the Conservative...
View ArticleSouthern Rail explains why ticket machines were not working this...
Southern Rail has said that a problem which affected ticket machines at Croydon stations during rush hour this morning, has now been resolved.The issue had an impact on the entire Southern network, as...
View ArticlePolice release video after pickpocket steals woman's phone
Police have released video footage of two people they want to trace after a shopper had a mobile phone stolen from her pocket. The 52-year-old victim was shopping in The Glades Shopping Centre, in...
View ArticleCroydon's Labour Party issue apology after activists are pictured...
Croydon's Labour Party have issued an apology after several activists were pictured standing on a war memorial in Woodside on Saturday morning. The photo was tweeted from the Croydon Labour Party...
View ArticleGogglebox star pleads for nephew's killer to give himself up
One of the stars of TV show Gogglebox, whose nephew was murdered in Croydon in March, has said each day that goes by is becoming harder and harder knowing that the killer is still at large. Bjorn...
View Article'My husband will never be the same' says wife of tram crash...
The wife of a tram crash survivor says her husband "will never be the same" as he continues to suffer from the harrowing scenes he saw on board the tram when it derailed six months ago. Dad-of-two Rui...
View Article'Damning' failures by police and hospital staff led to death of...
A series of failures by Metropolitan Police officers, an NHS hospital and its staff contributed to the death of a South Norwood IT graduate, a jury has found.Olaseni Lewis, a 23-year-old IT graduate...
View ArticleThese are the most and least popular primary schools in Croydon
Newly released figures show which primary schools in Croydon are the most and least popular, in terms of the number of parents applying for their children to go there. We have previously reported that...
View ArticleMum of man who died after police restraint accuses Met Police of...
The mother of a South Norwood IT graduate who died after being restrained by Met Police officers has accused the police force - and the officers involved - of a "lack of human decency".Ajibola Lewis,...
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