Oops! Email blunder shows career conman Mark Hill-Wood HAS...
A serial fraudster has inadvertently revealed that he HAS assumed a new identity - by replying to someone under the wrong email address. An Advertiser investigation earlier this year linked Marc...
View ArticlePolice called after fight between Crystal Palace and Millwall...
Police were called to a fight between Crystal Palace and Millwall fans in Croydon High Street this evening (Sunday).Officers were called to reports of someone being punched in the face in the street at...
View ArticleCroydon tram stops added to London Tube map
ransport for London is set to quite literally put Croydon on the map in June when it adds tram services to the Underground map for the first time.The new design intends to make it easier for people...
View ArticleUpper Norwood school not good enough says Ofsted
The head teacher of a primary school criticised by Ofsted has pledged to make rapid improvements. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Junior School, in Upper Norwood, has been rated as "requires improvement" by...
View ArticleCrystal Palace star Yannick Bolasie reported to have married...
Fans and footballers took to Twitter yesterday to congratulate Yannick Bolasie on his wedding to fiancée Kelsey. Fellow Congolese footballer Jordan Botaka posted a picture with the groom and the...
View ArticleParalympic double gold medal winner gives 'inspirational' talk in...
A double gold medal winner at the 2012 London Paralympic Games gave an "inspirational" talk as part of Learning at Work Week.Natasha Baker MBE visited the Croydon head office of Allianz Global...
View ArticleMet Police says 'no public interest' in how much it spent on...
The Metropolitan Police says it can see "no public interest" in revealing how much it spent on a hiring a barrister to help reduce the opening hours of a Croydon nightclub. The police were represented...
View ArticleFirefighters called to sofa fire in New Addington
Firefighters were called to a sofa on fire in the front garden of a house in New Addington last night.Neighbours of the vacant property called the fire brigade after they spotted the sofa, along with...
View ArticleCroydon Council leader reveals musical act 'to open Fairfield...
The leader of Croydon Council has announced the "opening act at Fairfield Halls" when it reopens after its two-year closure for a £30 million rebuild. Tony Newman has said Croydon rappers Krept and...
View ArticleIs this Croydon bridge one of London's best? The public think so
Move over Tower Bridge, London Bridge, and even the Wobbly Bridge, the public have voted a Croydon bridge as one of the capital's best. Tennison Road Bridge, rebuilt last year, in South Norwood has...
View ArticlePolice hunt thug who punched innocent train passenger in the...
Police are hunting an "aggressive" man who launched an unprovoked attack on an innocent train passenger. A man was walking through the carriage on a train travelling between Thornton Heath and...
View ArticleGirl, 8, rushed to hospital after falling three floors from...
A little girl was rushed to hospital on Friday after falling three floors from the balcony of a flat in Crystal Palace.London Ambulance Service, the Air Ambulance and Police were called to a flat in...
View ArticleSouthern Rail's train conductor sickness claims 'put workforce at...
Southern Rail's claim that high levels of conductor sickness has led to delays and cancellations is putting the workforce at risk of attacks by the public, the RMT union has said. Last week, Southern...
View ArticleWhy didn't council remove massive pile of rubbish and prevent...
A neighbour living next door to an empty New Addington house where a huge pile of rubbish was set alight says the council could have stopped the terrifying fire from ever happening. Lisa Bani asked...
View ArticleNew Addington schoolboy feels like he has a new body after...
The family of New Addington schoolboy Malachi Reid say he is making remarkable progress one year on from life-changing surgery.Brave youngster Malachi, 11, underwent a specialist operation called...
View ArticleM25 accident: 13 miles of traffic on Surrey stretch of motorway
If you need to travel on the M25 this morning it might be wise to delay your journey as part of the motorway is gridlocked this morning. An earlier accident has caused 13 miles of tailbacks on the...
View ArticleMan hit by car in West Croydon taken to hospital
A man was taken to hospital after he was hit by a car in Reeves Corner last night.Police closed Reeves Corner at the junction of Tamworth Road after the collision at about 6.50pm.Paramedics took the...
View ArticleMan caught after police chase had cocaine hidden in his...
A man who tried to outrun police after his car was stopped was caught and found to have £30,000 of cocaine on him. Marcus Blackwood, 36, from Albermarle Road, Beckenham, was jailed for four years...
View ArticleJudge rules Thornton Heath dad, 24, will stop receiving...
It has been reported that doctors can now stop giving life-sustaining treatment to a 24-year-old dad who has been in a coma for two years.A judge ruled last Wednesday that Marcus Campbell, of Thornton...
View Article'You were the greatest friend': Flower tributes to cyclist...
Touching tributes have been left at the scene where a 25-year-old cyclist was fatally hit by a lorry.The woman, who is yet to be named by police, was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics on...
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