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Stabbings are becoming the norm in Croydon ‘like a trip to McDonald’s’ say knife crime campaigners

Children have become desensitised to knife crime in Croydon as crime rates escalate. Since being stuck with the unwanted badge of knife crime capital in 2021, things seemed to be getting better for Croydon with no teenage deaths from knife crime in 2022.

Evening Standard

Youth convicted of fatally stabbing boy aged 15 in Croydon park

Zaian Aimable-Lina was attacked in Ashburton Park in Croydon, south London, on December 30, 2021

Evening Standard

Youth convicted of fatally stabbing boy aged 15 in park

Zaian Aimable-Lina was attacked in Ashburton Park in Croydon, south London, on December 30, 2021.

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Croydon conman caught after ordering Deliveroo under his fake name

Denis Kupcevich was caught after using fake name to order Deliveroo to his South Croydon address

Evening Standard

Black teenagers who went missing with toddler from London spark police search

Shanai Bonaparte-Chambers and Angel Holly were last seen in Croydon on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Urgent police search to find missing 14-year-old girls who disappeared with toddler

Angel Holly and Shanai Bonaparte-Chambers, both aged 14, disappeared with the latter's two-year-old sister in Croydon, south London, but she has now been found safe

Daily Mirror

Croydon church blew £95,000 on trips to Italy, Greece and Austria, watchdog finds

Former pastor at evangelical Rhema Church ‘misused charity funds’, says Charity Commission

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Into orbit: Sadiq Khan plans London ‘Superloop’ transport route to rival Paris and Tokyo

Unlike Metro line 15 around the French capital, Sadiq Khan’s plan involves seven connecting buses and a break for the Thames

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Boy, 15, fatally stabbed in Croydon park over ‘beef’ with another teenager, court hears

Zaian Aimable-Lina suffered a 4.7 inch deep stab wound to the heart during the attack in south London

Evening Standard

Four teenage girls 'bash man and woman in head using bottle and crutch' on London bus

The four female suspects, described as aged in their mid to late teens, allegedly caused chaos on the top deck of the bus as it passed through Croydon in South London late at night

Daily Mirror

Four women wanted after Thornton Heath bus attack

The assault took place last August on the route 250 bus from Streatham to Croydon

Evening Standard

Croydon council prepares legal action against ex CEO over £430k payout

Evidence of alleged misconduct by ex senior leaders at Croydon council will be handed to the Met Police

Evening Standard

Beleaguered Croydon council faces payroll staff strike over restructure

GMB union claims women would be ‘exclusively’ affected by the cuts that being proposed

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Tributes to ‘hugely respected’ south London GP who died suddenly aged 42

Dr Rizwan Irshad oversaw care for 45,000 patients at six practices in Croydon and Greenwich

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Crystal Palace fire up the Hodgson insignia, pointed over the Croydon night sky

In today’s Football Daily: Mr Roy is back, baby. Plus refs and religion

Evening Standard

Croydon: Four teenagers arrested after ‘shocking’ spate of stabbings in south London

A section 60 order was in place in Croydon following the incidents

The Guardian - UK

Croydon and Thurrock councils put into special measures

Government-appointed managers will take over day-to-day running of Thurrock after local authority fell into effective bankruptcy

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Private hire driver jailed for raping woman in Croydon

Homayon Ahmadi was convicted of one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault

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Government puts Croydon Council in special measures as it seeks to write off ‘toxic’ debts

The news came in the same week that Croydon unveiled the art projects it will showcase as London’s Borough of Culture 2023

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Man attacked and thrown in the back of a car in Croydon

A man was attacked and bundled into the back of a car on a residential road in Croydon, police said.

Evening Standard

Croydon finally signs off 15% council tax rise after legal warning

Bankrupt Croydon Council has agreed a record 15 per cent council tax rise after warnings a budget deadlock would leave the town hall facing legal action and cost the authority £20million a month.

The Independent UK

Fire tears through A&E at Croydon University Hospital as 100 patients evacuated

Croydon University Hospital evacuates patients after fire rips through building

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove thinks beautiful buildings must look traditional. Here’s why he’s wrong…

A dynamic fusion of ‘gentle density’ housing in green belt Croydon is the latest example of thoughtful, visionary housing design the government would do well to learn from

The Independent UK

Chelsea fan gets three-year football ban for racist gesture at Son Heung-min

Thomas Burchell, 30, from Croydon, made a racist gesture during the Chelsea vs Tottenham match at Stamford Bridge on August 14.

Evening Standard

Croydon fails to sign off budget after huge council tax protest

A bankrupt London borough failed to sign off its budget on Wednesday night after a mass demonstration against plans to hike council tax by a record 15 per cent.

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