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The scandal of London councils' spending black holes

Are boroughs squandering their budgets? Lee Nallalingham spent a year investigating and found not only profligacy, but also that many have no idea where the money goes

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Police braced for TikTok ‘school wars’ spreading across London

Teachers in Croydon and Bromley are the latest to warn children as young as 11 about arming themselves with weapons for mass brawls

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Man, 28, charged with murder after 'caring, smart young man' killed in Croydon triple stabbing

Lorik Abazi, 22, died in hospital following the attack in the early hours of Sunday

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Silent disco partygoer shot dead for ‘petty revenge’, court told

Leroy Mitchell was gunned down outside the party in Croydon, south London, in October 2021, the Old Bailey heard.

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Croydon triple stabbing victim named as heartbroken family say 'light has gone out of our lives'

Lorik Abazi was killed in the early hours of Sunday morning and seven people have been arrested

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Two dead and one fighting for life in burst of London knife attacks over weekend

Two men, aged 19 and 22, killed and a 21-year-old man left fighting for life following knife attacks in south London over the weekend

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‘Open door, open door': Moment immigration officers raid London house to arrest suspected people smugglers

More than 50 immigration officers swooped on four addresses in Hounslow and Croydon

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Kate tells children ‘kindness is key’ as she joins in school art class

Kate visited Castle Hill Academy in Croydon on Thursday where she admired the school’s facilities and met children and staff.

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Taylor Swift fans flock to Croydon shopping centre to recreate new music video after 'secret' shoot

Swifties have been flocking to the shopping centre in south London, which is the stage for the singer’s Opalite video, to take selfies

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Build like Croydon to ease London housing crisis with 5,700 new homes a year, Sadiq Khan urged by new report

The Centre for Cities is backing building small blocks of flats on sites of large detached homes

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Burst main causes fresh London water supply misery as thousands of homes in Croydon are cut off

Thames Water rushed to the scene after 18,000 south London homes were left without water

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‘They are not manufactured’: how Brit school stars took over the Grammys

Croydon school’s principal says success of Olivia Dean and Lola Young is a ‘brilliant celebration’ of free arts education

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More than 100 wanted criminals arrested by Met police in live facial recognition cameras pilot

Live facial recognition cameras have been fixed to lamp posts in Croydon, and their feeds monitored remotely, for the first time in London

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Live facial recognition pilot leads to 100 arrests in first few months

The Metropolitan Police says the pilot in Croydon has so far led to 103 arrests

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London borough recovers dozens of homes worth £2.8m amid council house fraud crackdown

Croydon Council said it had seized back the properties after stepping up investigations following tip offs from residents

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Why beavers could soon be introduced to this south London park

The move is part of a rewilding project at the nature reserve

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London council in furious secrecy row with Nigel Farage's Reform UK over redacted contracts with suppliers

'What have you got to hide?’ the party’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice asked one borough in the transparency dispute

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Drivers ordered to pay £6,000 and left with criminal records in London council's Blue Badge crackdown

Seven Blue Badge cheats have been hauled into court by Croydon Council with 20 more prosecutions scheduled

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Knife attack horror: Man arrested after woman stabbed multiple times in south London

Officers were called to the scene on Brighton Road in South Croydon just after 8.30am on Sunday

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The south London borough that has become a popular filming location for Hollywood blockbusters

Area has seen the likes of Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Paul Mescal filming on its streets

The Guardian - AU

Liberal candidate denies law firm’s claims of bullying and using staff to pursue political ambitions

Grant Hutchinson denies allegations made in court by current and former partners prior to his preselection for Victorian seat of Croydon

The Independent UK

Driver gets four parking tickets after disabled bay painted around his car while he was on holiday

Croydon Council apologised to the vehicle owner who discovered the parking notices as he returned from holiday

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift ‘flies 3,500 miles in secret’ to film music video in Croydon shopping centre

The global superstar, 35, is said to have travelled from New Jersey to Hampshire by private jet last weekend for the top-secret shoot

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New Wetherspoon pub set to open in south London next month

Coombe Lodge was previously used as a Beefeater before the eatery closed its doors in September

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London’s unhealthiest high streets revealed with seven among worst in Britain

Communities named face higher risks of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, experts say

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