The Latest Breaking News from Croydon

Ask Londoners what they know about Croydon and here’s what they definitely won’t say: Croydon has white cliffs (who knew?); it was originally a centre for saffron cultivation (who cares?); Charlie Chaplin was once kidnapped at Croydon Airport (the weirdest thing here is that Croydon used to have an airport).…

Pc Perry Lathwood, 49, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on February 14

One pupil was taken to hospital with a head injury

On a grey, cloudy morning in December, London police deployed a state-of-the-art AI powered camera near the railway station in the suburb of Croydon and quietly scanned the faces of the unsuspecting passersby.

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Michael Patrick Afonso Peixoto is believed to have been attacked by a group of several men

Fresh from Croydon, the model had a ball in 1990s New York. But the carefree images, which feature in a new book, got the photographer fired

Cause of fatal house fire is under investigation

Victims thought to be Polish nationals as efforts continue to trace next-of-kin

Croydon has long been cold-shouldered on both the big and small screen – even films set there were shot elsewhere. But with the awards-tipped All of Us Strangers, the unloved south London borough finds itself hot property