What will Croydon do with the £18.5m of funding from Government?
Reconnect Croydon is a plan to regenerate the town centre. Croydon – South London News …
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Change in refugee housing policy could spark homelessness ‘crisis’ in South London
Refugees are now only given seven days’ notice to leave accommodation. Croydon – South London News …
Woman treated by ambulance crews after escaping house fire
There were no working smoke alarms in the property. Croydon – South London News …
Police look for man after ‘serious’ assaults leave two with injuries
A woman has been left with ‘serious injuries’. Croydon – South London News …
Thousands sign petition in campaign to save Old Palace School
There were tears in the playground at the Old Palace primary on Melville Avenue last Friday, from young girls and some teachers, as the news seeped through that their school had been condemned to closure by the Whitgift Foundation. Inside … Continue reading → Inside Croydon …
Community garden fights for survival after landlord threatens to boot them out
The landowners have intend to build on their beloved space. Croydon – South London News …
Croydon police investigated over black man’s death in custody
This latest probe by the watchdog follows the misconduct hearing announced earlier this week for two other Met officers over the arrest and hand-cuffing last year of an innocent black schoolboy Two Croydon police officers are under criminal investigation for … Continue reading → Inside Croydon …
Met cops to face gross misconduct hearing over excessive force and discrimination in detention of teenage boy
The boy also alleged officers took him to the floor and kneeled on his back. Croydon – South London News …
£1.3m in Culture grants, but not a penny for Croydon Writers
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As a herd of fibre-glass giraffes are distributed around the borough – paid for at least in part by a £50,000 grant from the Borough of Culture – ETHEL CORDUFF outlines how one of the borough’s oldest arts … Continue reading → Inside Croydon …
A-level results: 18-year-old accepted into Cambridge thanks mum and school
50 per cent of students at the school achieved grades of A* to B or equivalent across A Level and BTECs. Croydon – South London News …