Category Archives: Crime

MP Reed takes aim at ‘irresponsible’ shop selling air guns

Posted on December 3, 2018 by

Croydon North MP Steve Reed has fired off letters to the police and the Home Secretary to complain after a pawnbrokers in Norbury started displaying air rifles and other guns in its window. Reed called the Cash Exchange shop on … Continue reading →

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Jones’s BAME journalism scheme is eclipsed by The S*n

Posted on November 21, 2018 by

Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s Labour MP, is courting controversy within her party – especially in Liverpool – by backing a work experience programme that offers budding young black, Asian and minority ethnic journalists’ placements with… The S*n. The Murdoch-owned tabloid … Continue reading →

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HMRC warns students to beware scam offering tax ‘refunds’

Posted on November 17, 2018 by

University students are being targeted by scammers with fake tax refunds in an effort to steal money and personal details, HM Revenue and Customs has warned today. The scammers are using seemingly legitimate university email addresses (for example “@uc.ac.uk”) in … Continue reading →

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Pupils excluded from schools at risk from crime gangs – survey

Posted on November 4, 2018 by

Growing numbers of children excluded from school in Croydon and across London are being left at risk of involvement in knife crime and violence, according to research from children’s charity Barnardo’s and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Knife Crime. In … Continue reading →

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Gloves Not Gunz boxing sessions, Shirley, every Mon

Posted on November 4, 2018 by
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Gloves Not Gunz boxing sessions, South Norwood, every Wed

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Police chief says drop in knife crime is ‘just the beginning’

Posted on October 17, 2018 by

Croydon’s borough commander backs the use of stop and search to help continue reductions in levels of knife crime, and invites residents to join the police in swoops on ‘hotspot areas’ Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe, the Metropolitan Police’s borough commander, … Continue reading →

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