Category Archives: Knife crime

‘It’s like Rotherham’: MP Reed calls for urgent action on SPAC

Posted on December 17, 2019 by

Croydon North MP Steve Reed is to raise in Parliament this week his growing concerns about a lack of police action over mounting complaints about the activities of SPAC Nation, the cult-like church which featured in a BBC Panorama documentary … Continue reading →

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Mothers March Against Knife Crime, North End, Oct 12

Posted on October 11, 2019 by
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25 arrests made in South Norwood in police dawn raid

Posted on September 19, 2019 by

The police made 25 arrests in early morning raids yesterday on what the Met described as “seven commercial premises” along South Norwood High Street and Portland Road, “targeting those believed to be involved in gang activity, drug supply and violence”, … Continue reading →

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South Norwood police meeting leaves public feeling anxious

Posted on July 30, 2019 by

The latest ransacking of the Croydon FC clubhouse came just days after the police in South Norwood, together with the local MP and Croydon Council’s cabinet member for community safety, staged a meeting intended at rebuilding confidence in the local … Continue reading →

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Community meetings and forms as council tests public mood

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

How safe do you feel in Croydon today? Recent tragic and traumatising events across the borough have led the council to seek the views of the public on the level of tension in Croydon and its suburbs. This urgent check … Continue reading →

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Community safety meeting, South Norwood, Jul 19

Posted on July 17, 2019 by
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Former colleagues express worries over new Croydon director

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

The real reasons for the abrupt resignation of a leader of a London council were part of a local authority ‘cover-up’. KEN LEE reports on serious reservations expressed by Labour councillors and Camden staff over the past conduct of the … Continue reading →

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