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60 people evacuated as fire breaks out in London Road block
Around 60 people had to be evacuated from their homes on London Road last night when one of their neighbouring flats in the block had a serious fire. Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters were called to the incident … Continue reading
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Tagged Broad Green, London Fire Brigade, London Road
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Lawyers start to look into Croydon’s temporary accommodation
A public meeting today with public interest lawyers could represent the start of a potentially long campaign to get better living conditions for hundreds of families currently housed in three former office blocks on London Road between Thornton Heath and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centres
Tagged Concord House, London Road, Norbury, Socco Cheta, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centre, Sycamore House, Thornton Heath, Windsor House
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Blaze in laundry room of council block that failed inspection
The Fire Brigade was called out to a block of flats on London Road on Saturday – a council-run block which five years ago was deemed to be a fire risk. Concord House is one of three blocks – previously … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, London Fire Brigade, Norbury
Tagged Concord House, Croydon, Croydon Council, LFB, London Fire Brigade, London Road, Sycamore House, Windsor House
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Croydon cop killer Louis De Zoysa handed life jail sentence
Murderer of Sgt Matt Ratana did not have ‘an autistic meltdown’ that led to the fatal shooting in the Windmill Road custody centre, as the defence had claimed, judge rules at emotional sentencing hearing Louis De Zoysa, who shot and … Continue reading
De Zoysa found guilty of murder in Croydon police station
Louis De Zoysa was today handed a guilty verdict by a jury at Northampton Crown Court for the murder in September 2020 of Police Sergeant Matt Ratana, who was shot through the heart with a pistol that the accused had … Continue reading
Walker sentenced to 19 years for murder of Jermaine Cools
The killer of a 14-year-old boy on London Road in 2021 is ‘a habitual knife carrier’ who six weeks before the murder was arrested on a bus in Croydon and found to be in possession of ‘a very large zombie-style … Continue reading
No ducting the issue after grease fire at Norbury takeaway
A fire in a London Road takeaway in Norbury on Monday, which caused the evacuation of 26 people living in flats above the premises, has renewed calls for stricter safety checks on restaurant extraction systems. It took 10 fire engines … Continue reading
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Tagged LFB, London Fire Brigade, London Road, London Road Norbury, Norbury, Takeaways
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Owner prosecuted after man electrocuted at Broad Green café
The 2020 death of a man living in a room behind a London Road café has led to the prosecution of the business owner and seen her and her company found guilty of four offences under Health and Safety laws. … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Crime
Tagged Adams Café Restaurant, Broad Green, Health and Safety Executive, London Road, Mustafa Ozbek, Sukran Sanli
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17-year-old pleads guilty to the murder of Jermaine Cools
The teenager who stabbed to death 14-year-old Jermaine Cools on London Road, West Croydon, in November 2021, yesterday appeared at the Old Bailey where he entered a guilty plea. Cools was the youngest of five Croydon teens that were killed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged Jermaine Cools, Julius Cools, knife crime, London Road, West Croydon, youth knife crime
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Norbury restaurant Via offers atmospheric stopping off point
Too many people might think that Norbury is just somewhere on the A23 that they pass on their way to Brixton or, in the opposite direction, to Croydon. Norbury is somewhere you go “via”. Thus, Norbury’s newest restaurant is called … Continue reading
70 families evacuated after serious fire in Thornton Heath block
Around 70 families were evacuated from their homes yesterday after a serious fire in Sycamore House, council housing on London Road in Thornton Heath. Five people were taken to hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation, though none were thought to … Continue reading
‘Some sightings’ reported in search for missing Owami Davies
The appeal for information about the whereabouts of Owami Davies, the student nurse who was last seen in West Croydon in early July, has seen some members of the public come forward with potential sightings. The search now involves two … Continue reading
Carnival returns to London Road with free festival of music
In its 11th year, Carnival returns on London Road this Sunday, celebrating local communities and culture in what someone at the council has described as “Croydon’s summer of fun”. London Road will host the party from noon to 5pm on … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Dance, Music
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon Carnival, London Road
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89-year-old murdered in Brigstock Road and three stabbings
A murder investigation is underway following the death of a 89-year-old woman at Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, on Tuesday. The incident was one of at least four stabbings in Croydon on Tuesday. According to Scotland Yard, the police were called … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, New Addington, Policing, Thornton Heath
Tagged Brigstock Road, London Road, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Thornton Heath
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London Road cordoned off after latest knife crime attack
Photos by LEE TOWNSEND Another day, another stabbing in Croydon. London Road in West Croydon was cordoned off by police as a crime scene this morning after reports of the latest knife crime incident. On this occasion, the victim, a … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged knife crime, Lee Townsend, London Road, Metropolitan Police, Tamworth Road, West Croydon
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Scrooge-like council shuts voluntary food hub at Christmas
While dozens of voluntary groups and community organisations have been doing their bit to help the borough’s most vulnerable through the second pandemic Christmas, budget cuts at cash-strapped Croydon Council have seen their own voluntary sector organisation forced to shut … Continue reading
Covid emergency road changes set to be made permanent
Croydon Council, a local authority that pays £10million per year to burn the borough’s rubbish in an environmentally harmful incinerator, is trying to jump on the COP26 bandwagon by announcing that it is making permanent what it describes as “successful … Continue reading
Croydon’s ‘crime capital’ to get share of Mayor’s £6m fund
London Road, which one council-appointed official described today as “Croydon’s crime capital”, is one of eight areas in the capital to receive a share of £6million-worth of new funding from the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. The Violence Reduction … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, CVA, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Steve Phaure, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon CVA, London, London Road, Mayor, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, West Croydon
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Police begin murder inquiry as ‘senseless’ stabbings continue
Croydon police yesterday began a murder investigation into the events that led to a man in his 20s dying from knife wounds after a stabbing in Selhurst on Friday night. Yet even as senior officers were reassuring MPs and council … Continue reading
Evangelical church on London Road is latest to open food bank
A new food bank opened this month at the UCKG HelpCentre on London Road, and in its first week handed out 106 bags of provisions to 47 people. The recipients were predominantly homeless or those unable to cook because of … Continue reading
Wok fire leaves London Road restaurant badly damaged
Five fire engines and around 35 firefighters were called to a restaurant on London Road in Croydon yesterday, after oil in a wok caught fire, heating a steel extractor hood and setting light to the building’s timber frame. No one … Continue reading
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Tagged Broad Green, London Fire Brigade, London Road
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Five roads are to be closed under emergency covid measures
Five Croydon roads are to be closed to motor traffic from Sunday under special coronavirus emergency legislation, in efforts to make streets more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly and to open up new cycle routes for use by key workers riding bikes … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Cycling, Stuart King, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon Council, London Road, Mayday Hospital, Selhurst, STUART KING, West Croydon
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Wider pavements and slower cars: King makes road changes
The council has announced a range of measures on the streets in West Croydon and Woodside to assist social distancing for pedestrians, improve road conditions for cycling, while suspending parking bays and announcing the intention of enforcing speed restrictions on … Continue reading
Grenfell Tower and the impact on communities, CVA, Sep 20
Off The Record Youth Counselling service, in association with the Croydon BME Forum, is staging a panel discussion next week on the impact on the community response to last year’s Grenfell fire in north London, which claimed the lives of … Continue reading
