Tag Archives: Mitcham Road

Trauma at Lanfranc as boy waits 2 hours with knife in his head

Posted on July 3, 2026 by insidecroydon

Headteacher tells mother that the school’s failure to seek emergency treatment for her son was ‘a judgement call’ A mother was distraught and angry when she arrived at her son’s Croydon school one morning this week to discover the boy … Continue reading →

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Driver charged by police after Mitcham Road gas mains crash

Posted on September 30, 2024 by insidecroydon

A man has been charged with drink driving and driving without due care and attention after police were called to the scene of a car crash on Mitcham Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. The vehicle’s collision ruptured … Continue reading →

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Gas leak evacuation sees residents furious at Croydon Council

Posted on September 29, 2024 by insidecroydon

Residents from Wingate Crescent, Moys Close and other roads near Mitcham Common were subject to an emergency evacuation in the early hours of this morning, after a vehicle swerved off the A236 main road and crashed into a trench that … Continue reading →

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Man arrested as police investigate Mitcham Road death

Posted on June 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

“Life will never be the same again”, for the family of father-of-five Stewart Grainger, the cyclist who was killed in a hit-and-run collision on Mitcham Road last week. The Metropolitan Police have named Grainger, 49, from Crawley, as the victim … Continue reading →

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Purley Way sports pavilion destroyed in suspected arson fire

Posted on May 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

One of the council-owned sports pavilions on the Purley Way playing fields was destroyed by fire at the weekend. According to the emergency services, no one was hurt in the blaze, the incident captured in dramatic style by local resident … Continue reading →

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Police appeal for witnesses after cyclist killed in hit-and-run

Posted on May 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

A cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run collision in the early hours of this morning near the BP petrol garage on Mitcham Road. Metropolitan Police detectives are appealing for witnesses. The police were called to the scene by the London … Continue reading →

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BP petrol station continues to issue £100 fines to customers

Posted on August 5, 2018 by insidecroydon

As another customer using BP’s Mitcham Road petrol station gets stung with a £100 ‘fine’, Inside Croydon suggests that drivers steer clear of BP garages Drivers of vehicles in need of fuel in the north of the borough might want … Continue reading →

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Victory for common sense as BP backs down over £100 fine

Posted on June 30, 2018 by insidecroydon

A South Norwood businessman has been celebrating a victory for common sense, after BP dropped the threat of a £100 fine for using the forecourt of its Mitcham Road petrol station to park his car while… he was shopping in … Continue reading →

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