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Tag Archives: Whitehorse Road
Met closes ranks as it defends ‘bus stop arrest’ PC Lathwood
The Metropolitan Police has entered a war of words with the police watchdog over the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s persistent pursuit of charges against Croydon-based copper Perry Lathwood. Lathwood, 51, faced possible dismissal over allegations that he breached standards … Continue reading
Lathwood is ‘threat to the public’ says his Sussex neighbour
EXCLUSIVE: Community groups, legal practices, members of the public and even Crystal Palace’s Holmesdale Fanatics have lodged formal complaints about aggressive behaviour by a Croydon-based officer, as ‘institutional racism’ at the Metropolitan Police is raised once more A man who … Continue reading
Bus ticket police officer gets written warning over misconduct
A police constable stationed in Croydon, Perry Lathwood, acted in a ‘disrespectful and unprofessional’ manner when he called a black mum ‘a daft cow’ as he arrested her on Whitehorse Road in 2023 A police disciplinary panel today found that … Continue reading
Bus stop arrest constable to face gross misconduct hearing
Perry Lathwood, the Metropolitan Police constable at the centre of a race row after a black mum was arrested in a dispute over fare evasion at a bus stop on Whitehorse Road in 2023, is to face a misconduct hearing … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing
Tagged Bus stop arrest, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, PC Perry Lathwood, Perry Lathwood, Whitehorse Road
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180-year-old business that’s still ticking over in Croydon today
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The clock-making and bell foundry business established off Whitehorse Road in the mid-19th Century by William Gillett still chimes with the present day, as DAVID MORGAN explains The Croydon Times on May 8, 1886, carried a short obituary … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Clockmakers, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Gillett and Co, Gillett and Johnston, Gillett and Johnston (Croydon) Ltd, Gillett Bland and Co, Sir Frederick Eldridge, Thornton Heath, West Croydon, Whitehorse Road, William Gillett
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Cop at centre of bus stop race row has conviction quashed
Perry Lathwood, the Met police constable at the centre of a race row when a black mum was arrested in a dispute over fare evasion at a bus stop on Whitehorse Road, Croydon, last year, has had his assault conviction … Continue reading
Met’s ‘huge setback’ after constable convicted of bus assault
The Metropolitan Police has courted further controversy when Scotland Yard issued a statement describing as “a huge setback” the conviction for assault of one of its constables over last summer’s controversial arrest of a black woman bus passenger on Whitehorse … Continue reading
Constable in ‘bus stop arrest’ to appear in court next month
A police officer has been charged with assault of a woman in relation to the arrest of a passenger when she failed to produce her ticket or pass on a bus stopped in Whitehorse Road last July. The Metropolitan Police … Continue reading
Whitehorse Road Dominican restaurant wins national award
Sabor Dominicano, on Croydon’s Whitehorse Road, has been named Best Latin American Eatery at the UK Caribbean Food Awards. The awards for this fast-growing industry – now worth more than £100million – have been set up in association with Just … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business
Tagged Sabor Dominicano, UK Caribbean Food Awards, Whitehorse Road
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‘Bus stop arrest’ constable placed under criminal investigation
A Met Police constable is being investigated for potential criminal offences related to racially aggravated assault and false imprisonment following the controversial arrest in Croydon in July of a black woman when she had a valid ticket to travel on … Continue reading
TfL suspended all ticket inspections after black mum’s arrest
EXCLUSIVE: It was ‘off the buses’ for London’s ticket inspectors for a week after the flashpoint when a black mum was handcuffed in front of her child on Whitehorse Road, while the police watchdog is appealling for witnesses Transport for … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Crime, Croydon Central, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport
Tagged Andrew Brown, Anthony King, Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, Croydon, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Central, DCS Christina Jessah, Florence Eshalomi MP, Metropolitan Police, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport for London, Whitehorse Road
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No injuries after blaze damages three flats on Whitehorse Road
The public was asked to evacuate part of Whitehorse Road last night, as the road was shut off while around 60 firefighters tackled a blaze at a five-storey block of flats. More than 80 people in the flats were impacted … Continue reading
Whitehorse Road house fire under investigation by Brigade
A fire at a house in South Norwood this morning which led to a man being taken to hospital is under investigation by the emergency services. Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a house fire on Whitehorse Lane. … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, South Norwood
Tagged LFB, London Fire Brigade, South Norwood, Whitehorse Road
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Whitehorse Road and its ‘critical’ bees to get an upgrade
The council has decided to spend the bulk of a £85,000 government grant on “updating” Whitehorse Road Recreation Ground in Selhurst. The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities provided the modest amount of funding to improve parks and green … Continue reading
Planning’s latest nadir as Olde Clocktower pub is demolished
Croydon has lost another community pub in what the local beer campaign group has described as an act of “blatant vandalism” after Ye Olde Clocktower on the corner of the busy Whitehorse Road and Union Road was demolished without any … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Planning, Property, Pubs, Selhurst
Tagged CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Selhurst, Whitehorse Road, Ye Olde Clocktower
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Council’s prestige £6.5m youth project opening gets delayed
Four years after they announced the project in a flurry of mutual back-slapping, the council’s leadership has gone quiet as the Legacy Youth Zone has missed its deadline, reports KEN LEE There has been an unusual, for him, silence from … Continue reading
