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The Latest Breaking News from Croydon

More than 100 wanted criminals arrested by Met police in live facial recognition cameras pilot

Live facial recognition cameras have been fixed to lamp posts in Croydon, and their feeds monitored remotely, for the first time in London

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Live facial recognition pilot leads to 100 arrests in first few months

The Metropolitan Police says the pilot in Croydon has so far led to 103 arrests

The Independent UK

London borough recovers dozens of homes worth £2.8m amid council house fraud crackdown

Croydon Council said it had seized back the properties after stepping up investigations following tip offs from residents

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Why beavers could soon be introduced to this south London park

The move is part of a rewilding project at the nature reserve

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London council in furious secrecy row with Nigel Farage's Reform UK over redacted contracts with suppliers

'What have you got to hide?’ the party’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice asked one borough in the transparency dispute

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Drivers ordered to pay £6,000 and left with criminal records in London council's Blue Badge crackdown

Seven Blue Badge cheats have been hauled into court by Croydon Council with 20 more prosecutions scheduled

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Knife attack horror: Man arrested after woman stabbed multiple times in south London

Officers were called to the scene on Brighton Road in South Croydon just after 8.30am on Sunday

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The south London borough that has become a popular filming location for Hollywood blockbusters

Area has seen the likes of Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Paul Mescal filming on its streets

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Liberal candidate denies law firm’s claims of bullying and using staff to pursue political ambitions

Grant Hutchinson denies allegations made in court by current and former partners prior to his preselection for Victorian seat of Croydon

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Driver gets four parking tickets after disabled bay painted around his car while he was on holiday

Croydon Council apologised to the vehicle owner who discovered the parking notices as he returned from holiday

The Independent UK

Taylor Swift ‘flies 3,500 miles in secret’ to film music video in Croydon shopping centre

The global superstar, 35, is said to have travelled from New Jersey to Hampshire by private jet last weekend for the top-secret shoot

Evening Standard

New Wetherspoon pub set to open in south London next month

Coombe Lodge was previously used as a Beefeater before the eatery closed its doors in September

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London’s unhealthiest high streets revealed with seven among worst in Britain

Communities named face higher risks of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, experts say

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Covid denier convicted of terror charge after calling for 'pandemic uprising' with AK-47s and petrol bombs

Paul Martin, of Croydon in London, admitted having a stun gun but denied the other two charges against him

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'Smelly' corner of south London could be transformed with new public park

The plans would see the first new public park built in central Croydon in years

The Independent UK

Misconduct proven for Met officer who called bus passenger ‘daft cow’

Footage of the incident went viral on social media.

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Met officer who wrongly arrested woman for bus fare evasion keeps his job

Perry Lathwood, 51, had a conviction of assault over the incident overturned

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Covid denier encouraged ‘serious violence’ during pandemic, court told

Paul Martin, of Suffolk Road, Croydon, has admitted having a stun gun but denied the other two charges against him.

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Knifeman who stabbed Croydon tram passenger eight times in ‘horror’ attack handed hospital order

Andrew Mullings’ victim lucky to ‘escape with his life’ police said

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Calling a colleague a 'nutter' could be workplace harassment, judge rules

A Croydon employment tribunal heard about the bitter falling out at the Royal Mail centre

The Guardian - AU

‘Yeah, nah’: why the Victorian Liberal party has taken an unusual step in the search for future MPs

The state opposition is changing tack in a bid to attract stronger candidates for high stakes seats and avoid an election catastrophe

Evening Standard

‘Depraved’ paedophile posed as a teenage boy to sexually abuse thousands of kids on dark web

IT specialist Robert Chown, 49, incited youngsters to perform acts on camera from his Croydon home

The Guardian - UK

Labour plans to consult on use of live facial recognition before wider roll-out

Policing minister says government will ‘put some parameters’ around its deployment in England

Evening Standard

Met Police officer cleared of bus fare arrest ‘assault’ is facing the sack

PC Perry Lathwood successfully appealed against his conviction in a case Scotand Yard admits should never have gone to court

Evening Standard

Allders name returns to boost revival of Croydon town centre

Openings come 12 years after the traumatic closure of flagship department store once the third biggest in UK

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