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The Latest Breaking News from Croydon

Croydon fire LIVE: Sixty firefighters tackle large blaze at two-storey home

Eight fire engines have been sent to Addiscombe Road, where half of a two-storey house is alight

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Ted Craig obituary

Other lives: Artistic director of the Warehouse theatre, Croydon

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London council has £2million TfL funding frozen in furious row over controversial cycle lane

The council removed safety wands used to separate cyclists and motorists

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Investigation launched after death of man in cell in London custody suite

A 52-year-old man has died while in police custody in Croydon

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Shopkeepers support Croydon’s plans to tag repeat shoplifters

Persistent shoplifting in Croydon town centre has left retailers increasingly frustrated with the existing system, with some choosing not to report incidents to police

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London Shoplifters Could Be GPS-Tagged and Banned From Town Centres in Tough New Crackdown

Croydon Council is considering GPS ankle tags and exclusion zones for prolific London shoplifters after almost 4,800 thefts were reported in the town centre.

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Shoplifters set to be tagged and banned from London town centre

Croydon Council is proposing to fix persistent thieves with GPS trackers and exclude them from parts of the borough

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‘I was so self-assured in my early 20s. Then my frontal lobe hit’: Rachel Chinouriri, every pop star’s favourite UK pop star

She faced racist bullying as a child – then pigeonholing as an artist. Now following up a hit debut album championed by the A-list, the Croydon singer-songwriter says she finally understands who she really is

The Guardian - UK

Four London councils cover staff parking fines with taxpayers' cash

Councils in Hackney, Lewisham, Wandsworth and Croydon spent thousands on fines for their staff and contractors

Evening Standard

Met Police officer kept and shared graphic crime photos of murder victim

Former Detective Sergeant Jason Grafham was an exhibits officer for the murder of Sally Anne Bowman in Croydon in 2005

The Independent UK

Will a rollout of live facial recognition in Soho bust crime or destroy trust?

Chris Stokel-Walker asks whether the tech’s success in Croydon can be repeated in the heaving West End

Evening Standard

Costa del Croydon: Adult beach club coming to London rooftop

The ‘ultimate urban beach escape’ is returning to south London from August 7 to 31

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Full list of Coughlan bakeries closing after business part-owned by Romesh Ranganathan goes into liquidation

All the branches of the family-run business which are closing in London, Surrey, Kent and West Sussex

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Kneecap pay politically driven tribute to Trevor Dietz

The musicians took a moment during their show in Croydon to pay tribute to Dietz.

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Live facial recognition cameras to be installed in West End and Soho

A six-month pilot in Croydon, south London, led to 173 arrests, including one woman sought for over two decades

The Independent UK

Facial recognition cameras heading to London’s West End in bid to cut crime

The Met Police hailed a six-month pilot programme in Croydon as a success

Evening Standard

Croydon businessman brokered illegal arms deals to send ex-Soviet fighter jets to Africa war zones

David Greenhalgh and Greek national Christos Farmakis were found guilty of illegal arms deals worth tens of millions of pounds

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Met Police officer moves to Suffolk - and sues force over his commute

PC Paul Heard moved from south London to Suffolk, leading to a six-hour daily commute to his base in Croydon

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London Labour figures appear in court over 'plot to rig party candidate selection'

Joel Bodmer, Shila Bodmer, Carole Bonner and Gabriel Leroy charged after probe into Labour candidate selection process for Croydon East

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Met Police facial recognition cameras blitz nets 173 crime suspects in Croydon

Woman wanted for more than 20 years among 173 suspects arrested in south London trial

The Independent UK

Woman wanted for 22 years over assault arrested in live facial recognition trial

A total of 173 suspects were arrested for crimes including kidnapping and rape during the pilot in Croydon

Evening Standard

Local elections 2026: All the London results so far

Some 1,817 London council seats are up for grabs with mayoral races in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets

Evening Standard

London local elections: Which boroughs have mayors and who will win?

Residents in Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Croydon will cast their votes to appoint a mayor for their council

Evening Standard

London local elections 2026: All major party manifestos in Croydon Council

Croydon is one of the few boroughs in London where voters have two important choices to make on Thursday, May 7

The Guardian - UK

Scanned, tackled, arrested: how live facial recognition was piloted on the streets of Croydon

Police got several matches during trial in London borough, but where some see progress on crime, others see violation of privacy

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