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Martine Rose — the London designer giving the Lionesses a high fashion edge

The Croydon-born creative is on a mission to empower women footballers

Evening Standard

Tram operators fined £14m over Croydon disaster that claimed seven lives

Transport for London and Tram Operations Limited had pleaded guilty to failing in their health and safety duties.

The Independent UK

Croydon tram operator and TfL fined £14m over deadly 2016 crash

Both companies pleaded guilty to health and safety offences leading up to crash that killed seven people

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Widow of murdered Met sergeant ‘cannot forgive’ gunman who ‘ripped our lives apart’ as killer jailed for life

Louis De Zoysa was convicted of murder last month after gunning down Sgt Matt Ratana in Croydon in 2020

The Independent UK

TfL fined £10m over health and safety failings in lead up to Croydon tram disaster

Seven people were killed when the tram carrying 69 passengers derailed in 2016

Evening Standard

Tram operators fined £14 million over Croydon disaster that claimed seven lives

Transport for London (TfL) and Tram Operations Limited (TOL) have accepted failing in their health and safety duties.

The Independent UK

Tram operators ordered to pay nearly £500,000 in costs over Croydon disaster

Seven passengers were killed in the incident in November 2016.

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Probe launched as man, 30, dies in custody after being arrested by Met Police in Croydon

Watchdog to review CCTV from Croydon Custody Centre after man’s death

Evening Standard

Survivor tells of horror of Croydon tram crash that ‘should never have happened’

Seven passengers were killed and 21 more suffered serious injuries when the tram carrying 69 people derailed on November 9 2016.

The Independent UK

Croydon primary school fined £35,000 after boy severely burnt at carol concert

St Thomas Becket Catholic Primary School was found guilty of health and safety failings by a jury after nativity costume caught fire

Evening Standard

School fined £35,000 after boy, 7, accidentally set on FIRE during nativity play

The boy was wearing a costume made of cotton wool when another child tripped while holding a candle, accidentally setting the outfit on fire at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Croydon in 2019

Daily Mirror

Asda worker wins sex discrimination case after female colleague kneed him up the backside

Choon Seng Goh told an employment tribunal he was left "humiliated" by Asda colleague Mercy Asante during multiple incidents while they worked together in Croydon, south London

Daily Mirror

Stormzy’s latest hit? A takeover in Croydon

The rapper is part of a three-man consortium which also includes Crystal Palace star Wilfried Zaha

Evening Standard

‘Everyone’s excited’: AFC Croydon responds to new owners Stormzy and Zaha

Staff and supporters of Croydon Athletic share hopes for football club under new ownership

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The Independent UK

Handyman accused of killing elderly woman during burglary

Hugo Da Silva Pires allegedly overpowered Nelly Akomah, 76, in her home in Ladbrook Road, Croydon, south London.

The Independent UK

Stormzy set to become an owner of his childhood soccer club AFC Croydon

Stormzy is set to become an owner of English ninth-tier soccer club AFC Croydon

The Independent UK

Two charged after pensioner found dead

Hugo Da Silva Pires and Catia Feliciano were arrested at Stansted Airport on Friday, after the body of 76-year-old Nelly Akomah was found in Croydon.

Evening Standard

Two arrested at Stansted Airport after death of 76-year-old in Croydon

Nelly Akomah was found dead in her home following a suspected burglarly

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Brother of cop shot dead in custody suite accuses Met Police force of a cover-up

De Zoysa was still handcuffed when he shot Sgt Ratana at the Croydon custody block in South London, after being stopped and searched in nearby Norbury and found with seven rounds of ammunition

The Guardian - UK

‘A giant man with a giant heart’: murdered Croydon police officer Matt Ratana

Ratana’s colleagues say he was passionate about ensuring suspects were kept safe. Why Louis De Zoysa took out a gun and fired it may never be known

The Guardian - UK

Man guilty of murdering police custody sergeant in south London

Jury finds Louis De Zoysa shot Matt Ratana in Croydon with revolver he probably hid under armpit

Daily Mirror

Man guilty of murdering cop Matt Ratana with hidden antique gun at police station

Sgt Matt Ratana was just weeks from retirement when he was shot by Louis de Zoysa in a custody station in Croydon in September 2020

The Independent UK

Two arrested at airport after woman, 76, found dead at house

Nelly Akomah was found after a suspected burglary in Croydon, south London, on Wednesday morning.

Evening Standard

Two people arrested on suspicion of murdering Croydon pensioner Nelly Akomah

Man, 28, and woman, 31, in custody after arrests at Stansted Airport in early hours of Friday morning

The Independent UK

Police name elderly woman found dead in south London

Nelly Akomah, 76, was found fatally injured at a house in Ladbrook Road, Croydon, on Wednesday.

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