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Government sends team to 'take control' of London council amid financial crisis

Four commissioners will be given sweeping powers over London borough as minister warns financial position ‘deteriorating rapidly’

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Lionesses and Oasis boosting long summer of hope in London, says National Lottery

Neil Trotter, from Croydon, backs feel-good spirit that once bagged him £108 million on EuroMillions

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Met officers cleared over death of homeless man who swallowed cocaine at Croydon police station

Mikias Tekeste, 30, deliberately concealed his actions that led to tragedy, gross misconduct panel finds

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Croydon warehouse fire: 80 firefighters battle huge blaze as area locked down

The fire was brought under control at 10.50am

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Stormzy and Zaha’s football club blasts Croydon Council over pitch takeover and fly-tipping crisis

The club has now been forced to cancel a junior football event scheduled for this weekend due to security fears

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Predator who raped schoolgirl, 13, in an alleyway near Croydon shopping centre is jailed

Sorosh Amini, 21, fled his home after attack but was tracked to Liverpool five days later

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Man, 41, shot dead in Croydon was attending funeral wake, police reveal

Costco shoppers fled as Anthony Morrison, 41, attacked in Imperial Way just after 5pm on last Thursday

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Two people arrested after 41-year-old man shot dead near Costco superstore in Croydon

Two people have been arrested after a 41-year-old man was shot dead in south London.

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Hundreds of 'slum-like' homes still infested with damp and mould despite London council coming out of special measures

Exclusive: More than 800 properties in Croydon with excess moisture or fungi issues have not been fixed, four years after Regina Road scandal that shocked the nation

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Man in 40s shot dead near Costco superstore in Croydon

A TikTok video taken outside appears to show the immediate aftermath of the shooting in Imperial Way

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Tributes to pregnant Croydon woman and her husband in Air India crash

Vaibhav Patel and his wife Jinal Goswami had travelled to India for their baby shower

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Government set to intervene in Croydon council as report warns of ‘financial crisis’

Commissioners likely to run council, which report says is ‘heading for effective bankruptcy’ for fourth time since 2020

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Man charged after woman stabbed to death in Croydon

Simon Hinsta Ghebremedhin charged with murder of Marjama Osman

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Woman, 26, killed in Croydon flat stabbing named by police as second man arrested

Marjama Osman assaulted inside an address before going into the street where she collapsed in Frith Road on Saturday

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London council tenant: 'I've been bitten alive by fleas and left with scabies - now I have to wear a hazmat suit'

Residents in Renown Close, West Croydon, have been told to avoid a flea-infested communal area

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Elderly man dies after fire rips through Croydon home

A 77-year-old man found on the staircase was pronounced dead at the scene

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'Persistent smell of decay': Bins go uncollected for seven weeks in London borough amid refuse contract problems

Streets left overflowing with rubbish following launch of a new eight-year waste contract between local council and Veolia Waste Management

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Woman wins £30,000 compensation for being compared to Darth Vader

Croydon employment tribunal rules NHS worker Lorna Rooke suffered workplace ‘detriment’

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Amy Johnson’s historic Australia flight to be celebrated on 95th anniversary

She began her journey to become the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia at Croydon airport, south London on May 5 1930.

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Croydon sees 111% more A&E visits for toddlers than London average

National statistics show that one in three children (32 per cent) have suffered an accident or injury in playgrounds

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Croydon pair jailed for life after knifing man 13 times before heading to pub

The Old Bailey heard David Walcott, 35, and Rammon Mali, 33, had set out with knives in a premediated attack on Rijkaard Siafa, 22.

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Man, 57, charged with murder of woman, 58, 'he knew' at Croydon home, Scotland Yard confirm

Earlston Bennet, 57, will appear at Croydon Magistrates’ Court over the death of Sarah Reynolds, 58

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Police arrest man, 57, after woman found dead at home in Croydon

Female victim, 58, discovered unresponsive at residential property in Towpath Way at 5am on Saturday

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Croydon Council takes controversial vape shop owner to court for blocking pavement with cargo

The shop has become a focal point for concerns over anti-social behaviour in the area

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Two young men jailed for life after luring ex-friend to his death in Croydon knife ambush

Keahn Williams, 20, of Coulsdon, and Kai Nelson-Palmer, 17, of Croydon, were both found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering Lucas Sutton

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