The Latest Breaking News from Croydon

Process in Croydon East, which was suspended last year after suspected data breach, resumed last week

A 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of 15-year-old Elianne Andam in Croydon on September 27 last year but denied murdering her.

I was born in a place called Purley, in the far reaches of South London. It’s a reasonably affluent, leafy part of Croydon, where the actor Bill Nighy went to school and where members of the Kray family disappeared after their empire gave way. 

Local authorities are thinking of plugging budget shortfalls by raising millions selling off public assets

The blunder may have impacted 3138 PCNs given out between mid-October and the start of December 2023, according to the borough’s mayor

The Croydon-born catwalk star was determined to make her milestone birthday 'a night to remember'

Ask Londoners what they know about Croydon and here’s what they definitely won’t say: Croydon has white cliffs (who knew?); it was originally a centre for saffron cultivation (who cares?); Charlie Chaplin was once kidnapped at Croydon Airport (the weirdest thing here is that Croydon used to have an airport).…

Pc Perry Lathwood, 49, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on February 14

One pupil was taken to hospital with a head injury