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Michael Fanning appointed interim nursing director at Croydon University...
AN interim director of nursing has been appointed at Croydon University Hospital. Michael Fanning joined Croydon Health Services (CHS) this week, replacing Zoe Packman who is moving to take up a...
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Shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher to visit New Addington to meet bus...
SHADOW transport secretary Michael Dugher is to visit New Addington today to meet residents concerned about changes to their bus route.The MP for Barnsley East will join Labour's prospective...
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Ben Haenow to perform at 8pm for Croydon town centre X Factor homecoming gig
BEN Haenow will perform at 8pm outside the Whitgift shopping centre on North End tonight for his X Factor homecoming gig.Heart FM will open the show at 7.30pm, before X Factor boss Simon Cowell comes...
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X Factor Ben Haenow's girlfriend: 'Ben cooks our Christmas dinner'
BEN Haenow's girlfriend has revealed he will be cooking Christmas dinner, whatever the outcome of the X Factor final this weekend.Jessica Jones, a 27-year-old dance teacher from Shirley, has been with...
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Croydon's Most Wanted: Police appeal for help to find absconders
CROYDON police have released a second batch of pictures of people they are hunting in the run up to Christmas.The eight people are all either wanted on recall to prison, or for having failed to appear...
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Man, 62, missing from Croydon University Hospital found safe and well
A 62-YEAR-OLD man who went missing from Croydon University Hospital on Saturday has been found, police have said.Bill Smith was reported missing from the hospital on Saturday and the Met launched an...
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Ben Haenow's teacher on the X Factor finalist's passion for music
BEN Haenow's school PE teacher remembers the X Factor finalist as a "dreamer" who always had a passion for music.And David Webb, who taught Ben at Edenham High School in Shirley, said Ben was one of...
View ArticleMissing man found found in Thornton Heath
A 62-year-old man who was reported missing after walking out of Croydon University Hospital in London Road, Thornton Heath on Saturday has been found safe and well. A police spokesman said that Bill...
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Croydon's Family Justice Centre to be downsized as council plans new...
CROYDON'S well-respected Family Justice Centre is to be downsized as the council changes the way it combats domestic and sexual violence.The centre provides vital advice and support to around 1,000...
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Croydon drug gang raids: Police arrest 14 suspects, seize cars and cash
POLICE have arrested 14 men, seized £10,000 cash and two high-end cars in a series of dawn raids to tackle gang-related drug dealing in the London Road area.The arrests came from 15 coordinated raids...
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James McArthur delighted with Palace performance
CRYSTAL Palace's midfield dynamo James McArthur was delighted with the Eagles' performance at White Hart Lane on Saturday but knows they should have won.The Scotsman was reunited with Mile Jedinak and...
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Crystal Palace Transfer Talk: Ruddy, Gomis and Bolasie
Crystal Palace are interested in bringing Norwich City goalkeeper John Ruddy, according to a number of reports. The custodian was involved with the England team when the Canaries were in the Premier...
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REVIEW: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Croydon's pantomime is funny and...
You know it's getting near Christmas in Croydon when a princely pop star battles an evil queen for a young girl's hand in marriage, while seven diminutive miners look on. Croydon's pantomime is up and...
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BREAKING: 'Number of walking wounded' after van collides with building in...
A VAN has collided with a building in South Croydon after hitting a lamp post, leaving a 'number of walking wounded'.Witnesses said the van had collided with Axis on Brighton Road, near Swan and...
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Upper Norwood pensioner cleared of historical buggery charge
A PENSIONER accused of involvement in the sickening rape of a young boy has been cleared by a jury.Arthur Blackman, 72, was charged with taking part in an attack more than 50 years ago – which involved...
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Campaigners pledge to fight closure of Purley swimming pool
PROTESTERS are gearing up for new campaign to save Purley swimming pool after the Labour council dropped bombshell news on Wednesday that it will close in April.Already Chris Philp, the Conservative...
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What was tribunal told about 'bullying' Croydon doctor Asif Qasim?
CROYDON Health Services says Dr Asif Qasim has no case to answer over allegations of bullying. Here is what the tribunal revealed:Dr Qasim and another consultant cardiologist physically restrained Dr...
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Plans to turn Croydon's Taberner House into flats revised to include more...
PLANS to pull down former council HQ Taberner House and replace it with flats have been revised to include more affordable homes and an expanded Queen's Gardens.Previous proposals to build 420 flats,...
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Man with links to New Addington wanted on recall to prison
POLICE are searching for a man with links to New Addington who failed to return to prison after breaching his licence conditions.Steven Keith Newark, 35, is wanted by officers from the East Surrey...
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High Court judge quashes Enfield's landlord licensing scheme as Croydon...
A HIGH court judge has thrown out a London council's attempt to introduce a licensing scheme for landlords similar to that being planned by Croydon Council.Enfield wanted to require landlords to sign...
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