Croydon Council, where failed Mayor Jason Perry has claimed there is “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers and, by extension, fly-posters, has failed to take any action against the various flags hoisted without permission on some of the borough’s streets. Yet neighbouring …Continue reading→

Sutton High Street music venue back in business after public donated more than £40,000 Tonight, just seven days after a “terrifying” and “devastating” vandalism attack against the Sound Lounge on Sutton High Street, the venue is primed to re-open, following …Continue reading→

The two men found guilty of the 2023 manslaughter of Justin Henry were yesterday sentenced to a total of more than 28 years in jail. Following the conclusion of the court case, the Metropolitan Police released additional materials connected to …Continue reading→

Crowdfunder raises four-times its target for repairs to the venue following late-night attack by vandals Sutton High Street suffered its own version of a Kristallnacht on Friday night, when music venue and social hub the Sound Lounge had all the …Continue reading→

Activists from Croydon and neighbouring south London boroughs were among the hundreds of futile arrests made by the Metropolitan Police at Westminster on Saturday, acting on the orders of the Labour government to suppress free speech while real crimes were …Continue reading→

A Conservative councillor in New Addington has said that Union flags that have been placed along Central Parade without proper permission “look great”, and he has posted on social media that the council will not remove the flags unless they …Continue reading→

The Metropolitan Police has made further arrests in the investigation into the murder of Leroy Mitchell at a silent disco in South Croydon in 2021. Issa Souleman, 28, of Achilles Street, SE14, and Kwabena Ofori, 28, were charged on August …Continue reading→

PERRY’S PILES: For all the Mayor’s grandstanding on local television news, he has been completely ineffectual in getting rubbish contractors Veolia to do their job. By SANDRA STEAD, Town Hall reporter This is what “zero tolerance” looks like in Jason …Continue reading→

Croydon’s failed Mayor, Jason Perry, went on the telly last week boasting of “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers. Yet his council has refused to remove hundreds of St George cross flags that have been tethered illegally to lamp posts along Coulsdon …Continue reading→

Babah Sesay, the man who went on a “Rambo knife” rampage stabbing five people at a Beddington warehouse last January, will face 16 years behind bars. Sesay, 31, of Rodney Road, Southwark, was handed the sentence at Croydon Crown Court …Continue reading→

PERRY’S PILES: Council bosses accused of making Croydon’s fly-tipping crisis worse with their ‘banded’ collection system. ‘The council has completely lost control,’ says one campaigner. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has given up …Continue reading→

There were more attacks by dogs in Croydon than any other London borough, according to figures from the Metropolitan Police, who recorded close to 9,000 dog incidents across the capital in three years. In the year to March 2025, there …Continue reading→

EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Palace go into the new season having dispensed with the services of Invicta K9, the security firm which this website exposed as breaking the conditions of its operating licence with dog searches Crystal Palace fans arriving at Selhurst …Continue reading→

The Metropolitan Police has ruled out the possibility of deploying Live Facial Recognition cameras to deter crime and anti-social behaviour on Surrey Street, Croydon’s ancient street market in the town centre. Some traders say that they were told last week …Continue reading→

The memorial mural and bench installed outside the Whitgift Centre last year, on the first anniversary of the death of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam, have been removed. Sources suggest that this is to save them from any possible damage during …Continue reading→

Croydon’s dismal reputation for clearing up fly-tips around the borough leaves residents defenceless against criminal gangs dumping on the streets in an industrial scale  Having presided over council contractors dumping hundreds of books on the street in Broad Green last …Continue reading→

Two men have denied murdering Leroy Mitchell in a shooting at a silent disco in South Croydon in 2021. Mitchell, 35 years old and a father of three, was shot as he left the party on Birdhurst Road just before …Continue reading→

Scotland Yard is appealing for information following a jewellery heist in Bromley last December, when £500,000-worth of gold was stolen from a house on Bickley Road. The robbery took place on the evening of Monday, December 30, 2024. There have …Continue reading→

Croydon is among the 20 police stations in London listed to stay open, in controversial closure plans released yesterday by the Metropolitan Police. Sutton, Kingston and Brixton police front counters will also be kept open under the plans. But Wimbledon, …Continue reading→

Croydon Council’s propaganda department was busy this week. On Monday, they pumped out this cheery piece of social media, to big-up the great work they claim is being done on Croydon High Street and North End.

The man subjected to a brutal assault on North End on a Saturday morning earlier this month has died in hospital from his injuries. The attack took place in broad daylight, at around 9.15am on July 12, with police responding …Continue reading→

The police have arrested a man on suspicion of rape in South Norwood Rec on Sunday. In a statement issued yesterday, the Metropolitan Police said: “A 57-year-old man remains in police custody after he was arrested on Tuesday, July 22, …Continue reading→

A paedophile who raped and sexually assaulted a girl multiple times has been jailed for 19 years. At Harrow Crown Court on Friday, Zafar Hussain, 43, of Bramble Close in Upper Norwood, was sentenced to 19 years in prison, with …Continue reading→

Irfan Mohammed, the Lambeth councillor who was suspended by the Labour Party after a police arrest, was one of three men who appeared at Croydon Magistrates’ Court earlier this week charged with a series of offences in relation to an …Continue reading→

While Downing Street chief of staff Morgan McSweeney was conducting his latest purge in Westminster, back in his old stomping ground of Lambeth, a Labour councillor was suspended yesterday after being charged with a criminal offence. Irfan Mohammed has been …Continue reading→