Croydon news

• Police hunt Croydon man after teenager seriously injured in South Norwood hammer attack - Your Local Guardian

  22-03-2016 20:29
  Your Local Guardian
  Police hunt Croydon man after teenager seriously injured in South Norwood hammer attack
  Your Local Guardian
  The man police want to speak to in connection with the hammer attack in South Norwood. Pic credit: Metropolitan Police. Your Local Guardian: Photograph of the Author. Ellie Cambridge, Reporter - Surbiton + Chessington / / News. Share. 2 comments.
  

• Suspended head teacher leaves Broadmead Primary Academy in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  22-03-2016 18:57
  Croydon Advertiser
  Suspended head teacher leaves Broadmead Primary Academy in Croydon
  Croydon Advertiser
  Alex Lundie was removed from her position at Broadmead Primary Academy by REAch2 Academy Trust, which runs the school. She has now left the school permanently, according to a statement on its website. "After 9 years of service to the school and its ...
  

• What's on Easter 2016 in Sutton, Epsom and Croydon

  22-03-2016 18:40
  
  Keep the whole family entertained this half term at one of these events…
  
  Read more

• Suspended head teacher leaves Broadmead Primary Academy in...

  22-03-2016 18:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CROYDON head teacher suspended since November has left her school. Alex Lundie was removed from her position at Broadmead Primary Academy by REAch2 Academy Trust, which runs the school.She has now left the school permanently, according to a statement on its website. "After 9 years of service to the school and its community, Mrs Lundie leaves us to explore other opportunities in education."REAch2 Academy Trust acknowledges her years of dedication to, and support of, the children at...
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Councillors promise no library closures in Croydon as consultation over future of service begins - Croydon Advertiser

  22-03-2016 18:09
  Councillors promise no library closures in Croydon as consultation over future of service begins
  Croydon Advertiser
  Timothy Godfrey said there would be no library closures but Croydon's service might look more like the model adopted in... Council to launch public consultation on future of Croydon's... 1 · Funding for new Upper Norwood Library 'learning hub' but... 1 ...
  

• Ava Vidal takes the mic for Croydon Comedy Club - Croydon Advertiser

  22-03-2016 17:37
  Ava Vidal takes the mic for Croydon Comedy Club
  Croydon Advertiser
  SINCE leaving her job as a prison guard, comedian Ava Vidal has gone on to become a firm fixture on the comedy circuit and a familiar face on TV. While juggling stand-up with motherhood, having had her daughter at 18, she became the BBC New Comedy ...
  

• Councillors promise no library closures in Croydon as consultatio...

  22-03-2016 17:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A REVIEW of the future of Croydon's libraries will not involve any closures.That was the promise repeatedly made by Labour members during Monday's cabinet meeting.Croydon Council has launched a consultation about the future of the borough's 13 libraries including the possibility some will be run by community groups. Timothy Godfrey, cabinet member for culture, leisure and sport, said the survey was a "genuine chance to decide what a modern day library should be and how we should go about...
  
  Read more

• Boost for Crystal Palace as playmaker completes 60 minutes on comeback - Croydon Advertiser

  22-03-2016 17:30
  Croydon Advertiser
  Boost for Crystal Palace as playmaker completes 60 minutes on comeback
  Croydon Advertiser
  Crystal Palace attacking midfielder Jason Puncheon completed 60 minutes for the club's U21 development squad this afternoon. The 29-year-old had been out of action with a hamstring injury throughout February and recently came back into the squad for ...and more »
  

• Advertisement

• Croydon Council rejects FOI because it will 'damage reputation of schools and affect admissions' - Croydon Advertiser

  22-03-2016 16:29
  Croydon Advertiser
  Croydon Council rejects FOI because it will 'damage reputation of schools and affect admissions'
  Croydon Advertiser
  THE council has refused to reveal how it rates schools in Croydon because doing so will damage their reputation. The schools, all said by the council to require "rapid improvement", claimed they should not be identified because doing so would affect ...and more »
  

• Firefighters who battled blaze thought to have been started by...

  22-03-2016 16:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS have warned smokers to take extra care when stubbing out after two homes were damaged in a fire thought to have been started by a discarded cigarette last night.Crews from Purley, Addington and Croydon fire stations battled flames in Warlingham for more than two hours, with the second floors of two semi-detached houses damaged by the blaze.London Fire Brigade sent 21 firefighters to scene at 10.20pm, with flames under control by 12.45am.A spokesman said the fire is believed to have.
  
  Read more

• Croydon Council rejects FOI because it will 'damage reputation of...

  22-03-2016 14:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE council has refused to reveal how it rates schools in Croydon because doing so will damage their reputation.The schools, all said by the council to require "rapid improvement", claimed they should not be identified because doing so would affect admissions and, as a result, damage them financially.Freedom of information campaigners told the Advertiser there was an "overwhelming public interest" in school performance and questioned the grounds for withholding the data.A...
  
  Read more

• Mum of murdered Tia Sharp 'threatened to punch teacher who intervened in racist attack'

  22-03-2016 14:20
  
  Witness Philip Walters told Croydon Crown Court that Natalie Sharp warned she would hit him "in the f***ing face" following the row outside Lidl in Wallington.
  
  Read more

• FILM REVIEW: Disney's Zootropolis (PG) is the perfect movie for Easter weekend

  22-03-2016 13:20
  
  Disney's animated action adventure is the perfect Easter weekend movie.
  
  Read more

• Suspected dog poison in Croham Hurst Woods is actually wholemeal...

  22-03-2016 13:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  SUSPECTED dog poison in Croham Hurst Woods has been identified as wholemeal flour, the council said.Police and council officers investigated the woods after social media posts last week claimed a dog had been drugged or poisoned.But the council confirmed today suspicions appear to have been caused by mounds of a "white powder" spotted in the woods by a park user.When officers visited Croham Hurst to investigate they confirmed the powder is in actual fact wholemeal or granary flour,...
  
  Read more

• Council to triple number of years you have to live in Croydon...

  22-03-2016 12:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  ANYONE wanting a council house in Croydon will have to have lived in the borough for three years before they can go on the waiting list, under changes being proposed by the council.Croydon Council wants to increase the minimum required residency from one to three years to reduce pressure on the register so priority can be given to homeless families. It is part of the latest attempt by the council to reduce the number of families living in temporary and emergency accommodation - and the...
  
  Read more

• Crystal Palace star sympathetic to Pardew after 'killer' Leicester blow - Croydon Guardian

  22-03-2016 12:10
  Croydon Guardian
  Crystal Palace star sympathetic to Pardew after 'killer' Leicester blow
  Croydon Guardian
  Wayne Hennessey was sympathetic to Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew after his side slipped to their 13th game without a league win against Leicester City on Saturday. A Riyad Mahrez goal in the 34th minute was enough to deliver Palace's ninth defeat ...and more »
  

• Credit union boss says Croydon taxpayers' money will be 'looked after' following £100k council loan - Croydon Advertiser

  22-03-2016 10:05
  Credit union boss says Croydon taxpayers' money will be 'looked after' following £100k council loan
  Croydon Advertiser
  THE head of a credit union backed with a £100,000 loan from Croydon Council insists taxpayers' money will be "looked after". Reverend Andrew Wakefield, chairman of the newly named Croydon Plus, was questioned about the agreement at a cabinet ...
  

• Police hunt Croydon man after teenager seriously injured in South Norwood hammer attack

  22-03-2016 09:25
  
  The boy attacked in South Norwood with a hammer spent more than a month in hospital being treated, the other was not seriously hurt.
  
  Read more

• Credit union boss says Croydon taxpayers' money will be 'looked...

  22-03-2016 09:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE head of a credit union backed with a £100,000 loan from Croydon Council insists taxpayers' money will be "looked after".Reverend Andrew Wakefield, chairman of the newly named Croydon Plus, was questioned about the agreement at a cabinet meeting on Monday.The council believes the credit union will become a viable alternative to payday loans companies for residents on low incomes.It provided the loan to help Croydon Plus prove to the Bank of England, the regulator, that it is...
  
  Read more

• CCTV appeal after 'vicious' Boxing Day hammer attack leaves teen...

  22-03-2016 08:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE investigating a "vicious" hammer attack on two 16-year-olds in South Norwood have appealed for help to identify this man wanted in connection with the assault.One of the youngsters was hit in the face with the hammer and suffered serious head injuries during the attack, at an address in Howard Road on Boxing Day last year.He spent more than a month in hospital being treated, the Met said. The other victim was not seriously injuried.The suspect is described as black, of medium...
  
  Read more

• Weather: Spring has sprung, for a few days

  22-03-2016 08:17
  
  Now that we have officially moved in to Spring the weather will follow suit and stay warm(ish) for the beginning of this week, before reportedly becoming more unsettled over the Easter weekend.
  
  Read more

• Firefighters move back home to new state-of-the-art Purley fire station

  22-03-2016 06:00
  
  The new station includes state-of-the-art facilities such two larger engine bays, a four-storey training tower, lecture rooms and a gym.
  
  Read more

Follow @CroydonUK_News on Twitter!