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Smiley Culture helped recruit women to traffic drugs

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:44:57 +0000

Deceased reggae star Smiley Culture was instrumental in recruiting women from Croydon to traffic drugs for distribution in the UK, a court heard on Monday.

Reward offered on anniversary of Croydon murder

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:26:19 +0000

Police are offering a £20,000 reward for fresh information on the murder of Mark Corcoran, who was killed on Valentine’s Day two years ago.

Crystal Palace concert planned to repair riot damage

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:40:34 +0000

Communities from five London boroughs are being invited to a peace concert, which its organiser hope will repair some of the damage caused during the August riots.

Girls encouraged to swap old clothes at Croydon event

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:30:00 +0000

Teenage girls in Croydon are being encouraged to put the fun into recycling old clothes at a clothes swapping event.

Strictly star opens Croydon dance studio

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000

Strictly Come Dancing star Matthew Cutler and top dancer and instructor Enrico Stey will teach classes personally at a newly-opened Croydon studio.

Book revisits murder scenes through photos

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

A new book which looks at murders from the last 150 years and presents them through comparison photographs has been published.

Purley swimathon raises thousands

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:27:29 +0000

Hundreds of swimmers in Purley pushed themselves to the limit to collect more than £25,000 for charity.

Grants given to food growing groups in Croydon

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:40:00 +0000

Grants totalling £1870 have been handed to seven groups across the borough as part of the Capital Growth scheme’s Grow for Gold competition.

Croydon shopping centre evacuated

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:11:51 +0000

Too many chemicals in a toilet could have caused hundreds to be evacuated from a Croydon shopping centre.

Croydon man's guide of borough is tour de force

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:25:33 +0000

The organiser of tours around Croydon’s hotspots has been delighted by the national attention it has received.