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  • Council forecasts £4.2m overspend

    Croydon Council has forecast a £4.2million overspend for this year. The figures were discussed at Monday evening's cabinet committee meeting. The potential overspend was detailed in a financial management report, which was delivered to cabinet members

  • Have your say on healthy school dinners

    Parents and teachers welcomed the introduction of new standards designed to make school dinners healthier at a sampling session. The School Food Trust (SFT), set up in September 2005 with funding from the Department for Education and Skills (DfES), held

  • Bowman’s tragic anniversary

    Friends and family of Sally Anne Bowman gathered around her grave on Monday to celebrate what would have been her 19th birthday. In an emotional setting, grieving mum Linda was joined by Sally Anne's three sisters, her boyfriend Lewis Sproston and friends

  • Council sold off my car

    A council blunder meant a Croydon man had his car towed away and sold at auction. Suseelan Damodaran was on holiday when his 2004 Ford Focus was taken from outside his Purley home by the council. When he returned he discovered that not only had it been

  • Explosion prevented as stable fire is brought under control

    Fire crews managed to avoid an explosion when a fire started in a stable in Coulsdon on Sunday. Four fire engines and around 20 firefighters from crews in Purley and the surrounding area were called to the blaze at the stable in Richland Avenue just

  • Museum is finally set to re-open

    A rosary used by Derek Bentley - the last person to be hanged in Britain - will be among exhibits at the newly refurbished Croydon Museum when it finally opens next week, more than 18 months behind schedule. Following a £1million overhaul the Croydon