Man, 42, in court charged with raping child in New Addington
A MAN has been charged with raping a child at an address in New Addington.Alex Kwame Baah, 42, is accused of eight counts of rape relating to the same girl between January 2008 and August 2013. The...
View ArticleMagistrate brands man 'pathetic' for punching and kicking woman in row over...
A MAN has been given a curfew and branded "pathetic" for attacking a woman in a row over hair straighteners.Ross Young, 21, pulled Sharon Hersey to the floor by her t-shirt and punched her in the head...
View ArticleFAN VIEW: Crystal Palace vs Burnley felt like a Championship fixture, not the...
COLUMNIST and Crystal Palace fan ZOE MESSENBIRD was underwhelmed by the display against Burnley, and fears a season of struggle lies ahead...HAVING missed the first couple of games this season,...
View ArticleNo disabled access at South Croydon railway station prompts company to offer...
A TRAIN company has offered passengers with mobility problems living near South Croydon railway station free taxis to the closest station with disabled access.South Croydon station, on Blunt Road, has...
View ArticleCroydon nursery criticised over rat traps given much-improved Ofsted rating
A NURSERY criticised for allegedly leaving rat traps in reach of children has been given a much-improved rating by Ofsted.Blossoms Day Nursery, in Waddon, was judged to be "inadequate" - the lowest...
View ArticleMan, 32, seeks 'Croydon girl of his dreams' after bonding over Game of...
AN ESSEX boy who lives in New York is trying to find the Croydon girl of his dreams he met fleetingly in Ibiza.Tom Gibb, 32, met a girl called Roshi while on holiday in Ibiza on Sunday, August 31 and...
View ArticleCannabis factory found in a house on Hayes Lane, Kenley
POLICE found around 500 cannabis plants in a factory set up in a Kenley house two weeks ago.They were called to a detached house on Hayes Lane in the afternoon of September 1 after a gas engineer...
View ArticleFormer Crystal Palace boss linked to boyhood club as Cardiff hold crisis...
Former Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis could be a major contender to take over at Cardiff City. The 56-year-old has been tipped to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following a poor start to their...
View ArticleMichael Hunt trial: South Norwood man known as 'Irish Mick' was murdered over...
A MAN found naked in a skip in South Norwood was punched and kicked to death by two people he knew over "a minor disagreement", a court heard.Father-of-three Michael Hunt, 37, was discovered in a...
View ArticleCrystal Palace boss: There are managers I don't like but there must be respect
CRYSTAL Palace boss Neil Warnock says all managers have to respect each other even though he admits there are some he's come across in his career he isn't keen on. The Eagles manager has never been one...
View ArticleCroydon burglary: Are these your missing holiday snaps?
ARE these your holiday snaps?Police are looking to trace this couple after officers discovered holiday photos of them on a stolen memory card.This followed the arrest of a 53-year-old man - described...
View ArticleCrystal Palace boss moves to bring in Ronnie Jepson and gives striker injury...
CRYSTAL Palace boss Neil Warnock has confirmed he has taken on Ronnie Jepson to be part of his backroom staff. The 51-year-old has been earmarked for the last two weeks as someone to come in and help...
View ArticleConservatives release joint election manifesto for Croydon, but how much of a...
CHRIS Philp was teased on Twitter earlier this week when he misspelled Vidhi Mohan's name while promoting the joint manifesto they have released alongside Gavin Barwell ahead of next May's general...
View ArticleCrystal Palace star: We were lucky with injuries and suspensions last season
CRYSTAL Palace defender Damien Delaney says the Eagles may have counted themselves lucky in the final third of last season with injuries and suspensions. The 33-year-old is now part of a big squad at...
View ArticleLightning to strike twice for Crystal Palace at Everton is 600/1 with Bet Victor
THERE were many outstanding Crystal Palace performances and results under Tony Pulis but I wonder if his side ever played as well as they did at Goodison Park back in April when they outclassed an...
View ArticleFamily aims to raise £80,000 so that New Addington schoolboy can walk unaided
EARLIER this year people from across the world helped pay for life-changing surgery for a disabled child in New Addington.Now another family on the estate have launched a fundraising campaign of their...
View ArticleCommunity unites in grief after death of Croydon teenager
A "ONE in a million" girl who died in an accident on holiday less than ten days after turning 18 has been given a huge community send-off.Shannon O'Dwyer, of Delamare Crescent, Shirley, died on the...
View ArticleFAN VIEW: Crystal Palace must ring in the New Year by bringing back Glenn Murray
DAN GIBBS explains why he hopes we haven't seen the last of Glenn Murray in the red and blue stripes of Crystal Palace...SCORING goals for Reading.. Glenn Murray. If you just sung that tune in your...
View ArticleCrystal Palace trio set for loan moves
CRYSTAL Palace boss Neil Warnock has confirmed that three of the club's youngsters look set for loan moves to Football League clubs. However, the manager insists he will only let them leave if they are...
View ArticleCar flips on to its roof in Thornton Heath crash
A CAR has flipped on to its roof during a crash in a side street in Thornton Heath. The silver vehicle turned over and hit several cars parked outside homes in Headcorn Road at around 5.30pm today...
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