Four people have been charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of a teenager in Prentis Road, Streatham on Thursday. The Met said, although formal identification is yet to take place, the family of the deceased has been informed and he has been named as 17-year-old Denardo Samuels-Brooks.
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A company that sold knives to a child has been told to pay £25,000 in fines and costs following a court case brought by Croydon Council Trading Standards. The case against Daventry-based company Extreme GB LTD was the 17th and final in a three-year Croydon-led nationwide clampdown on knife sales to children which was backed by the Home Office and National Trading Standards.
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A top south-west London doctor is urging people to get their second vaccination as soon as possible, with the number of Covid-19 cases starting to rise. Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park ground and Harlequins’ Twickenham stadium are among the places residents can get their second jabs in Croydon, Merton, Sutton and Kingston.
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The driver of a tram that overturned at Sandilands Junction killing seven people was heard saying “look what I’ve done, I’ve killed them” by a police officer as he climbed out of the wreckage, an inquest has heard. At an inquest into the deaths on November 9, 2016, Scott Matthewson, a lawyer for the coroner, questioned Gary Richardson, detective superintendent for British Transport Police.
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Coronavirus rates in Croydon have started to creep up and now more than 20 Covid-19 patients are being treated at the borough’s only hospital. Croydon University Hospital is currently treating 25 coronavirus patients, of varying ages from their 30s to 90s.
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The full closure of five Croydon libraries has been ruled out but campaigners are concerned alternatives could lead to a ‘postcode lottery’ in the borough. As the council faces a financial crisis it originally proposed closing South Norwood, Broad Green, Bradmore Green, Sanderstead and Shirley libraries to save just £500,000 a year.
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Croydon could end up being represented by four MPs – an increase from the current three – if changes to constituencies go ahead. This week the Boundary Commission for England (BCE) published initial proposals for new constituency boundaries and opened an eight-week consultation period.
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After six months of back and forth, Croydon Council has decided it will go ahead with an ‘experimental order’ that will restrict traffic through a number of roads in Crystal Palace and South Norwood. Last year a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) was introduced in the area, with planters stopping through-traffic on Fox Hill, Stambourne Way and Sylvan Way as well as a bus gate in Auckland Road.
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15 years after coming to the UK as a child refugee, Adam Yasir has taken to the road in a campervan to provide support to children in care. Adam, who now lives in Thornton Heath, was just 15-years-old when he fled Sudan alone for a safer life in England.
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As the sun shines in Croydon, drinkers and diners have been making full use of a new outdoor seating area put in place last week. The pedestrianised area of the High Street has been transformed by Croydon BID to encourage more people to get back to the town centre.
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One of the UK’s oldest and largest charities for people with neuro-disabilities, has launched an ice-cube challenge to raise much-needed funds lost during lockdown. The British Home’s ‘Ice Cube Challenge’, a social media campaign to raise awareness and funds from Sunday, with a target goal of £500,000.
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