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Pictured is Shannon Day, a prison officer accused of plotting to smuggle drugs into HMP Brixton

Prison officer allegedly plotted to smuggle drugs and phones into HMP Brixton

Channel: UK UK December 16, 2025 By William Hallowell
Play Video Pictured is the moment a traffic warden fines a driver for allegedly parking in the disabled bay added to a residential area in Croydon when his car was already parked there

Workers 'paint disabled bay around man's car' before it's given fines by parking warden

Channel: UK UK December 5, 2025 By William Hallowell
Food from Dave's Hot Chicken, including sliders, Mac & Cheese and chicken tenders

'Unreal' US fast food chain is opening brand new site in London

Channel: Food Food December 4, 2025 By Courtney Pochin
An emergency response Metropolitan Police (the Met) estate car is parked on the street

Police officer told pensioner 'I pay your wages' after pushing him over small wall

Channel: UK UK November 20, 2025 By William Hallowell
Shops on the ground floor of apartment buildings on a street with trees lining the other side in New Addington, under a blue sky.

'Run-down' London area voted most depressing to get £20,000,000 upgrade

Channel: Property Property November 13, 2025 By Metro Lifestyle reporter
Aerial drone view of the Cane Hill area in Coulsdon, UK, with new houses and parklands.

Victorian asylum in 'peaceful' south London town to be turned into flats

Channel: Property Property November 1, 2025 By Metro Lifestyle reporter
Croydon One tower above the tram station under a blue sky.

London's iconic '50p building' to be transformed into 250 flats

Channel: Property Property October 16, 2025 By Metro Lifestyle reporter
Close-up picture of a young man with short brown hair

Concerns raised after missing man last seen on London Blackfriars Bridge

Channel: UK UK October 4, 2025 By Sarah Ping
A 1950s plane on display outside of the closed Croydon Airport, now a visitor centre, on a bright day in London.

Inside the London airport abandoned 67 years ago that you can visit monthly

Channel: Travel Travel October 4, 2025 By Faima Bakar

Is the Croydon cat killer back? The gruesome incidents that hint 'he never went away'

Channel: UK UK August 29, 2025 By Brooke Davies
The Metropolitan Police deploying the use of live facial recognition technology in Croydon, south London. The Met use the technology to tackle crime and identify offenders, helping officers to target those wanted for causing serious violence. Picture date: Friday February 9, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLICE FacialRecognition. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Facial recognition cameras doubled in London despite 'dystopian' warning

Channel: UK UK July 31, 2025 By Brooke Davies
A Croydon lollipop man named Robert standing with his lollipop stop and go sign outside Cyprus Primary School in Croydon, south London.

Cherished lollipop men and women vanish from Croydon after council wields the axe

Channel: UK UK July 18, 2025 By Noora Mykkanen
Britain's High Streets Face Worst Recession in a Generation

The 'trendy' suburb Londoners are flocking to — while it's still affordable

Channel: Property Property May 21, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

First picture of woman found dead in south London house

Channel: UK UK April 15, 2025 By Danny Rigg

Ex-Argos worker burst into warehouse and stabbed five former colleagues

Channel: UK UK March 25, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Rows of residential property sit in the Thornton Heath neighbourhood of London, U.K., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The fastest-rising neighborhood in London's property market isn't posh Knightsbridge or hip Shoreditch, it's Thornton Heath, an unglamorous suburb of commuter-town Croydon that's almost nine miles (14 kilometers) from Buckingham Palace. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The 'bustling' suburb Londoners are flocking to — while it's still affordable

Channel: Property Property May 17, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
selective hand startup working with pen and paper on working space

The fastest growing UK regions for startups revealed - and the results might surprise you

Channel: Tech Tech February 5, 2025 By Jen Mills
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My son's a murderer but he's not evil - he had an autistic meltdown

Channel: UK UK February 5, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Rows of residential property sit in the Thornton Heath neighbourhood of London, U.K., on Friday, Aug. 28, 2015. The fastest-rising neighborhood in London's property market isn't posh Knightsbridge or hip Shoreditch, it's Thornton Heath, an unglamorous suburb of commuter-town Croydon that's almost nine miles (14 kilometers) from Buckingham Palace. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Londoners are flocking to this ‘bustling’ neighbourhood 10 miles from the centre

Channel: Property Property February 16, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Multi-colored vibrant row of terraced houses in Notting Hill, London, UK

The London neighbourhoods 'on the up' in 2025 revealed

Channel: Property Property January 26, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce

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