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Arrest in Croydon after man, 46, stabbed to death near Spurs football stadium
Police have made a murder arrest after a man was fatally stabbed in the chest. Emergency services were called to Worcester Avenue, in Tottenham, at 5.50am on April 7 after a man was found unresponsive. On arrival they found 46-year-old Okechukwu
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Workers escape from fire that destroyed ground floor of derelict pub in Croydon
A fire has destroyed part of the ground floor of a derelict pub in Croydon today. Firefighters were called at 1.44pm today (Tuesday) to a fire at a derelict pub on St James' Road in Croydon. Part of the ground floor in the three storey property
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Paedophile, 87, who murdered south London schoolboy in 1968 dies in prison
A paedophile who murdered a 14-year-old schoolboy in 1968 has died in prison. Brian Field, 87, was jailed for life in 2001 for the murder of Kingston schoolboy Roy Tutill 33 years earlier. He was also linked to several other unsolved cases
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RECAP as fire destroys ground floor of derelict pub in Croydon
4:05pm End of live blog The fire is now under control. We will be ending our live blog here. Thanks for
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Body recovered from Thames during search for missing Surbiton man
A body has been found during the search for a missing man from Surbiton. On April 22, the body of a man was found in the River Thames. The body has not yet been formally identified but officers were searching the Thames Ditton Reach slipway
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Parents of girl killed in Wimbledon school crash live in ‘horror’ due to case delay
The parents of a girl killed when a Land Rover ploughed into her school have said they live in “horror” because of how long the police case is taking. Nuria Sajjad and fellow eight-year-old pupil Selena Lau died after the crash at The Study Prep
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Purley Scouts’ minibus ‘burnt out and stripped of all its parts’
A scout group in Purley has launched a fundraiser after its minibus "was stolen and destroyed". In late January 2024, 21st Purley (St Barnabas) Scouts’ minibus was reported to have been stolen from its headquarters at Baden-Powell HQ, St. Barnabus