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Digger Steve's grave career

Friday, July 09, 2010

GRAVEDIGGER Steve Buttle is hanging up his spade for good next week after 43 years working in Croydon's cemeteries. Over the years Steve has become...

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Dedicated leader of Scouts dies after illness

Friday, July 09, 2010

A POPULAR grandfather who dedicated his life to helping the Scouts has passed away. Arthur "Bunny" Jenkins, 90, died on June 30 after a short battle...

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Primary education will be expanded

Friday, July 09, 2010

A NEW strategy has been drawn up for meeting the future needs of primary school children. Tim Pollard, the council's cabinet member for children,...

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Clean team bring brook back to life

Friday, July 09, 2010

A PRAM and a bag of discarded cutlery were among the finds when volunteers cleaned a brook which runs through the north of Croydon. Members of the...

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Football match to honour pub killing victim

Friday, July 09, 2010

COLLEAGUES of a man who was shot dead in a Thornton Heath pub on New Year's Day are holding a football match in his memory. Staff from Amicus Horizon,...

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School is still outstanding

Friday, July 09, 2010

A SCHOOL in Thornton Heath is celebrating after gaining its second "outstanding" Ofsted report in a row. Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise...

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Pensioner is robbed

Friday, July 09, 2010

POLICE are searching for two men who attacked and robbed a pensioner. The elderly woman, in her 70s, was walking along Wharfedale Gardens, in Thornton...

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VISITORS

Friday, July 09, 2010

THE number of visitors to Croydon libraries in the 2009/10 financial year: 1: Croydon Central: 1,036,872 2: Selsdon: 143,214 3: Norbury: 104,599 4:...

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Former Croydon Athletic chairman jailed after stealing fortune to run club

Thursday, July 08, 2010

CROYDON Athletic's former chairman, who stole more than £500,000 from his bosses to prop up the team, was jailed for three years today (Thursday)...

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Croydon's first ever polyclinic opens its doors to patients

Friday, July 02, 2010

THE borough's first ever polyclinic opens today (Friday), with the expectation that at least 30,000 patients will use it in its first year.

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MODERN VIBE: Primary care practitioner Dianne Lambert in the new polyclinic

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