About Croydon

Croydon is a major town in Surrey, in South East England that is situated roughly 10 miles south of London. Its town centre offers compact and accessible shopping at the likes of the Whitgift Centre and Centrale which have all the major high street stores under cover as well as a range of leisure facilities and attractions such as Fairfield Halls Concert Hall, Warehouse Theatre and Croydon Clocktower Arts Centre. Ideally situated for commuters, Croydon boasts excellent road and rail access and is served by the main London- Brighton railway line as well as trams which regularly run to the capital and other destinations.

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Fatal flats blaze inquiry starts
Investigations begin into the cause of a tower block fire which left six people, including three children, dead.

First swine flu death in London
A 19-year-old London man with underlying health problems becomes the fourth person with swine flu to die in the UK.

Killer jailed after jeopardy case
A London man is jailed for life for killing his ex-girlfriend seven years after being cleared of the crime under the new jeopardy laws.

Outrage over parking 'vultures'
Residents are furious after a parking company "descended like vultures" on the first day of its contract and towed 20 cars.

Check on school places cheating
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has asked for an assessment of the problem of parents cheating to get school places.

Baby P council 'limited progress'
The council in the Baby P case has made only limited progress in improving children's social care, Ofsted inspectors say.

Olympics shopping centre on cue
Construction of a £1.45bn shopping centre next to the Olympic Park in east London reaches a formal milestone.

Second gunman in diner shooting
Police reveal a second gunman fired into a packed restaurant and say it is astonishing no-one died in the crossfire.

In pictures: Pride party politics
View more than a dozen images from 37 years of gay and lesbian Pride parades and festivals in the capital.

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