Steven Downes

TV chef’s Jamaican menu is ride on the Windrush line away Caribbean-style fine dining has returned to London, and is just a short train ride away, as PALOMA LACEY explains There is a risk that loyal Croydon residents are overlooking one of the great benef…

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Junkyard Choir, plus support, The Oval Tavern, Fri Mar 6 C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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Bookings open for Scherzo Strings music courses: Apr and Jul A D V E R T I S E M E N T For more information and to make your bookings, click here

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Brakspear brewers set to move in to former pub The Store Brakspear, the traditional brewers and country inn operators, are to open a pub in Croydon. Henley-based Brakspear, who trace their company’s history back to 1769, have taken on the abandoned…

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Gertrude Massey’s masterstrokes showed Royalty in best light CROYDON CHRONICLES: A prize-winner at Croydon School of Art went on to become one of the most sought-after portrait artists in Edwardian London, and taught Evelyn Waugh and the Wizard of Oz’s…

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Croydon Bach Choir Magnificats, St Matthew’s, Mar 21 C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for ticket bookings and more information

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Indoor Boot Sale, St Paul’s Church Hall, South Croydon, Mar 7 C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T

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Schools and parents on alert for next week’s ‘Croydon Wars’ Police and community groups are preparing for a week of “Croydon Wars”, after children aged as young as 12 have been encouraged on social media to take weapons with them to a series of …

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1 dead, 3 stabbed, 7 arrested after Valentine’s at Valley Park A 22-year-old man yesterday died in hospital from stab wounds suffered in an affray in Valley Retail Park the early hours of the morning of February 15, which saw two other men require hospital tre…

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Kent Gate Way closure compounds New Addington tram misery A perfect storm of road works and diversions at the Kent Gate Way near Addington Village, the closure of the tram network from East Croydon to New Addington with an inadequate bus replacement servi…

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What it’s really like trying to get to work from New Addington Getting to or from New Addington by public transport has become a nightmare journey in the past week, due to the latest tram closures coinciding with road works. Reporter GIANELLA A BASILE has to m…

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Budget-buster Perry hires another six-figure salaried ‘interim’ KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the latest £150,000 per year staff signing by Croydon’s bankrupt council Jason Perry, Croydon’s £84,000 per year executive Mayor who has closed four …

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Police name fatal stabbing victim as 22-year-old Lorik Abazi Scotland Yard this morning named the victim of the fatal stabbing in an affray at Valley Retail Park in the early hours of Sunday morning as 22-year-old Lorik Abazi, from Croydon. Abazi was one of …

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Lobbyist hired by thinktank accused of investigating Guardian reporter Author of report for Labour Together on Sunday Times journalists allegedly examined investigations correspondent

From @michaelsavage.bsky.social following Sunday Times story today.

Women are boxing clever to punch through the glass ceiling It’s Victorian London, 1869. At the Angel Amphitheatre, four women are preparing for the battle of their lives. Polly Stokes has always been a fighter, ever since she was abandoned on a doors…

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Charity Quiz Night, St Peter’s Hall, South Croydon, Feb 28 C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For tickets, email events@soutcroydonbenefice.or.uk

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Book now for Pizza and Red Wine Night at The Builder’s Arms A D V E R T I S E M E N T LAST FEW PLACES REMAINING: Click here for South London Wine School’s booking page and links to their other events

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Schools and parents on alert for next week’s ‘Croydon Wars’ Police and community groups are preparing for a week of “Croydon Wars”, after children aged as young as 12 have been encouraged on social media to take weapons with them to a series of …

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Campaign ‘delight’ as developers’ Glamorgan appeal is refused Addiscombe residents are celebrating the Planning Inspector’s decision to refuse an appeal brought by developers who want to demolish the Glamorgan pub on Cherry Orchard Road. The appeal was …

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Bromley man charged with Valley Park murder of Lorik Abazi A man has appeared at Bromley Magistrates Court charged with the murder of Lorik Abazi in the mass affray at Valley Retail Park in the early hours of Sunday morning. Ellis Anim-Annor, 28, of Belgra…

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It's right at the bottom of the story, but important to note as Simons's entire claim rests upon allegation of material being hacked, not leaked: "Holden recently showed the Guardian his source materials, which indicate the story was based on files leaked from the Labour party by whistleblowers."

Although there have been examples of Labour Party members - including some who are election candidates - handing hacked, stolen data to members of Labour Together and party HQ under David Evans. LP refused to hand over hacked files to police

So..... how's YOUR week going so far?

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Murder trial hears how Mitchell was shot at point-blank range An Old Bailey jury yesterday heard how father-of-three Leroy Mitchell was shot in the head at point-blank range in an “act of petty revenge”. Mitchell was 35 when he was killed at a sil…

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Mandelson’s advisory firm Global Counsel to go into administration Collapse follows revelations about former peer’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

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She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

Ham&High CHILD SENT HOME WITH WRONG NANNY.

The most Hampstead news story ever written.