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Secret CCTV cameras in homes to spy on neighbours

18.11.09
NEW: Hidden surveillance cameras are being installed in London homes for the first time to spy on neighbours... more

Balance between privacy and public safety

18.11.09
What is unusual about the Croydon scheme is that what is in effect random surveillance of the streets is being carried out covertly, instead of openly as with normal CCTV... more

Whitgift claim schools' rugby award

17.11.09
Schools' rugby: Whitgift's flying start to the season has won them the Standard's October School Team of the Month award... more

The family is the key to the solution

17.11.09
Today's unsettling revelation that children as young as 10 are regularly being stopped and searched by police in London raises questions in all directions - some of which need answering far outside the criminal justice system... more

Father of five charged over Night Stalker serial sex attacks on elderly

16.11.09
Man appears in court charged with a series of rapes and indecent assaults in south London dating back 19 years... more

Edward Woodward, star of Callan and The Equalizer, dies

16.11.09
Edward Woodward, whose acting roles took in everything from a government assassin to a puritanical policeman investigating the occult, died today aged 79... more

Unmissable fireworks displays in London

20.10.09
No matter what part of London you fancy visiting on Bonfire Night, there is a display to impress everyone.... more

Face of son quizzed over parents’ knife killings

02.10.09
This is the son being questioned over the double killing of his retired teacher parents... more

Son held over killing of his ex-headmaster father and mother

01.10.09
Latest: Son of a retired headmaster was being questioned by police after his parents were found stabbed to death in their south London home... more

BREAKING NEWS: Girl, 13, arrested with machine gun after raid on south London flat

22.07.09
13-year-old arrested after an automatic machine gun was seized at a south London flat... more

Pc 'attacked by shopping mob' over a piece of litter

15.07.09
Police constable told how he was attacked by a mob after asking a schoolgirl to pick up a burger wrapper... more

Fans use alarms and blackouts to see JLS

14.07.09
Fans will go to any lengths to catch a glimpse of their X Factor heroes JLS, even tampering with hotel fire alarms.... more

Paper clothes make news on Croydon catwalk

18.06.09
They are environmentally friendly, cheap and even come with a designer label. The latest innovation in the world of children's fashion is clothing made entirely from newspaper... more

Desperate search for marrow donor to save six-year-old Imogin

18.05.09
A girl aged six is facing a race against time to find a donor who could save her life... more

Riot officers called as 200 pupils brawl outside school

01.05.09
Six teenagers were arrested and two taken to hospital following a mass brawl involving 200 pupils outside a south London school... more

Tree rips roof off London bus

19.03.09
A bus driver was taken to hospital after her double decker hit a tree and its roof was torn off... more

Best friends hope that admissions lottery will keep them together

03.03.09
Two schoolfriends will today find out if they will be forced to go to different secondary schools... more

Girl, 3, sees father's bus stop murder

30.01.09
A man was fatally stabbed as he travelled with his three-year-old daughter to hospital where his wife had given birth hours earlier... more

Girl, 3, sees father's bus stop murder

30.01.09
A new father was stabbed to death in front of his three-year-old daughter at a south London bus stop... more

Teachers in five schools strike over academies

27.01.09
Thousands of children were sent home from school as teachers went on strike over plans to set up three privately sponsored academies... more

Teenage crush for JLS fans

09.12.08
Five teenage girls were injured in a stampede as a free show held by X Factor boy band JLS attracted nearly 3,000 fans.... more

TV bosses accused as girls rush to see JLS

09.12.08
Five teenage girls were injured in a stampede as a free show held by X Factor boy band JLS attracted nearly 3,000 fans... more

Tory schools chief in Croydon exposed as former IRA member

03.12.08
A London Tory councillor spoke out after being forced to resign following revelations she was a member of the IRA at the height of the Troubles... more

£500m development flies in face of crunch

17.11.08
Developers are defying the credit crunch with a £500million complex next to East Croydon railway station... more

New borough joins revolt against 'sleeping policemen'

28.10.08
Croydon council is scrapping a series of road humps after a survey found 95 per cent of residents were against them... more

'Bad' signs lead to £550,000 fines

07.10.08
A junction where confused motorists have been fined more than £550,000 has finally been changed... more

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