Specialist dogs sniff out 14,000 illegal cigarettes in major crackdown
Following a recent swoop on four businesses in the Thornton Heath, South Norwood and London Road areas Croydon Council Trading Standards officers have seized around 14,000 illegal cigarettes and quantities of hand rolling tobacco.
National knife clampdown concludes with 17 prosecutions
The final prosecution in a series of groundbreaking court cases brought by Croydon Council Trading Standards has seen Extreme GB LTD based in Daventry fined £10,000 with £15,000 costs for selling knives to a child.
COVID-19 update: a message from Councillor Hamida Ali, leader of the council
Thanks to our local NHS partners, 189,487 Croydon residents have now had their first dose of the vaccine and 114,575 people have had both doses.
Croydon residents help shape greener future for borough
Ideas put forward by residents on how to tackle climate change will be used to develop a local action plan creating a greener future for Croydon.
New district centre fund worth £500,000 to support night-time economy
Croydon Council is giving an extra £500,000 to help boost pubs, clubs, restaurants and leisure businesses hit by the pandemic as part of a wider £6.4m programme to support the local economy.
Council calls for proper funding to support young asylum-seeking children
Croydon is urging the Home Office to address its historic funding gap in the cost of caring for unaccompanied children who seek asylum in the United Kingdom.
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