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The haunting pictures taken inside Croydon’s abandoned mental hospital

The eerie photos were taken just before a huge fire destroyed the building

Cane Hill Hospital was opened in 1883, set on a hilltop overlooking Coulsdon, and by 1888 cared for more than 2,000 patients.

Patients included a number of servicemen during the two world wars, as well as ...

2019-12-02 10:56 open_in_new
The haunting pictures taken inside Croydon’s abandoned mental hospital

The eerie photos were taken just before a huge fire destroyed the building

Cane Hill Hospital was opened in 1883, set on a hilltop overlooking Coulsdon, and by 1888 cared for more than 2,000 patients.

Patients included a number of servicemen during the two world wars, as well as ...

2019-12-02 10:56 open_in_new
Take a look inside The Apple Tree pub in Croydon which is now open

The pub has undergone a £500,000 refurbishment

A pub in Shirley which was shut following a horrific gang attack on an asylum seeker has reopened.

The Apple Tree, which used to be The Goat, has undergone a £500,000 refurbishment and reopened at the beginning of November. ...

2019-12-02 09:53 open_in_new
Take a look inside The Apple Tree pub in Croydon which is now open

The pub has undergone a £500,000 refurbishment

A pub in Shirley which was shut following a horrific gang attack on an asylum seeker has reopened.

The Apple Tree, which used to be The Goat, has undergone a £500,000 refurbishment and reopened at the beginning of November. ...

2019-12-02 09:53 open_in_new
Calls for every Croydon soldier who has died since World War II to be recognised

The appeal aims to name all those from Croydon who died while fighting for their country post WW2

An appeal to identify and commemorate Croydon’s post-World War II fallen heroes has been launched.

Those killed in active service up to World War II are commemorated by name in ...

2019-11-15 20:59 open_in_new
Calls for every Croydon soldier who has died since World War II to be recognised

The appeal aims to name all those from Croydon who died while fighting for their country post WW2

An appeal to identify and commemorate Croydon’s post-World War II fallen heroes has been launched.

Those killed in active service up to World War II are commemorated by name in ...

2019-11-15 20:59 open_in_new
South London mum horrified after Iceland delivers her this gross mouldy pizza

She was offered a refund for the £1 pizza but it's 'put her off shopping there now'

A Whyteleafe woman was horrified after Iceland apparently delivered her an oven pizza covered in black mould.

Kim Bann said her niece received the Iceland own-brand Deep Pan Double Pepperoni pizza ...

2019-11-15 20:59 open_in_new
South London mum horrified after Iceland delivers her this gross mouldy pizza

She was offered a refund for the £1 pizza but it's 'put her off shopping there now'

A Whyteleafe woman was horrified after Iceland apparently delivered her an oven pizza covered in black mould.

Kim Bann said her niece received the Iceland own-brand Deep Pan Double Pepperoni pizza ...

2019-11-15 20:59 open_in_new
2 young men killed after motorbike crashes into parked cars in Coulsdon

The men are believed to be aged in their 20s

Two young men died after the motorbike they were riding on crashed into parked cars in Coulsdon.

Emergency services - including London's Air Ambulance - were called to Coulsdon Road at 1.20am on Saturday, November 2.

The rider ...

2019-11-14 19:47 open_in_new
2 young men killed after motorbike crashes into parked cars in Coulsdon

The men are believed to be aged in their 20s

Two young men died after the motorbike they were riding on crashed into parked cars in Coulsdon.

Emergency services - including London's Air Ambulance - were called to Coulsdon Road at 1.20am on Saturday, November 2.

The rider ...

2019-11-14 19:47 open_in_new
Alfie Lamb death: Croydon toddler killer Stephen Waterson sentenced to seven-and-a-half years imprisonment

Stephen Waterson, 26, pleaded guilty to "gross negligence manslaughter"

The killer of Croydon toddler Alfie Lamb has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison following a hearing at the Old Bailey.

Stephen Waterson, 26, pleaded guilty to "gross negligence ...

2019-11-14 19:47 open_in_new
Alfie Lamb death: Croydon toddler killer Stephen Waterson sentenced to seven-and-a-half years imprisonment

Stephen Waterson, 26, pleaded guilty to "gross negligence manslaughter"

The killer of Croydon toddler Alfie Lamb has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison following a hearing at the Old Bailey.

Stephen Waterson, 26, pleaded guilty to "gross negligence ...

2019-11-14 19:47 open_in_new