Right now, on the mean streets of Thornton Heath you might be disturbed to see students from Kensington Avenue School walking Ark-entry like, 2 by 2, in what we guess will be less than solemn procession as they'll be legitimately skiiving off lessons for a full 500m round trip. If there's cheering involved, that's because they're part of a national attempt, coordinated by the charity Brake to break the World Record for number of......

This Week In London’s History Monday – 26th November 1983: An armed robbery at the Brinks Mat warehouse near Heathrow Airport becomes the largest heist in British history, as £25 million worth of gold bullion is pinched. Tuesday – 27th November 2000: 10-year-old schoolboy Damilola Taylor is stabbed in the leg and dies in Peckham, south London. The following six years would see several trials and re-trials over the killing, finally culminating in the......

Swimming pools are dangerous places. That's why they have all those rules. You know: - No bombing - No ducking - No heavy petting Etcetera, etcetera. Keep it safe. Don't drown. Well, it seems that drowning may be the least of your worries at a couple of our South London facilities. They need some new pool rules... In Morden: No reversing over pedestrians in the swimming pool car park In Thornton Heath: No cars in......

22. The Thornton Heath Happening During the 1930s and 1970s several ghosts besieged residents of Thornton Heath, Croydon. The case was investigated in 1938 by researcher Nandor Fodor, who claimed that the victim of the poltergeist was in a sense possessed by the spirit of a murderer, stating that the visions and nightmares she’d been having were in fact memories of something akin to a past life. The case was never solved, as various......

Stand easy, Tottenham fans! Irving isn't returning to take over in N17. Instead, rugby league is back for another season at the New River Stadium in Wood Green, a mile and a half to the west along The Lane from the more famous association football venue. The stadium is home to the London Skolars, who this weekend are starting their eleventh year at the New River and their fifth season in the professional National......