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  • Living in a box

    It seems at least one member of staff at the Guardian's competitor would rather spend his days in a plastic box than go to work. The self-styled king of the blaggers, Danny Fullilove, from Thornton Heath, has decided five days in a giant Perspex box

  • Dressing down

    It appears outspoken minister Kim Howells has the same scathing attitude towards top of the range high-street business suits as he does for conceptual art. The Diary has learnt the Labour minister for lifelong learning, further and higher education,

  • MP visits domestic violence court

    The solicitor general Harriet Harman visited Croydon yesterday (Tuesday) to observe the work of the UK's first dedicated domestic violence court. Ms Harman spent the morning at Croydon magistrates' court where the court sits.

  • Tributes to RAF hero

    Members of Croydon's Royal British Legion have paid tribute to one of their members who died last Monday. John Arnold, 70, from Eastney Road, Croydon, collapsed after taking part in a Remembrance Day march outside the Town Hall on Sunday, November 14

  • Shortfall in supervision blamed for worker’s plunge

    A workman who suffered serious injuries after falling at a building site had not been given adequate training or supervision. Savill Fabrications Limited, of Milton Avenue, Croydon, was fined £4,000 by City of London magistrates last Thursday after admitting