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A NSW Police forensic officer inside a burnt room of the Croydon house.

Son charged with murder of elderly father after inner west blaze

Retired music teacher Edward “Ted” Grantham, 80, died in the Sydney house fire. Police have now charged his 50-year-old son Christopher with murder.

  • Josefine Ganko

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Ted Grantham, pictured with his wife Anne, who was not in the house at the time of the blaze.

Man arrested after elderly father dies in suspicious Sydney house fire

Retired music teacher Edward “Ted” Grantham, 80, died in the blaze. Police found his 50-year-old son Christopher on the Central Coast almost 16 hours later.

  • Josefine Ganko and Cindy Yin
The council wants higher density housing around Parramatta Road.

The plan to build more 11-storey unit blocks in Sydney’s inner west

The local council didn’t like the state government’s plans to boost housing stock around train stations and urban centres, so it came up with its own plan.

  • Megan Gorrey
Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Croydon.

No one can decide which council this Sydney private school belongs to

Presbyterian Ladies’ College in Croydon is fed up being pulled between two different councils – but two mayors can’t agree on who should take the school.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The proposed Kings Bay Village development in Sydney’s inner west.

Developers want to build 1100 apartments. Two councils are alarmed

A proposed development includes towers up to 31 storeys beside Parramatta Road – the state government will decide if two councils’ objections are upheld.

  • Megan Gorrey
Signs opposing Burwood Council’s alternative housing plan on a Croydon home.

The Sydney suburb at war with itself

The state government’s railway station housing plan – and a local council’s alternative – is dividing an inner west heritage suburb.

  • Mary Ward
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Apartments in Sydney’s inner west.

Inner West Council moves to reduce light, parking and floorspace rules for apartments

As a well-connected and desirable place to live, the inner west is at the centre of Sydney’s housing density debate.

  • Michael Koziol
Elena and Jim Softsis outside their Croydon home, which is within the Malvern Hill Estate heritage conservation area.

‘It would just ruin it’: The Sydney suburb wriggling its way out of the state’s housing policy

Croydon was one of 31 suburbs with train stations selected by the state government for higher density housing. Now that looks set to change.

  • Michael Koziol
Kate Roberts and her sons Alastair (right) and Hugo Fisher at their Croydon family home, which will go to auction next month.

The Sydney suburbs where house prices soared most last year

Property prices in a handful of suburbs jumped more than 20 per cent last year, as Sydney’s property market rebounded.

  • Kate Burke
The Strand.

Milestones and the mundane lived in dearest Croydon

Diversity and bygone charm make the quaint and peaceful neighbourhood unique in its own ways.

  • Nicole Economos

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