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• PHOTOS: AFC Croydon lose heavily to league leaders Hollands & Blair - Croydon Advertiser

  13-10-2015 16:20
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  PHOTOS: AFC Croydon lose heavily to league leaders Hollands & Blair
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  After the euphoria of last week's FA Vase triumph at Hollands & Blair, the Rams came back to earth with a bump, as the visitors gained revenge. This was always going to be a difficult game with Hollands top of the league. The Rams started brightly but ...
  

• Croydon Municipal Sunday Football League and local competitions round-up ... - Croydon Advertiser

  13-10-2015 16:20
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  Croydon Municipal Sunday Football League and local competitions round-up ...
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  In the Surrey FA Lower Junior Cup, CJFC Sanco smashed home four goals to secure a 4-1 win over Hersham Royals with a hatrick from their youngest player, Ryan Johnson. AFC Shirley also came out 4-1 winners against Hersham Royals. Banter Central ...
  

• Croydon FC come away with a good Deal on Kent coast - Croydon Advertiser

  13-10-2015 16:20
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  Croydon FC come away with a good Deal on Kent coast
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  CROYDON came away with a 2-1 win on the road last weekend on the Kent coast at Deal Town. Croydon led in the 49th minute when Cedric Abrahams scored when he found a gap in the Deal defence. Croydon should have been given a penalty on the hour ...
  

• Croydon Artist Bareface on Sexual Tension, Selfie Culture and Unintentional ... - EastLondonLines

  13-10-2015 16:09
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  Croydon Artist Bareface on Sexual Tension, Selfie Culture and Unintentional ...
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  As I strolled down to Café Adagio on a sunny Sunday afternoon ahead of my meeting with Croydon-based artist Nick Daley, also known as Bareface, I imagined an eccentric character as colourful and striking as the erratic, animated prints and canvases ...
  

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• Streatham-Croydon Salamanders are alive! Rugby club fields first ladies team - Croydon Advertiser

  13-10-2015 15:51
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  Streatham-Croydon Salamanders are alive! Rugby club fields first ladies team
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  IN A unique historical occasion for the club, Streatham-Croydon fielded their first ever Ladies XV in a match against an experienced Beckenham side last weekend. Despite a heavy loss it was a fantastic performance from the squad of 17 featuring no less ...
  

• New Addington primary school elects first ever 'prime minister' - Croydon Advertiser

  13-10-2015 15:15
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  New Addington primary school elects first ever 'prime minister'
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  Year 6 student Mason Burgess, 11, was sworn in as the representative at Applegarth Academy's first pupil parliament last Monday (October 5). He was joined by a deputy pupil prime minister and also appointed chief secretaries from his fellow year six ...
  

• Film project asks residents to tell their Croydon stories - Croydon Guardian

  13-10-2015 15:14
  Film project asks residents to tell their Croydon stories
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  Croydon residents are being invited to tell their stories as part of a film project celebrating the past, present, and future of the borough. Free workshops will be held for participants to commit their own memories of Croydon to film, as well as ...and more »
  

• Film project asks residents to tell their Croydon stories

  13-10-2015 15:14
  
  Free workshops will be held for participants to commit their own memories of Croydon to film, as well as watching footage filmed in the borough more than a century ago.
  
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• PHOTOS: Shocking amount of rubbish dumped in South Croydon car...

  13-10-2015 14:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THESE shocking pictures show the extent of fly-tipping going on in a derelict multi-storey car park in South Croydon.The images, taken by local resident Mr Ouphoros, show rubbish left on the site near the Honda garage on Brighton Road.Household waste including mattresses and TV packaging as well as industrial palettes and discarded wood have been left on the site.
  The Advertiser understands the land is privately owned and has contacted the owner - who is responsible for clearing the waste - for.
  
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• Croydon then 'til now: Moving to London exhibition - EastLondonLines

  13-10-2015 14:29
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  Croydon then 'til now: Moving to London exhibition
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  Judging by the astounded expressions on the faces of children visiting Museum of Croydon this week, the museum's latest exhibition 'Moving to London', is something that definitely catches the attention of even the most easily distracted. The exhibition ...
  

• Charlton supporter charged with throwing seat at Crystal Palace fans during League Cup match

  13-10-2015 14:24
  
  Marcus Silva allegedly lobbed the missile during Palace's 4-1 win over their south London rivals in a match marred by crowd trouble.
  
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• Charlton Athletic fan charged with throwing seat at Crystal Palace fans during League Cup match

  13-10-2015 14:24
  
  A Charlton Athletic fan has been charged with throwing a plastic seat at Crystal Palace supporters during a match last month.
  
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• New Addington primary school elects first ever 'prime minister'

  13-10-2015 14:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A New Addington primary school has elected its first ever Prime Minister.Year 6 student Mason Burgess, 11, was sworn in as the representative at Applegarth Academy's first pupil parliament last Monday (October 5).He was joined by a deputy pupil prime minister and also appointed chief secretaries from his fellow year six pupils.The pupil parliament aims to increase student participation in the community and as part of school partnerships.The idea was the brainchild of deputy head Nadine Bernard..
  
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• Fire crews called out to 'burning cables' outside Selsdon garage

  13-10-2015 13:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Fire crews were called out to reports of a blaze outside a garage in Selsdon last night.Residents called the fire brigade at around 9.30pm after seeing flames at a garage on Southviews.However, after arriving at the scene, firefighters discovered the garage was not alight, and burning cables outside the premises was causing the flames.Crews from Addington attended the scene and extinguished the fire. No-one was hurt.
  
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• 'Pub squatter stabbing victim exposed his penis and hit defendant with baseball bat before attack'

  13-10-2015 13:10
  
  'I thought he was dying,' said heavily pregnant mother of one of the stabbing victims.
  
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• Mental health calls to ambulance service up by 20 per cent in...

  13-10-2015 13:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE number of Croydon people calling an ambulance worried about mental health has risen by 20 per cent in three years.The latest data from London Ambulance Service – to mark World Mental Health day on October 10 – shows there were 18,000 more calls about mental health concerns in 2015 than 2012.LAS has responded to the rise by becoming the first in the country to employ four specialist mental health nurses to work in its call centres to carry out mental health assessments and help...
  
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• Could a religious revival save Croydon from itself? - The Croydon Citizen

  13-10-2015 13:00
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  Could a religious revival save Croydon from itself?
  The Croydon Citizen
  Regular readers of the Croydon Citizen will know that I have little time for say-what-you-see type lamentations about Croydon. Bring me solutions, not problems. The most recent example of this was Paul Dennis's article last week that profiled his ...and more »
  

• Colouring books for grown ups, fags in cars, migrants, mobile tracking and bags - must be 5 Thoughts

  13-10-2015 12:51
  
  Editor Andy Parkes has been at it again. Here's a selection of his latest thoughts.
  
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• Nature notes: Wetlands rewards

  13-10-2015 12:08
  
  A visit to the wonderful London Wetland Centre is always rewarding, not only for the fantastic birdlife but in their appropriate seasons, dragonflies, butterflies and wild flowers.
  
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• Rare case of tropical dengue fever reported in Croydon as experts warn of ticks carrying Lyme disease

  13-10-2015 11:48
  
  A patient was treated for the rare tropical disease dengue fever in Croydon last week, while researchers found Lyme-carrying ticks in two south London parks.
  
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• Buses diverted and roads closed after burst water main in Upper...

  13-10-2015 10:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A burst water main has caused road closures and travel chaos in Upper Norwood this morning.It is believed the main burst in the early hours of this morning, causing Beulah Hill to be closed to traffic in both directions.Several bus routes have been affected, and the incident is still ongoing.Transport for London said that routes 196, 249, 468, X68, and N68 were diverted as a result.Transport for London tweeted: "A215 Beulah Hill / Biggin Hill – reports of a burst water main in all...
  
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• Two escape from flat fire in Crystal Palace

  13-10-2015 09:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two people escaped a flat fire in Crystal Palace on Monday evening (October 12).Firefighters were called out to the flat in Auckland Road at 7pm after reports of a smoke alarm going off in the area.The fire is believed to have been started by a kitchen appliance. Firefighters from Woodside attended the scene, as did an ambulance.The occupants, a man and a woman, escaped safely, and were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
  
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• Firefighters and cherry-picker deployed to rescue Mr Mango, a parrot stranded in Purley tree

  13-10-2015 09:53
  
  The black and gold Macaw flew away from his owner yesterday afternoon.
  
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• Strong support for tram loop extension - but council still not 100 per cent convinced

  13-10-2015 05:50
  
  The proposal has received strong public support - but Transport for London (TfL) still must convince Croydon Council that the project can fit in with planned regeneration efforts for the area.
  
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• 99p Stores to face court over 'mouse infestation and food unfit for human consumption'

  13-10-2015 05:50
  
  A discount retailer will appear in court accused of failing to prevent mouse infestations and selling food "unfit for human consumption" in two of its Croydon shops.
  
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