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• Event review: the Croydon Youth Theatre's 'Dear Tim: Echoes of Death Row ... - The Croydon Citizen

  22-10-2015 18:00
  The Croydon Citizen
  Event review: the Croydon Youth Theatre's 'Dear Tim: Echoes of Death Row ...
  The Croydon Citizen
  The week prior to going to see 'Dear Tim: Echoes of Death Row' I'd been suffering with a bad cold and sometimes feeling a bit sorry for myself. But if any performance or story had the power to put one's own minor concerns in a bit of perspective, it ...
  

• Tory mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith talks Jeremy Corbyn, tax credit cuts and Heathrow expansion

  22-10-2015 16:30
  
  London mayoral hopeful Zac Goldsmith spoke to our reporter ahead of next year's election
  
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• Kenley grandmother finds 'green growth' in her Tesco Finest free...

  22-10-2015 14:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A grandmother was horrified this week to find a "green growth" in the Tesco chicken she had just served her family with their roast dinner.Jean Walker, of Oaks Road in Kenley, bought the offending bird on Monday, October 12, ready for that night's meal.Mrs Walkerwent to daughter Hayley's Whyteleafe home along with husband Chris, where she cooked a roast dinner with all the trimmings for the family, including 36-year-old Hayley's children – Ellis, 13, Natalia,, 6, and Ryan,...
  
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• GALLERY: The time Prince Charles visited Surrey Street Market

  22-10-2015 13:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Fireworks 2015: Where is your nearest display in south west London and north Surrey?

  22-10-2015 12:30
  
  Remember, remember the fifth of November. Fireworks night is nearly upon us again and we’re helping you find your nearest display with a handy round-up.
  
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• Fireworks 2015: Where is your nearest Bonfire Night display in south west London and north Surrey?

  22-10-2015 12:30
  
  Remember, remember the fifth of November. Fireworks night is nearly upon us again and we’re helping you find your nearest display with a handy round-up.
  
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• Car-crash policy? Council to leave illegally parked vehicles on roads after scrapping removal service

  22-10-2015 12:30
  
  Croydon Council is to scrap its vehicle removal service and shut down the Factory Lane car pound, putting 14 jobs at risk.
  
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• Dog escapes in Croydon park then turns up at owner's friend's door EIGHT miles ... - Croydon Guardian

  22-10-2015 12:20
  Dog escapes in Croydon park then turns up at owner's friend's door EIGHT miles ...
  Croydon Guardian
  A man is stunned after his dog went missing in a Croydon park only to turn up and his friend's door in Lewisham eight miles away. Billy the two-and-a-half year old Jack Russell had the adventure of a lifetime after he escaped out of Ashburton Park in ...
  

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• Dog escapes in Croydon park then turns up at owner's friend's door EIGHT miles away

  22-10-2015 12:15
  
  A man is stunned after his dog went missing in a Croydon park only to turn up and his friend’s door in Lewisham eight miles away.
  
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• Upper Norwood mum in desperate need of double lung transplant...

  22-10-2015 12:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A YOUNG mum from Upper Norwood in desperate need of a double lung transplant has started a campaign to recruit more organ donors.Ashley Harris Moore has lived with cystic fibrosis all her life, but on Thursday last week her condition deteriorated and she is nowcritically ill with a machine doing her lungs' work.The 33-year-old's health started to worsen after her son Emerson, now 17 months old, was born.Ashley married husband Alastair Moore, from Hammersmith, in Las Vegas in 2005 after...
  
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• Nature notes: Wandering falcon

  22-10-2015 11:58
  
  The fastest creature on earth, or to be more precise above it. The bird has been recorded at speeds of around 200 mph when diving, or stooping vertically at prey flying below.
  
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• Hollywood star Matt Damon spotted filming in Croydon - Croydon Guardian

  22-10-2015 11:56
  Croydon Guardian
  Hollywood star Matt Damon spotted filming in Croydon
  Croydon Guardian
  Damon last month began work on the fifth installment of the Bourne action series, directed by Paul Greengrass. It is not known whether Greengrass, a diehard Crystal Palace fan from Cheam, will treat the A-list actor to a match at Selhurst Park during ...and more »
  

• Six young siblings taken into care after 'father held heads...

  22-10-2015 11:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  SIX young siblings have been taken into care over "disturbing" allegations that their father held their heads under water and made them drink vodka.Judge Carol Atkinson said she was satisfied the children, aged between 11 months and nine years old would be at risk of "significant harm" if they were allowed to continue to live with their parents.The family, none of whom can be named to protect the identity of the children, were ordered into the care of Croydon Council on...
  
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• Job losses and centre closures likely after Croydon's adult education service ... - Croydon Guardian

  22-10-2015 05:56
  Croydon Guardian
  Job losses and centre closures likely after Croydon's adult education service ...
  Croydon Guardian
  Croydon's adult education service will be forced to shut down centres, make staff redundant and scrap courses following a £641,000 cut to its funding, the council has warned. Council leader Tony Newman said all of Croydon Adult Learning and Training's ...and more »
  

• Job losses and centre closures likely after Croydon's adult education service ... - Your Local Guardian

  22-10-2015 05:55
  Your Local Guardian
  Job losses and centre closures likely after Croydon's adult education service ...
  Your Local Guardian
  Croydon's adult education service will be forced to shut down centres, make staff redundant and scrap courses following a £641,000 cut to its funding, the council has warned. Council leader Tony Newman said all of Croydon Adult Learning and Training's ...and more »
  

• Job losses and centre closures likely after Croydon's adult education service loses £641,000 funding

  22-10-2015 05:50
  
  Croydon's adult education service will be forced to shut down centres, make staff redundant and scrap courses following a £641,000 cut to its funding, the council has warned.
  
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