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• Two women and two men brawl outside a KFC in Croydon - Daily Mail

  26-10-2015 23:30
  Daily Mail
  Two women and two men brawl outside a KFC in Croydon
  Daily Mail
  This is the shocking moment a four-person brawl broke out in front of a KFC restaurant in an apparent row over a young woman's mother being insulted. Shoppers watched on in horror as the violence erupted between two women and two men in the middle of ...
  Video of fight outside Croydon KFC between two men and womenMetro
  Video shows teenagers brawl outside KFC in Croydon over alleged 'mum diss'The Independent
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• Crystal Palace accident causes queuing and delays

  26-10-2015 18:34
  
  An accident on Church Road in Crystal Palace has caused delays and tailbacks for motorists this evening.
  
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• Future Tech City: Introducing two hundred A-Level students to Croydon's tech scene - The Croydon Citizen

  26-10-2015 18:03
  The Croydon Citizen
  Future Tech City: Introducing two hundred A-Level students to Croydon's tech scene
  The Croydon Citizen
  Earlier this month, Croydon Tech City hosted its second large-scale technology event for Croydon's students. For the first time ever, two hundred Croydon students were introduced to the technological boom that is on their doorsteps. This time, over the ...
  

• Croydon's Fairfield Halls may not survive being closed for two years, warns ... - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 17:14
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  Croydon's Fairfield Halls may not survive being closed for two years, warns ...
  Croydon Advertiser
  FAIRFIELD Halls may not survive being closed for two years while it is redeveloped, chief executive Simon Thomsett has warned. Mr Thomsett welcomed extra investment in the aging complex but said the council's current plan was "unfair" because it left ...and more »
  

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• Will you see anything today quite as fluffy as Wilma?

  26-10-2015 17:10
  
  We think you’ll agree, Guinea Pig Wilma is gloriously fluffy.
  
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• VIDEO: "Are you dissing my mum?" Croydon KFC fight shocks London Road shoppers

  26-10-2015 16:50
  
  The video shows four young people - two men, two women - grappling with each other in the doorway of KFC in London Road.
  
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• Jack the Ripper would have been stopped today 'without a shadow of a doubt', says former murder squad detective

  26-10-2015 16:36
  
  Modern policing would have stopped the Jack the Ripper in his tracks, according to a former murder squad detective.
  
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• Croydon's Fairfield Halls may not survive being closed for two...

  26-10-2015 16:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FAIRFIELD Halls may not survive being closed for two years while it is redeveloped, chief executive Simon Thomsett has warned.Mr Thomsett welcomed extra investment in the aging complex but said the council's current plan was "unfair" because it left staff fearing for their jobs with little detail about what would happen and when.Plans to shut Fairfield Halls for 24 months, from as early as next summer, while construction work takes place were approved by cabinet last week, despite a...
  
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• Croydon Harriers - Weekend Round-Up - October 24/25 - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 16:16
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  Croydon Harriers - Weekend Round-Up - October 24/25
  Croydon Advertiser
  Seventeen young Croydon Harriers took part in the Surrey young athlete cross-country relays at Guildford last Saturday. The U15 boys enjoyed the club's highest finish on a competitive afternoon in tenth led by Jordan O'Dongo (7:21) who was seventh ...
  Athletics: Youngsters carry the Croydon Harriers relay flagCroydon Guardianall 3 news articles »
  

• Shocking video shows fight on busy street outside Croydon KFC - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 16:11
  Croydon Advertiser
  Shocking video shows fight on busy street outside Croydon KFC
  Croydon Advertiser
  A GROUP of youths have been caught on camera fighting outside KFC in West Croydon. A video of the incident in London Road was uploaded to YouTube on Saturday (October 24). During the recording, which is understood to have happened on October 16, ...
  VIDEO: "Are you dissing my mum?" Croydon KFC fight shocks London Road shoppersCroydon Guardian
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• ​Croydon Municipal League Round-Up – October 25 - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 16:11
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  ​Croydon Municipal League Round-Up – October 25
  Croydon Advertiser
  In the Premier Division, Ashburton Wanderers went 2-0 up in the first half against Bosjam with goals from Sam Stride and Carl Taylor. Adinho Jackson grabbed one back for Bosjam and they had a last minute penalty saved which saw Ashburton take the three ...
  

• Streatham-Croydon respond to poor first half with stunning away win - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 16:10
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  Streatham-Croydon respond to poor first half with stunning away win
  Croydon Advertiser
  Streatham started strong, pinning the home team back into their own 22 for the first ten minutes, dominating the scrum and the breakdown. However as balls were knocked on and chances squandered, Streatham started trying to force the game to get the ...
  

• VIDEO: "Why are you dragging my hair?" Two men and two women fight outside KFC in London Road in Croydon

  26-10-2015 15:50
  
  The video shows four young people - two men, two women - grappling with each other in the doorway of KFC in London Road.
  
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• VIDEO: "Are you dissing my mum?" Two men and two women fight outside KFC in London Road in Croydon

  26-10-2015 15:50
  
  The video shows four young people - two men, two women - grappling with each other in the doorway of KFC in London Road.
  
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• PHOTOS: Old Walcountians crush Croydon in local derby - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 15:43
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  PHOTOS: Old Walcountians crush Croydon in local derby
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  Old Walcountians moved into second place in Surrey League 2 after a seven-try demolition of bottom-placed club Croydon. Walcountians got off to a flying start and took the lead after just four minutes when centre Fred South finished of a second phase ...
  

• AFC Croydon come away with win at Canterbury City thanks to Jack Higgins - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 15:38
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  AFC Croydon come away with win at Canterbury City thanks to Jack Higgins
  Croydon Advertiser
  After the disappointing league cup defeat to Croydon FC last Wednesday, the Rams returned to winning ways with an excellent result against an in-form Canterbury City. Canterbury had lost just one of the previous seven games and had only failed to score ...
  

• Nature notes: Talking of moths

  26-10-2015 15:29
  
  One evening in early October, a rather splendid looking moth was found sitting on the doorstep of a Wimbledon house. Of medium size, wings were coloured a very pale whitish-blue with brownish-black margins.
  
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• EMR buys Nebbett's in Croydon metal deal - letsrecycle.com

  26-10-2015 15:21
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  EMR buys Nebbett's in Croydon metal deal
  letsrecycle.com
  The UK's largest metal recycling business, European Metal Recycling, has bought one of London's larger independent recycling businesses, B Nebbett & Son, of Croydon. The Nebbett business was incorporated in 2002 and is run by Stuart Nebbett who is to ...
  

• Binman caught on camera appearing to urinate on the side of his...

  26-10-2015 14:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A BINMAN has been caught on camera appearing to urinate on the side of his truck during a morning collection in Thornton Heath.Croydon Council contractor Veolia is investigating and has apologised for the "unacceptable incident" after a picture of the worker apparently caught in the act was posted on Twitter.The fed-up resident who took the picture said she spotted the worker, in hi-vis jacket, relieving himself on the side of the truck's cab at about 7.15am today (October 26) in the...
  
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• Shocking video shows fight on busy street outside Croydon KFC

  26-10-2015 14:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A GROUP of youths have been caught on camera fighting outside KFC in West Croydon. A video of the incident in London Road was uploaded to YouTube on Saturday (October 24).During the recording, which is understood to have happened on October 16, two teenage boys are seen punching and kicking two girls in front of dozens of people. As they spill out on to the street from inside the fast food outlet one boy, wearing blue jeans and a black hooded top, punches one of the girls from behind. His...
  
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• Three elderly women injured in sheltered housing fire in Purley - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 13:16
  Croydon Advertiser
  Three elderly women injured in sheltered housing fire in Purley
  Croydon Advertiser
  THREE elderly women were injured when a sheltered housing flat caught fire in Purley this morning. Firefighters gave the women first aid and oxygen until paramedics arrived at the scene in Whytecliffe Road just before 10am. London Fire Brigade (LFB) ...
  Three people injured in Purley flat blaze - 10 rescued by firefightersCroydon Guardianall 8 news articles »
  

• Crystal Palace defender on Leicester defeat and Wilfried Zaha penalty claim - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 13:04
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  Crystal Palace defender on Leicester defeat and Wilfried Zaha penalty claim
  Croydon Advertiser
  CRYSTAL Palace defender Adrian Mariappa felt he and his team-mates deserved a point on Saturday at Leicester City. The Eagles fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat but it could have been a draw, after a goal-line clearance from a Patrick Bamford header and a ...and more »
  

• Help Croydon's bees – please - The Croydon Citizen

  26-10-2015 13:03
  The Croydon Citizen
  Help Croydon's bees – please
  The Croydon Citizen
  Following the government's decision to allow farmers to increase the range of crops treated with neonics (nicotinoids: a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine) I want to write an article about the threat that this poses to ...
  

• UPDATE: Three people injured in fire at Purley sheltered housing block

  26-10-2015 12:17
  
  Thirty firefighters tackled flames at a sheltered housing complex and treated three elderly residents for smoke inhalation.
  
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• UPDATE: Three elderly women injured in fire at Purley sheltered housing block

  26-10-2015 12:17
  
  Thirty firefighters tackled flames at a sheltered housing complex and treated three elderly residents for smoke inhalation.
  
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• Three elderly women injured in sheltered housing fire in Purley

  26-10-2015 12:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THREE elderly women were injured when a sheltered housing flat caught fire in Purley this morning.Firefighters gave the women first aid and oxygen until paramedics arrived at the scene in Whytecliffe Road just before 10am.London Fire Brigade (LFB) rescued five elderly people from the complex and a further 25 people had escaped before crews got to the scene.An LFB spokesman had previously said ten people were led to safety by firefighters.Six fire engines and 30 firefighters from Purley,...
  
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• Three people escape from Addiscombe house fire

  26-10-2015 11:10
  
  Twenty-one firefighters tackled the blaze in the early hours of the morning.
  
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• Croydon pupils scoop top prize at Hispanic theatre festival - Croydon Advertiser

  26-10-2015 10:56
  Croydon Advertiser
  Croydon pupils scoop top prize at Hispanic theatre festival
  Croydon Advertiser
  The upper sixth students competed against pupils from schools including Eton College, Harrow School and Dulwich College at the event at North London Collegiate School earlier this month. Continuing last year's success, where Whitgift pupils won the ...
  

• Three escape unhurt from Croydon house fire

  26-10-2015 10:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THREE people escaped from a fire at a house in Croydon, early on Saturday morning.The trio fled the blaze on Davidson Road, Addiscombe, before firefighters arrived. No-one was injured.Half of the ground floor and part of the first floor were damaged by fire.Four fire engines and 21 firefighters from Woodside, Croydon and Norbury stations attended the incident.Crews were called at 2.54am and the fire was under control within the hour.The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  
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• 12-year-old Croydon boy now missing for eight days - Croydon Guardian

  26-10-2015 10:49
  Croydon Guardian
  12-year-old Croydon boy now missing for eight days
  Croydon Guardian
  A 12-year-old boy, who has a history of going missing, has not returned home for eight days. Casey Rooney, of New Addington, was last seen on Sunday, October 18. Police think Casey may be with older friends. He wrote on social media he planned to ...
  

• UPDATE: Missing 12-year-old Croydon boy found safe and well

  26-10-2015 09:24
  
  Casey Rooney, of New Addington, was last seen on Sunday, October 18.
  
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• 12-year-old Croydon boy now missing for eight days

  26-10-2015 09:24
  
  Casey Rooney, of New Addington, was last seen on Sunday, October 18.
  
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• Croydon has highest number of teenage assault victims in London - Croydon Guardian

  26-10-2015 06:10
  Croydon Guardian
  Croydon has highest number of teenage assault victims in London
  Croydon Guardian
  More teenagers were assaulted in Croydon than in any other London borough in the past six years, statistics show. Since July 2009, 1,619 teenagers have been treated by paramedics after being assaulted in the borough, according to the London Ambulance ...
  

• Croydon has highest number of teenage assault victims in London

  26-10-2015 06:00
  
  Since July 2009, 1,619 teenagers have been treated by paramedics after being assaulted in the borough, according to the London Ambulance Service’s (LAS) latest call-out figures.
  
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• Fairfield Halls 'might never win back audiences' after revamp closure, warns venue's boss

  26-10-2015 05:50
  
  Fairfield Halls may never win back its audiences after shutting for two years for a £12m redevelopment, the venue's boss has warned.
  
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