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• Croydon Council launch PR offensive for Fairfield project with two-day exhibition - Croydon Guardian

  28-10-2015 18:22
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  Croydon Council launch PR offensive for Fairfield project with two-day exhibition
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  Croydon Council have announced a two-day event to promote its planned redevelopment of Fairfield Halls, after the plan was called into question by the venue's chief executive. Major plans to transform Fairfield Halls and 'outdo the South Bank' unveiled ...and more »
  

• Croydon Council launch PR offensive for Fairfield project with two-day exhibition

  28-10-2015 18:17
  
  Members of the public will be able to view the designs and make comments on the scheme at an exhibition in front of Central Library on Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7.
  
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• Croydon Council expecting 'positive news' after talks with government over ... - Croydon Advertiser

  28-10-2015 18:09
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  Croydon Council expecting 'positive news' after talks with government over ...
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  CROYDON Council leader Tony Newman is "anticipating positive news" after urgent talks with the Government over a £4 million cut in funding for young asylum-seekers. Cllr Newman led a cross-party delegation that met with immigration minister James ...
  

• Croydon Council expecting 'positive news' after talks with...

  28-10-2015 17:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON Council leader Tony Newman is "anticipating positive news" after urgent talks with the Government over a £4 million cut in funding for young asylum-seekers.Cllr Newman led a cross-party delegation that met with immigration minister James Brokenshire last Wednesday and, while he received no commitment of extra money, he told the Advertiser he is optimistic of "getting back to where we were or very near to that". The council threatened the Home Office with legal...
  
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• David Walliams tells us about bringing his book Gangsta Granny to the stage

  28-10-2015 16:41
  
  No matter what David Walliams does – whether it’s sketch comedy such as Little Britain, serious acting in Agatha Christie’s Partners in Crime or judging on Britain’s Got Talent - it is obvious he is a born performer. So it is little wonder his writing is coming to life too.
  
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• Croydon nursery owner named-and-shamed over minimum wage says employee ... - Croydon Advertiser

  28-10-2015 15:44
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  Croydon nursery owner named-and-shamed over minimum wage says employee ...
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  THE owner of a nursery in Coulsdon named-and-shamed by the government for failing to pay the minimum wage says her employee 'stabbed me in the back'. In 2013, Sue Cramer, of Hillcrest Montessori Nursery School, says she took on an apprentice who, ...
  

• Croydon nursery owner named-and-shamed over minimum wage says...

  28-10-2015 15:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE owner of a nursery in Coulsdon named-and-shamed by the government for failing to pay the minimum wage says her employee 'stabbed me in the back'. In 2013, Sue Cramer, of Hillcrest Montessori Nursery School, says she took on an apprentice who, after quitting without handing in her notice, complained she had not been paid the national minimum wage (NMW), then £6.31. Ms Cramer was ordered to pay her a further £1,018 and was also fined a similar amount.She thought the matter was...
  
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• Croydon Council's Colm Lacey: 'Why we set up our own architectural practice' - Architects' Journal

  28-10-2015 13:07
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  Croydon Council's Colm Lacey: 'Why we set up our own architectural practice'
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  Change is definitely afoot in Croydon. The primping and preening of land trading has given way to a more considered and practical focus on delivery. Our council in-boxes swell with the intricate commercial concerns of myriad development teams realising ...and more »
  

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• Gavin Barwell defends vote against scrapping 'tampon tax', says EU law makes it impossible

  28-10-2015 13:03
  
  The MP for Croydon Central said it would have been "ridiculous" to vote for the motion because the power to make VAT exemptions was restricted by European law.
  
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• Ben's back! Croydon's X-Factor hero Haenow announces homecoming show

  28-10-2015 12:32
  
  Ben Haenow's fans woke up to some good news this morning: Croydon's X Factor hero has announced a homecoming show.
  
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• Man, 25, arrested on suspicion of drink-driving after four injured in crash between car and tram

  28-10-2015 12:20
  
  Witnesses describe passengers "shaking, screaming" after crash in Addiscombe.
  
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• Man, 25, arrested on suspicion of drink driving after car and...

  28-10-2015 11:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a crash between a tram and a car in Addiscombe last night.A police spokesman said the man was arrested at the scene in Lower Addiscombe Road where a black Mini and a tram had crashed. Officers were called to the incident in Lower just before 9pm yesterday, along with London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade.The spokesman said five people were hurt in the collision but their injuries were not life threatening or life.
  
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• Croydon X Factor winner Ben Haenow announces homecoming gig at Fairfield Halls - Croydon Advertiser

  28-10-2015 11:18
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  Croydon X Factor winner Ben Haenow announces homecoming gig at Fairfield Halls
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  CROYDON'S X Factor winner Ben Haenow will come back to the borough for a homecoming gig at Fairfield Halls next year. The former van driver from Shirley announced dates for his first headline tour yesterday and will come to Croydon on April 19, 2016.
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• Missing 12-year-old from New Addington found 'safe and well'

  28-10-2015 10:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MISSING 12-year-old boy from New Addington has been found safe and well, police have said.The Met this morning confirmed that Casey Rooney was no longer missing and thanked the public for their help.Casey had been missing for 10 days and it was believed he was with older friends.
  
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• 'Daniel Craig may be the best James Bond we've had': Spectre (12A) reviewed

  28-10-2015 10:52
  
  Daniel Craig may well be the best Bond we have had on screen to date. Let’s hope that he straps on the holster of his Walther PPK for one last time.
  
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• Croydon X Factor winner Ben Haenow announces homecoming gig at...

  28-10-2015 10:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON'S X Factor winner Ben Haenow will come back to the borough for a homecoming gig at Fairfield Halls next year. The former van driver from Shirley announced dates for his first headline tour yesterday and will come to Croydon on April 19, 2016. Tickets have been released for pre-sale across the 16 date tour, which starts in Norwich on April 7 and finishes in Hull on April 26. The announcement comes in the same week that Ben's second single, Second Hand Heart, reached number 21 in the...
  
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• Four injured in crash between car and tram

  28-10-2015 10:40
  
  The crash happened in Lower Addiscombe Road at about 9pm yesterday.
  
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• Old Midwhitgiftian down Purley John Fisher in local derby - Croydon Advertiser

  28-10-2015 10:37
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  Old Midwhitgiftian down Purley John Fisher in local derby
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  In a well contested but error-strewn local derby at Lime Meadow Avenue, Old Midwhitgiftian eventually ran out comfortable winners against Purley John Fisher. Mids started poorly but improved to reach the interval five points ahead with a penalty goal ...
  

• This week's picks: scary movies, comedy, music and family theatre in Croydon ... - Croydon Guardian

  28-10-2015 10:35
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  This week's picks: scary movies, comedy, music and family theatre in Croydon ...
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  In conjunction with its epic Wars of the Roses trilogy over in Kingston, The Rose Theatre is presenting a new play by Horrible Histories stage show writer Ciaran McConville which makes Shakespeare's story of the Henrys and Richard III fun, funny and ...and more »
  

• This week's picks: scary movies, comedy, music and family theatre in Croydon and Sutton

  28-10-2015 10:27
  
  Vibe's picks of the best of what's on in Croydon and Sutton this week, October 28 to November 4.
  
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• Four injured after crash between car and tram

  28-10-2015 08:55
  
  The crash happened in Lower Addiscombe at about 9pm yesterday.
  
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• Croydon residents 'paying twice the average to heat mouldy homes', claim ... - Croydon Guardian

  28-10-2015 08:47
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  Croydon residents 'paying twice the average to heat mouldy homes', claim ...
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  Croydon residents are paying more than twice the national average for gas and electricity because of energy-inefficient housing, according to a new report. Bill payers in Croydon South live in one of the least efficient parliamentary constituencies in ...
  

• Cat owners told to keep pets indoors over fears of machete-wielding killer who keeps body parts as 'trophies'

  28-10-2015 06:00
  
  Cat owners have been urged to keep their pets indoors amid fears a sick serial killer is murdering moggies with a machete and keeping their body parts as trophies.
  
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• Croydon residents 'paying twice the average to heat mouldy homes', claim energy campaigners

  28-10-2015 05:50
  
  Bill payers in Croydon South live in one of the least efficient parliamentary constituencies in the country, the findings show, with 42.1 per cent of houses rated in the bottom three bands for energy efficiency.
  
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