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• Police appeal for video after 'utterly reckless' scooter convoy rides through ... - Croydon Advertiser

  02-11-2015 19:13
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  Police appeal for video after 'utterly reckless' scooter convoy rides through ...
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  POLICE have appealed for people to send in mobile phone footage after an "utterly reckless" convoy of scooters, motorbikes and quad bikes was seen riding dangerously through Croydon on Hallowe'en. Witnesses reported seeing the group, of around 200 ...
  

• Blow for council as Oasis pulls out of opening school in Croydon's Fiveways - Croydon Advertiser

  02-11-2015 19:13
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  Blow for council as Oasis pulls out of opening school in Croydon's Fiveways
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  A SCHOOL that was to make a "key contribution" towards solving Croydon's places crisis has been scrapped. Academy group Oasis Community Learning has pulled out plans to open a primary school in Waddon. The decision is a blow to Croydon Council's ...
  

• Care worker who 'plied boy with alcohol before trying to have sex with him in car park'

  02-11-2015 18:41
  
  A care worker allegedly plied a boy with wine before trying to have sex with him in a car park
  
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• Care worker 'plied boy with alcohol before trying to have sex with him in car park'

  02-11-2015 18:41
  
  A care worker allegedly plied a boy with wine before trying to have sex with him in a car park
  
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• Blow for council as Oasis pulls out of opening school in...

  02-11-2015 18:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A SCHOOL that was to make a "key contribution" towards solving Croydon's places crisis has been scrapped. Academy group Oasis Community Learning has pulled out plans to open a primary school in Waddon. The decision is a blow to Croydon Council's attempts to provide thousands of extra places by 2018. Oasis Academy Fiveways was due to open on a derelict site off Purley Way in September but it was delayed due to "very low" application numbers. The charity, which runs five...
  
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• Police appeal for video after 'utterly reckless' scooter convoy...

  02-11-2015 18:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE have appealed for people to send in mobile phone footage after an "utterly reckless" convoy of scooters, motorbikes and quad bikes was seen riding dangerously through Croydon on Hallowe'en. Witnesses reported seeing the group, of around 200 riders, pulling wheelies, running red lights and letting off fireworks. It is thought the group, which was seen riding through Purley, central Croydon and Crystal Palace on the evening of October 31, organised the "Hallowe'en...
  
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• 'Near-fatal' clubber stabbing could lead to Club 791 in Thornton...

  02-11-2015 17:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE 'NEAR-FATAL' stabbing of a clubber led the police to suspend the licence of a nightclub in Thornton Heath.Police say the management of Club 791, in London Road, "seriously hindered" their investigation into the stabbing because bouncers failed to properly search and check the suspected knifeman's ID when he entered the club.The victim, a male clubber, was rushed to hospital with a serious neck injury and required surgery after the attack on October 10.Police say they have been...
  
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• Callous thieves steal Poppy Appeal tin from Croydon builders merchants - Evening Standard

  02-11-2015 17:51
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  Callous thieves steal Poppy Appeal tin from Croydon builders merchants
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  A shopkeeper has told how thieves broke into his Croydon builders merchants and made off with a charity tin containing money destined for this year's Poppy Appeal. The burglars apparently targeted Spring Lane Builders Merchants overnight on Saturday, ...
  Thieves who stole poppy tin during Croydon break-in branded 'absolute scum of ...Croydon Advertiserall 2 news articles »
  

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• Corbyn adviser Andrew Fisher apologises for telling people NOT to...

  02-11-2015 17:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  ANDREW Fisher, Jeremy Corbyn's policy chief, has quit Twitter and apologised for suggesting voters in Croydon South support a rival party instead of Labour's Emily Benn.In a letter to Iain McNicol, the party's general secretary, Mr Fisher "completely and unreservedly" apologised for the Tweet, sent in the lead-up to May's general election, in which he encouraged people to vote for Class War candidate Jon Bigger. Mr Fisher has come under fire for the tweet and other derogatory posts...
  
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• Trespasser on tracks causing severe delays on London Overground

  02-11-2015 17:43
  
  Bad news for commuters travelling to and from West Croydon, Crystal Palace and Clapham Junction.
  
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• Caterham man charged after Halloween rave erupts in violence

  02-11-2015 16:50
  
  Tony Amato, 42, is to appear in court accused of possessing an offensive weapon.
  
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• Pop star Dane Bowers spared jail after assaulting beauty queen...

  02-11-2015 15:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Former pop star Dane Bowers was spared jail after assaulting his beauty queen ex-fiancee in a row over glitter.Bowers, 35, received a 20-week prison term, suspended for 18 months, after appearing at Croydon Magistrates' Court earlier today (Monday).The former Another Level singer attacked ex-Miss Wales Sophia Cahill around 7am on January 29, after she asked him about coming home drunk with his face covered in glitter.The couple were separated at the time of the attack, but had been living...
  
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• Croydon: A Crocus Valley Once Again - EastLondonLines

  02-11-2015 15:00
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  Croydon: A Crocus Valley Once Again
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  I've been squatting in a damp field for more than an hour. My thighs ache and my eyes hurt from searching inside flower after flower, plucking the tiny 'stigmas' – part of the reproductive organs – from each lovely crocus with fine tweezers. And now, I ...
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• Why has Croydon Tech City been so successful? Here's why we think Martha Lane ... - City A.M.

  02-11-2015 14:39
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  Why has Croydon Tech City been so successful? Here's why we think Martha Lane ...
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  Croydon has been selected by tech entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox to launch her charity Go On's first London digital skills pilot. But before fixing on the area, she wanted to know what made the south London borough so special. It's a straightforward ...
  

• Dane Bowers spared jail for assaulting glamour model ex-girlfriend

  02-11-2015 14:30
  
  The former Another Level singer, 36, was handed a suspended 20-week prison term today after being convicted of punching and throttling Sophia Cahill.
  
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• Dane Bowers escapes jail with suspended sentence for assaulting ex-girlfriend Sophia Cahill

  02-11-2015 14:30
  
  The former Another Level singer, 36, was handed a suspended 20-week prison term today after being convicted of punching and throttling Sophia Cahill.
  
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• Thieves who stole poppy tin during Croydon break-in branded...

  02-11-2015 14:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  TWO men who stole a poppy tin from a builder's yard in Croydon have been branded "the absolute scum of the Earth".The callous pair broke into Spring Lane Builders Merchant, Woodside, twice in the early hours of Sunday morning. They were caught on CCTV making off with a cash till before returning later in the night to steal a Poppy Appeal collection box. Images of the break-in were posted on social media by Olivia Betteridge, whose father runs the business, in hope of catching those...
  
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• Escaped jack russell from Croydon makes seven mile journey on foot to 'second ... - Croydon Advertiser

  02-11-2015 13:56
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  Escaped jack russell from Croydon makes seven mile journey on foot to 'second ...
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  AN ESCAPED jack russell who turned up seven miles from home at the house of his owner's friend used the Crystal Palace Tower for navigation, his owner said. Billy, a two-and-a-half year old jack russell/fox terrier, was on an afternoon walk in ...
  

• Escaped jack russell from Croydon makes seven mile journey on...

  02-11-2015 13:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AN ESCAPED jack russell who turned up seven miles from home at the house of his owner's friend used the Crystal Palace Tower for navigation, his owner said.Billy, a two-and-a-half year old jack russell/fox terrier, was on an afternoon walk in Ashburton Park with owner Ernest Bado when he made a bid for freedom last week.He was found ten hours later at his 'second home' in Lewisham.Something had spooked the pup and at 4.30pm on Friday October 16 he shocked Ernest by running out of the gates of...
  
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• Post box blaze in New Addington caused by lit fireworks

  02-11-2015 11:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS put out a post box blaze in New Addington last night, after lit fireworks were placed inside.London Fire Brigade was called to Queen Elizabeth's Drive at around 9pm where someone had shoved lit fireworks through the opening.Blue watch from Addington Fie Station sent one fire engine to the scene, where crews put out the flames by pouring sand through the opening of the post box.A firefighter from Addington said crews do not use water to prevent damage to any letters which destroyed..
  
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• Earlier crash and heavy fog causing long M25 tailbacks

  02-11-2015 09:20
  
  Surrey fire crews attended a crash between junction 8 and 9 just before 7am.
  
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• Thornton Heath nightclub "seriously hindered" investigation into near fatal stabbing

  02-11-2015 06:00
  
  Door staff had not scanned a suspect's ID as he entered the club - despite being ordered to do so after another violent incident.
  
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