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• Woman, in her 20s, and 10-year-old boy injured in two car...

  08-11-2015 17:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  PARAMEDICS treated a woman in her 20s and a 10-year-old boy for injuries after two cars collided in Selhurst.The incident happened just after 12pm this afternoon on Windmill Road (A213). Their injuries are not believed to be serious and no one else was hurt.The road was closed while vehicles were recovered and was reopened at around 2.30pm, a Met police spokesman said. Photos at the scene show one car which appears to have ploughed into the side of a parked vehicle.No one was arrested.Did you...
  
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• Council hopes to open new car park in Coulsdon by Christmas - Croydon Advertiser

  08-11-2015 10:46
  Council hopes to open new car park in Coulsdon by Christmas
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  Plans to bring the car park at the CALAT (Croydon Adult Learning and Training) Centre in Malcolm Road into public use were published last week. Town centre traders say they have been hit hard by the closure of Lion Green Road car park earlier this year.
  

• VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: 'Build council housing and don't sell it' - Croydon ... - Croydon Advertiser

  08-11-2015 10:14
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  VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: 'Build council housing and don't sell it' - Croydon ...
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  Croydon is facing a housing crisis. Every year, thousands of people in Croydon North tell me how desperate they are because their home is overcrowded, damp, mouldy, or unheated. Most of these people are living in private rented accommodation, and some ...
  

• Man, aged 20, in serious condition after stabbing in Selhurst - Croydon Advertiser

  08-11-2015 10:02
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  Man, aged 20, in serious condition after stabbing in Selhurst
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  A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon in a serious condition after reports of a stabbing in Selhurst. Police were called at around 2.40pm yesterday to Gloucester Road and officers and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene.and more »
  

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• Man, 20, in serious condition after stabbing in Selhurst - Croydon Advertiser

  08-11-2015 10:02
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  Man, 20, in serious condition after stabbing in Selhurst
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  A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon in a serious condition after reports of a stabbing in Selhurst. Police were called at around 2.40pm yesterday to Gloucester Road and officers and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene.and more »
  

• VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: 'Build council housing and don't sell it'...

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon is facing a housing crisis.Every year, thousands of people in Croydon North tell me how desperate they are because their home is overcrowded, damp, mouldy, or unheated.Most of these people are living in private rented accommodation, and some of them face eviction if they dare complain to their landlords about sub-standard conditions.The problem stems from a shortage of good-quality, affordable housing.Slum landlords know their tenants have little choice but to put up with what's on...
  
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• Parents hope to raise £100,000 to revamp popular Croydon...

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Parents have launched a fundraising initiative to help rejuvenate a popular South Norwood playground, following a three-year campaign to raise interest in the cause.The Lakes Playground Action Group (LPAG) charity is hoping to raise around £100,000.Group joint chairman Vanessa Potter uses the council-owned park with her two children –Mina, 8, and Louis, 5 –and thought it lookedweathered.The 44-year-old, from Crystal Palace, said: "It just needs some TLC, it's worn...
  
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• New luxury flats for over 60s set to open in Purley

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A BLOCK of plush new flats is set to open in Purley next year – but only for those aged over 60.The development of 28 one and two-bedroom flats will be built on the Beech House site at the junction of Brighton Road and Christchurch Road, and is set to open in May 2016.But the flats, built by retirement housing developer PegasusLife, will be exclusively for people over 60. The block will have its own host to help residents, as well as a guest suite for visitors, an honesty bar and social...
  
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• 'I went for a midnight snack and found a snake in my kitchen'

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A RETIRED lecturer had an unexpected fright – though not due to trick or treaters - when he went for a midnight snack and found a snake in his kitchen.Bernard Winchester, 61, was tucking into a sandwich close to midnight on October 25, only to notice when he heard a strange sound nearby."I went down for a midnight snack at about 11.30pm. Just as I sat down having a sandwich, I heard a rustling," said Bernard, of Whitworth Road, South Norwood, said: "I looked round and only a...
  
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• Croydon volunteer named one of top youth leaders in the UK

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AWOMAN has been recognised for her work to make Croydon a better place.Stella Fasusi-Olomu, from Thornton Heath, was named Youth Leader of the Year lastFriday at the Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts (BEFFTA) awards.The 24-year-old grew up in West Croydon and said she is "passionate about the borough and its people".Stella was nominated for the award after BEFFTA founder Pauline Long heard about the Superwoman 2015 event she organised during Black History...
  
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• Croydon schoolteacher chosen for starring role in TV advert

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MANDARIN teacher has been deemed so inspiring he was chosen to star in a television advert for the profession.James Stagg, Mandarin subject leader at Harris Academy South Norwood, was one of the few teachers from across the country to feature in the advert which went out on TV screens last week.Mr Stagg said he was "thrilled" to be part of the Your Future/Their Future campaign and that teaching is "such a rewarding career"."That 'lightbulb' moment in teaching is great....
  
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• Council hopes to open new car park in Coulsdon by Christmas

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON council hopes to have a new car park in Coulsdon open by Christmas.Plans to bring the car park at the CALAT (Croydon Adult Learning and Training) Centre in Malcolm Road into public use were published last week.Town centre traders say they have been hit hard by the closure ofLion Green Road car park earlier this year.The council wants to bring the 32-space CALAT car park next to Chipstead Valley Road and Woodcote Grove Road into use, though those extra spaces are dwarfed by the 227 lost..
  
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• Care home bounces back from 'inadequate' rating to be one of top...

  08-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AN ADDISCOMBE care home has been reinstated as one of the top 20 in London after the health watchdog found it much improved.Barrington Lodge, in Morland Road, lost its spotafter the Care Quality Commission branded it "inadequate" on the same day the top 20 certificate from carehomes.co.uk arrived in March.But when inspectors returned in June and July, they deemed the home so improved they rated it as "good" across the board.After this, carehome.co.uk reinstated Barrington...
  
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• Man, aged 20, in serious condition after stabbing in Selhurst

  08-11-2015 09:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital yesterday afternoon in a serious condition after reports of a stabbing in Selhurst.Police were called at around 2.40pm yesterday to Gloucester Road and officers and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene.The man remains in a south London hospital today with non-life threatening injuries, a Met police spokesman said. No arrests have been made currently and enquiries continue. One eyewitness to the incident said it was "very dramatic and very...
  
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• Man, 20, in serious condition after stabbing in Selhurst

  08-11-2015 09:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 20-year-old man was taken to hospital on Saturday afternoon in a serious condition after reports of a stabbing in Selhurst.Police were called at around 2.40pm to Gloucester Road and officers and the London Ambulance Service and London Air Ambulance attended the scene.The man remains in a south London hospital today with non-life threatening injuries, a Met police spokesman said. No arrests have been made currently and enquiries continue. One eyewitness to the incident said it was "very...
  
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• Remembrance Sunday services taking place around Croydon today

  08-11-2015 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A number of annual Remembrance Sunday services will be taking place across the borough today.A service will be conducted by the Vicar of Croydon, Colin Boswell, in Fairfield Halls,from 11am.Members of the public are invited to attend and must be seated by 10.45am. After the event there will be a wreath-laying ceremony at the cenotaph in Katharine Street at 12.30pm, led by the mayor of Croydon Patricia Hay-Justice.Katharine Street will be closed to traffic from 11.30am to 1.30pm.The public is...
  
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