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• Croydon school group safe after being caught up in Paris terror attacks - Croydon Guardian

  14-11-2015 18:18
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  Croydon school group safe after being caught up in Paris terror attacks
  Croydon Guardian
  Students and staff from Riddlesdown Collegiate were in Paris when a wave of deadly terrorist attacks hit the city. Image: Google Street View. Croydon Guardian: Photograph of the Author. Daniel O'Mahony, Reporter - Croydon / Saturday 14 November 2015 / ...and more »
  

• Croydon school group safe after being caught up in Paris terror attacks

  14-11-2015 18:05
  
  The group, from Riddlesdown Collegiate in Purley, who were in Paris on a photography trip, cut short their visit after a series of co-ordinated bombing and gun attacks in the French capital left 127 dead and scores more injured.
  
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• Council forming action plan to stop modern slavery in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  14-11-2015 10:27
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  Council forming action plan to stop modern slavery in Croydon
  Croydon Advertiser
  On Thursday (November 12) workers from across the borough came together at Croydon Conference Centre to learn how to find and stop sexual exploitation and domestic servitude in the borough, at an event chaired by Peter Cox from Croydon Community ...
  

• 'We're under seige' - Angry residents slam closure of adult...

  14-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE brunt of a £600,000 cut in Croydon Council's adult training budget will fall on Coulsdon, after it emerged the Croydon Adult Learning and Training (CALAT) centre in Malcolm Road will be shut early next year.The council runs four Croydon Adult Learning and Training (CALAT) centres across the borough in the town centre, Thornton Heath, New Addington and Coulsdon.Staff at the Coulsdon centre, in Malcolm Road, were told last week that it had been earmarked for closure, which is expected to
  
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• Shisha bar has licence suspended after woman bottled during fight

  14-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PURLEY bar has had its licence suspended after a woman was badly wounded when she was hit on head with a bottle during a fight inside the premises.The staff of Shisha Oui, in High Street, ejected the victim from the club after the incident in October without offering first aid or calling paramedics, and had cleared away evidence from the scene by the time police arrived.The bar, which was also serving alcohol later than allowed, had its licence suspended on Tuesday for three months by the...
  
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• Country unites to give donations to 87-year-old involved in bus...

  14-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  People from all over the country have come together in a bid to help the 87-year-old woman who was allegedly punched in the face, by a teenager on a Coulsdon bus. Footage of the incident attracted national attention after police released the images earlier this week.Richard Coulthard, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, opened a fundraising page on Tuesday morning to help fund flowers, cards and a cash donation to the pensioner. The victim was taken to hospital after the altercation, on the 166 bus
  
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• Council forming action plan to stop modern slavery in Croydon

  14-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON Council is forming an action plan to tackle modern slavery in the borough.On Thursday (November 12) workers from across the borough came together at Croydon Conference Centre to learn how to find and stop sexual exploitation and domestic servitude in the borough, at an event chaired by Peter Cox from Croydon Community Against Trafficking.Antony Botting, modern slavery project lead at the council, said raising awareness of slavery and trafficking among front line workers is key to...
  
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• Gang who supplied guns and ammunition to criminal underworld...

  14-11-2015 08:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A GANG of illicit armourers who supplied guns and ammunition to the criminal underworld have been sentenced to a total of 19 years. A police investigation into the group's activities uncovered five handguns, 300 rounds of ammunition and 2,000 bullet casings, as well as equipment used to manufacture firearms and bullets.Croydon Crown Court heard how officers from Trident, the Met's specialist gun crime unit, obtained evidence that Jamie Walsh, 40, and the gang were holding meetings in the shed at
  
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• Buzzing: Croydon beekeepers edge out rivals and taste sweet victory at National Honey Show

  14-11-2015 06:00
  
  Members of the Croydon Beekeepers Association (CBA) took home four first prize trophies from the competition, plus a range of other awards for their honey, beeswax, mead and honey cake.
  
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• Crystal Palace star safe after Paris terrorist attack fears

  14-11-2015 03:47
  
  Fans voiced concerns about Martin Kelly's welfare after he posted a picture of a restaurant near the fatal shootings.
  
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