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• Council leader compares George Osborne to Sheriff of Nottingham over 'forced' autumn statement council tax hike

  25-11-2015 19:03
  
  Mr Osborne announced new powers this afternoon that would allow local authorities to raise the tax by up to two per cent to pay for cash-strapped social care services.
  
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• Peep Show may return in the future reveals writer Jesse Armstrong

  25-11-2015 18:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON may not have seen the last of Peep Show after one of its creators told the Advertiser he is keen for the sitcom to return in the future.The ninth and seemingly final series of the award-winning comedy, which is set in the borough, is currently being screened by Channel 4.But fans preparing to bid farewell to hapless heroes Mark and Jeremy, played by David Mitchell and Robert Webb, will be excited to hear the El Dude Brothers may not be gone forever. Jesse Armstrong, who wrote Peep Show..
  
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• Police hunt 22 men after fan trouble at Crystal Palace v Charlton derby at Selhurst Park

  25-11-2015 17:02
  
  Police have released CCTV images of 22 men they want to speak to after trouble broke out amongst fans during the Crystal Palace vs Charlton derby in September.
  
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• PICTURES: 22 people wanted by police after violent disorder at...

  25-11-2015 16:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Former Old Palace student tries a different exercise everyday for...

  25-11-2015 16:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A FORMER Croydon student has joined the Mo Bros in raising money for Movember, pledging to do a different exercise every day for a month.Sarah Lines, an ex-Old Palace of John Whitgift school student, hopes to raise more than £500 in aid of Prostate Cancer UK and the Movember Foundation after losing her granddad to the disease when she was just 15. "I know first-hand how much this disease can affect families, and because I can't grow a moustache I wanted to do something to make sure...
  
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• Graffiti gang that defaced £1,000 murals apologises and...

  25-11-2015 16:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE graffiti gang that defaced £1,000 worth of street art in Croydon High Street has apologised and repaired the damage. Kaos Crew sprayed their tag over two large murals last week, ending a truce agreed between the group and RISE Gallery, which commissioned the work as part of its attempt to create an 'arts quarter' in the town centre. RISE owner Kevin Zuchowski-Morrison says the person responsible has since apologised. "We got an official apology and they came and rectified it over...
  
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• Croydon religious studies teacher banned from classrooms for life after sexual misconduct with pupil

  25-11-2015 16:06
  
  Daniel Bowles, 35, hugged and kissed a pupil who told him she suffered depression.
  
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• Croydon MPs react to Government U-turn on tax credit cuts

  25-11-2015 16:04
  
  In today's autumn spending review, the Chancellor revealed he would scrap the controversial plans, which were expected to make 3.3m families on average £1,300 per year worse off.
  
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• Croydon Council leader under pressure to explain spokesperson's...

  25-11-2015 15:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL leader Tony Newman is under pressure to explain "demeaning" and "offensive" comments made by his spokesperson for children and families about people on benefits.Alisa Flemming was accused of "demonising the poor" after she told a council meeting that paying benefits in one lump some would lead claimants to spend more money in the town's betting shops.When the Advertiser contacted Cllr Newman, who chaired the meeting, last week he said he was not aware of...
  
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• 35 of the most ANNOYING things about the M25

  25-11-2015 14:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Purley man accused of raping and sexually assaulting teenager

  25-11-2015 14:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN from Purley has appeared in court charged with raping and sexually assaulting a teenager at an address in Croydon.Shuan Sabah Maroof, 19, of Foxley Lane, did not enter a plea at Croydon Crown Court today (Wednesday).The second year Bournemouth University student is charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault against a woman, who was 16-years-old at the time of the alleged offence in December 2013. Maroof, who was represented by Robert Tolhurst, is also accused of...
  
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• Purley man, 19, accused of raping and sexually assaulting woman

  25-11-2015 14:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Purley has appeared in court charged with raping and sexually assaulting a woman at an address in Croydon.Shuan Sabah Maroof, of Foxley Lane, did not enter a plea at Croydon Crown Court today.The second year Bournemouth University student is charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in December 2013. Maroof, who was represented by Robert Tolhurst, is also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice between December 2013 and September this...
  
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• Purley man, 19, accused of raping and sexually assaulting ...

  25-11-2015 14:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Purley has appeared in court charged with raping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old woman at an address in Croydon.Shuan Sabah Maroof, of Foxley Lane, did not enter a plea at Croydon Crown Court today.The second year Bournemouth University student is charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in December 2013. Maroof, who was represented by Robert Tolhurst, is also accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice between December 2013 and...
  
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• Nature notes: Safety in numbers

  25-11-2015 11:50
  
  An exceptionally mild autumn including the warmest November day and night on record now heads towards the end of what is predicted to be the hottest year since records began.
  
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• Three men released without charge after armed police raid South Croydon travellers' camp

  25-11-2015 11:30
  
  Dozens of police officers, many in riot gear, were sent to the camp in Brighton Road after reports of a firearm on Friday.
  
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• Porshe thief ram-raids high street shop for a "few bottles of champagne" in "ludicrous" attack

  25-11-2015 11:20
  
  A stolen car - described as a black Porsche Cayenne with a spare wheel on its back - crashed through the front door of Hartley’s in Banstead High Street just across the road from Banstead police station.
  
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• Porsche thief ram-raids high street shop for a "few bottles of champagne" in "ludicrous" attack

  25-11-2015 11:20
  
  A stolen car - described as a black Porsche Cayenne with a spare wheel on its back - crashed through the front door of Hartley’s in Banstead High Street just across the road from Banstead police station.
  
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• Off-licence re-opens after bungling thief ram-raids high street shop for a "few bottles of Champagne" in "ludicrous" attack

  25-11-2015 11:20
  
  A stolen car - described as a black Porsche Cayenne with a spare wheel on its back - crashed through the front door of Hartley’s in Banstead High Street just across the road from Banstead police station.
  
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• Police release images of teenagers wanted after attack on boy, 13, in New Addington

  25-11-2015 10:33
  
  The victim suffered facial injuries in the assault in Headley Drive.
  
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• Successful Croydon with Talent gave platform to borough's...

  25-11-2015 10:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  TWO former session musicians have come together in a bid to bring the borough's undiscovered talent through a mainstream platform in their pilot competition, Croydon with Talent. Lifelong friends, Samuel Facey and David Prince, both 49, worked together in the music industry for over 25 years, and now aspire to mentor and bring out all talent from all ages 14 and over. The pair are working on helping the unsigned talent, and music not always seen in the mainstream charts, to be recognised as...
  
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• Three men released without charge after reports of firearm during...

  25-11-2015 10:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THREE men arrested on suspicion of having a firearm after a traveller eviction in Brighton Road have been released without charge.Police were called to reports of someone having a firearm at the derelict petrol station, now owned by Lidl, just before 10am on Friday.Armed police went to the site, where bailiffs acting on behalf of Lidl were evicting travellers who had moved in, and arrested the three men.A police spokesman said they were taken to a south London police station but were later...
  
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• Olympic long jumper turned head teacher helping Croydon school...

  25-11-2015 10:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AN OLYMPIC long jumper turned head teacher is helping a Thornton Heath school improve in leaps and bounds.Mary Berkeley-Agyepong, 50, won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games and competed in the Olympics in Seoul two years later.Where she once represented her country at the highest level she now carries the expectations of 350 children at Winterbourne Junior Girls' School on her shoulders. "There's far more responsibility being a head teacher than an athlete, even an...
  
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• Sadiq Khan: Second Gatwick runway could create 20,000 extra jobs in Croydon

  25-11-2015 06:00
  
  Labour's London mayoral candidate used a visit to the airport on Friday to reaffirm his support for expanding Gatwick, rather than building a third runway at Heathrow.
  
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• New biography celebrates high-jumper who competed at 1936 Berlin Olympics

  25-11-2015 06:00
  
  Mitcham-born high jumper Dorothy Tyler-Odam, who for many years lived in Thornton Heath, won medals either side of WW2.
  
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