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• Two teenagers stabbed outside West Croydon station

  28-11-2015 19:40
  
  Two teenage boys are in hospital after being stabbed outside West Croydon station.
  
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• Pensioner Merlita Malcolm from Thornton Heath found

  28-11-2015 17:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A pensioner from Thornton Heath who went missing yesterday morning has been found. Merlita Malcolm, 77, was found today after going missing at around 6.50am from her home in Norbury Avenue on Friday.Police were appealing for help to find 77-year-old Merliita Malcolm who was missing from Croydon. She has now been found. Thanks for the RTs— Croydon MPS (@MPSCroydon) November 28, 2015
  
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• Croydon school hoping for success after world attempt - Croydon Advertiser

  28-11-2015 11:49
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  Croydon school hoping for success after world attempt
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  PUPILS at Robert Fitzroy Academy took part in the "world's largest simultaneous lesson in multiple locations" with thousands of children worldwide in aid of Children in Need. The record, which is still to be reviewed by Guinness World Records, was ...
  

• Police appeal to find 'vulnerable' Thornton Heath pensioner...

  28-11-2015 10:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for help to find a vulnerable pensioner from Thornton Heath who has not been since yesterday morning..Merlita Malcolm, 77, has not been seen since 6:50am on November 27, at her home in Norbury Avenue.Police say her family is extremely concerned as she has health problems and her disappearance is out of character.She is black, around 5ft tall and wears glasses. She now has grey hair although the image attached shows her with dark hair.It is not known what she is wearing but..
  
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• Two teenage boys in 'stable condition' after stabbing in Croydon...

  28-11-2015 10:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two teenage boys remain in a stable condition after being stabbed in Croydon town centre yesterday evening.Police were called to reports of a fight at around 6.15pm on High Street. A teenage boy was found with stab wounds on Derby Road and another was found nearby with puncture wounds.Both were taken to a south London hospital and their injuries are believed to be non-life threatening, a Metropolitan Police Service spokesman said. The extent of their injuries is not yet known but police...
  
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• Toys for Joy: Our Christmas gift campaign returns - please give...

  28-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  'TIS the season to be jolly – and the Advertiser is hoping that the good people of Croydon can give generously for our annual Christmas toy appeal.The paper is once again teaming up with Croydon University Hospital and Fairfield Halls for this year's Toys for Joy campaign.Any unwanted toys, games and gifts can be dropped off at the hospital's Croydon's Community Health Services building at 12 to 18 Lennard Road, between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.While all toys will be gratefully...
  
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• Post Office plans branch relocation to Thornton Heath newsagents

  28-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE Post Office is inviting the public to comment on plans to relocate a Thornton Heath store to a newsagents.The company is planning its Beulah Road store 85 metres further down the street to Allsorts Newsagents.Relocating would offer customers a more modern branch with extended opening hours seven days a week.Should the move go ahead, the branch would open from 7am to 11pm Monday to Saturday, and from 7am to 10.30pm on Sunday, offering an extra 65 hours and 30 minutes for customers.Will...
  
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• Parents of tragic rave teen given award for drugs awareness...

  28-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A COUPLE who devoted themselves to raising awareness of the dangers of drugs after the death of their son have been given an award for their tireless campaigning.Fiona and Tim Spargo-Mabbs set up the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation when after the 16-year-old Archbishop Tenison's pupil died after from taking ecstasy while on his way to an illegal rave in January 2014. They have created a drugs education programme which is being run by 13 schools, including nine in Croydon, with a further four in..
  
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• Family and Mayor celebrate 100-year-old Dolores' 'amazing'...

  28-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FROM Italy to Croydon, one 100-year-old woman now living in Thornton Heath had a colourful celebration at her centenary birthday celebrations.Dolores Nicholls grew up in an orphanage in the north-east Italian city ofTrieste, before she met her future husband, David, an English soldier.After the war ended, she moved back to England with him where she had two children, Christine, 68, and Andrew, 62.On Thursday, Mayor Patricia Hay-Justice visited Dolores to celebrate the centenarian's venerable ...
  
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• Crystal Girl Neesha in line to be Miss Caribbean UK

  28-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CRYSTAL Palace cheerleader is "delighted" to have been selected for the final of Miss Caribbean UK 2015.Property negotiator Neesha Robinson competed with othercontestantsacross the country, and in the London semi-finalswore a black sequin dress on stage, representing Jamaica.The 23-year-old from Warlingham previously won Miss Afro Beauty 2014 and was a finalist in Miss England 2014.Neeshasaid she will "ditch the glitz and glam and go natural" for the final on...
  
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• Croydon school hoping for success after world attempt

  28-11-2015 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  PUPILS at RobertFitzroy Academy took part in the "world's largest simultaneous lesson in multiple locations" with thousands of children worldwide in aid of Children in Need.The record, which is still to be reviewed by Guinness World Records, was attempted through a live webcast lesson by teachers David Andrews and Chris Williams at the school on Brampton Road.More than 35,000 children from schools in 14 countries took part, and it included problem solving challenges followed by a...
  
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• New Addington family shocked after car 'deliberately' set on fire...

  28-11-2015 09:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A FAMILY were left shocked after their car, sat on their driveway, was alight in a suspected arson attack in the early hours of this morning.The Volkswagen Golf was outside their home on Salcot Crescent when a passing van driver noticed the car was on fire and called emergency services at 2.10am.A teenage boy and his parents were asleep in the house at the time. One pump from New Addington attended within three minutes of the call and left after an hour. Crew manager, Steve Mewett, said:...
  
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• Skyscraper with suspended swimming pool and Europe's highest bar branded 'a completely inappropriate waste of space'

  28-11-2015 06:00
  
  THe proposed 66-storey tower has been denounced by critics as a "bloody awful" building that "does nothing for the ordinary person."
  
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• Purley businesses vote for levy to fund town centre regeneration

  28-11-2015 06:00
  
  The Purley business improvement district (Bid) will launch in February 2016, after a ballot last week saw more than 87 per cent of businesses vote in favour of the scheme.
  
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• Croydon's first drive-through coffee shop opens

  28-11-2015 05:50
  
  Ever found yourself in desperate need of a caffeine but too tired to open the car door? Help is at hand.
  
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