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• Police appeal for information after man attacked in The...

  07-01-2016 19:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for information after a man was attacked after an argument in The Colonnades car park.The victim, a man in his 30s, was driving out of the car park of Kidspace in The Colonnades, Purley Way at 2pm on Sunday, December 27 when he got in an argument with people in a Vauxhall which was blocking his way.The man beeped his horn at the light coloured hatchback before the dispute broke out and a black man in his thirties got out of the Vauxhall and assaulted him.The victim needed...
  
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• Frost, sunshine. . . and possible snow showers next week,...

  07-01-2016 18:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON could have its first real taste of winter next week, weatherman Ian Currie said today.
  "It will come as a real shock to the system after all the exceptionally mild weather in December," said Mr Currie, who runs a weather station at Rickman Hill, Coulsdon.
  "The winds will swing to the north and early next week and cold air will spread down across us. It will be much drier than of later, sometimes sunny, but there will be frosts at night and there's even a chance of some...
  
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• WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Winston McKenzie works as a paper boy for the Croydon Guardian

  07-01-2016 18:20
  The controversial wannabe politician is on a two-week holiday from his paper round while on Celebrity Big Brother, the Croydon Guardian can reveal.
  
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• Winston McKenzie works as a paper boy for the Croydon Guardian

  07-01-2016 18:20
  
  The controversial wannabe politician is on a two-week holiday from his paper round while on Celebrity Big Brother, the Croydon Guardian can reveal.
  
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• 'Celebrity' politician Winston McKenzie works as a paper boy for the Croydon Guardian

  07-01-2016 18:20
  
  The controversial wannabe politician is on a two-week holiday from his paper round while on Celebrity Big Brother, the Croydon Guardian can reveal.
  
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• Reward for successful prosecution of Croydon cat killer increased to £5000 - Evening Standard

  07-01-2016 17:54
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  Reward for successful prosecution of Croydon cat killer increased to £5000
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  Animal rights group PETA is offering a £5,000 reward to track down and convict the Croydon cat killer. The group initially offered £2,000 for information leading to the successful prosecution of the person responsible for mutilating felines in the ...
  PETA up bounty to nab 'twisted' Cat Ripper of CroydonRT
  Animal rights campaigners more than double reward for help to ca
  

• ​Animal rights group ups reward to £5,000 to help find 'cat...

  07-01-2016 16:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AN animal rights group has more than doubled their reward for information to convict a suspected cat killer in Croydon. A number of cats were found decapitated and with no tail across the borough at the end of last year. In December, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) offered £2,000 to anyone with details of the "cat ripper of Croydon" but has now increased the reward to £5,000. The Advertiser has previously reported in detail about the mutilated cat...
  
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• Risen through the ranks: New M&S boss was Saturday boy at Croydon store aged 15

  07-01-2016 15:47
  
  Steve Rowe began his career more than three decades ago in the knitwear department
  
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• Purley businessman who started career as 15-year-old Saturday boy at Croydon Marks and Spencer store appointed company's chief executive

  07-01-2016 15:47
  
  A Croydon businessman who began his career as a Saturday boy at his local Marks and Spencer department store has been appointed the company's chief executive 33 years later.
  
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• Croydon businessman appointed Marks and Spencer chief executive three decades after joining company as 15-year-old Saturday boy

  07-01-2016 15:47
  
  Steve Rowe began his career more than three decades ago as a Saturday boy the retailer's Croydon store.
  
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• ​Heavy traffic and bus diversions after accident on Reeves Corner

  07-01-2016 14:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CAR accident on Reeves Corner is causing heavy traffic and bus diversions in Croydon this lunchtime. No one was injured in the car on car crash but the road had been closed to large vehicles, causing a significant build up. Transport for London tweeted routes 157, 264, 407, 410 and 455 are subject to diversion and delays eastbound at Tamworth Road.
  Routes 157, 264, 407, 410 and 455 are subject to diversion and delays eastbound at Tamworth Road, Croydon due to a road traffic...
  
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• ​What would happen if North Korea dropped a hydrogen bomb on Croydon? - Croydon Advertiser

  07-01-2016 14:07
  ​What would happen if North Korea dropped a hydrogen bomb on Croydon?
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  10 KILOTON: A bomb this size would kill 24,840 people in Croydon and injure 50,510 - the fallout from the blast would... LITTLE BOY: The Hiroshima bomb would kill 142,450 people and injure 281,360. Fallout would reach as far as Southampton.
  

• Tragic teen died after taking lethal dose of MDMA at illegal Croydon rave ... - Croydon Advertiser

  07-01-2016 14:07
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  Tragic teen died after taking lethal dose of MDMA at illegal Croydon rave ...
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  A POPULAR teenager died after collapsing at an illegal rave in East Croydon after taking a lethal dose of MDMA, an inquest has ruled. An inquest today heard Rio Andrew, 15, was one of thousands at a rave in the derelict Royal Mail sorting office, in ...
  Coroner condemns 'cynical criminals' behind illegal Croydon rave at which boy ...Croydon Guardianall 9 news articles »
  

• Animal rights campaigners more than double reward for help to catch Croydon cat killer

  07-01-2016 14:00
  
  With the suspected killer still at-large, and no new developments in the case, the charity has now increased the reward from £2,000 to £5,000.
  
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• Croydon man who started career as Marks and Spencer Saturday boy announced as ... - Croydon Advertiser

  07-01-2016 13:45
  Croydon man who started career as Marks and Spencer Saturday boy announced as ...
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  A CROYDON man who started his career as a Saturday boy at Croydon's Marks and Spencer 25 years ago has been appointed CEO of the company. Steve Rowe first worked in the men's knitwear department of the Croydon store, the Financial Times ...and more »
  

• Croydon man who started career as Marks and Spencer Saturday boy...

  07-01-2016 13:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CROYDON man who started his career as a Saturday boy at Croydon's Marks and Spencer 25 years ago has been appointed CEO of the company.Steve Rowe first worked in the men's knitwear department of the Croydon store, the Financial Times reported. Mr Rowe will replace current CEO Marc Bollard when he retires at the end of the financial year in April, and will receive a £810,000 salary.He is currently the company's executive director of general merchandise and has been a board member since...
  
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• ARCHIVE PICTURES: 24 pictures of Surrey Street, from 1930 to 2016

  07-01-2016 12:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Young fox left with 'horrific injuries' after getting caught in illegal trap in Coulsdon

  07-01-2016 12:34
  
  Investigators from the RSPCA are appealing for information after the animal badly damaged its front leg trying to shake off the trap in Brighton Road on Sunday.
  
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• ​What would happen if North Korea dropped a hydrogen bomb on...

  07-01-2016 12:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  NORTH Korea's claim that it successfully carried out its first underground test of a hydrogen bomb caused global panic when the news emerged yesterday.Although unconfirmed by independent sources, the alarm was raised when US geologists detected unusual seismic activity.Initial estimates of the size of the supposed bomb detonated in Pyongyang have been in the 10 to 15 kiloton range.In the unlikely event of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un dropping a similar bomb on Croydon, it would have...
  
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• Teens sought after trying to torch Croydon bus

  07-01-2016 12:00
  
  The boys, who police believe were aged between 14 and 16, damaged four seats in the arson attempt on board a T31 bus.
  
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• Pet of the Week Sid wants a cuddle

  07-01-2016 11:50
  
  Michelle Cooper’s cat Sid hid under the sofa when he was rehomed in Sutton two years ago, but it didn’t take him long to settle in.
  
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• Horrible Histories heading to Croydon

  07-01-2016 11:34
  
  History lessons can be horrible as generations of students will attest, yet they’ve never been as fun as Horrible Histories.
  
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• Crash between van and car closed lane on Purley Way - Croydon Advertiser

  07-01-2016 10:14
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  Crash between van and car closed lane on Purley Way
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  A COLLISION between a car and a van caused slow traffic on Purley Way at the junction with Croydon Road this morning. Police were called to the scene at around 6.35am to manage traffic beginning to back up north bound on the A23 after one lane was ...
  

• Coroner condemns 'cynical criminals' behind illegal Croydon rave at which boy, 15, collapsed and died of ecstasy poisoning

  07-01-2016 09:50
  
  Rio Andrew suffered multiple organ failure after swallowing the drug at a party in the derelict Royal Mail office near East Croydon station.
  
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• Crash between van and car closed lane on Purley Way

  07-01-2016 09:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A COLLISION between a car and a van caused slow traffic on Purley Way at the junction with Croydon Road this morning. Police were called to the scene at around 6.35am to manage traffic beginning to back up north bound on the A23 after one lane was shut. No one was injured but drivers exchanged details, said a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman.Traffic returned to normal around an hour later.
  Update - A23 Purley Way / Croydon Road (collision). The A23 is reduced to one lane n/bnd, with...
  
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• VIDEO: Police appeal for help to find teenage boys who tried to...

  07-01-2016 09:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE have released CCTV footage of two teenage boys trying to set fire to seats on a bus in Croydon. Officers are appealing for help to find the boys who tried to set light to four seats of a T31 bus on Sunday, September 6 last year. There was one other passenger on the bus at the time who told the driver what was happening. Nobody was hurt during the incident, which police are treating as arson. The suspects are described as white teenage boys, aged between 14 to 16-year-old. Anyone...
  
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• Labour Mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan calls for "first dibs" for Londoners on new homes

  07-01-2016 08:50
  
  Mr Khan has said offering homes to Londoners first would make it easier to get on the property ladder
  
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• Dodgy knees, homeless people, police compensation and the Gunners - must be 5 Thoughts

  07-01-2016 08:50
  
  A very happy new year to you all. I hope you all enjoyed a fantastic festive break, here’s to an even better year in 2016.
  
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• Police hunt boys 'who tried to set fire to Croydon bus' - ITV News

  07-01-2016 08:42
  ITV News
  Police hunt boys 'who tried to set fire to Croydon bus'
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  Police are hunting for two boys who attempted to set fire to a bus in south London. The suspects - aged about 14 to 16 - are seen on CCTV footage using what appear to be lighters to try and set seats ablaze. The incident happened on Sunday 6 September ...
  Teens sought after arson attempt on Croydon busCroydon Guardian
  Teen girl gave woman, 87, a black eye on Croydon busLondon24
  Watch: Croydon Teens Attempt To Torch BusLBC
  

• 'Cuts and pay freezes' to blame for nursing vacancies, union says - but how does your hospital stack up?

  07-01-2016 08:35
  
  Freedom of Information requests found up to 30 per cent of nursing posts were vacant in some areas.
  
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• Dreary start to turn sunny this afternoon

  07-01-2016 07:43
  
  If you are dragging yourself on to a train in the rain, BBC Weather said you can look forward to sunshine for most of the afternoon.
  
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• Teens sought after arson attempt on Croydon bus

  07-01-2016 07:28
  
  The boys, who police believe were aged between 14 and 16, damaged four seats in the arson attempt on board a T31 bus.
  
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• Croydon residents urged to have say on future of the London Fire Brigade

  07-01-2016 06:00
  
  Mayor of London Boris Johnson has asked the service to make £6.4m of budget cuts for the 2016/2017 financial year.
  
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• Croydon Council worker spared jail for fraudulently claiming £36000 in benefits - Croydon Advertiser

  07-01-2016 01:54
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  Croydon Council worker spared jail for fraudulently claiming £36000 in benefits
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  A CROYDON Council worker who fraudulently more than £36,000 of benefits from her own employer has been spared jail. Nicole Kelly, of Gladeside, Shirley, claimed housing benefit and council tax benefit from the council for five years. She told the ...
  

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