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• Chilling HP Lovecraft masterpiece comes to the stage in Croydon

  14-01-2016 19:46
  
  Cult US horror writer HP Lovecraft’s work will be brought to life in Croydon.
  
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• 19 PHOTOS of David Bowie and tributes to him

  14-01-2016 17:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• 19 PHOTO'S of David Bowie and tributes to him

  14-01-2016 17:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Croydon NHS Trust rapped for data breach after sending patient's private data to wrong address

  14-01-2016 17:02
  
  A patient's "sensitive" clinical information was mailed to a stranger following a staff blunder, the Information Commissioner has found.
  
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• Council leader accuses MP of 'whipping up fears' over plans to build hundreds of new homes in Shirley

  14-01-2016 15:30
  
  The proposals also identify two potential locations for a permanent travellers site of up to 25 pitches in nearby south Croydon.
  
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• Firefighters rescue woman from flat blaze

  14-01-2016 15:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN was rescued by firefighters after a flat blaze in West Norwood yesterday.Fire crews led the woman to safety from a block of flats above a shop on Knights Hill. She was treated at the scene by London Ambulance Service, but did not need hospital treatment.A small area of a four roomed flat on the first floor was damaged by the fire, the cause of which is not yet known and investigations are ongoing.Two engines from West Norwood fire station attended the fire - they were called out at...
  
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• Say My Name: Vibe speaks to Oscar-nominee Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston and John Goodman on the Trumbo red carpet

  14-01-2016 14:50
  
  In Trumbo, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston stars as a Hollywood screenwriter whose beliefs meant he wasn’t credited for Oscar winning movies. Vibe’s JIM PALMER caught up with its stars.
  
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• Say My Name: Vibe caught Oscar-nominee Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston and John Goodman on the Trumbo red carpet

  14-01-2016 14:50
  
  In Trumbo, Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston stars as a Hollywood screenwriter whose beliefs meant he wasn’t credited for Oscar winning movies. Vibe’s JIM PALMER caught up with its stars.
  
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• ​VIDEO: Dramatic footage of blazing car fire in South Norwood

  14-01-2016 14:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A FIRE destroyed a car in South Norwood yesterday. The car set alight in Selhurst Road at around 3.10pm. One viewer captured the event as it unfolded.Police helped the uninjured driver out his car and when firefighters arrived shortly after the vehicle was fully alight.
  One appliance from Norbury fire station attended and had put the green Ford Escort out in about 10 minutes. The cause is not yet known but believed to be an electrical fault.Got a story? Email...
  
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• Council leader accuses MP of 'whipping up fears' over plans to build 100s of new homes in Shirley

  14-01-2016 14:13
  
  The proposals also identify two potential locations for a permanent travellers site of up to 25 pitches in nearby south Croydon.
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 25 pictures of Croydon in the snow

  14-01-2016 14:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Croydon's Quest Academy head says school's worst results are due to 'very weak ... - Daily Mail

  14-01-2016 13:22
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  Croydon's Quest Academy head says school's worst results are due to 'very weak ...
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  A head teacher has blamed his school's worst-ever GCSE results on his 'difficult mix' of 'very, very, very weak' students including many asylum seekers. Andy Crofts, from the Quest Academy, said he would 'challenge anyone to do any better' with the ...and more »
  

• Hospital trust rapped after it lost birth records and sent...

  14-01-2016 12:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON'S hospital trust mistakenly sent a patient's sensitive medical information to the wrong person.And while being investigated for that data breach, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust "misplaced" its register of births for April 2009 to May 2010 for five months.The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has rapped the trust for the data breaches in a judgement published this week.The ICO said the breaches of the Data Protection Act followed "several others ... involving the...
  
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• Croydon man arrested after allegedly injuring three friends in Epsom

  14-01-2016 12:43
  
  The 33-year-old was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm, and is on conditional bail until February 22
  
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• Head disappointed former school-turned-academy now permanently...

  14-01-2016 12:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE head teacher forced out of Archbishop Lanfranc when it was made to become an academy in 2014 says he is "uncomfortable" it is permanently excluding more pupils than any other school in Croydon.The school, now called Archbishop Lanfranc Academy, permanently excluded six pupils in 2014/15, twice as many as any other school in the borough, and handed out 67 fixed term exclusions, compared to one and ten respectively in its final year before being taken over by The Coloma Trust....
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTO's, 25 pictures of people in Addiscombe and Shirley

  14-01-2016 12:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Broken down lorry causing traffic delays in Norbury

  14-01-2016 12:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A LORRY has broken down underneath the station bridge in Norbury. The southbound A23, London road at the junction with Roche Road, is blocked after the lorry broke down at around 9am. A spokesman from Transport for London said: "The lorry is expected to be removed in the next hour." Traffic is heavy but flowing around the blockage.
  A23 London Rd j/w Roche Rd is blocked southbound due to a broken down HGV. Contraflow in operation.— TfL Traffic News (@TfLTrafficNews) January...
  
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• Product recall: Poundland's chocolates could cause allergy risk

  14-01-2016 11:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  BUDGET store Poundland has withdrawn its after dinner mints because an ingredient, which could cause an allergic reaction to some customers, wasn't listed.Poundland Ltd, which has three stores in the borough; High Street, Thornton Heath, Central Parade, New Addington and the Whitgift Centre, has withdrawn the mint chocolates because the product contains milk, which is not mentioned in the ingredients list. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance
  
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• Purley man and three family members killed in crash in Uganda

  14-01-2016 11:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PURLEY man and three members of his family have been killed in a crash in Uganda.Henry Obonyo, from Purley Downs Road, died in a traffic incident on January 2, along with three members of his family, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed today.A FCO spokeswoman said: "We are providing support to the family of four British Nationals who died in a traffic incident in Uganda on January 2, 2016."
  
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• Commuting chaos after closures and severe delays on District Line and London Overground

  14-01-2016 09:52
  
  Commuters have experienced service closures and delays across London after signal failures this morning
  
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• Keep warm! Sleet across London and Surrey this morning

  14-01-2016 08:55
  
  The weather is expected to clear by this afternoon
  
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• TRAFFIC: Congestion on M25 caused by broken down lorry near Reigate

  14-01-2016 08:34
  
  There is congestion clockwise between junctions 5 to 8
  
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• Zac Goldsmith backs extending Croydon Tramlink to Sutton

  14-01-2016 06:00
  
  The mayoral hopeful said he wanted further devolution of Transport for London (TfL) to pay for the tram connection.
  
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• Street artist from The Apprentice transforms Croydon building site into work ... - Croydon Advertiser

  14-01-2016 03:23
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  Street artist from The Apprentice transforms Croydon building site into work ...
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  A STREET artist whose work featured on The Apprentice has transformed a building site in Croydon town centre into a work of art. Nathan Bowen asked builders working at the former Dorothy Perkins store in North End on Tuesday whether he could paint over ...
  

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