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• Warning sent to Crystal Palace goalkeeper after another mistake - Croydon Advertiser

  17-01-2016 11:30
  Warning sent to Crystal Palace goalkeeper after another mistake
  Croydon Advertiser
  CRYSTAL Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey should have done better to stop Fabian Delph's opening goal at Manchester City. That's the view of boss Alan Pardew following the 4-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium. It was Hennessey's second error in four ...and more »
  

• WEATHER WATCH: First SNOW of 2016 falls in Croydon - but is more on the way? - Croydon Advertiser

  17-01-2016 11:19
  Croydon Advertiser
  WEATHER WATCH: First SNOW of 2016 falls in Croydon - but is more on the way?
  Croydon Advertiser
  Croydon residents woke to a covering of snow this morning for the first time in 2016. Overnight wintry showers left a blanket of the white stuff on roads and fields around the borough, with many people grabbing their scarves and sledges to take ...
  

• Why Amy Johnson's Plane Belongs At Croydon Airport - Londonist

  17-01-2016 11:06
  Londonist
  Why Amy Johnson's Plane Belongs At Croydon Airport
  Londonist
  No one knows the exact circumstances of Amy Johnson's death, but it wasn't a nice way to go. The 37 year old aviatrix almost certainly died in the Thames Estuary when her Airspeed Oxford came down in poor weather in January 1941. She may or may not ...and more »
  

• WEATHER WATCH: First SNOW of 2016 falls in Croydon - but is more...

  17-01-2016 10:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon residents woke to a covering of snow this morning for the first time in 2016.Overnight wintry showers left a blanket of the white stuff on roads and fields around the borough, with many people grabbing their scarves and sledges to take advantage while it lasts.The Met Office has warned that more wintry weather could be on the horizon, although it is expected to be confined to more western parts of the UKHowever, the recent cold temperatures are expected to continue all next week, with...
  
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• Staff can give life-saving treatment after defibrillator...

  17-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  STAFF ata Thornton Heath primary school can now give pupils life-saving treatment after a defibrillator was installed in reception.Teachers at St Cyprian's Greek Orthodox Primary Academy have not had to use the defibrillator since it was installed one month ago but have trained 13 members of staff to be on hand as a safe guard.Deputy head Mary Mantilas and caretaker Miles Rigby were among staff who received training from London Ambulance Service paramedicson December 4.In an assembly, pupils...
  
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• Primary school 'making progress' after Ofsted visit

  17-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PRIMARY school is making progress after being told to improve by Ofsted.Norbury Manor Primary School was rated "requires improvement" in all five categories following an inspection in February last year.Inspectors criticised inconsistent attainment, sub-par teaching and the support given to pupils with special educational needs.Ofsted returned to the school, in Abingdon Road, in December to conduct a monitoring visit.In a letter to head teacher Iffat Fariduddin, published this week,...
  
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• One year on - 10-year-old New Addington girl thriving after...

  17-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  SCARLETT Hewitt can now walk unaided, ride a tricycle and play more easilywith her sisters just one year after a monumental community effort funded life-changing surgery.The ten-year-old flew to Missouri in the United States for specialist spinal surgery to reduce the effects of her cerebral palsy in October last year. Now she can walk around her family's Uvedale Close home andGresham Primary School without help, and only needs to use her wheelchair when she gets tired."We're massively...
  
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• Grandmother thanks 'kind' women who rushed to her aid after she...

  17-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A GRANDMOTHER knocked to the ground by a scaffolding fence on North End in Croydon has praised the kind women who came her to rescue.Patricia Benson, 76, was walking past the Almshouses at lunchtime on December 8 when a strong gust of wind pushed part of the fence surrounding the building in to her "like a ten-tonne truck".The fence knocked her on her backandlanded on top of her. Patricia, of Woodside Park, South Norwood, said: "The fencing was lifted off me. Lots of...
  
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• Police appeal after wedding jewellery stolen in Purley house burglary

  17-01-2016 06:00
  
  A pearl necklace, bracelet and earrings, all stored in cardboard jewellery boxes, were among numerous items stolen from the house in Wilmot Road.
  
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