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• Prisoner believed to be on the run in Croydon - Your Local Guardian

  18-01-2016 21:48
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  Prisoner believed to be on the run in Croydon
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  He is serving a five-and-a-half-year sentence for robbery and aggravated burglary. Rowland, who was reported missing by prison staff following a 5pm roll call, is known to have links to Croydon. He is white, 5 ft 11 ins tall and of medium build, and ...and more »
  

• Prisoner believed to be on the run in Croydon - Croydon Guardian

  18-01-2016 21:43
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  Prisoner believed to be on the run in Croydon
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  He is serving a five-and-a-half-year sentence for robbery and aggravated burglary. Rowland, who was reported missing by prison staff following a 5pm roll call, is known to have links to Croydon. He is white, 5 ft 11 ins tall and of medium build, and ...and more »
  

• Firefighters tackle chimney fire in South Croydon

  18-01-2016 21:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS from Croydon were called to a chimney fire in South Croydon this evening.There was reported slow traffic at due to the fire in St Peter's Road at about 7.30pm.Watch manager Ivan King said crews from Croydon station were alerted to the blaze by an automatic fire alarm.
  
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• Future of Coulsdon car park development thrown into doubt after...

  18-01-2016 21:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  PLANS for a supermarket and community centre in Coulsdon have been thrown into doubt after the 'collapse' of the council-backed scheme.Croydon Council shut Lion Green Road car park last July for work to start on the construction of a new Waitrose supermarket and community centre.The scheme was to be carried out by Croydon Council Urban Regeneration Vehicle (CCURV), a partnership between the council and developers John Laing.But in an email to Croydon South MP Chris Philp on Friday, Jo Negrini,..
  
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• Krept and Konan appear at Croydon Council meeting to launch foundation to ... - Croydon Guardian

  18-01-2016 19:56
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  Krept and Konan appear at Croydon Council meeting to launch foundation to ...
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  Thornton Heath hip-hop duo Krept and Konan made a special guest appearance at Croydon Council's cabinet meeting tonight to launch a new scheme to help young people forge careers in creative industries. The MOBO Award-winners brought a rare splash ...and more »
  

• Midfielder injury concern for Crystal Palace this week before Tottenham test - Croydon Advertiser

  18-01-2016 19:54
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  Midfielder injury concern for Crystal Palace this week before Tottenham test
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  CRYSTAL Palace will closely monitor midfielder James McArthur this week, after the Scotsman limped away from the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. McArthur has been one of the first names on Alan Pardew's teamsheet this season and will look to return to ...and more »
  

• Krept and Konan appear at Croydon Council meeting to launch foundation to ... - Your Local Guardian

  18-01-2016 19:43
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  Krept and Konan appear at Croydon Council meeting to launch foundation to ...
  Your Local Guardian
  Thornton Heath hip-hop duo Krept and Konan made a special guest appearance at Croydon Council's cabinet meeting tonight to launch a new scheme to help young people forge careers in creative industries. The MOBO Award-winners brought a rare splash ...and more »
  

• Croydon man guilty of death by dangerous driving after hitting man and ... - Croydon Advertiser

  18-01-2016 19:42
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  Croydon man guilty of death by dangerous driving after hitting man and ...
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  A CROYDON man has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after hitting a man with a car and then dragging him 100m along a road. Erasmus Ahwoi, 30, was convicted today following a trial into the death of 42-year-old Thomas Rossiter ...
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• Krept and Konan appear at Croydon Council meeting to launch foundation to nurture young talent

  18-01-2016 19:41
  
  The Thornton Heath hip-hop duo have outlined plans to take workshops into Croydon schools to help students forge careers in creative industries.
  
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• MOBO stars Krept and Konan to run workshops in schools to inspire...

  18-01-2016 19:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THORNTON Heath rappers Krept and Konan are to run workshops in Croydon schools aimed at inspiring the next generation of musical talent. The musicians, who won two MOBO awards in November, have teamed up with the council through their Positive Direction Foundation. The partnership, which was announced at tonight's cabinet meeting, will see the duo provide workshops in songwriting, sound engineering, graphic design and programming. Industry experts such as Kritikal Media, JC and Nia have agreed..
  
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• Croydon man guilty of death by dangerous driving after hitting...

  18-01-2016 18:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CROYDON man has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving after hitting a man with a car and then dragging him 100m along a road.Erasmus Ahwoi, 30, was convicted today following a trial into the death of 42-year-old Thomas Rossiter last year.Ahwoi, of Stroud Green Gardens, had agreed to meet up with Mr Rossiter on July 4. The pair met in Swanley where Mr Rossiter got into a car Ahwoi was driving. The men then began arguing and as the row continued Mr Rossiter exited the vehicle..
  
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• Appeal to find missing Thornton Heath teenager - Croydon Guardian

  18-01-2016 18:26
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  Appeal to find missing Thornton Heath teenager
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  An appeal on the Missing People charity's website reads: "Mia, we are here for you whenever you are ready; we can listen, talk you through what help you need, pass a message for you and help you to be safe. Share article. "Call. Text. Anytime. Free.and more »
  

• Appeal to find missing Thornton Heath teenager

  18-01-2016 18:18
  
  Mia Baldock, 16, has been missing from Thornton Heath since January 12.
  
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• The view from Croydon: A tribute to David Bowie - The Croydon Citizen

  18-01-2016 18:00
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  The view from Croydon: A tribute to David Bowie
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  For those of us who grew up in the last fifty years, David Bowie is woven into the soundtrack of our lives, whether you were a crazy punk, mad rocker or pixie-booted '80s teen like me, captivated by Labyrinth. Bowie crafted inimitable multi-layered ...and more »
  

• Riddlesdown Collegiate wants to open primary free school in north of Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  18-01-2016 17:53
  Riddlesdown Collegiate wants to open primary free school in north of Croydon
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  RIDDLESDOWN Collegiate in Purley wants to open a primary free school in the north of the Croydon. Gordon Smith, chief executive of The Collegiate Trust, which runs the secondary academy, says it has the expertise and the experience needed to make the ...
  

• Children's classic The Gruffalo's Child comes to Fairfield Halls - Croydon Advertiser

  18-01-2016 17:53
  Children's classic The Gruffalo's Child comes to Fairfield Halls
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  IT'S a wild and windy night but the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow.Surely the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist – does he? Discover the answer with your little ones at the Ashcroft Theatre at Fairfield ...and more »
  

• Death of man who suffered knife wound to his stomach in Selhurst...

  18-01-2016 17:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE are treating the death of a man who suffered knife injuries in a Selhurst house as "non-suspicious".The man, in his 30s, was rushed to a south London hospital by the London Air Ambulance after police and paramedics were called to a house in Saxon Road on Wednesday (January 13) morning.He died just hours later and a special post-mortem on Friday (January 15) found the cause of death to be "an incised wound to the abdomen", police said.A spokeswoman added the death is...
  
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• Man's death from knife wounds in Selhurst 'not being treated as suspicious'

  18-01-2016 17:19
  
  The man, in his 30s, died in hospital hours after being discovered critically injured at the address in Saxon Road on Wednesday morning.
  
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• Prisoner believed to be on the run in Croydon

  18-01-2016 17:17
  
  Scott Rowland, 30, who is serving a five-and-a-half-year sentence for robbery and aggravated burglary, absconded from jail on Thursday.
  
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• Children's classic The Gruffalo's Child comes to Fairfield Halls

  18-01-2016 16:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  IT'S a wild and windy nightbut the Gruffalo's child ignores her father's warning and tiptoes out into the snow.Surely the Big Bad Mouse doesn't really exist – does he?Discover the answer with your little ones at the Ashcroft Theatre at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, from Friday, January 29 to Sunday, January 31.The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are modern children's classics in the world of literature.Now we can step into the deep dark wood as The...
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: more pictures of Croydon people taken in 1985

  18-01-2016 16:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Riddlesdown Collegiate wants to open primary free school in north...

  18-01-2016 16:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  RIDDLESDOWN Collegiate in Purley wants to open a primary free school in the north of the Croydon.Gordon Smith, chief executive of The Collegiate Trust, which runs the secondary academy, says it has the expertise and the experience needed to make the most of a "really exciting opportunity". In a fundamental change of policy due to be approved by cabinet members tonight, the council is to rely on free schools to meet the demand for places in Croydon after admitting it could no longer...
  
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• Plane Stupid activists who invaded Heathrow runway go on trial

  18-01-2016 16:27
  
  Thirteen anti-Heathrow expansion activists have gone on trial for occupying the airport's northern runway in July.
  
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• Residents left with 'trickle of water' following burst main pipe...

  18-01-2016 16:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A BURST main pipe in South Norwood left many residents with little water over the weekend. Thames Water supplied bottled water to some residents after an underground pipe ruptured at around 3am on Friday, cutting off supplies to many homes. Repairs on the pipe under the Norwood Junction station bridge were finished last night and after resurfacing, the road is expected to reopen on Tuesday evening. Witnesses reported a "terrible" smell following the fracture as sewage flooded...
  
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• Retrospective planning permission for unlawful flats in South...

  18-01-2016 15:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PLANNING application for illegal flats to remain in a 19th century South Norwood pub has been refused.Developers unlawfully built seven flats in The Ship, in High Street, including two in the front of the pub and built a mansard roof at the back of the property.With Croydon Council officers they sought retrospective permission agreeingto re-instate A3 or A4, restaurant or drinking use, on the ground floor and basement.On Thursday night the planning committee refused permission, after the...
  
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• Dates announced for Sundance Film Festival: London 2016 - Croydon Guardian

  18-01-2016 15:23
  Dates announced for Sundance Film Festival: London 2016
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  Previously hosted at the O2 from 2012 to 2014, the film festival which gives premieres to lots of cool indie movies will move to Picturehouse Central from June 2 to 5 this year. Oscar winner Robert Redford founded the non-profit Sundance Institute ...and more »
  

• Drug dealer, Erasmus Ahwoi, cleared of murdering Thomas Rossiter in Swanley

  18-01-2016 15:14
  
  A Croydon drug dealer accused of deliberately killing a Swanley man by running him over and dragging him 100 metres up a road has been cleared of both murder and manslaughter.
  
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• Dates announced for Sundance Film Festival: London 2016

  18-01-2016 15:12
  
  Sundance’s London Film Festival is returning this summer after missing 2015.
  
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• David Bowie and Croydon - A hero and his 'nemesis' - Croydon Advertiser

  18-01-2016 14:52
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  David Bowie and Croydon - A hero and his 'nemesis'
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  "It represented everything I didn't want in my life, everything I wanted to get away from," he said in 1999. "I think it's the most derogatory thing I can say about somebody or something: 'God, it's so f****** Croydon'!" But, whether he was willing to ...
  

• Croydon drug dealer Erasmus Ahwoi cleared of murdering Thomas Rossiter in ... - Kent Online

  18-01-2016 14:51
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  Croydon drug dealer Erasmus Ahwoi cleared of murdering Thomas Rossiter in ...
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  A drug dealer accused of deliberately running over and killing a father-of-two in his car and dragging him for almost 100 metres up a road has been cleared of murder and manslaughter. Erasmus Ahwoi, who maintained he did not see Thomas Rossiter ...and more »
  

• Developer blasts 'middle-class white guys' for blocking The Ship pub renovation

  18-01-2016 14:40
  
  Despite a recommendation from council officers that permission should granted, councillors rejected the plans, with one claiming the combined use of a pub and residential use was "unworkable".
  
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• Four things that I learnt about Croydon by launching a start-up community - The Croydon Citizen

  18-01-2016 14:07
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  Four things that I learnt about Croydon by launching a start-up community
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  Two years ago, I'd hardly heard of Croydon and had no connection with the place or anyone in it. In September 2013, my family and I moved here, quickly fell in love with this place, and plan to stay here for keeps. All because of something that had ...
  

• Are you brave enough to try Derren Brown’s new ghost train at Thorpe Park?

  18-01-2016 13:48
  
  Ghost trains are surely sufficiently spooky without having a proven mind-bender like Derren Brown adding his psychological twist – so be prepared to be scared at Thorpe Park.
  
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• 11 heartwarming pictures of animals to get you through Blue Monday

  18-01-2016 13:19
  
  Just because…
  
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• Athletics: Croydon Harriers men's promotion hopes will go down to the wire - Croydon Guardian

  18-01-2016 13:00
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  Athletics: Croydon Harriers men's promotion hopes will go down to the wire
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  Croydon Harriers' men's hopes of an immediate return to the top flight of the 2XU Surrey cross-country league hang in the balance after a fifth place finish at Priory Park in Reigate. The result leaves Croydon in second place overall, just 10 points ...
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• Nature notes: Badgers in the snow

  18-01-2016 12:38
  
  With the exception perhaps of badgers (pictured) and blackbirds that find it easy to locate their main diet of earthworms, the so far wet and windy winter has not created ideal conditions for wildlife.
  
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• BREAKING VIEWS: Croydon is becoming more family-friendly (because there are fewer things to do) - Croydon Advertiser

  18-01-2016 12:26
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  BREAKING VIEWS: Croydon is becoming more family-friendly (because there are fewer things to do)
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  MUCH has been made of the demise of Tiger Tiger which has joined the lengthy list of Croydon's closed nightclubs. To some, including the club's former competitors, the loss of such a large venue is a crippling, potentially terminal, blow to Croydon's ...
  

• BREAKING VIEWS: Croydon is becoming more family-friendly (because there are ... - Croydon Advertiser

  18-01-2016 12:26
  BREAKING VIEWS: Croydon is becoming more family-friendly (because there are ...
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  MUCH has been made of the demise of Tiger Tiger which has joined the lengthy list of Croydon's closed nightclubs. To some, including the club's former competitors, the loss of such a large venue is a crippling, potentially terminal, blow to Croydon's ...
  

• BREAKING VIEWS: Croydon is becoming more family-friendly ...

  18-01-2016 12:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  MUCH has been made of the demise of Tiger Tiger which has joined the lengthy list of Croydon's closed nightclubs.To some, including the club's former competitors, the loss of such a large venue is a crippling, potentially terminal, blow to Croydon's already ailing nighttime economy. To others, like council leader Tony Newman, the end of Tiger Tiger is a sign of the town becoming a more family-friendly place. His culture spokesman, Timothy Godfrey, went a step further, accusing those worried by..
  
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• 6 interior design trends you’ll want to follow in 2016 – south London masterclass promises more inspiration

  18-01-2016 11:59
  Looking for inspiration for your home? Interior designer Marta Leitane shares some top tips for home decorating trends in 2016.
  
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• Head teacher who described pupils as 'exceptionally weak' defends...

  18-01-2016 11:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A HEAD teacher who blamed his academy's worst-ever GCSE results on "very, very, very weak" pupils has defended the school. Andy Crofts, principal of The Quest Academy, told the Advertiser students who took last summer's GCSEs were "exceptionally weak" and were "never going to get there with any school in the country". His remarks prompted widespread criticism, including from current and former pupils, and were later picked up by national newspapers.Mr Crofts...
  
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• David Bowie and Croydon - A hero and his 'nemesis'

  18-01-2016 11:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  EVERY hero needs a good nemesis and David Bowie said his was Croydon."It represented everything I didn't want in my life, everything I wanted to get away from," he said in 1999. "I think it's the most derogatory thing I can say about somebody or something: 'God, it's so f****** Croydon'!"But, whether he was willing to admit it or not, our borough had a real impact on his life and music.Bowie, who died last Sunday after a battle with cancer, was briefly a student at Croydon...
  
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• Nature notes: Foxey weather - Croydon Guardian

  18-01-2016 11:37
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  Nature notes: Foxey weather
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  Finally, after much huffing, puffing, pouring rain and false starts, winter has arrived, bringing with it the first proper frosts, some ice and a little snow. This is fine and not only will it kill off a few undesirable bugs but some wild flower seeds ...and more »
  

• Nature notes: Foxey weather

  18-01-2016 11:30
  
  Finally, after much huffing, puffing, pouring rain and false starts, winter has arrived, bringing with it the first proper frosts, some ice and a little snow.
  
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• READERS' PICTURES: The best images of Croydon in the snow

  18-01-2016 10:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Southern could be stripped of its franchise if it does not improve "appalling" rail service

  18-01-2016 10:30
  
  About 20 MPs are expected to call on the company to employ more drivers and use more carriages at a meeting convened by Rail Minister Claire Perry.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Heavy delays expected after M25 crash

  18-01-2016 08:27
  
  The crash occurred near Chertsey between junction 11 and 12 and has forced authorities to close the four lane moving anti-clockwise.
  
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• WEATHER: Freezing conditions set to continue after snowy weekend

  18-01-2016 08:01
  
  Temperatures plummeted as low as -2 Celsius over the weekend with snow falling in some areas of the capital on Saturday night.
  
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• Southern could be stripped of its franchise if it does not improve "appalling" service

  18-01-2016 06:00
  
  About 20 MPs are expected to call on the firm to employ more drivers and use more carriages at the meeting, convened by Rail Minister Claire Perry.
  
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