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• South Norwood murder: Police give cause of death as stab wound...

  24-01-2016 23:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE investigating the murder of a man found in a South Norwood park on Saturday say he was 21 years old and died having been stabbed. Scotland Yard this evening confirmed that a post mortem carried out earlier today confirmed the cause of death was a stab wound. A spokesman for the Met said the victim has been identified, though officers are waiting until all next of kin have been informed before naming him. A murder investigation was launched after police were called to reports of an...
  
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• Croydon: Murder inquiry as young man's body found on South Norwood Recreational Ground - International Business Times UK

  24-01-2016 21:39
  International Business Times UK
  Croydon: Murder inquiry as young man's body found on South Norwood Recreational Ground
  International Business Times UK
  Police in Croydon have launched a murder investigation after a 21-year-old man was found stabbed in a local park. The unidentified male victim was found at the South Norwood Recreational Ground on Saturday night (23 January). The area has been ...
  

• Police launch murder investigation after man found stabbed in...

  24-01-2016 14:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE have launched a murder investigation after the death of a man found with stab wounds in a South Norwood park. The man, believed to be in his late teen or early 20s, was found suffering a stab wound in South Norwood Recreation Ground close to Tennison Road shortly before 8pm on Saturday. Police and London Ambulance Service paramedics attended the scene, but the man was pronounced dead at 8.45pm.The Met says a post-mortem and formal identification are to take place this...
  
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• Murder probe launched after young man found stabbed to death in South Norwood park

  24-01-2016 14:42
  
  Scotland Yard homicide detectives are investigating the death as a murder and the area was still being treated as a crime scene this afternoon, police said.
  
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• Suspected burst water main forces road closure and water problems...

  24-01-2016 14:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A SUSPECTED burst water main has forced the closure of Windmill Road and caused water problems in the area.A flood, believed to be caused by the burst main, has mean the road has been cordoned off near the junctions with St Saviour's Road and St James's ParkAn incident report on Thames Water's website said: "Customers in CR0 may have low water pressure or may be without water. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause."We are working to fix the problem and will restore water...
  
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• Fly-tipping problems persist at Croydon supermarket - Croydon Advertiser

  24-01-2016 10:32
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  Fly-tipping problems persist at Croydon supermarket
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  Black bin bags, cardboard boxes and general litter was dumped in front of recycling bins at Sainsbury's. After Christmas, a mountain of empty present papers and Santa gift bags were spotted at the same place. Park Hill Friends tweeted a picture of the ...
  

• Wife's emotional tribute to 'true gentleman' Chelsea Flower Show...

  24-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PURLEY man who won gold at the Chelsea Flower Show four years in a row has been remembered as a "true gentleman".William Lockyer – known to friends as Bill– died on Monday, January 11, just four weeks after he was rushed to hospital on a day he was meant to be tending his plants, with doctors discovering he had an inoperable brain tumour.The 73-year-old had become a familiar face at the prestigious flower show for his displays of more than 100 primula auricula...
  
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• Fly-tipping problems persist at Croydon supermarket

  24-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  RUBBISH gathered again outside supermarket bins in Purley Way this week.Black bin bags, cardboard boxes and general litter was dumped in front of recycling bins at Sainsbury's.After Christmas, a mountain of empty present papers and Santa gift bags were spotted at the same place.Park Hill Friends tweeted a picture of the bin area saying it was "disgusting".The bins are used for recycling,but a number of non-recyclable items were also dumped.A Sainsbury's spokeswoman said: "We...
  
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• Croydon schoolboys' choir invited by Queen to re-record Bohemian...

  24-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  "IT IS not often that one sees a boys' choir, all decked out in their finest choir robes, singing 'Scaramouche, Scaramouche, can you do the Fandango?'"Mark Bishop, headmaster at Trinity School, is not wrong – but that is just what happened when his boys' choir was invited by rock band Queen to re-record their iconic smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody.The hit marked its 40th anniversary last month after reaching Christmas number one in 1975, and to celebrate, Queen invited the choir to...
  
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• Car wash firm slapped with £8,000 fine for illegal...

  24-01-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CAR washing company has been fined £8,000 for flyposting on lampposts in Croydon.RRF Jet Washing Services Ltd and director Kerry Fisher were found guilty of the illegal advertising after an investigation by Croydon Council.The company, which is registered to Wickham Road, had put the signs up in Thornton Heath, Shirley, Addington, Waddon, Selsdon and central Croydon between June 8 and July 31 last year.Fisher, of Orchard Way, Shirley, had not responded to warning letters from the council
  
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