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• Mayor suspends council meeting amid row over whether to have a...

  25-01-2016 21:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  LOCAL democracy in Croydon plumbed new depths this evening after the mayor suspended a full council meeting amid an argument between councillors over whether to vote on having a vote. Patricia Hay-Justice imposed a 15 minute recess after the public gallery, packed for a debate about planning policy in Shirley, reacted angrily when she decided to move on without a vote on the motion being discussed. Hundreds of Shirley residents attended the meeting to listen to a debate, prompted by a...
  
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• Devastated mum's emotional tribute to South Norwood murder victim...

  25-01-2016 17:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE family of 21-year-old David Darko who was murdered in South Norwood have begged for anyone with information to come forward to catch his killer. Police are investigating after Mr Darko, from Addiscombe, was found with a stab wound in South Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday night. His mum, Ivy Darko, paid tribute to her son, speaking as friends and family gathered to mourn David at the family home in Canal Walk. She said: "I want to beg the public, the community, parents to...
  
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• VIDEO: Stunning views inside the underground Victorian secret of Crystal Palace - Croydon Advertiser

  25-01-2016 17:16
  VIDEO: Stunning views inside the underground Victorian secret of Crystal Palace
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  A TRAILER has been released offering a sneak peek at the beautiful architecture hidden in the Crystal Palace Subway. 'What remains, the ruined subway at Crystal Palace' shows the spectacular roofing at the subway and tells the story of its use after ...
  

• Council 'cannot give' share of £180,000 music festival fund...

  25-01-2016 17:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  WITH two of Croydon's music festivals announcing a year off and a third claiming it will never return, the council has said it cannot give community events a share of its own £180,000.Purley and Crystal Palace Overground festivals will not return in 2016 while organisers get to grips with how to manage the expanding events, while a music festival which debuted in Coulsdon last summer will also not return after costing organisers thousands of pounds.Purley Festival has received £2,500
  
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• Heritage Festival organisers search for Croydon's secret stories - Croydon Advertiser

  25-01-2016 17:03
  Heritage Festival organisers search for Croydon's secret stories
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  THE search for the secrets of Croydon's past is underway as the Croydon Heritage Festival prepares to host its fourth year of events. The week-long schedule will focus on the theme of 'undiscovered Croydon' and organisers have called on community ...and more »
  

• Heritage Festival organisers search for Croydon's secret stories

  25-01-2016 16:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE search for the secrets of Croydon's past is underway as the Croydon Heritage Festival prepares to host its fourth year of events.The week-long schedule will focus on the theme of 'undiscovered Croydon' and organisers have called on community groups, businesses and residents to share their stories.Croydon has 150 listed buildings with famous residents including Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived in Tennison Road, South Norwood.Martin Corney, Whitgift Foundation chief...
  
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• VIDEO: Stunning views inside the underground Victorian secret of...

  25-01-2016 16:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A TRAILER has been released giving a sneak peek at the beautiful architecture hidden in the Crystal Palace Subway. 'What remains, the ruined subway at Crystal Palace' shows the spectacular roofing at the subway and tells the story of its use after being closed after the palace burnt down in 1936. Since, it has been used as a tourist attraction, a backdrop for a music video and an air raid shelter during the Second World War.
  Campaigners are now fundraising to reopen the subway to the public...
  
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• Croydon Digital Zones now open within Go ON UK scheme - EastLondonLines

  25-01-2016 15:48
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  Croydon Digital Zones now open within Go ON UK scheme
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  Members of the public use the service to gain basic digital skills such as how to use tablets. Pic: Croydon Council. Three Digital Zones are now open in various locations in Croydon as part of the Go ON Croydon partnership – Croydon Council's ...
  

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• Croydon council meeting to take surreal turn as councillors hope...

  25-01-2016 15:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  COUNCIL meetings in Croydon are often parodies but tonight promises to serve up a fresh slice of the surreal as opposition councillors hope to force a debate about debates.Labour announced in July 2014 it was going to lower the threshold needed for a public petition to trigger a debate in a full council meeting from 10,000 to 1,000 to show the newly elected administration's commitment to local democracy.It later transpired only a full council meeting could amend the constitution to allow this to
  
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• McKellen spearheads BFI's Shakespeare on Film season

  25-01-2016 15:46
  
  Sir Ian McKellen is leading the way in a star-studded Shakespeare on Film season at the British Film Institute to mark 400 years since the playwright’s death.
  
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• 'It's every mother's worst nightmare': Grieving family call for justice after 21-year-old man stabbed to death in South Norwood park

  25-01-2016 14:41
  
  David Darko was found with stab wounds and later pronounced dead in South Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday.
  
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• Hunt for Croydon cat killer as death toll rises - ITV News

  25-01-2016 13:14
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  Hunt for Croydon cat killer as death toll rises
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  Cats are being killed in vicious and brutal ways. This is not one of the cats killed in Croydon. Photo: Press Association. The hunt for a possible animal serial killer stalking the streets of south London has been stepped up after it emerged up to 30 ...
  Croydon Cat Killer: Celebrities join the fight to catch the culpritEvening Standard
  Hunt for 'Croydon Cat Ripper' stepped up as X Factor stars back PETA's campaignMirror.co.uk
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• Should Donald Trump be barred from entering Croydon? - The Croydon Citizen

  25-01-2016 13:01
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  Should Donald Trump be barred from entering Croydon?
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  Donald J. Trump is a sixty-nine-year-old American business magnate, billionaire, investor and potential Republican candidate in the 2016 US Presidential Elections. He also has blonde, flowing locks, which I can't take my eyes off. Trump has been in the ...and more »
  

• Sadiq Khan defends £19900 donation from controversial Croydon property developer - Croydon Advertiser

  25-01-2016 12:49
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  Sadiq Khan defends £19900 donation from controversial Croydon property developer
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  SADIQ Khan, Labour's candidate for Mayor of London, has defended accepting £19,900 from a company owned by a controversial Croydon property developer. Mr Khan, who has made tackling the capital's lack of affordable housing a key part of his election ...
  

• Croydon stab victim found dead in playground named - ITV News

  25-01-2016 12:44
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  Croydon stab victim found dead in playground named
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  The young man found stabbed to death in a park in Croydon on Saturday evening has been named as David Darko. Davie, 21, was found unresponsive at South Norwood Recreationial Ground closed to Tennison Road at around 19:47 on Saturday.
  Croydon stabbing: Tributes to victim killed two weeks after 21st birthdayEvening Standard
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• Sadiq Khan defends £19,900 donation from controversial...

  25-01-2016 12:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  SADIQ Khan, Labour's candidate for Mayor of London, has defended accepting £19,900 from a company owned by a controversial Croydon property developer.Mr Khan, who has made tackling the capital's lack of affordable housing a key part of his election campaign, said the donation complied with the rules, but it could prove controversial given Dr Ansari publicly opposed Croydon's Labour-run council's landlord licensing scheme.Dr Ansari, a regular Labour donor, led an ultimately unsuccessful...
  
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• South Norwood murder: Police name victim as David Darko, 21

  25-01-2016 10:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  DETECTIVES investigating a murder in South Norwood have named the victim as 21-year-old David Darko. Police continue to appeal for information after Mr Darko, from South Norwood, was found with a stab wound in South Norwood Recreation Ground on Saturday night. They were called at 7.47pm that evening to reports of an unresponsive man in the park. Officers and paramedics attended, but he was pronounced dead at 8.45pm. A post-mortem carried out yesterday confirmed the cause of death as a...
  
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• UPDATE: Man stabbed to death in South Norwood park named as 21-year-old David Darko

  25-01-2016 10:30
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation after David Darko was found unresponsive in South Norwood recreation ground on Saturday.
  
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• The Farce Awakens: Politicians admit Croydon's farcical council...

  25-01-2016 10:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE sorry state of local democracy in Croydon made national headlines last month when two councillors were caught watching football on an iPad during a debate about cuts.Now those involved in the political pantomime resident at Town Hall have realised things have to change. To riff on a certain cinema release, the farce has finally awakened.Full meetings of the council are meant to give the public the chance to question elected members on the issues that matter most. Instead, they are regularly.
  
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• UPATE: Man stabbed to death in South Norwood park named as 21-year-old David Darko

  25-01-2016 08:59
  
  He was pronounced dead at 8.45pm on Saturday evening, and a murder probe began.
  
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• Sunny and warm(ish): Today's weather in south London

  25-01-2016 08:20
  
  Today should be sunny, but still with some cloud cover at points. It is predicted there will be just more than four hours of sunshine to bask in.
  
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