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• Missing man Steven Sailes found safe and well

  27-01-2016 20:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MISSING 30-year-old man last seen in West Croydon and Thornton Heath has been found. Police were appealing for help after Steven Sailes was last seen at around 2.18pm yesterday. He was known to frequent Thornton Heath, Mitcham and Redhill in Surrey. Officers confirmed this evening he was located safe and well.
  Missing person Steve SAILES has now been located safe and well.— Croydon MPS (@MPSCroydon) January 27, 2016
  
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• 'Croydon cat killer': Owner 'heartbroken' to find her one-year-ol...

  27-01-2016 19:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CAT owner has been left "heartbroken" after her pet was found dead with no tail near her home.Leo, a grey and white fluffy cat, was discovered in a green opposite their owner's house in Benhill Wood Road, Sutton, on Thursday - one week after going missing just over a mile away from where Louie, a cat who leg was severed off, returned home.His owner, Amber Lewis, 32, was "heartbroken" when builders said they had found him after she had put posters up to try and find her...
  
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• Police appeal to find missing Steven Sailes last seen in West...

  27-01-2016 19:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for help to find a missing 30-year-old man.Steven Sailes was last seen at 2.18pm on Tuesday in the West Croydon and Thornton Heath areas.He is known to frequent Thornton Heath, Mitcham and Redhill in Surrey.He is described by police as white, 5ft 6ins tall of slim build with short dark hair.At the time of his disappearance he was wearing grey tracksuit bottoms, a grey and blue tracksuit top and a blue t-shirt. He has a tattoo on the left side of his neck with the initials...
  
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• Spicy Croydon restaurant fined after more than 200 guests fall ill at party - Croydon Guardian

  27-01-2016 18:08
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  Spicy Croydon restaurant fined after more than 200 guests fall ill at party
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  A restaurant has been fined more than £8,000 for hygiene failings after more than 200 guests fell ill at a party. Environmental health officers began investigating Spiceland, in London Road, Broad Green, after they were contacted by the organisers of ...and more »
  

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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 25 pictures of people celebrating Chinese New...

  27-01-2016 17:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Win money-can’t-buy Deadpool movie goodies

  27-01-2016 17:34
  
  Marvel’s most unconventional superhero Deadpool is set to be unleashed in all his gory, sweary glory on February 10.
  
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• Brutally beaten Croydon bus driver 'disgusted' with justice system after blunders allow alleged attackers to walk free

  27-01-2016 17:30
  
  Wayne Hall, 50, of Thornton Heath, was brutally beaten in Brixton in January last year after a car crashed into the 250 bus he was driving.
  
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• Spicy Croydon restaurant fined after more than 200 guests fall ill at party

  27-01-2016 16:40
  
  Spiceland in Broad Green denied it was responsible for hundreds of people developing food poisoning, but inspectors found filthy conditions in its kitchen.
  
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• 'Not bad for a working-class Irish boy from the Waddon Estate' - future mayor speaks of 'honour' taking on role

  27-01-2016 16:10
  
  At Monday's full Croydon Council meeting it was announced that current deputy mayor Wayne Trakas-Lawlor will take over the top job from mayor Patricia Hay-Justice later this year.
  
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• ‘Everyone was a bit sceptical at first’ – Mark Gatiss and the Dad’s Army cast tell us how they were won over

  27-01-2016 16:06
  
  Don’t panic! Dad’s Army has been revived but with a cast including Sir Michael Gambon, Sir Tom Courtenay, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Toby Jones, it’s in safe hands. Vibe’s JIM PALMER spoke to the cast on the red carpet at the film’s premiere.
  
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• Case of alleged dating website conwoman adjourned for sixth time...

  27-01-2016 15:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE case against an alleged fraudster accused of a £55,000 dating website scam has been adjourned for the sixth consecutive time.On this occasion Neelam Desai, 35, said she could not attend Croydon Magistrates' Court tomorrow because she is being admitted to hospital. The case has been adjourned until February 9 but is listed to last just one minute, suggesting the court expects it to be postponed again. Desai, of Beulah Grove, Selhurst, was first summonsed to appear before magistrates in.
  
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• A serial cat killer in south London appears to have struck again. - BBC News

  27-01-2016 15:49
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  A serial cat killer in south London appears to have struck again.
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  The person, now known locally as "the Croydon cat ripper" is thought to have mutilated, decapitated and killed more than 30 animals in the last two years. The most recent attack was last week, after two cats and a fox were found beheaded on ...
  The cat killer of Croydon has now killed more than 30 animalsMetro
  £5K Reward Offered For Croydon 'Cat Ripper'Sky News
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• Nature Notes: Slip Sliding

  27-01-2016 15:30
  
  Whatever the season, there is always a magical quality of light, a unique luminescence pervading Richmond Park.
  
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• More than 10,000 households sign up for paid-for garden waste collection

  27-01-2016 15:30
  
  Croydon Council's Labour administration ended free collection of garden waste last November, blaming cuts to local government funding.
  
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• Thornton Heath man ordered to pay £452 for spitting in the...

  27-01-2016 15:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  SPITTING in the street cost one Thornton Heath man the hefty sum of £452 after he was prosecuted by the council.Savalota Rosa, of Zermatt Road, was ordered to pay the money in fines and court costs as one of 15 people prosecuted by Croydon Council for fly-tipping and littering offences across the borough.Two women, Jess Cowlard from South Norwood and Keylee Harwood from New Addington, were each ordered to pay the same sum for dropping cigarette butts.The 15 defendants were altogether...
  
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• Police appeal to help find missing man with links to Thornton Heath and Mitcham

  27-01-2016 14:48
  
  Police are appealing for help to find missing Steven Sailes who was last seen yesterday and requires medical treatment.
  
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• 'Car vs bus stop': Traffic delays after Volkswagen ploughs into Purley Way bus stop

  27-01-2016 14:30
  
  The Blue Volkswagen Bora ploughed into the pole of the NN bus stop in Purley Way, outside the Porcelanosa bathroom store, at about 7.25pm.
  
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• Teenager arrested on suspicion of murder in David Darko investigation

  27-01-2016 13:50
  
  The 19-year-old was arrested yesterday and is being held at a south London police station.
  
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• Olly Murs leads star-studded support for Take That at British Summer Time at Hyde Park gig

  27-01-2016 13:40
  
  Olly Murs will lead a stellar supporting line-up when Take That play their first ever festival show in Hyde Park this summer.
  
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• Mother hits out at misconduct probe into Met officer who opened gym with son's attacker

  27-01-2016 12:30
  
  Maggie Hughes lodged a formal grievance about Glen Oliver in 2014 after it emerged that the officer had opened a gym in Crawley with Daniel Bell, one of the men convicted of attacking her son Robbie in 2008.
  
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• South Norwood murder: Police arrest 19-year-old in connection...

  27-01-2016 12:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  DETECTIVES investigating the fatal stabbing of David Darko in South Norwood have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of murder.The teenager was arrested yesterday and remains in custody at a South London police station, Scotland Yard has confirmed.Mr Darko, 21, was found "unresponsive" by a member of the public in South Norwood Recreation Ground shortly before 8pm on Saturday.Police and paramedics attended but Mr Darko was pronounced dead at 8.45pm.A post-mortem carried out on...
  
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• Chinese New Year: 11 of the best Chinese restaurants in south London – have your say

  27-01-2016 12:21
  
  Chinese New Year is coming up on February 8 and to celebrate we’ve drawn up a list of 11 of the best Chinese restaurants in south London, north Surrey and north Kent.
  
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• 'We want to win a MOBO by age 15,' say Croydon rap trio kids inspired by Krept and Konan - Croydon Advertiser

  27-01-2016 12:16
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  'We want to win a MOBO by age 15,' say Croydon rap trio kids inspired by Krept and Konan
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• Police appeal for missing pensioner last seen at Croydon University Hospital

  27-01-2016 12:08
  
  Michael Jenner, 71 went missing after leaving the hospital yesterday at 2pm.
  
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• Appeal to find elderly man missing from Croydon University...

  27-01-2016 12:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE have launched an appeal to find a pensioner who has gone missing from Croydon University Hospital.Michael Jenner, 71, left the hospital at about 2pm yesterday.He is described as white, about 5ft 8in tall, of medium build, with dark hair and a beard and has a tattoo on his arm.Anyone who has seen Michael or knows where he is has been asked to call 101, quoting 16MIS003708 or call the charity Missing People on 116000.
  
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• 'We want to win a MOBO by age 15,' say Croydon rap trio kids...

  27-01-2016 11:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A RAP trio of Croydon children aspiring to be the next Krept and Konan are hoping to win a MOBO award by the time they are just 15 years old.Amarri Bernard, 13, Jaro Wilson, 12, and Jahvaughni Young, 12, formed rap group '3 Friends' after meeting at school in September and are now recording and writing their own music.The trio are releasing their first official freestyle music video this weekend in the run up to the launch of their mixtape featuring a remix of a Krept and Konan track - a rap duo
  
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• Restaurant fined more than £8,000 for hygiene failings after 200 guests fall ill at party

  27-01-2016 10:41
  
  Spiceland in Broad Green denied it was responsible for hundreds of people developing food poisoning, but inspectors found filthy conditions in its kitchen.
  
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• Croydon restaurant fined more than £8,000 for hygiene failings after 200 guests fall ill at party

  27-01-2016 10:41
  
  Spiceland in Broad Green denied it was responsible for hundreds of people developing food poisoning, but inspectors found filthy conditions in its kitchen.
  
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• £5K Reward Offered For Croydon 'Cat Ripper' - Sky News

  27-01-2016 10:05
  £5K Reward Offered For Croydon 'Cat Ripper'
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  Efforts to track down the "Ripper" are being supported by a number of celebrities including X Factor judge Dermot O'Leary. 08:52, UK, Wednesday 27 January 2016. GENERIC Long-haired pet cat. PETA has described the case as 'sickening'. Share on Twitter ...and more »
  

• Athletics: Croydon runners find the going tough at the Schools Cross-Country Championship - Your Local Guardian

  27-01-2016 09:22
  Athletics: Croydon runners find the going tough at the Schools Cross-Country Championship
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  Athletes from the borough of Croydon struggled at the Surrey Schools Cross-Country Championship in Reigate last weekend. Only able to field complete teams in seven of the 12 races, the borough's north and south reputation was saved by a handful of ...and more »
  

• Five days left to respond to London Fire Brigade budget proposal for 2016/17

  27-01-2016 09:13
  
  The consultation could see stations such as Wandsworth lose their second engine permanently
  
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• Five days left to respond to London Fire Brigade £8.1m cuts plan which could see a fire engine withdrawn

  27-01-2016 09:13
  
  The consultation could see stations such as Wandsworth lose their second engine permanently
  
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• Five days left to respond to London Fire Brigade £6.4m cuts plan which could see a fire engine withdrawn

  27-01-2016 09:13
  
  The consultation could see stations such as Wandsworth lose their second engine permanently
  
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• Wet and windy Wednesday with weather warning in place for parts of Surrey

  27-01-2016 08:18
  
  Temperatures will hit about 13 degrees across south west London and north Surrey
  
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