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• X Factor winner Ben Haenow dropped from Simon Cowell's record...

  28-01-2016 22:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Ben Haenow has been dropped from Simon Cowell's record label, just three months after the release of the first single from his debut album.The X Factor winner, who claimed the crown in 2014, was, according to The Sun, axed by the music mogul's label Syco after his latest song, Slamming Doors, failed to chart.The split means only Steve Brookstein was released faster than the former Shirley van driver by Cowell after winning the singing competition.Ben issued a statement via Twitter on Thursday...
  
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• Foker on Film reviews Goosebumps (PG) ***

  28-01-2016 21:31
  
  You've read the books...now live the film.
  
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• Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's awards ceremony live - Croydon Guardian

  28-01-2016 20:18
  Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's awards ceremony live
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  Tonight the great and good of the borough will converge on the Hilton hotel for the annual Croydon Champions awards. Now in its 15th year, Croydon Champions celebrates the very best the borough has to offer in a wide range of categories, recognising ...and more »
  

• Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's awards ceremony live - Your Local Guardian

  28-01-2016 20:10
  Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's awards ceremony live
  Your Local Guardian
  Tonight the great and good of the borough will converge on the Hilton hotel for the annual Croydon Champions awards. Now in its 15th year, Croydon Champions celebrates the very best the borough has to offer in a wide range of categories, recognising ...
  

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• Confusion over council's commitment to key recommendation in Fairness commission's report

  28-01-2016 20:00
  
  The final report of the Croydon Opportunity and Fairness Commission, published this evening, includes proposals to introduce a new "Employment Charter" in the borough.
  
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• 'He was my baby': Family furious at vet after dog 'suffocated'...

  28-01-2016 18:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A COUPLE have been left devastated and angry after their British bulldog died during a route vet appointment to have his overgrown toe nail cut. Michael and Kellie Bloomfield, from Croydon, took their beloved tanned, six-year-old dog, Kitch, to Vets 4 Pets, in Lower Addiscombe Road, on Tuesday for the nail trimming. In the past, he had worn a muzzle as he is anxious but this time Kitch was given a muzzle too small for his face meaning his mouth could not open. The couple claim the vet's...
  
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• Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's award ceremony live - Your Local Guardian

  28-01-2016 18:11
  Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's award ceremony live
  Your Local Guardian
  Tonight the great and good of the borough will converge on the Hilton hotel for the annual Croydon Champions awards. Now in its 15th year, Croydon Champions celebrates the very best the borough has to offer in a wide range of categories, recognising ...
  

• Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's awards ceremony live

  28-01-2016 18:00
  
  Tonight the great and good of the borough will converge on the Hilton hotel for the annual Croydon Champions awards.
  
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• Croydon Champions 2015: Follow tonight's award ceremony live

  28-01-2016 18:00
  
  Tonight the great and good of the borough will converge on the Hilton hotel for the annual Croydon Champions awards.
  
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• Forgotten Suffragette heroine's story brought to stage in Croydon

  28-01-2016 17:40
  
  The inspiring true story of a shy woman from the heart of the establishment who became one of the bravest icons of the suffragette movement and a criminal in the eyes of the law is heading to the stage in Croydon,
  
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• Girl, 14, sentenced to detention order after punching 87-year-old woman on Coulsdon bus to Banstead

  28-01-2016 17:30
  
  Pensioner Marion Endacott was left with a black eye and required hospital treatment after the attack on the 166 bus in Brighton Road on October 16.
  
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• Girl, 14, sentenced to detention order after punching 87-year-old woman on Coulsdon bus

  28-01-2016 17:30
  
  Pensioner Marion Endacott was left with a black eye and required hospital treatment after the attack on the 166 bus in Brighton Road on October 16.
  
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• Girl, 14, detained after hitting 87-year-old on Croydon bus - BBC News

  28-01-2016 16:50
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  Girl, 14, detained after hitting 87-year-old on Croydon bus
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  A 14-year-old girl who punched an 87-year-old woman on a bus so hard she had bruising for nearly a month has been detained for four months. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted hitting Marion Endecott in the face after boarding ...
  Girl, 14, sentenced for punching 'petrified' pensioner in face on Croydon busLondon24
  Croydon pensioner, 87, tells of attack by jailed schoolgirl fare dodgerDa
  

• South Norwood murder victim's mother: 'I forgive my son's killer'

  28-01-2016 16:20
  
  Ivy Darko said: "The person who did this, we have already forgiven them. There is no normal human being that would do that, who sets off to go and kill the other fellow."
  
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• Epsom teenager with links to Sutton, Wallington and Thornton Heath, Shannon Taylor-Howick, 14, reported missing

  28-01-2016 16:10
  
  An Epsom teenager has been missing from her family home for nearly 24 hours.
  
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• Commuters name Thameslink and Southern as among the worst in the country in national survey

  28-01-2016 15:40
  
  Thameslink and Southern rail companies are among the worst in the country, according to a survey of nearly 30,000 customers.
  
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• 87-year-old punched in violent bus attack 'still so frightened'...

  28-01-2016 14:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE petrified 87-year-old victim who was punched in the face by a teenage girl on a bus in Coulsdon has said when she shuts her eyes she still sees a "fist coming towards" her.Marion Endacott, from Coulsdon, was punched in the face by a 14-year-old girl in October as she travelled back from her brother's house on the 166 bus.Ms Endacott, who suffered a black eye, now sleeps with the lights on as it makes her "feel better" and she is "always looking over her...
  
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• Croydon Council has received 200 calls about blocked driveways since vehicle towing service was axed - Croydon Advertiser

  28-01-2016 14:12
  Croydon Council has received 200 calls about blocked driveways since vehicle towing service was axed
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  CROYDON Council has received 200 calls from residents reporting their driveways had been blocked by vehicles since it axed the service that used to tow them away. The authority closed its vehicle removal service and car pound at the end of October as ...
  

• Croydon Council has received 200 calls about blocked driveways...

  28-01-2016 14:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON Council has received 200 calls from residents reporting their driveways had been blocked by vehicles since it axed the service that used to tow them away.The authority closed its vehicle removal service and car pound at the end of October as part of measures to balance the books following Government cuts. It said approximately 200 calls (around two to three per day) had been made to its "enforcement hotline" since then.In each case it sent a parking warden to the scene and, if...
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS : 25 pictures of people in Croydon in 1984

  28-01-2016 13:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Gallery created by Croydon Advertiser
  
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• The 19 most burgled streets in Croydon

  28-01-2016 13:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• Transport bosses reject Croydon Bakerloo line extension - but council vows to fight on - Croydon Guardian

  28-01-2016 12:41
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  Transport bosses reject Croydon Bakerloo line extension - but council vows to fight on
  Croydon Guardian
  But Croydon Council has refused to give up hope of bringing the Tube to the borough and is taking the fight to City Hall. Sep 2015: 'Too early to say' on Croydon re-zoning and Bakerloo extension, says London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan. Jul 2015: ...and more »
  

• Mum spared jail after stealing clothes and hitting security guard...

  28-01-2016 12:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A KENLEY mum who stole clothes from a shopping centre, before making her escape by hitting a security guard with her car and crashing through a barrier, has been spared a prison sentence.Mary Totham, whohad a clean driving licence and had neverbeen arrested before,stole children's clothes worth £110 from Debenhams in County Mall, Crawley, on October 8 last year.The 29-year-old, of Gomshall Gardens, was caught on CCTV taking the items and leaving without paying.When a security guard...
  
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• Transport bosses reject Croydon Bakerloo line extension - but council vows to fight on - Your Local Guardian

  28-01-2016 12:31
  Your Local Guardian
  Transport bosses reject Croydon Bakerloo line extension - but council vows to fight on
  Your Local Guardian
  But Croydon Council has refused to give up hope of bringing the Tube to the borough and is taking the fight to City Hall. Sep 2015: 'Too early to say' on Croydon re-zoning and Bakerloo extension, says London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan. Jul 2015: ...and more »
  

• Transport bosses reject Croydon Bakerloo line extension - but council vows to fight on

  28-01-2016 12:30
  
  A TfL consultation paper published this month effectively shelves the idea of bringing the Bakerloo line south-west from Elephant and Castle to East Croydon.
  
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• Beckenham singer wins national competition

  28-01-2016 11:11
  
  A  Beckenham singer has been crowned champion in a national talent competition.
  
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• Elderly man missing from Croydon University Hospital found

  28-01-2016 09:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE were appealing for help to trace a 71-year-old man missing from Croydon University Hospital.Michael Jenner left the hospital on Tuesday at 2pm.He was found safe and well this morning, confirmed a Metropolitan Police spokesman.
  
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• Thursday's weather: Mild, dry and sunny

  28-01-2016 08:30
  
  Today will start with a dry, but cold morning with sunshine and light winds.
  
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• Headteacher resigns as Ofsted places primary school in special measures following damning inspection

  28-01-2016 06:00
  
  Davidson Primary School in Addiscombe was placed into special measures after being rated “inadequate” in every category following an inspection in October.
  
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