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• Croydon cat killer strikes AGAIN in 'sexually motivated' attack by beheading ANOTHER - Express.co.uk

  24-02-2016 23:56
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  Croydon cat killer strikes AGAIN in 'sexually motivated' attack by beheading ANOTHER
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  A FELINE decapitated in the latest slaying by the so-called Croydon cat killer could have been a “sexually motivated” attack. By Rebecca Perring Rebecca Perring. PUBLISHED: 22:40, Wed, Feb 24, 2016 | UPDATED: 22:53, Wed, Feb 24, 2016. The cat was ...
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• Exclusive: Police 'struggling' to gather intel on 'Croydon cat...

  24-02-2016 18:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE are "struggling" to gather intelligence on an alleged cat killer in a case they have called "the most bizarre" in the borough during the last 30 years.In an exclusive interview with the Advertiser, Croydon police's deputy borough commander Paul Astbury has confirmed the force is "taking the investigation seriously" but leads to catch a suspect are non-existent.A number of names historically linked to animal abuse had been shared to the force and while the...
  
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• Home Office reverses £4 million cut in Croydon's asylum-see...

  24-02-2016 18:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A £4 million cut in the funding Croydon receives for looking after young-asylum seekers has been restored in full.Croydon Council and the Home Office had been locked in talks for more than a month after a previous offer to settle the dispute fell £1.3m short.The council, which at one point threatened to take legal action, received a letter from Immigration Minister James Brokenshire today confirming funding will be restored to the same level as before it was reduced in March last...
  
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• Heroin user jailed after allowing South Norwood teenager to use...

  24-02-2016 17:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A HEROIN user who allowed a South Norwood drug dealer to use his Kent home as a base has been jailed.David Hopkins was sentenced to three years behind bars after allowing a teenager from South Norwood to operate a drugs supply chain from his flat in Charlton's Way, Tunbridge Wells.Hopkins, 32, was arrested after police noticed known local drug users acting suspiciously in an area near Eridge Road on May 14, 2015. Officers spotted Hopkins cycling up to the group, before they dispersed shortly...
  
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• Plane Stupid Heathrow protesters get six weeks suspended sentence and community service

  24-02-2016 17:00
  
  Thirteen protesters who chained themselves to railings at Heathrow Airport, causing flights to be cancelled, will be sentenced today.
  
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• Croydon cat killer feared to have struck further afield... this time in leafy Dulwich - Telegraph.co.uk

  24-02-2016 16:21
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  Croydon cat killer feared to have struck further afield... this time in leafy Dulwich
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  Croydon cat killer feared to have struck further afield... this time in leafy Dulwich - Telegraph ...
  Croydon cat killer 'could be travelling across London to target pets'Evening Standard
  Is the cat killer travelling beyond Croydon to target more pets?ITV Newsall 3 news articles »
  

• Coulsdon church minister 'ran cult to brainwash women into bare...

  24-02-2016 15:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE minister of a Coulsdon church ran a cult to brainwash women in his congregation into accepting bare bottom spankings as 'God's will' to satisfy his sexual desires, a court has heard.Howard Curtis, a married 73-year-old father of three, is said to have treated Coulsdon Christian Fellowship (CCF), of which he was the leader for decades, "more like his personal cult than a church".He denies at least seven sex attacks on three different women said to have taken place between 1991 and...
  
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• A Brit of all white: Croydon rap stars slam 'out of touch' Brit...

  24-02-2016 14:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON rap stars Krept and Konan have criticised the "out of touch" Brit Awards for a lack of diversity.The Thornton Heath duo won two Mobo awards last November and their debut album chart reached number 2 in the chart but neither they or any other black British grime or hip hop act feature on this year's Brits nomination list. "I just feel the Brits aren't in touch with the culture yet," Konan told Channel 4 News ahead of tonight's awards. "The year we've had with...
  
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• Heartfelt tribute to Purley's 'musical minister' who died day...

  24-02-2016 13:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE family of a clergyman known in Purley as the "musical minister" said they would like him to be remembered as someone "who loved life and valued every moment".Reverend Stephen Brown, minister at Purley United Reformed Church between 1996 and 2002, died suddenly on February 8 aged 58 – the day before his band's most recent album was released.Born in Scotland, Stephen went to the University of St Andrews before moving to Manchester where he met wife Jan when he sold...
  
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• Crystal Palace supremo preparing budgets in New York - Croydon Advertiser

  24-02-2016 13:25
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  Crystal Palace supremo preparing budgets in New York
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  STEVE Parish is currently out in New York to hold talks with fellow investors Josh Harris and David Blitzer. The Palace supremo is working on increasing the awareness of the club across the Atlantic Ocean and believes there has been a good response in ...
  

• Croydon facelift? Please don't botch it up. - The Croydon Citizen

  24-02-2016 13:02
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  Croydon facelift? Please don't botch it up.
  The Croydon Citizen
  Imagine a Croydon in which you get a real buzz walking around the streets, checking out the cool buildings, dramatic skyline and inspiring public spaces. No, I haven't drunk too much Cronx beer. I'm just a Croydonian with big hopes for what Croydon ...
  

• Labour: Croydon council tax will have to rise 2% every year because of Government cuts - Croydon Guardian

  24-02-2016 12:35
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  Labour: Croydon council tax will have to rise 2% every year because of Government cuts
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  Croydon Council will be forced to raise council tax by at least two per cent a year because of “unprecedentedly tough” government funding cuts, the Labour administration has warned. The prediction, included in the council's latest budget, comes two ...and more »
  

• Croydon Council 'deletes' borough solicitor post after Julie Belvir takes voluntary redundancy - Croydon Advertiser

  24-02-2016 12:17
  Croydon Advertiser
  Croydon Council 'deletes' borough solicitor post after Julie Belvir takes voluntary redundancy
  Croydon Advertiser
  As a result, the post of Borough Solicitor & Director of Democratic & Legal Services will be "deleted" from March 1, with the responsibilities divided between existing staff, says an internal council email leaked to the Advertiser. Ms Belvir is ...
  

• GRAPHIC IMAGE: Was Croydon cat serial killer's latest depraved attack 'sexually motivated'?

  24-02-2016 12:11
  
  The latest suspected victim of the south London "cat ripper" was found by a 14-year-old girl in Carshalton.
  
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• MP Chris Philp: Prime Minister convinced me to vote to stay in EU in private meeting

  24-02-2016 12:10
  
  Mr Philp had remained tight-lipped about how he would campaign since a June 23 referendum on Britain's future in the EU was announced on Saturday.
  
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• Binman 'hit and killed 88-year-old with her car after offering to...

  24-02-2016 12:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A THORNTON Heath dustbin man knocked down and killed the mum of a TV actor after offering to drive her car around fly-tipped rubbish, a court was told.Olive Stevens, the 88-year-old mother of actor Michael Fenton Stevens, was driving to the hairdresser on November 6, 2014 when her path was blocked down a country lane in Orpington, Kent, by rubbish left behind from fly-tippers. Mrs Stevens was then knocked over by her own automatic Nissan Micra after uninsured dustbin man Orlando Greenidge, 57,..
  
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• Croydon Council 'deletes' borough solicitor post after Julie...

  24-02-2016 11:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  JULIE Belvir, Croydon Council's most senior legal adviser, is to take voluntary redundancy.As a result, the post of Borough Solicitor & Director of Democratic & Legal Services will be "deleted" from March 1, with the responsibilities divided between existing staff, says an internal council email leaked to the Advertiser. Ms Belvir is understood to be the most senior member of staff to have applied to leave the council under the voluntary redundancy scheme which began in...
  
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• Brexit vote: Where Croydon MPs stand on EU referendum - Croydon Guardian

  24-02-2016 11:20
  Croydon Guardian
  Brexit vote: Where Croydon MPs stand on EU referendum
  Croydon Guardian
  Talk of the UK's European Union status dominated the news over the weekend after Prime Minister David Cameron announced a date for the Brexit referendum. Parliament is set to be divided by the June 23 vote, with political heavyweights pledging ...
  Croydon council leader hits out at 'scurrying' Conservative MPs in funding rowCroydon Advertiserall 8 news articles »
  

• Plane Stupid Heathrow protesters facing jail terms

  24-02-2016 10:24
  
  Thirteen protesters who chained themselves to railings at Heathrow Airport, causing flights to be cancelled, will be sentenced today.
  
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• Labour: Croydon council tax will have to rise 2% every year because of Government cuts

  24-02-2016 09:00
  
  The prediction, included in the council’s latest budget, comes two weeks after leader Tony Newman announced a 3.99 per cent rise in the authority’s share of council tax for the next financial year.
  
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• Labour: Council tax will have to rise 2% every year because of Government cuts

  24-02-2016 09:00
  
  The prediction, included in the council’s latest budget, comes two weeks after leader Tony Newman announced a 3.99 per cent rise in the authority’s share of council tax for the next financial year.
  
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• Blue skies all day - but you better wrap up warm

  24-02-2016 08:50
  
  After a frosty start, things are not expected to get much warmer, with a predicted high of 6 degrees; nothing like the balmy double-digits of last weekend.
  
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• Rush hour delays on tram network because of signal failure

  24-02-2016 08:08
  
  Transport for London reported the problem just after 7am.
  
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• Plans for £17.5m New Addington leisure centre unveiled - but locals fears it could be a smokescreen for new homes

  24-02-2016 06:00
  
  Tony Pearson, a former Conservative councillor for the ward, said the council was “not showing the full extent” of its plans for regeneration in New Addington in the leisure centre proposal.
  
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