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• Croydon firefighters rescue cat trapped in a chimney for more...

  28-02-2016 20:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FIREFIGHTERS rescued an unlucky moggy stuck in a chimney for more than a day in a Croydon home.Crews took two attempts at saving the cat after it climbed out of a window onto the roof in Sundridge Road and fell down the chimney.During the second try on February 20, a specialist line rescue team from Croydon fire station used an RSPCA snare attached to a snake eye camera on an extension pole to pull the moggy to safety.Lee Byatt, crew manager, said: "The cat was stuck on a ledge just out of...
  
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• FIVE things we learnt from Crystal Palace's defeat at West Brom - Croydon Advertiser

  28-02-2016 15:45
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  FIVE things we learnt from Crystal Palace's defeat at West Brom
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  Despite a spirited fight back at The Hawthorns, Crystal Palace fell to their seventh league defeat this year, and their 13th of the season. Here are five things we learnt from the game. 1: Panic stations activated. Palace fans have started to panic ...and more »
  

• In case you missed them - here are the biggest stories of the last week

  28-02-2016 14:35
  
  The mayoral race, fly-tipping, and Ghostbusters - here's what's been happening over the last seven days
  
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• Croydon Flyover will be closed westbound every night this week because of roadworks

  28-02-2016 12:57
  
  From tomorrow drivers travelling towards Waddon will not be able to use the flyover between 10pm and 5am. 
  
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• Another chilly few days ahead - but could spring soon be on the way?

  28-02-2016 12:07
  
  Perhaps not today - the Met Office is predicting it to get even colder overnight, with temperatures plummeting to near freezing.
  
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• Boy admits taking large knife from kitchen of New Addington...

  28-02-2016 11:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 15-YEAR-OLD boy admitted taking a large kitchen knife from the kitchen of a New Addington chicken shop on his way home from school.The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to having a knife in a public place at Croydon Youth Court on Thursday (February 25). The boy had put the knife down before leaving the shop.The boy had gone into JFC Chicken Shop on November 16 last year and walked through the serving hatch into the kitchen, the court heard.Roz Wardell,...
  
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• VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: Labour fails to recognise fiscal reality - Croydon South MP Chris Philp - Croydon Advertiser

  28-02-2016 11:13
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  VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: Labour fails to recognise fiscal reality - Croydon South MP Chris Philp
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  Croydon Council's Labour leader has been complaining about reductions in the grant from central Government. The truth is that even today, eight years after the recession, the Government is still spending around £70billion per year more than it raises ...
  

• Boy 'given one last chance' after police find £900 of...

  28-02-2016 11:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who admitted intending to deal drugs after police found £900 worth of heroin and crack cocaine in his bedroom has dodged prison.The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply at Croydon Youth Court on Thursday (February 25).Police found 29 packages of crack cocaine and 41 packages of heroin along with scales and snap bags in the boy's bedroom on October 10 last year.Roz Wardell,...
  
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• VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: Labour fails to recognise fiscal reality -...

  28-02-2016 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Council's Labour leader has been complaining about reductions in the grant from central Government.The truth is that even today, eight years after the recession, the Government is still spending around £70billion per year more than it raises in taxes.Savings must be found to balance the nation's books and local authority grants are part of that. Labour left office in 2010 with a deficit around twice the current level and we are still fixing the mess they left behind. It's a bit...
  
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• Film about comedy legends Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob...

  28-02-2016 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A FILM about three comedy legends set to be entered to international film festivals was shot at Fairfield Halls this week.Paul Hendy said the theatre inspired him to write film The Last Laugh about Tommy Cooper, Eric Morecambe and Bob Monkhouse, which is set entirely in one of the Fairfield dressing rooms.All three performed at the Halls during their careers and Paul, a producer who owns Evolution, which puts on Croydon's yearly panto, said the dressing room has a "sense of...
  
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• Croydon community cafe helps feed the homeless after Twitter...

  28-02-2016 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Matthews Yard helped feed the homeless this week.Residents and businesses dropped food at the cafe and community workspace, off Surrey Street, for Kingston Hub and Nightwatch to distribute after it put out an appeal for donations on the Twitter website. A team of 12 volunteers collected a car full of donations and was able to feed 32 homeless people on Wednesday night.
  
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• BREAKING VIEWS: Popularity of Croydon vegan cafe truly heartening

  28-02-2016 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON loves vegan treats. This has become abundantly clear since the borough's first meat product-free café opened two weeks ago.Not only does Croydon love the café, it loves the fact that everyone else loves the café too.When the Advertiser first reported thatLauren Adderley was set to open Buttercream Dreams in Project B, the story was printed on page three of the paper and did well online.But when so many people flocked to the café that it sold out on its first..
  
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• BREAKING VIEWS: Anti-train driver remarks will do Croydon rail...

  28-02-2016 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  PETER Wilkinson will not have been a name recognised by many people in Croydon before this week.Mr Wilkinson was subject to a barrage of criticism after his outspoken comments about train drivers, vowing to hold "punch-ups" with them and those who intended to defy Government changes should "get the hell out of my industry".The rail unions, not ones for keeping mum at any time, rightly rounded on his comments.The palpableanger oozing from their furious responses was akin to...
  
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• Author makes anniversary appearance at Caribbean restaurant in...

  28-02-2016 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A FAMOUS author will be attending the one year anniversary of a Croydon Caribbean and African restaurant on March 5.Renowned American writer Terry McMillan, author of Waiting to Exhale and Disappearing Acts, will be making a guest appearance at the party at CaribSoul, in George Street,due to run from 10pm to 3am next Saturday.For tickets, at £10 each, visit CaribSoul or call the store on 020 8686 8009.
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses after teenager tasered and two officers injured outside Croydon town hall

  28-02-2016 10:51
  
  Officers were called to reports of a man armed with a knife in George Street at 1.45pm on Friday.
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses after man, 19, tasered and officers...

  28-02-2016 09:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Katharine Street in which a 19-year-old man was tasered and an officer suffered a fractured knee.Officers were called to reports of a man with a knife in George Street at 1.45pm and chased him to Katharine Street where they tasered and arrested him.Two police officers were hurt as they tried to arrest him, with one officer suffering a fractured knee.The 19-year-old was treated at the scene and taken to a south London police station. He has...
  
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• Office worker left with broken nose after 'violent and unprovoked attack' in Croydon town centre

  28-02-2016 09:36
  
  Police yesterday released an e-fit of the suspect, and have appealed for anyone who recognises him or witnessed the attack to come forward.
  
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• 'Alcohol tags' to be rolled out across London after successful pilot scheme keeps Croydon and Sutton criminals sober

  28-02-2016 05:50
  
  The tags proved a success in 92 per cent of cases during an 18-month pilot scheme.
  
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