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• 'Disgusting and degrading': Croydon man speaks from behind bars about Burmese prison hell - Croydon Guardian

  09-03-2016 21:49
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  'Disgusting and degrading': Croydon man speaks from behind bars about Burmese prison hell
  Croydon Guardian
  A Croydon man who has spent 15 months languishing without charge in a notorious south-east Asian jail has accused the British Government of being apathetic “beyond belief” about his plight. Niranjan Rasalingam, 29, said he had endured “degrading and ...and more »
  

• Former council leader 'misled' me over £10k pay rise says...

  09-03-2016 20:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FORMER council leader Mike Fisher "misled" Gavin Barwell about the pay rise that cost him his job, the MP has claimed in his new book.Cllr Fisher stepped down as leader of Croydon Conservatives after it emerged he had secretly accepted a £10,000 increase in his allowances in the lead up to the council elections in 2014.In the book, about Mr Barwell's narrow win at the general election a year later, the politician claims Cllr Fisher mentioned to him he was "thinking of...
  
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• Police find body in search for missing New Addington 20-year-old...

  09-03-2016 19:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE have found a body in the search for missing New Addington 20-year-old Jerome Rogers.Officers were called to reports that a body of a man had been found in woodland off Featherbed Lane at about 9.30pm yesterday.The body was confirmed dead at the scene, Scotland Yard said.Though formal identification is still to take place, officers have informed Mr Rogers' next of kin of the development.The Met said the death, while believed to be non-suspicious, is being treated as unexplained pending a..
  
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• Police find body in search for missing New Addington man Jerome Rogers

  09-03-2016 19:42
  
  Police were called at about 9.30pm last night to reports of a man's body found in woodland off Featherbed Lane.
  
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• Plans for trendy Antic pub to replace the William Stanley has...

  09-03-2016 18:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  PLANS for a South Norwood pub to close and reopen as a trendy bar has had a mixed reaction from early doors drinkers.A number of adverts appeared online for the lease of the William Stanley, in High Street, over the last several months.This week a spokesman for J D Wetherspoon, which runs the pub, confirmed the venue would be closing on Sunday, March 20 as a "commercial decision taken by the company".Antic, a trendy pub chain with a number of watering holes around the capital, will...
  
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• 'Croydon Cat Killer': More bodies found with police now 'leaning towards' cats killed deliberately - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2016 17:58
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  'Croydon Cat Killer': More bodies found with police now 'leaning towards' cats killed deliberately
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  THE detective leading the investigation into the so-called Croydon Cat Killer has said he is "leaning towards" cats being deliberately killed as the case progresses with more bodies being discovered. No clear evidence has yet come forward to suggest ...
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• What's The Red Baron Got To Do With Croydon? - Londonist

  09-03-2016 17:45
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  What's The Red Baron Got To Do With Croydon?
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  He was perhaps the most-feared German of the first world war. But what did the flying ace Manfred von Richthofen — otherwise known as the Red Baron — have to do with Croydon? Quite a bit, it turns out — as a new exhibition explains. A copy of the ...
  

• ‘Bigger than ever before, more creative than ever before’- Lianne La Havas to headline LeeFest 

  09-03-2016 17:35
  
  South London soul singer Lianne La Havas has been named as the headliner for this summer’s massively expanded LeeFest.
  
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• Twitter, Batman, and 'creative tensions': Seven things we learned from MP Gavin Barwell's general election campaign memoir

  09-03-2016 17:30
  
  The Croydon Guardian got its hands on a copy of the book ahead of its publication on March 17 - this is what we learned
  
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• 'Croydon Cat Killer': More bodies found with police now 'leaning...

  09-03-2016 15:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE detective leading the investigation into the so-called Croydon Cat Killer has said he is "leaning towards" cats being deliberately killed as the case progresses with more bodies being discovered.No clear evidence has yet come forward to suggest the moggie's deaths are not accidental.But an RSPCA-approved vet confirmed six were killed by "blunt force trauma", often associated with being hit by a car, with mutilations inflicted by a "sharp-object" after they died....
  
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• Is this Croydon's fittest man? Ex-marine who holds FIVE world records runs up skyscraper for charity - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2016 15:17
  Is this Croydon's fittest man? Ex-marine who holds FIVE world records runs up skyscraper for charity
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  AN Addiscombe world record holder smashed an intense physical challenge this week by running up 42 flights of stairs in London's third-highest skyscraper carrying a bag the weight of a small child. Former marine Lee Riley, 34, ran up the 932 steps of ...
  

• Purley Baptist minister happy to leave church at 'heart of...

  09-03-2016 14:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AS PURLEY Baptist Church's senior minister retires after 15 years he said he is glad the church will be "right at the heart" of the town's regeneration. Peter Nodding joined the church on September 1, 2001 and said the only thing he would change is "seeing the building project through".Peter, 65, trained with the Church of England in Nottingham before joining the Baptist church and leading congregations there and in Guildford before moving to Purley. He will lead his final...
  
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• Is this Croydon's fittest man? Ex-marine who holds FIVE world...

  09-03-2016 13:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AN Addiscombe world record holder smashed an intense physical challenge this week by running up 42 flights of stairs in London's third-highest skyscraper carrying a bag the weight of a small child.Former marine Lee Riley, 34, ran up the 932 steps of Tower 42 on Tuesday wearing his combat gear and boots, Green Beret, and a full 42lb infantry bergan in under 10 minutes. He currently holds five world records including the fastest half marathon carrying the nearly three stone backpack - all in the..
  
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• Moment mouse scurries across menu at Croydon Burger King - Evening Standard

  09-03-2016 13:07
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  Moment mouse scurries across menu at Croydon Burger King
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  Diners reacted with horror after spotting a mouse running around a Burger King in south London. The animal was seen scurrying above the fast food restaurant's counter in Church Street, Croydon, on Monday. One diner filmed the animal, and the footage ...and more »
  

• Mayor of London says 'better business case' for trams in Sutton...

  09-03-2016 12:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A "BETTER business case" has been presented for a Tramlink in Sutton than Crystal Palace currently, the Mayor of London revealed last week. Boris Johnson took questions on the schemes at his final question time as Mayor, held in Fairfield Halls, and gave little suggestion as to when or whether the extension - he previously promised - will happen in Croydon.However, he said "negotiations" have begun with Sutton on the extension funded by the Mayor and Transport for London with...
  
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• 'Disgusting and degrading': Croydon man speaks from behind bars about Burmese prison hell

  09-03-2016 12:40
  
  Niranjan Rasalingam, 29, said he had endured “degrading and horrid” conditions since being arrested and imprisoned in Myanmar, also known as Burma, in December 2014.
  
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• 'Morale is basically rock bottom': Junior doctors strike over Government decision to force new contract

  09-03-2016 12:26
  
  About 20 junior doctors have been picketing outside the London Road hospital since 8am this morning over Jeremy Hunt's to force a new contract by August.
  
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• South Norwood Wetherspoon set to close ahead of takeover by popular pub chain

  09-03-2016 12:00
  
  The William Stanley in High Street will serve its last pint on Sunday, March 20.
  
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• Council push ahead with 20mph in north of Croydon despite cost concerns from opposition councillors - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2016 11:48
  Council push ahead with 20mph in north of Croydon despite cost concerns from opposition councillors
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  PLANS for reduced 20mph speed limits in the north of Croydon will continue to go ahead after opposition councillors asked the council for a rethink over budget concerns. Fourteen conservative councillors called-in the decision on the £300,000 scheme ...
  

• Noisy neighbour has 34 loudspeakers and TV confiscated in council...

  09-03-2016 11:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A NUISANCE tenant who "blighted" the lives of his neighbours with loud music at all hours has had 34 loudspeakers and his television confiscated in a joint police and council raid.Michael Baker spent months playing music at "unreasonably high" volume in his small, one-bedroom Broad Green flat, through the day and night, Croydon Council said.After Mr Baker ignored neighbours' pleas as well as visits and letters from the council's noise pollution team, magistrates granted an...
  
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• REVEALED: The reasons behind Croydon pubs' weird and wonderful...

  09-03-2016 11:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• West Ham and Liverpool linked with SHOCK Crystal Palace ace move - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2016 11:06
  West Ham and Liverpool linked with SHOCK Crystal Palace ace move
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  West Ham and Liverpool are rumoured to be interested in signing Crystal Palace star Yohan Cabaye this summer. According to online sources, both clubs want to take the Frenchman away from Selhurst Park. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in your ...and more »
  

• Council push ahead with 20mph in north of Croydon despite cost...

  09-03-2016 10:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  PLANS for reduced 20mph speed limits in the north of Croydon will go ahead after opposition councillors asked the council for a rethink over budget concerns.Fourteen Conservative councillors called in the decision on the £300,000 scheme previously rubber stamped by the transport management advisory committee in February.A council survey after public consultation found how people already drive "slowly" on 95 per cent of the residential roads affected in Thornton Heath, Norbury,...
  
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• Croydon's NHS trust admits liability for death of mum after hospital failed to detect miscarriage - Croydon Guardian

  09-03-2016 10:12
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  Croydon's NHS trust admits liability for death of mum after hospital failed to detect miscarriage
  Croydon Guardian
  The NHS trust that runs Croydon University Hospital has admitted liability for the death of a mother-of-two after doctors failed to detect she had suffered a miscarriage. Croydon Health Services accepted it breached its duty of care to Fauzia Khan, 43 ...and more »
  

• Croydon's NHS trust admits liability for death of mum after hospital failed to detect miscarriage

  09-03-2016 10:03
  
  Croydon Health Services accepted it breached its duty of care to Fauzia Khan, 43, by failing to scan her unborn child when she attended the hospital’s A&E department with abdominal pains and bleeding.
  
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• Junior doctors stage 48 hour walkout after Jeremy Hunt's contract imposition

  09-03-2016 08:34
  
  Doctors are preparing to strike for two days after the health secretary pushed ahead with unpopular contract arrangements
  
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• Heavy rain and strong winds forecast for south west London and north Surrey today

  09-03-2016 08:13
  
  Expect strong winds to batter Croydon, Epsom, Wandsworth and Sutton this Wednesday
  
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• 'Disgusting, degrading and horrid': Croydon man speaks from behind bars about Burmese prison hell - Croydon Guardian

  09-03-2016 06:10
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  'Disgusting, degrading and horrid': Croydon man speaks from behind bars about Burmese prison hell
  Croydon Guardian
  A Croydon man who has spent 15 months languishing without charge in a notorious south-east Asian jail has accused the British Government of being apathetic “beyond belief” about his plight. Niranjan Rasalingam, 29, said he had endured “degrading and ...and more »
  

• 'I'm not an outsider': Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate Caroline Pidgeon talks controversial policies, big political egos and her housing revolution

  09-03-2016 06:00
  
  The Lib Dem candidate met with the Surrey Comet while campaigning in Tolworth on Monday.
  
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• 'Disgusting, degrading and horrid': Croydon man speaks from behind bars about Burmese prison hell

  09-03-2016 06:00
  
  Niranjan Rasalingam, 29, said he had endured “degrading and horrid” conditions since being arrested and imprisoned in Myanmar, also known as Burma, in December 2014.
  
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• COMMENT: Sadiq Khan winning the race for eco-votes in the race to be London's Mayor

  09-03-2016 06:00
  
  Sean Duggan, former group editor of our south west London titles and a committed environmentalist who launched and ran our Green Guardian project across south London for five years.
  
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