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• VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER: Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell - Budget...

  20-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  I'M writing this having just listened to the Chancellor deliver hisBudget.The figures he announced, which are produced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, show that our economy is strong, growing faster than most other advanced economies.That success hasn't happened by accident – it's because of the tough but necessary decisions we've taken over the past six years to get government borrowing down.Although the job isn't finished yet and the international economic...
  
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• THE PARENTING GEEK: Our resident family life columnist talks...

  20-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  IF you are the primary carer in your home, the main responsibility for keeping the household running smoothly is probably yours, whether you are a mother or a father. You will have a mental map of who needs to be where and what they need to have with them. You will know food preferences and foibles, school trip dates, homework details and friends' parents' names. You will know that it cannot end well when a pre-schooler who is expecting a sandwich cut into squares is presented with a sandwich...
  
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• THE BOOKER PRIZE: Heroic Croydon police officer Ethel Bush...

  20-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A new feature for this week is courtesy of content editor James Booker. Each week, he will select who, or what in Croydon needs a big round of applause from everybody and gets the, er, Booker Prize. The first winner of this not-so-prestigious award is heroic former police officer Ethel Bush, who celebrated her 100th birthday this week...ETHEL Bush was a pioneer. She was the first woman officer in the Metropolitan Police to receive the George Medal for bravery, along with her colleague Kathleen..
  
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• RHYME TIME: Croydon poet pens verse 'Thought of Norwood Past'

  20-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  IN a first, Breaking Views ventures into the lyrical world with this thoughtful poem fromCroydon bard Kevin Morris, who has has penned this emotive verse...Thought of Norwood PastIt is a quiet New Year's DayA weak sun shows his faceThen hides away.I awoke to pigeons cooingThoughts of a bygone ageAnd country folk a-wooing.The pigeons are silent nowNo more do sheep or cowPass.No country lassGazing in the glassWill say"'Tis New Year's Day.I must awayTo milk.No dress of silkFor such as I.Only...
  
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• Croydon woman raising money for skin conditions by running London...

  20-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  ACROYDON woman has completed a half-marathon in preparation for the full feat in London next month.Jennifer Hart, from Sanderstead, finished the Silverstone Half Marathon, in Northamptonshire, in 2h 12m and 38s on Sunday.She is raising money for the British Skin Foundation, after suffering acne through her teens and into adulthood.Jennifer, 27, said: "Although acne isn't life-threatening, it did knock my confidence a great deal and made my teenage years a whole lot more testing."This...
  
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• Untold stories: Families pay touching tributes to three Croydon...

  20-03-2016 09:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  MORE than 70 years ago, they put their lives on the line for their country. Last month, they all died within a week of each other, all aged well over 90.While, like many men of their generation, they shared little of their experiences of the Second World War with their families, those surviving them now wish to celebrate their memories in Croydon.JAMES Kent fondly remembers his father's story about a racehorse he bought for company during the Second World War.When the war ended in 1945 he wasn't
  
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• Dog owner accuses police of animal cruelty after chihuahua left locked inside motor home for 19 hours

  20-03-2016 06:00
  
  Nathan Young, 36, said he was “shocked” when officers arrived to arrest him - but his biggest concern was the wellbeing of his five-year-old pet, Rocco.
  
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• Dog owner accuses police of animal cruelty after chihuahua left locked inside for 19 hours

  20-03-2016 06:00
  
  Nathan Young, 36, said he was “shocked” when officers arrived to arrest him - but his biggest concern was the wellbeing of his five-year-old pet, Rocco.
  
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• Berry on renters' unions, air pollution and raspberries: Green Party candidate Sian Berry discusses her mayoral campaign

  20-03-2016 05:00
  
  In the fifth of our series of one to one interviews with London's Mayoral candidates, reporter George Odling met with Green candidate Sian Berry to discuss renters unions, air pollution, being “favourite for third place” and raspberries.
  
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• Berry on renters' unions air pollution and more: Green Party candidate Sian Berry discusses her mayoral campaign

  20-03-2016 05:00
  
  In the fifth of our series of one to one interviews with London's Mayoral candidates, reporter George Odling met with Green candidate Sian Berry to discuss renters unions, air pollution and being “favourite for third place”.
  
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