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• Croydon man, Matthew Doyle, hits out at Metropolitan Police after mistakenly being charged with inciting racial hatred

  26-03-2016 18:03
  
  A man mistakenly charged by police after claiming he "confronted" a Muslim woman in Croydon over the Brussels terror attack says he will make a formal complaint.
  
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• Clocks set to go forward tonight for the start of summer

  26-03-2016 16:52
  
  This year, summer time will last from March 27 until October 30.
  
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• School students using energy drinks to mask the effects of cannabis, warns charity

  26-03-2016 16:26
  
  Swanswell says it has evidence that some pupils experience a ‘cycle’ effect by takingcannabis and then using energy drinks to combat the effects
  
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• Posters suggesting Croydon's culture is being 'marginalised' appear in High Street

  26-03-2016 15:55
  
  The take aim at the alleged bashment ban police have enforced in Croydon nightclubs and the planned closure of Fairfield Halls for two years.
  
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• Decision to scrap specialist sexual assault unit 'not a good or a wise move'

  26-03-2016 14:55
  
  British Transport Police (BTP) this week announced it would be disbanding the unit, which had officers who actively searched for offenders on the transport network.
  
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• READERS' COMMENTS: Residents have their say on bashment music...

  26-03-2016 12:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police in Croydon accused of racial profiling after ban on 'unacceptable' Jamaican musicreggaevillage: I remember a musician from Victor Sylvester's Dance Band telling me that how a music is played (not the music itself) can provoke violence. He said "play an Irish jig one way and you will have people feeling romantic, play it another way and the boxing will begin". Jazz at one time was thought to be "unacceptable". Local people see the effects of police cuts resulting in the...
  
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• BREAKING VIEWS: We want your input on Croydon Power List 2016

  26-03-2016 12:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE Advertiser is after your views on the borough's most powerful people.When we launched the Croydon Power List last year, we polled a few residents on a who's who of people who have the largest say on the future of the borough.We combined these thoughts with several discussions between the news team, consulting the individuals themselves for their opinions, and drew up a final list of 40.We also polled dozens of people on the streets, asking them to identify pictures of the final top...
  
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• Police officer guilty of jumping a taxi without paying

  26-03-2016 11:50
  
  PC Nicola Elston, 28, was found guilty of making off without payment of a taxi fare in Croydon last year.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after flat fire in South Norwood

  26-03-2016 10:25
  
  Four engines and 21 firefighters from Woodside, Beckenham and Croydon fire stations attended.
  
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• UPDATE: ATM theft closes part of Gipsy Hill station

  26-03-2016 10:03
  
  Platform two at Gipsy Hill station is closed while police investigate the matter.
  
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• 'Act of vandalism' closes Sutton bounds lines at Gypsy Hill

  26-03-2016 10:03
  
  Platform two at Gipsy Hill station is closed while police investigate the matter.
  
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• Ovarian cancer patients strut stuff on catwalk at charity fashion...

  26-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FOUR women fighting ovarian cancer took to the catwalkto raise awareness of the disease.The women braved the cameras at the event for charity Ovacome last Saturdaydespite the fact they are allundergoing treatment for the condition.Hazel Rudder, a retired social worker from Addiscombe, is keen to help women understand the symptoms of ovarian cancer after she had to wait several months to see a gynaecologist in 2013.When mum-of-oneHazel finally got an appointment, the doctor told her...
  
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• Care home nurse caught on camera ignoring pleas of 96-year-old...

  26-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A NURSE at a South Croydon care home was caught on camera ignoring an elderly woman's calls to go to the toilet after her relativeplaced a camera in her room.A Nursing and Midwifery Council misconduct hearing last week heard that Violet Arthur John was also caught not dressing a bleeding pressure sore while working at Oban House Care Home in December 2012.The 96-year-old resident, referred to as ResidentA,was admitted to the home in Bramley Hill in August 2010 after a heart attack in...
  
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• Easter weekend weather: Pack an umbrella and raincoat, the wind and rain is here to stay

  26-03-2016 09:45
  
  After a dry start to this morning the weather will take a turn for the worse this afternoon becoming wet and windy
  
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• Charge against Croydon man accused of inciting racial hatred on...

  26-03-2016 07:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN accused of inciting racial hatred on social media has had the charge against him dropped. Matthew Doyle, 46, had been charged with publishing threatening, abusive or insulting written material which is likely, or intended, to stir up racial hatred.It followed a message posted on his Twitter account in which he said he had "confronted" a Muslim woman in Croydon and asked her to "explain" the terror attacks in Brussels. But the charge was then withdrawn on Friday after...
  
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• Croydon man who 'confronted' Muslim woman over Brussels terror attacks no longer charged with inciting racial hatred

  26-03-2016 01:10
  
  Matthew Doyle, 46, of South Croydon, had been due to appear before magistrates on Saturday accused of inciting racial hatred.
  
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