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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by car

  27-03-2016 22:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PEDESTRIAN was killed after being hit by a car in Caterham last night (Saturday).
  The man, believed to be in his 30s, was involved in a collision with a white Mercedes at about 11pm in Croydon Road (the A22), near to the Wapses Lodge roundabout.
  He was pronounced dead at the scene.Surrey Police officers are investigating the collision, which happened on the northbound carriageway.
  The driver of the vehicle, a woman in her twenties, had minor injuries which were treated at the scene by...
  
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• ​Fire crews battle bin blaze at 18th century mansion Addington...

  27-03-2016 21:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FIRE crews were called to a blaze on the grounds of Addington Palace in the early hours of Sunday morning.Three outside bins, next to a generator and diesel tank, were alight near the permanent outdoor marquee at the Grade II listed halls in Gravel Hill at 3.36am.Eight firefighters and two appliances from Addington fire station extinguished the blaze and prevented it from spreading.Tony Sullivan, green watch manager, said the fire was dealt with within half an hour but it destroyed the bins and.
  
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• WEATHER WARNING: It is about to get seriously windy in Croydon

  27-03-2016 20:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE Met Office has issued a weather warning for Croydon, with gale force winds and heavy rain forecast for tonight (Sunday) and tomorrow (Monday).
  Overnight, gusts of wind of up to 55mph are predicted, and the warning is in place from 9pm tonight until 3pm tomorrow.
  The Met Office's forecast for tonight is for "heavy and persistent rain" and that it will be "very windy".Gales which could be "locally severe" are being forecast for London and the South East in...
  
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• Man injured after car crashed into wall in Croydon Underpass

  27-03-2016 15:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON Underpass was partially closed in the early hours of this morning after a car collided into a wall. Emergency services were called at 3.11am to the incident near Wellesley Road, described by a Metropolitan Police spokesman as "damage only". The male driver was injured but not seriously. The accident close the northbound side and a lane southbound. [A212] Croydon Underpass - The underpass is closed northbound and a lane one (of two) closed southbound due to a...
  
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• PHOTOS: Inside the new Purley fire station

  27-03-2016 11:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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• BORN IN THE BOROUGH: Bertrand Dawson, the man who gave lethal...

  27-03-2016 11:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  IT'S a widely known tale that back in 1936, as King George V neared death, his physician administered a mortal dose of cocaine and morphine to make sure the announcement of his death would appear first in the morning edition of The Times. But did you know that doctor was born and raised in Croydon? Bertrand Dawson, or to give him his proper title, The First Viscount Dawson of Penn, was born March 9, 1864. He was the son of Henry Dawson, an architect from Purley.After graduating as a doctor, and.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after a cooking fire in South Norwood flat

  27-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN was taken to hospital after cooking was left unattended at a flat in South Norwood.Firefighters were called at 7.21pm on Friday night to a block of flats in Albert Road. They found a fire in the hallway as the saucepan had been moved there.About 30 people had evacuated the building and fire crews had the blaze, which caused a small amount of damage to the property, under control within 30 minutes.A man was suffering from smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital. A London Fire Brigade...
  
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• London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan lobbying for TfL monotony on...

  27-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  LABOUR'S mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan said he will campaign for Transport for London to control all commuter trains into London if he is elected on May 5.Mr Khan visited Croydon College on the first day of the election campaign on Wednesday and said he wants to see the mayor take over Southern routes including the Brighton Mainline."Whether it's Southern, South Eastern, Thameslink or South Western the service provided is awful. It's not value for money, they are often late and...
  
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• Croydon youth club organiser questions £6m 'zone' in...

  27-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE organisation which works with a number of Croydon's youth clubs has criticised council plans to build a £6 million state of the art 'youth zone' in Thornton Heath.The new centre is likely to open in Whitehorse Road with a one-off payment of £3.25 million from the council as well as £300,000 per year towards running costs after councillors gave it the go ahead in January. It will be run by charity Onside Youth Zones which will raise the remaining money from local businesses.
  
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• BREAKING VIEWS: Transparency is vital when it comes to educating...

  27-03-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON Council has decided not to disclose a list of schools it has drawn up that it feels need to improve, because doing so would, in the authority's words, "damage the schools' reputation".The Advertiser, which requested the list of schools under the Freedom of Information Act, intends to challenge this ruling.Schools are, understandably and rightly, under constant scrutiny to maintain the highest possible standards in educating all of the borough's children.Standards need to be...
  
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• Croydon crash: Man hit by Mercedes dies - Evening Standard

  27-03-2016 09:31
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  Croydon crash: Man hit by Mercedes dies
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  A pedestrian in his 30s has died after he was hit by a Mercedes in south London last night. The man was struck by a white Mercedes A Class car at around 11pm on the northbound carriageway of Croydon Road in Caterham. Police and paramedics were ...
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