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• Police appeal for help to find missing 14-year-old girl with...

  04-04-2016 23:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for a 14-year-old girl missing from Epsom who has links to South Norwood.Martina Eastwood was last seen in Mitcham Road, Tooting, at around 1.30am on Sunday.Surrey Police said she is still likely to be in the Tooting or South Norwood areas of London with people known to her, and officers were working with the Metropolitan Police Service as part of their investigation.Martina is described as white, 5ft 4ins tall, with long dark brown hair and brown eyes..
  
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• Croydon colleagues of Marks & Spencer boss reunited with...

  04-04-2016 23:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  WORKERS at Marks & Spencer in North End were reunited with the "cheeky chappie" who packed jumpers alongside them 30 years ago as he started his first day as chief executive.Steve Rowe, who grew up in Selsdon, started working for the retailer as a Saturday boy in the men's wear department in North End when he was just 16-years-old.As he returned to the store on Saturday as head of the company his former co-workers said he was a "joker" then just as he is now.When Mr Rowe...
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: New M&S chief starts first day in Croydon store where career began as Saturday boy - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2016 19:49 via
  EXCLUSIVE: New M&S chief starts first day in Croydon store where career began as Saturday boy
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  THE new chief executive of Marks & Spencer started his first day on the job "where it all began" - the Croydon store where he packed knitwear as a 16-year-old Saturday boy. As Steve Rowe snuck in the staff entrance of the North End store at 7.30am on ...and more »
  

• Trams between Croydon and Wimbledon increase by 50 per cent - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2016 19:28 via
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  Trams between Croydon and Wimbledon increase by 50 per cent
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  The number of trams between Croydon and Wimbledon has gone from eight to 12 an hour from today. Transport for London (TfL) confirmed the much-anticipated move on Twitter, which was expected as part of the Wimbledon Line Enhancement Programme ...
  

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• Crystal Palace Foundation to run free open day in Croydon this week - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2016 19:22 via
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  Crystal Palace Foundation to run free open day in Croydon this week
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  The CPFC Foundation is running a free Inclusion Open Day in Croydon on Thursday, April 7, at the Monks Hill Sports Centre. Anyone living with a disability can attend the open day and try out a wide range of sports and activities, including football ...
  

• Married dad caught by 'paedophile hunters' avoids jail after...

  04-04-2016 19:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MARRIED father of two who sexually groomed what he thought was a 14-year-old girl online has walked free from court. Daniel Mullarkey, 31, thought he was going to meet the young girl for sex when he travelled to Arena tram stop in January this year. But instead he was confronted by members of a paedophile-hunting group who had set up a profile that purported to be for a young teen girl on chat dating service Waplog. Mullarkey, of Betchworth Way, New Addington, was given a 16-month jail...
  
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• Mutilated family cat Lulu feared to be latest victim of 'Croydon Cat Killer' - Evening Standard

  04-04-2016 18:33 via
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  Mutilated family cat Lulu feared to be latest victim of 'Croydon Cat Killer'
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  The so-called "Croydon Cat Killer" is feared to have claimed yet another victim after a family pet was found decapitated in Kingston. The mutilated body of beloved family pet Lulu, who was 20 years old, was found at 7am on Saturday morning. Her ...and more »
  

• ​Man attacked by two rugby fans on train in Croydon after he 'took issue' with one of them vomiting - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2016 17:33 via
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  ​Man attacked by two rugby fans on train in Croydon after he 'took issue' with one of them vomiting
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  ​Man attacked by two rugby fans on train in Croydon after he 'took issue' with... X. Share Tweet Share Pin It Email. Copy link to paste in your message. /. Pictures: BTP. British Transport Police are hoping to speak to these two men in connection with ...
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• ​Man attacked by two rugby fans on train in Croydon after he...

  04-04-2016 16:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PASSENGER was assaulted by two men on a train passing through Croydon after he 'took issue' with one of them vomiting on the carriage floor.Officers believe the men responsible boarded the train at Clapham Junction after attending the England v Ireland rugby match at Twickenham at around 11pm on Saturday, February 27.They punched and pushed the 58-year-old man to the floor after he disagreeed with one of the men being sick in the carriage as it travelled between Sanderstead and Riddlesdown,...
  
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• Don't miss the International Space Station passing over Croydon

  04-04-2016 15:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE International Space Station will be visible over Croydon this week. Don't miss the chance to catch a glimpse of British astronaut Major Tim Peake and crew as the ISS orbits Earth some 200 miles away. The space station looks like an airplane or a very bright star moving across the sky, except it doesn't have flashing lights or change direction. A long #timelapse (25 times faster than we actually travel) over a stormy nighthttps://t.co/ynoMsAvrk3— Tim Peake (@astro_timpeake)...
  
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• Train passenger attacked by rugby fans after objecting to one of them vomiting on floor

  04-04-2016 15:11
  
  Police today released CCTV images of two men sought in connection to the assault, which took place between Sanderstead and Riddlesdown.
  
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• Pawel Sroka, 33, appears in court charged with murder of his...

  04-04-2016 14:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN has appeared in court charged with the murder of his girlfriend in Addiscombe.Pawel Sroka, 33, is accused of stabbing 29-year-old Joanna Trojniak on March 23.Police launched a murder investigation after Ms Trojniak was found with mutilple stab wounds in a house on Meadvale Road, the street where the couple lived, at about 9pm.A special post-mortem examination took place at Croydon Mortuary on the same day and gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.Ms Trojniak's next of kin...
  
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• Two men rescued from flat blaze in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2016 14:07 via
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  Two men rescued from flat blaze in Croydon
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  Fire crews were called out at 8.13pm and helped contain the blaze at Fleming Court, but the flat and communal area suffered heavy smoke damage. Two men were led to safety by firefighters, whop had the fire under control by 9.03pm, and no one was ...and more »
  

• Man 'in serious condition' after car hits lamppost in South Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2016 14:07 via
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  Man 'in serious condition' after car hits lamppost in South Croydon
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  A MAN is in hospital in a "serious" condition after a car hit a lamppost in South Croydon on Sunday night. Emergency services were called out to Coombe Road at about 11.30pm to reports of a BMW striking a lamppost. Firefighters cut 53-year-old from the ...and more »
  

• Man 'in serious condition' after car hits lamppost in South...

  04-04-2016 13:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN is in hospital in a "serious" condition after a car hit a lamppost in South Croydon on Sunday night.Emergency services were called out to Coombe Road at about 11.30pm to reports of a BMW striking a lamppost.Firefighters cut 53-year-old from the wreckage and London Ambulance Service paramedics took him to St George's Hospital in Tooting. No other vehicles were involved.His condition is described as "serious", but not believed to be life-threatening, a Metropolitan Police...
  
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• Two men rescued from flat blaze in Croydon

  04-04-2016 12:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two men were evacuated from a flat fire in Croydon on Friday.Fire crews were called out at 8.13pm and helped contain the blaze at Fleming Court, but the flat and communal area suffered heavy smoke damage.Two men were led to safety by firefighters, whop had the fire under control by 9.03pm, and no one was injured.A neighbour called 999 after hearing the smoke alarm.A spokesperson for the London Fire Brigade said: "Yet again smoke alarms help saving lives. "Our advice is to have a...
  
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• Purley student scoops prize from TV academic for science essay - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2016 12:24 via
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  Purley student scoops prize from TV academic for science essay
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  A SIXTH form student from Thomas More Catholic School won a science competition for an essay about communicating science in the face of uncertainty. James Counter, who studies chemistry, geography, mathematics and physics , was won the Royal ...
  

• Drivers seriously injured after BMW crashes into lamppost

  04-04-2016 12:10
  
  A firefighter from Croydon station said the BMW 318 was "wrapped around" a lamppost in Coombe Road, leaving the driver trapped inside.
  
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• Croydon firefighters rescue horse trapped in gate

  04-04-2016 12:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  IT WAS neigh bother for Croydon fire crews to rescue a horse trapped in a gate in Keston on Friday.Passers-by alerted London Fire Brigade to the distressed animal after spotting that it had got its front legs stuck in the gate in a field off Nash Lane at around midday.Crews from Croydon and Erith stations helped cut the creature free by cutting away the bottom of the gate. Thankfully, the horse was uninjured.
  
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• South Croydon woman celebrates 102nd birthday with karaoke party

  04-04-2016 11:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A SOUTH Croydon songstress celebrated her 102nd birthday this month with a karaoke party.Ethel Staples, who lives at James Terry Court care home in South Croydon, was joined by friends and staff at the home on March 2.Ethel even joined in the first number as fellow residents serenaded her with a rendition of 'Happy Birthday'. A spokeswoman for the home said: "Residents and staff toasted to Ethel's long life and wished her all the best for the coming years."
  
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• Purley student scoops prize from TV academic for science essay

  04-04-2016 11:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A SIXTH form student from Thomas More Catholic School won a science competition for an essay about communicating science in the face of uncertainty.James Counter, who studies chemistry, geography, mathematics and physics , was won the Royal College Science Union Science Challenge Schools award, presented by Lord Robert Winston at a finalists' dinner at the Royal Institute in Mayfair on March 21.James' essay answered Sir Brian Hoskins' question: "As uncertainty is often used as an excuse for...
  
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• FILM REVIEW - The Huntsman: Winter’s War (12A)

  04-04-2016 11:10
  
  A giant lump of a bloke with a dodgy Scots accent goes on a quest in a quasi-medieval, fairytale kingdom with his wisecracking little chums and finds love with a strong woman very much like himself – no, it’s not another Shrek movie, it’s a Snow White sequel.
  
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• Today's weather: April showers, thunder and lightning

  04-04-2016 08:27
  
  Make sure you don't leave the house without an umbrella today.
  
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• Sadiq Khan's fare-freeze could derail plans to extend Croydon Tramlink to Sutton, Zac Goldsmith claims

  04-04-2016 05:50
  
  Zac Goldsmith refused to echo his rival's commitment to freezing rail fares and suggested it would be "devastating" for transport projects in the capital.
  
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• What's On: 16 reasons to go out this week in south London

  04-04-2016 05:10
  
  Our round-up of the best events, music, comedy, film and theatre in south London this week...
  
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