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• Drivers injured in two-car collision in Thornton Heath

  06-04-2016 20:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN sustained chest injuries in a two-car collision in Thornton Heath this evening.Emergency services were called after a Jeep Cherokee and a Peugeot 104 crashed at the junction of Kensington Avenue with Green Lane just before 6pm.An "older" man was treated by ambulance services at the scene for chest injuries, said Philip Goedluck, red watch manager at Norbury fire station.It is not yet known if he was taken to hospital.The younger male driver suffered minor injuries including...
  
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• 'Let my little angel sleep in peace': Tributes paid to Addiscombe...

  06-04-2016 19:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN has been charged with murdering his 29-year-old girlfriend after she was found stabbed to death in their Addiscombe home.Pawel Sroka, 33, is accused of the murder of Joanna Trojniak who was found in the couple's house in Meadvale Road on March 23.Friends and family have remembered Ms Trojniak as a "dearest cousin", saying she will not be forgotten in tributes written in Polish on her Facebook page.Paulina Litwicka wrote: "I cannot believe it. Sleep in peace Asia [a Polish...
  
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• 'I married a paedophile and now I cannot divorce him'

  06-04-2016 17:50
  
  Jazmin Cullen was smitten when she met "charming" barman Jason Cullen in a Croydon pub - not knowing he was a convicted paedophile
  
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• 20 of your favourite fish and chip shops in Croydon, Sutton and Epsom

  06-04-2016 17:06
  
  We asked you to tell us your favourite places to get fish and chips over our website, Facebook and Twitter pages and you did not disappoint.
  
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• ​Hundreds of appointments cancelled in Croydon ahead of fourth junior doctors strike - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2016 16:28
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  ​Hundreds of appointments cancelled in Croydon ahead of fourth junior doctors strike
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  JUNIOR doctors are taking industrial action for the fourth time over a contract dispute with the Government. In total, 387 non-urgent outpatient appointments and 27 routine operations have been cancelled between Croydon University Hospital and ...and more »
  
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• Designs revealed for underground art space which aims to bring...

  06-04-2016 16:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE first designs have been released for a proposed new underground art gallery to be built alongside the redevelopment of Fairfield Halls and College Green.RISE Gallery is expected to run the 2000 square metre urban art space saying it will bring "world class exhibitions" to what could be one of the largest subterranean galleries in London.Kevin Zuchowski-Morrison, owner of the current gallery in St George's Walk, said he wants the community to remain the "beating heart" of...
  
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• 'MOBO award winners, come and perform at our new piano', says...

  06-04-2016 15:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A PIANO has been installed and decorated at Thornton Heath train station as part of ongoing plans to improve the area.Thornton Heath Community Action Team (THCAT) is working with Southern Rail to deliver the improvements.And the team are hoping to see MOBO award winners including Krept and Konan and Stormzy perform at the new musical hotspot. Linda Watson, a THCAT member, said: "The piano is the first step towards making the station become a more inviting place."Given Thornton Heath's...
  
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• Caterham to welcome 3-day Jazz and Blues Festival this summer

  06-04-2016 15:29
  
  Caterham is set to become a fixture on the UK jazz calendar with the launch of a three-day festival this summer.
  
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• 'Sleep in peace': Tributes pour in for woman stabbed to death in Addiscombe

  06-04-2016 13:48
  
  Joanna Trojniak was found with multiple knife wounds in the house in Meadvale Road that she shared with boyfriend Pawel Sroka last month.
  
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• Bride who discovered husband was paedophile during honeymoon...

  06-04-2016 13:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN who discovered her husband was a convicted paedophile a week after they took their wedding vows is still trying to divorce him five years later.Jazmin Cullen, 24, met Jason Cullen in a Croydon pub where he was working in 2010, and the pair married within months.But while the couple were on their honeymoon Jazmin's grandmother found Cullen, 31, had used her laptop to download horrifying child abuse pictures.Jazmin, from Carshalton, soon discovered Cullen had already spent a year in prison
  
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• Fears grow that the 'Croydon Cat Killer' may have struck again

  06-04-2016 12:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FEARS have been expressed that the so-called 'Croydon Cat Killer' may have struck again, as more mutilated bodies have been found this week.Two cats were found over the weekend leaving their owners heartbroken, according to South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL).Tortoiseshell Lulu, aged 20, was found decapitated outside her home in Kingston upon Thames, in Surrey, on Saturday.Late on Sunday, Bertie, a 12-year-old blue Persian, was found near Frimley, Surrey.Over the last six months,...
  
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• Fears grow as 'Croydon Cat Killer' may have struck again

  06-04-2016 12:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  FEARS are growing over the so-called 'Croydon Cat Killer' as more mutilated bodies have been found this week.Two cats were found over the weekend leaving their owners heartbroken, according to South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL).Tortoiseshell Lulu, aged 20, was found decapitated outside her home in Kingston upon Thames, in Surrey, on Saturday.Late on Sunday, Bertie, a 12-year-old blue Persian, was found near Frimley, Surrey.Over the last six months, mangled bodies are now being found
  
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• Cat enclosure firm has 'unprecedented' amount of enquiries amid...

  06-04-2016 12:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A COMPANY has had an "unprecedented" number of enquiries from south London customers to install outdoor enclosures following fears over the "Croydon Cat Killer", said the firm's bosses.Simon and Eve Davies run ProtectaPet offering "cat containment solutions" in feline lovers' gardens preventing their pets from escaping while enjoying the outdoors.Simon, 33, said a quarter of their business is now concentrated on the south of the capital, where many of bodies of cats...
  
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• New Addington stalwart remembered as 'great encourager' in...

  06-04-2016 12:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A NEW Addington man who spent more than 60 years leading the estate's Boys' Brigade has been remembered as a "great encourager" who gave youngsters a place to belong.Peter Nash, who died aged 87 on March 11 this year, became a Brigade captain when he moved to the estate aged 22 after hearing a "call from God" while riding his bike.After that day Peter's step daughter Brenda Hunt said the Brigade "meant everything to him", and he spent more than 60 years as captain...
  
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• Missing 14-year-old girl with links to South Norwood has been...

  06-04-2016 11:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A GIRL who went missing on Sunday has been found, police have confirmed.Martina Eastwood, and Epsom teenager with links to South Norwood, has been located, according to Surrey Police.A message posted on the official Surrey Police Twitter account on Wednesday read: "14-year-old Martina Eastwood from Epsom has now been located. Members of the public and the media are thanked for their help."
  
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• More than 600 children at Shirley Oaks suffered 'industrial...

  06-04-2016 11:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CHILDREN living at Shirley Oaks children's home suffered physical and sexual abuse on an "industrial scale", an independent inquiry has heard.Raymond Stevenson, who lived at the home as a child and set up the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association (SOSA), told the Goddard inquiry into child sexual abuse that what happened at the Lambeth council run home was an "institutional evil".Speaking at the preliminary hearing of the inquiry, which was led by Justice Lowell Goddard, Mr...
  
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• Teenage girl with links to Tooting and South Norwood, Martina Eastwood from Epsom, has been found

  06-04-2016 10:43
  
  Martina Eastwood had last been seen in Mitcham Road, Tooting, at about 1.30am on Sunday, April 3.
  
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• ​Hundreds of appointments cancelled in Croydon ahead of fourth...

  06-04-2016 10:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  JUNIOR doctors are taking industrial action for the fourth time over a contract dispute with the Government.In total, 387 non-urgent outpatient appointments and 27 routine operations have been cancelled between Croydon University Hospital and outpatient clinics in Purley ahead of the 48-hour strike which started at 8am this morning.Medics around the country are striking until 8am on Friday morning, providing emergency-care only, after health secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would be imposing a new.
  
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• VIDEO: Dozens gather outside Croydon immigration centre to protest 'scapegoating' Government policies

  06-04-2016 08:55
  
  The demonstration, organised by the Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG), was staged outside Lunar House in Wellesley Road - the home of the country’s only asylum-screening unit.
  
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• Rain and shine: A mixed bag of weather for Wednesday

  06-04-2016 08:41
  
  After a fairly grim start things are expected to clear to cool, blustery afternoon with some sunshine and scattered showers.
  
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• Junior doctors prepare to strike today for fourth walk-out in contract dispute

  06-04-2016 08:20
  
  Junior doctors are preparing to go on strike today for a fourth round of industrial action in their long-running contract dispute with Government.
  
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