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• 'I would question whether he is fit for the job': Lead councillor for culture slammed for failing to attend Fairfield public meeting

  07-04-2016 17:20
  
  More than 300 people attended a public meeting held by Save our Fairfield last night - but Councillor Timothy Godfrey was not one of them.
  
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• Students from 29 countries come to Croydon for training course - Croydon Advertiser

  07-04-2016 17:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  Croydon Advertiser
  Students from 29 countries come to Croydon for training course
  Croydon Advertiser
  CROYDON is "becoming known around the world as the place to visit" for anyone who wants to study neuro linguistic programming (NLP). NLP, which was developed in the 1970s at the University of California, is a field which focuses on how different people ...
  
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• Detectives hit 'wall of silence' in hunt for Mujaahid Wilson killer

  07-04-2016 16:00
  
  DCI Will Reynolds said: "The name of the suspect is held within the community. But I can't do anything until...that bold and courageous person comes forward and break ranks."
  
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• Man to appear in court accused of raping young girl in New Addington

  07-04-2016 15:24
  
  Mark Wayne Parry, 36, is charged with two counts of raping a girl under the age of 13 between May 2009 and May 2010.
  
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• Film review: Midnight Special (12A)

  07-04-2016 13:30
  
  A thought provoking Sci-Fi...
  
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• Absolute Radio breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell to perform his latest stand-up show in Croydon

  07-04-2016 13:28
  
  He’s one of the nation’s best-loved breakfast radio DJs, having won a record 12 Radio Academy Awards, but it has not always been plain sailing for Christian O’Connell.
  
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• "Blinkered" plans to scrap transport police sexual assault units halted

  07-04-2016 13:00
  
  The proposal to scrap the unit sparked outrage among women’s rights campaigners who labelled the decision “disturbing” and called on BTP to explain its reasoning.
  
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• Motorcyclist in hospital with serious injuries after hit-and-run...

  07-04-2016 12:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN is in hospital with serious injuries following a hit-and-run motorcycle collision in Croydon last night. Police, paramedics and an air ambulance were called to a crash between two motorcycles on Imperial Way just before 10pm A male motorcyclist was taken to a south London hospital, where he remains with a serious head injury.
  Thanks to @kssairambulance and @NPAS_Redhill for their assistance at IMPERIAL WAY tonight #Croydoncops pic.twitter.com/tBVeD8TFHh— Croydon MPS (@MPSCroydon)...
  
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• Teenager with links to Croydon found safe and well

  07-04-2016 12:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 14-year-old girl who was last seen in Croydon on Sunday has been found, police have confirmed.Muna Mohamud was last spotted in Croydon at the weekend, after initially being reported missing by her family last Thursday (March 31).A message posted on Merton Police's official Twitter account on Thursday morning said she had been found."Muna Mohamud has been located safe and well. Thank you all for your assistance.," the tweet from the @MPSMerton account read.
  
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• Police searching for hit-and-run motorcyclist after another rider left seriously injured

  07-04-2016 12:03
  
  Police, air ambulance and London Ambulance were called to the crash on Imperial Way, Croydon at 9.56pm.
  
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• Croydon man appears in court after knifepoint burglary from house in Mitcham

  07-04-2016 11:01
  
  A bag was stolen from the house in the burglary
  
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• Revealed: Croydon's role in the blockbuster Criminal starring Kevin Costner and Ryan Reynolds

  07-04-2016 10:55
  
  Croydon will take a starring role on the big screen this week when a blockbuster action movie starring Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones is finally released.
  
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• Wimbledon teenager with links to Croydon has been found

  07-04-2016 09:44
  
  Muna Mohamud, 14, from Merton went missing from her home near Tooting Broadway station on Thursday, March 3.
  
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• “Nobody wants to be here today, but we are because of the contracts": Junior doctors fear escalating industrial action may be only way to make Government take notice

  07-04-2016 09:31
  
  Escalating strikes may be junior doctors’ only chance of getting the government to listen to them, according to a second year doctor at St Helier Hospital.
  
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• Police becoming 'increasingly concerned' for missing Croydon...

  07-04-2016 08:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE are appealing for information to find a pensioner missing from her home in Croydon.Joyce Sherard, 79, was last seen leaving her home address in Masons Avenue on April 6 at 4pm.She is known to frequent central Croydon and St Mary's Church on Wellesley Road.She is white and was last seen wearing black jogging bottoms, a black long sleeve top, black lace up shoes and a green coat.Police are becoming increasingly concerned as Mrs Sherard suffers from health problems and it without medication,
  
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• Weather: Occasional heavy showers and chance of hail and thunder

  07-04-2016 08:37
  
  Forecasters warn cool, pleasant breezes will be punctured by heavy showers this afternoon.
  
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• Croydon pensioner who suffers from health problems reported missing

  07-04-2016 08:10
  
  Mrs Sherard is known to regularly visit central Croydon and St Mary’s Church in Wellesey Road, Croydon.
  
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• 'The dream just seems so out of reach': House prices in Croydon rise nearly 15 per cent in a year - Croydon Guardian

  07-04-2016 06:11 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon Guardian
  'The dream just seems so out of reach': House prices in Croydon rise nearly 15 per cent in a year
  Croydon Guardian
  The average house in Croydon will now set you back more than £370,000, a rise of nearly 15 per cent in a year. New figures from the Land Registry show prices in the borough have risen 14.7 per cent in the 12 months to February, more than the average ...and more »
  
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• 'The dream just seems so out of reach': House prices in Croydon rise nearly 15 per cent in a year

  07-04-2016 06:00
  
  New figures from the Land Registry show prices in the borough have risen 14.7 per cent in the 12 months to February, more than the average London rise of 13.5 per cent.
  
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