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• Pardew satisfied with point but wants more from his top players

  13-04-2016 22:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Nobody was able to break the deadlock as Crystal Palace and Everton played out a 0-0 draw at Selhurst Park this evening. Manager Alan Pardew felt his team could have won the game but said he was happy to take the last few results after the previous poor run of form in the league. "We'd like to have won the game. We had very good chances to win it. Particularly Puncheon and Connor Wickham should have scored and that's frustrating but before the Norwich game and the pressure we were under,...
  
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• Shamed former council boss Mike Fisher fails in bid to become...

  13-04-2016 19:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  DISCREDITED former council leader Mike Fisher has failed in a surprise attempt to return to front line politics.Cllr Fisher resigned as leader of both the council and Croydon Conservatives in September 2014 after it emerged he had secretly taken an £11,000 pay rise.On Monday night the Shirley councillor put himself forward to replace Dudley Mead as one of the party's two deputy leaders, after the veteran politician decided to retire from the front bench.Councillors who took part in the...
  
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• 'Manipulative paedophile' jailed for eight years after admitting sexually abusing young boys

  13-04-2016 18:20
  
  Retired teacher Richard Biddick, 76, of Baring Road, Addiscombe, groomed and sexually assaulted one of the boys after befriending him in Yorkshire in the late 1970s.
  
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• Former teacher and scoutmaster jailed for eight years for sexually abusing young boys

  13-04-2016 18:20
  
  Retired teacher Richard Biddick, 76, of Baring Road, Addiscombe, groomed and sexually assaulted one of the boys after befriending him in Yorkshire in the late 1970s.
  
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• VIDEO: Young people think Croydon is a 'diamond in the rough' despite 'negative reputation'

  13-04-2016 18:12
  
  The Safer Croydon Partnership has teamed up with charity Lives not Knives to produce a short video on what young people think of Croydon.
  
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• Woman arrested and person on the run after police helicopter pursues stolen car through Croydon

  13-04-2016 17:02
  
  At about 9.05am officers tried to stop a car that had been reported stolen in Harold Road, Upper Norwood but the driver failed to stop.
  
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• Car which swerved to avoid pedestrian crashes into second car

  13-04-2016 16:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CAR crashed into another vehicle after swerving to avoid a pedestrian this afternoon.No one was hurt after the vehicle dodged the pedestrian in Croydon Road, Beddington.Police were called to the scene at just after 1pm.YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ: Woman arrested after police helicopter chases car through CroydonYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ: Exclusive: Questions over police accounts of knife incident that led to Croydon club closureYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ: Police appeal for help in finding..
  
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• Woman arrested after police helicopter chases car through Croydon

  13-04-2016 16:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A WOMAN has been arrested for a string of offences after a police chase in Croydon this morning. The Metropolitan Police tried to stop a stolen car in Harold Road just after 9am, but the vehicle would not pull over.
  YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE TO READ: Exclusive: Questions over police accounts of knife incident that led to Croydon club closureOfficers in a marked police car and the service's helicopter chased the car to Impact Court in Bromley where the occupants stopped and ran off, followed by the...
  
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• 23 tips on how to avoid being a cash-for-crash victim and what to do if you suspect you are

  13-04-2016 13:30
  
  Here is a guide for drivers to avoid becoming cash-for-crash victims, with insurer Aviva revealing worrying figures on the number of scams.
  
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• Fly-tipper dumps three tonnes of waste in South Croydon road - BBC News

  13-04-2016 13:28
  
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  Fly-tipper dumps three tonnes of waste in South Croydon road
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  A van driver dumped three tonnes of building waste in the middle of a road while driving along a residential street in South Croydon. The fly-tipper was caught on a resident's CCTV camera dropping the load of rubble, plaster and wood on Croham Manor ...and more »
  
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• Exclusive: Questions over police accounts of knife incident that...

  13-04-2016 13:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  SERIOUS discrepancies with the evidence police used to close a nightclub have been uncovered by the Advertiser.Police used emergency powers to temporarily shut Dice Bar, in Croydon High Street, last June after linking the venue to a serious incident they said involved a knife.Chief Inspector Peter McGarry and Sgt Michael Emery repeatedly told owner Roy Seda that a customer had been spotted on camera with the weapon in a nearby street and, were it not for the intervention of two other officers,..
  
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• Birds of a Feather star heads to Croydon in Annie

  13-04-2016 12:08
  
  Birds of a Feather star Lesley Joseph will be channelling her meanest side when she comes to Croydon in the musical Annie.
  
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• Teenager found with knife and cannabis arrested in Thornton Heath

  13-04-2016 11:58
  
  Police said they searched the teenager after he began acting suspiciously and found a knife, cannabis and also a large sum of cash.
  
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• Captain America - Civil War: south London Spider-Man Tom Holland's career in pictures

  13-04-2016 11:37
  
  Marvel’s superheroes are returning to the big screen en masse this month in Captain America: Civil War – including the first outing for Kingston actor Tom Holland’s take on Spider-Man.
  
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• Have you seen this man? Police are appealing for information after he went missing from New Addington

  13-04-2016 10:29
  
  Adam Pollitt, 31, is missing from New Addington.
  
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• Police appeal for help in finding missing New Addington man

  13-04-2016 10:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a missing New Addington man.
  A message on Croydon Police's official Twitter account on Wednesday morning urged anyone with information to contact them.The tweet read: "Have you seen 31 year old Adam Pollitt who is a missing person from #NewAddington Call 101 Ref 16MIS014718."
  Have you seen 31 year old Adam Pollitt who is a missing person from #NewAddington Call 101 Ref 16MIS014718 pic.twitter.com/KpncvMlJWv— Croydon MPS...
  
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• Tech guide: which fitness tracker is right for you?

  13-04-2016 09:58
  
  In the first in a new fortnightly column, expert Mark Evans from Epsom-based home technology company Digitalised lifts the lid on the latest fitness trackers.
  
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• VIDEO: Police issue CCTV of man after £9,000 of jewellery...

  13-04-2016 09:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to after a handbag containing £9,000 of jewellery was stolen from a car in Coulsdon. The bag is believed to have been stolen from the boot of the owner's car, which was parked on Tudor Close, Coulsdon, between midday on February 12 and 10am on Sunday February 14.The bag also contained several bank cards, which were later used by a man to buy items from a store on South Norwood Hill on February...
  
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• 'It's really stupid and extremely dangerous': Firefighters condemn 'fire spray challenge'

  13-04-2016 08:58
  
  London Fire Bridage are concerned the ‘fire spray challenge’ may spread to the UK and are asking parents to talk to their children about fire safety.
  
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• Do you know this man? Police want to speak to him after £9,000 of jewellery was stolen from a car

  13-04-2016 08:43
  
  Police were called to Tudor Close, Coulsdon on February 15 to reports of a theft from a car.
  
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• Man caught with stolen phone metres from police station jailed for two years

  13-04-2016 08:30
  
  Jermaine Debrah, 28, of Church Road in Mitcham was found guilty of burglary at Croydon Crown Court on April 1.
  
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• Bright and sunny day but rain this evening

  13-04-2016 08:19
  
  Temperatures are expected to soar to 17 degrees in south west London and Surrey before dropping to as low at 4 degrees in some parts over night.
  
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• 'They have thrown in the kitchen sink': Dice Bar owner claims police are doing everything to shut venue down ahead of licence review

  13-04-2016 06:00
  
  Police have submitted 345 pages of supporting documents with their application to Croydon Council’s committee for the club’s licence to be revoked.
  
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