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• Croydon Cat Killer believed to have claimed two more victims - Evening Standard

  20-04-2016 22:31 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Croydon Cat Killer believed to have claimed two more victims
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  The so-called Croydon Cat Killer is believed to have claimed another two victims, it has emerged tonight. The cat ripper is thought to be responsible for the murders of cats in Guildford and Orpington in the space of three days. The deaths were ...
  
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• Teacher who admitted grooming schoolboy, 16, showed 'no remorse', say police - Croydon Advertiser

  20-04-2016 21:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Teacher who admitted grooming schoolboy, 16, showed 'no remorse', say police
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  A TEACHER has admitted grooming and having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old pupil. Lauren Cox, 27, appeared at Croydon Crown Court today and pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity with a child under 18 in a position of trust. Cox was ...and more »
  
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• Teacher who admitted grooming schoolboy, 16, showed 'no remorse',...

  20-04-2016 20:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A TEACHER has admitted grooming and having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old pupil.Lauren Cox, 27, appeared at Croydon Crown Court today and pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual activity with a child under 18 in a position of trust.Cox was arrested on September 16 last year after the pupil admitted the abuse to his parents.His parents then contacted the head teacher of the school, based in Bromley, who informed social services.The teacher had first met the child, then 13, in 2012 just.
  
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• How autism awareness is growing in Croydon - The Croydon Citizen

  20-04-2016 18:01 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  How autism awareness is growing in Croydon
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  On Wednesday 6th April at 12:30 pm, between the shopping and the rain, I managed to catch glimpse of Croydon's mayor, Patricia Hay-Justice, Croydon Champion for Autism Councillor Andrew Rendle, Councillor Louisa Woodley and other familiar faces ...and more »
  
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• Police refuse to answer key questions about conduct of officers...

  20-04-2016 17:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  POLICE in Croydon have refused to answer serious questions relating to the conduct of its officers towards a Croydon nightclub. Officers produced 404 pages of evidence to support their claim that Dice Bar is a persistent cause of trouble in the town centre. But a council licensing committee, sitting last Friday, rejected their call for its opening hours to be curtailed and decided to take no action against the High Street club. The outcome is a damaging blow to Croydon police and the...
  
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• Man 'cheats death' in suspected drink-drive smash in Croydon - Evening Standard

  20-04-2016 17:09 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Man 'cheats death' in suspected drink-drive smash in Croydon
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  This was the dramatic scene after a suspected drink-driver obliterated a car by ploughing into a tree in south London. Police said the driver, a 21-year-old man, was "lucky to be alive" after being pulled from the mangled wreckage of his vehicle ...and more »
  
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• Investigation launched after THIRD toddler dies from tipping Ikea furniture - Croydon Advertiser

  20-04-2016 16:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Investigation launched after THIRD toddler dies from tipping Ikea furniture
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  TRAGEDY has struck the Swedish furniture store for a THIRD time after another toddler was crushed by tipping Malm furniture. The company, which has its largest UK store in Purley Way, Croydon, is now urging customers to secure furniture to the wall to ...and more »
  
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• Croydon police face growing pressure to explain officers' conduct in Dice Bar licence review - Your Local Guardian

  20-04-2016 16:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
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  Croydon police face growing pressure to explain officers' conduct in Dice Bar licence review
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  Pressure is mounting on Croydon police to answer key questions about its officers' conduct amid allegations they unlawfully shut down a town-centre nightclub that also claims it was warned not to admit black customers. The Metropolitan Police could ...and more »
  
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• Croydon police face growing pressure to explain officers' conduct in Dice Bar licence review - Croydon Guardian

  20-04-2016 16:49 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Croydon police face growing pressure to explain officers' conduct in Dice Bar licence review
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  Pressure is mounting on Croydon police to answer key questions about its officers' conduct amid allegations they unlawfully shut down a town-centre nightclub that also claims it was warned not to admit black customers. The Metropolitan Police could ...
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• Croydon police face growing pressure to explain officers' conduct in Dice Bar licence review

  20-04-2016 16:35
  
  Police are facing allegations they unlawfully shut down Dice Bar and told the venues owners not to admit black customers.
  
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• Dice Bar owners planning legal action over "completely unlawful" closure by police

  20-04-2016 16:10
  
  Roy and Farrah Seda, who own the venue, lost about £50,000 when they were forced to shut their doors for a Saturday night.
  
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• Leading gay historian to speak in Croydon - The Croydon Citizen

  20-04-2016 16:04 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  Leading gay historian to speak in Croydon
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  Matt Cook, professor of Modern History at Birkbeck College, University of London, will speak in Croydon on IDAHOT day, Tuesday 17th May, at the Spreadeagle pub theatre. Photo by Matt Cook, used with permission. Release begins: Matt Cook, a leading gay ...
  
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• Teenage girl arrested following mass brawl in town centre

  20-04-2016 15:54
  
  Police were called to North End at 5.25pm yesterday to reports of a fight involving a large group of people.
  
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• Periscope video reveals shocking moment mass brawl breaks out in Croydon - Daily Mail

  20-04-2016 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Periscope video reveals shocking moment mass brawl breaks out in Croydon
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  The fight was live-streamed on video app Periscope and hundreds of people from around the globe tuned in to watch the youths square off in the street. The brawl, which took place in North End at around 5.15pm yesterday, saw a man and woman coming ...
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• Investigation launched after THIRD toddler dies from tipping Ikea...

  20-04-2016 14:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  TRAGEDY has struck the Swedish furniture store for a THIRD time after another toddler was crushed by tipping Malm furniture.The company, which has its largest UK store in Purley Way, Croydon, is now urging customers to secure furniture to the wall to prevent further tragedies.22-month-old Ted McGee, of Minnesota in the US, lost his life when the Malm chest of drawers in his bedroom toppled over and crushed him as he was napping.Authorities in the States are now investigating.This is the third...
  
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• UPDATE: Girl, 17, in custody after brawl in Croydon town centre

  20-04-2016 13:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 17-YEAR-OLD girl was arrested yesterday after a fight broke out in Croydon town centre.Police were called out to the brawl, on North End, at 5.29pm and dispersed the fight, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.The girl was arrested on suspicion of affray and is in custody at a south London police station, the spokesman confirmed. Investigations are still ongoing.Did you see anything? Email [email protected], tweet us via @CroydonAd or contact us on FacebookNOW READ: Driver...
  
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• Man arrested after car hits parked vehicles in Purley

  20-04-2016 13:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN is in police custody on suspicion of "driving while unfit" after a car hit parked vehicles in Purley on Tuesday evening.The 33-year-old is at a south London police station after officers were called out to the incident on Mitchley Avenue at 7.29pm.A police spokesman said a car was involved in a collision with two parked vehicles, and a man was arrested at the scene for driving while unfit.Did you see anything? Email [email protected] contact us via our Facebook...
  
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• Westfield and Hammerson's £1bn shopping centre plans expanded to include more homes, IMAX cinema and new M&S anchor store

  20-04-2016 13:32
  
  The revised proposals include up to 1,000 homes, an extra floor and a new car park.
  
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• Circa Waves join LeeFest bill alongside glitter wrestling, beach parties and burlesque

  20-04-2016 13:01
  
  Homegrown festival LeeFest has announced new acts and some inventive attraction for this summer’s expanded LeeFest presents The Neverland.
  
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• Mass brawl between youths in Croydon was streamed live online - Daily Mail

  20-04-2016 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mass brawl between youths in Croydon was streamed live online
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  A mass brawl broke out in Croydon town centre yesterday (19th April) afternoon after a group of youths gathered en-masse for what appears to have been some form of an arranged mass fight. This shocking footage was... Mass brawl between youths in ...
  
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• UPDATED: Two women rescued from burning hotel in Croydon town centre - Croydon Guardian

  20-04-2016 11:44 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  UPDATED: Two women rescued from burning hotel in Croydon town centre
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  Two women were rescued this morning from a hotel that was on fire in Croydon High Street. The women were taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation after being rescued from the third floor via an internal staircase. Another women was taken to ...
  
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• Women taken to hospital after hotel fire in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  20-04-2016 11:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Women taken to hospital after hotel fire in Croydon
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  Two women were rescued from a fire in a hotel on High Street in Croydon early on Wednesday morning. Firefighters were called to the blaze, which started in a room on the first floor of the three storey hotel, at 6:45am, and had it under control by 7:32am.and more »
  
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• Westfield Croydon to be even bigger - with hundreds more homes, new M&S and IMAX cinema - Croydon Advertiser

  20-04-2016 11:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Westfield Croydon to be even bigger - with hundreds more homes, new M&S and IMAX cinema
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  CROYDON's £1.4bn Westfield/Hammerson development will be even bigger than first planned, with hundreds more homes and an IMAX cinema. There will also be a new flagship Marks and Spencer store to replace the current M&S in North End, and three ...
  Westfield and Hammerson's £1bn shopping centre plans expanded to include more homes, IMAX cinema and
  
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• Women taken to hospital after hotel fire in Croydon

  20-04-2016 10:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two women were rescued from a fire in a hotel on High Street in Croydon early on Wednesday morning.Firefighters were called to the blaze, which started in a room on the first floor of the three storey hotel, at 6:45am, and had it under control by 7:32am.Crews led the women to safety from the third floor, while a further ten people had got out of the building before firefighters arrived.The women were taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service after suffering smoke inhalation.Paramedics also..
  
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• UPDATED: Two women rescued from hotel on fire in Croydon High Street

  20-04-2016 10:00
  
  The fire service were called to the fire at 6.45am
  
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• UPDATED: Two women rescued from burning hotel in Croydon town centre

  20-04-2016 10:00
  
  The fire service were called to the fire at 6.45am
  
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• Westfield Croydon to be even bigger - with hundreds more homes,...

  20-04-2016 09:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  CROYDON's £1.4bn Westfield/Hammerson development will be even bigger than first planned, with hundreds more homes and an IMAX cinema. There will also be a new flagship Marks and Spencer store to replace the current M&S in North End, and three floors of shops in the shopping centre. The updated plans have been announced ahead of a planning committee meeting to discuss the changes on April 28, ahead of a public consultation in the Whitgift Centre next month. The three floor...
  
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• Matthews Yard founder 'proud to have survived' four years in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  20-04-2016 09:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Matthews Yard founder 'proud to have survived' four years in Croydon
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  AS MATTHEWS Yard approaches its fourth birthday founder Saif Bonar said the thing he is proudest of is "survival". Little more than one year ago the community hub, off Surrey Street, was "on a knife edge" with £100,000 of debt – but on Saturday it will ...
  
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• Driver 'lucky to be alive' after crashing into tree in Shirley

  20-04-2016 09:31
  
  The crash happened shortly after midnight last night
  
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• Police concerned for welfare of missing 14-year-old girl Martina Eastwood

  20-04-2016 09:12
  
  Martina Eastwood is thought to be somewhere in south west London
  
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• Driver arrested for drink driving after car crashes into tree...

  20-04-2016 09:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A CAR was sliced in half after it crashed into a tree in Shirley last night. Police in Croydon said the driver was "lucky to be alive" after his silver car was left unrecognisable having hit the tree "at speed". Officers arrested the driver on suspicion of drink driving, Croydon MPS tweeted at 7pm last night.
  Nasty Accident in #Shirley Car hit a tree at speed. Driver lucky to be alive, arrested for drink drive #CroydonCops pic.twitter.com/dlT3bmqjfL— Croydon MPS...
  
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• London and Surrey set for another warm and sunny day

  20-04-2016 08:38
  
  Yesterday's warm weather will continue before a cloudier day tomorrow
  
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• Matthews Yard founder 'proud to have survived' four years in...

  20-04-2016 08:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  AS MATTHEWS Yard approaches its fourth birthday founder Saif Bonar said the thing he is proudest of is "survival". Little more than one year ago the community hub, off Surrey Street, was "on a knife edge" with £100,000 of debt – but on Saturday it will celebrate its fourth birthday going from "strength to strength". "The thing I am proudest of is survival," Saif said. "It's incredibly hard for any business, but to have started in a...
  
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• Ben Haenow's girlfriend talks about life with the X Factor star - Croydon Advertiser

  20-04-2016 02:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Ben Haenow's girlfriend talks about life with the X Factor star
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  BEN HAENOW'S girlfriend said after a year chasing their dreams the couple are still going strong. Jessica Jones, a dance teacher from Shirley, was in the audience with at Fairfield Halls with tonight to watch Ben's homecoming gig . "It was just so ...
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• Ben Haenow's girlfriend talks about life with the X Factor star

  20-04-2016 00:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  BEN HAENOW'S girlfriend said after a year chasing their dreams the couple are still going strong.Jessica Jones, a dance teacher from Shirley, was in the audience with at Fairfield Halls with tonight to watch Ben's homecoming gig ."It was just so lovely," Jess told the Advertiser when we caught up with her after the show. "It's been a little while since I have watched him perform and it was just really nice to see him with a band backing him again, and seeing him loving it and...
  
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