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• WATCH: Fire brigade dog sniffs out tiny drop of lighter fluid at...

  01-05-2016 17:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE London Fire Brigade has three dogs trained to sniff out any substance which may have been involved in a blaze. Rosco and Murphy's official job titles are 'Hydrocarbon Detection Dogs' – but as trainer and fire investigator Mick Boyle says, it's all a game to them. "Once a fire has been extinguished the fire investigation team go into a building and see how the fire has burnt," he said at Croydon fire station open day on Sunday. "If we feel that the fire hasn't...
  
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• DEBATE: Are Croydon town centre preachers too confrontational? - Croydon Advertiser

  01-05-2016 15:37
  Croydon Advertiser
  DEBATE: Are Croydon town centre preachers too confrontational?
  Croydon Advertiser
  The Advertiser is looking for readers' opinions on how we should see a busy North End on a Saturday morning. It is frequently full of preachers, loudly broadcasting their message to the street. Is this a diverse and vibrant quality to Croydon town ...
  
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• 'We need to address housing crisis', says Green GLA candidate...

  01-05-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE Green candidate for Croydon and Sutton said she will work to introduce a rent cap if elected on May 5.Tracey Hague, who has lived in Addiscombe all her life, said she is worried the borough could become a "dormant town" if the housing crisis is not addressed."Housing is the single biggest issue," she said. "People are being priced out and leaving Croydon because they cannot afford to stay."A former project manager for sustainable buildings, Mrs Hague wants to...
  
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• Taberner House plot to be turned into bee haven after saffron...

  01-05-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The whole borough is abuzz with the news that an area of the town centre is to bee transformed.After the success of the their pop-up saffron farm, Croydon Council has given a community group permission to turn the Taberner House plot into a bee haven. Croydon Saffron Central, with the help of Croydon Beekeepers Association, will stock the site with a hive and bee-friendly flowers. "Crocuses are off the agenda at this time of the year," said Ally McKinlay, founder of the group."But...
  
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• Richard Edmonds from all-white party National Front standing for...

  01-05-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  RICHARD Edmonds is standing in Croydon and Sutton for far-right party the National Front.The all-white party describes itself as a "radical racial nationalist movement" which is designed to "ensure the survival and advancement of the white race".Mr Edmonds did not respond to request for comment from the Advertiser.In last year's GEneral Election, the party polled 1,114 votes nationwide for seven candidates, 0.00004 per cent of the vote.
  
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• READERS' LETTERS: Fairfield Halls 'travesty', hospital pressures...

  01-05-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  FAIRFIELD HALLS'Vote' a travesty of democracyAh – the joys of Town Hall democracy in Croydon. On the day that some staff at Fairfield Halls were getting their redundancy notices from Fairfield – the Save Our Fairfield campaign was staging its last-ditch attempt to persuade councillors of the benefits of phasing the refurbishment of the halls.The fact that lead petitioner Andy Hylton was, at first, given a mic that was not working did not bode well for the meeting. After his...
  
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• DEBATE: Are Croydon town centre preachers too confrontational?

  01-05-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The Advertiser is looking for readers' opinions on how we should see a busy North End on a Saturday morning. It is frequently full of preachers, loudly broadcasting their message to the street. Is this a diverse and vibrant quality to Croydon town centre, or a well-meaning inconvenience? Advertiser content editor James Booker and reporter Polly Albany-Ward show both sides of the debate...LET THEM STAY - Polly Albany-WardWHEN I think of Croydon I think of a melting pot where different cultures,..
  
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• Croydon women's running club celebrates 30th birthday

  01-05-2016 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A RUNNING club which has encouraged more than 400 women to lace up their trainers celebrated its 30th birthday at the weekend.Croydon Running Sisters was founded in 1986, as a result ofa campaign by Running Magazine to encourage experienced runners to train a small group of local women.When Sally Justice moved to Croydon there were already a number of women who had registered interest in the scheme, but had no one to lead them.So on April 23 she started the Croydon Running Sisters. The group,...
  
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• Man, 23, taken to hospital after car crash in Addiscombe

  01-05-2016 09:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A MAN was taken to hospital this morning after the car he was driving crashed into parked vehicles in Addiscombe.Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to Davidson Road at 6.40am this morning to a Mini Cooper having hit cars on the side of the road.The 23-year-old man had left his car and was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Watch manager Danny Kelly said: "The car was fairly badly damaged."But the fact he was wearing a seatbelt saved him from major...
  
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• BREAKING VIEWS: Voting is a duty, however pointless it may seem

  01-05-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE voting season is upon us – voting for a mayor and assembly for London, which is struggling to get much air time compared with the referendum on membership of the EU. And for most people who intend to vote I suspect they're still in the box marked "oh I must get round to thinking about that". And for everyone else? "Please let it all be over", perhaps?Confession time: I think I've voted in every election I've ever been eligible for (and no, I'm not going to tell you...
  
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• Croydon Cat Killer 'could soon start targeting humans', criminal psychologist warns - Evening Standard

  01-05-2016 08:38
  
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  Croydon Cat Killer 'could soon start targeting humans', criminal psychologist warns
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  The so-called Croydon Cat Killer could go on to target humans if they become bored of slaughtering animals, an expert warned today. Criminal psychologist Dr David Holmes said the killer is a sadist who "enjoys" the act of murder - and could yet ...
  Croydon Cat Killer 'could soon start targeting humans' says Dr David HolmesMetro
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• GLA elections: The candidates vying for votes in Croydon and Sutton - Croydon Guardian

  01-05-2016 05:53
  
  Croydon Guardian
  GLA elections: The candidates vying for votes in Croydon and Sutton
  Croydon Guardian
  But they also have the chance to vote for members of the General London Assembly (GLA) - those whose job it is to hold the mayor to account in City Hall. We spoke to candidates vying to represent the Croydon and Sutton constituency. Steve O'Connell ...and more »
  
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• GLA elections: The candidates vying for votes in Croydon and Sutton

  01-05-2016 05:50
  
  Voters will go to the polls on Thursday.
  
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