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• Police called after fight between Crystal Palace and Millwall...

  29-05-2016 23:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police were called to a fight between Crystal Palace and Millwall fans in Croydon High Street this evening (Sunday).Officers were called to reports of someone being punched in the face in the street at about 8pm.A police spokesman said a man was making threats and shoving people in High Street.ALSO READ: Crystal Palace, Leicester City and Manchester City favourites to sign Arsenal starAdvertiser reporter Polly Albany-Ward, who was at the scene, saw a man wearing a Crystal Palace shirt shouting..
  
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• Oops! Email blunder shows career conman Mark Hill-Wood HAS...

  29-05-2016 18:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A serial fraudster has inadvertently revealed that he HAS assumed a new identity - by replying to someone under the wrong email address. An Advertiser investigation earlier this year linked Marc Marshall, a supposed ex-Government operative turned private investigator, to Mark Hill-Wood, a career conman with convictions under numerous names dating back to 1991. Marshall had registered the website of his business Stellar Intelligence – through which he was trying again to trick unsuspecting.
  
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• How long will the nice weather last in Croydon?

  29-05-2016 18:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  After a week of hot weather the sun has managed to break through the clouds for some sunny spells over the bank holiday weekend.But although temperatures should remain warm today could be the last of the sun Croydon sees for this week.The Met Office predicts that tomorrow for bank holiday Monday temperatures will dip to 18 degrees with the sun hidden by cloud all day.On Tuesday it will get even chillier at 14 degrees with rain forecast to set in during the afternoon.However temperatures should..
  
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• 17 photos of a stunning home in Warlingham on sale for £1,5...

  29-05-2016 18:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The spectacular home has double doors with windows to either side leading to a spacious entrance hall with wood flooring, a wood burning stove, and exposed brickwork. It has a double aspect lounge with double glazed windows to the front and bi-fold doors to the rear garden.It has wood flooring, a feature fireplace with inset gas fire and double doors to a games room with a tiled floor, bi-fold doors to the rear gardens, and a corner bar with granite work-top.There is a door from the lounge to a.
  
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• Young woman left with life-changing injuries after West Norwood...

  29-05-2016 17:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are searching for the "callous" driver of a car who drove at speed along a pavement in Norwood leaving two women no time to get out of the way when the vehicle crashed into some commercial bins.One of the women, who were both 29, has been left with possible life-changing injuries after the hit-and-run in Norwood High Street last night.The women were making their way home from a night out at 4.40am when the incident occurred.Police Constable Jake Good from Lambeth CID said it is...
  
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• Police arrest drunk man in Croydon who assaulted his sister...

  29-05-2016 16:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police arrested a drunk man who assaulted his sister on Friday night. Croydon MPS said in a post on Twitter that the man then tried to get behind the wheel of his car despite being drunk. He was arrested for suspected assault and trying to drive whilst drunk, officers said.
  A male has been arrested after assaulting his sister and then attempting to drive his car whilst drunk #Croydoncops pic.twitter.com/UddlU7vwi0— Croydon MPS (@MPSCroydon) May 27, 2016ALSO READ: Racist Croydon...
  
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• Plan your tactics: Firms and staff urged to be flexible during Euro 2016

  29-05-2016 13:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Firms are being urged to be flexible with staff as workers plan how to watch their teams in the Euro 2016 football tournament starting on June 10.
  
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• Purley firefighters called to spate of bin fires

  29-05-2016 13:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Firefighters in Purley have been called to a spate of bin fires this week.Crews were called to tackle flames in a rubbish bin outside a petrol station in Godstone Road at about 11.30pm last night.A firefighter from the station said in the last week his watch has been called three bin fires during four shifts, adding that while the fire last night was not serious the calls pull crews away from more important tasks.He said the number of people setting light to rubbish had dropped off until the...
  
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• Croydon tech industry growing as new state-of-the-art hub opens...

  29-05-2016 11:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's fast growing tech industry received a boost last week when a brand new state-of-the-art tech hub with affordable office space opened in the town centre.TMRW opened in Davis House, High Street on May 25 with 320 desk spaces for start-ups and entrepreneurs wanting to start their business in the borough dubbed the 'Silicon Valley of south London'.The hub has been backed by £2 million worth of investment, with help from the Mayor of London and a rent and rate free period from Croydon
  
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• Croydon's only vegan café could be forced to close if it can't find a new home - Croydon Advertiser

  29-05-2016 10:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  Croydon's only vegan café could be forced to close if it can't find a new home
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  Croydon's only vegan café could be forced to close if it can't find a new... X. Share Tweet Share Pin It Email. Copy link to paste in your message. /. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in your message. Pictures: David Cook. Lauren Adderley (centre) and ...
  
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• Crystal Palace ace determined to prove his worth - Croydon Advertiser

  29-05-2016 10:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace ace determined to prove his worth
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  Crystal Palace midfielder Yohan Cabaye knows he faces stiff competition as he bids to make a central midfield slot his own for France this summer. The classy Frenchman is in Didier Deschamps' 23-man squad and is out to show just how important he is to ...and more »
  
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• Croydon's only vegan café could be forced to close if it...

  29-05-2016 09:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's only vegan café could be forced to close if it cannot find a new home in the borough in the next ten days.Buttercream Dreams opened in Middle Street, off George Street, in February this year and was so popular it sold out of cakes on the first day of business.Lauren Adderley, the South Norwood nurse who runs the colourful café, said she will be "heartbroken" if she has to leave her home town to find a new shop."It's been a really good three months and...
  
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• Crystal Palace, Southampton and Stoke in hunt for Italy striker - Croydon Advertiser

  29-05-2016 09:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Crystal Palace, Southampton and Stoke in hunt for Italy striker
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  Crystal Palace are among a trio of Premier League clubs keeping tabs on Napoli striker Manolo Gabbiadini. According to the Daily Mail, Alan Pardew's side are battling it out with Stoke and Southampton to bring the 24-year-old to the Premier League.and more »
  
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• New state of the art 'tech hub' opens in Croydon town centre - Your Local Guardian

  29-05-2016 06:04 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
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  New state of the art 'tech hub' opens in Croydon town centre
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  Croydon's emergence as the Silicon Valley of south London continued this week with the launch of a brand new “tech hub” in the town centre. TMRW (Tomorrow), based in Davis House in High Street, aims to provide budding “entrepreneurs, thinkers, ...
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• World famous artist wants giant mural worth £1 million to...

  29-05-2016 06:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A HIGHLY sought-after work of art by Croydon-born anarchist Jamie Reid could "come home" and become a permanent feature in the borough.Flinton Chalk, one of Reid's agents, told the Advertiser the renowned artist, most famous for his work with the Sex Pistolswanted the work - part of an exhibition in St George's Walk -to stay in the borough despite offers of double its £1 million price tag from overseas buyers.The 40ft by 9ft mural sat in Brixton during the 1980s and the...
  
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• New state of the art 'tech hub' opens in Croydon town centre

  29-05-2016 06:00
  
  The 21,000 sq ft space officially opened on Thursday with the help of £2m backing from the Greater London Authority (GLA) and Croydon Council.
  
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