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• Who are Croydon's MEPs and what do they actually do? - Croydon Advertiser

  09-06-2016 21:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Who are Croydon's MEPs and what do they actually do?
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  With just weeks to go until the country goes to the polls in the EU referendum more and more focus is being placed on what the European Parliament actually does. To help you try to decide whether you think Britain would be better off remaining in the ...and more »
  
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• New council housing company to build 1000 homes - Croydon Guardian

  09-06-2016 21:00 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  New council housing company to build 1000 homes
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  A housing company launched by Croydon Council is to build up to 1,000 new homes in the next three years. Brick by Brick, wholly owned by the council, will construct houses on as many as 50 sites across the borough in a bid to stem the homelessness crisis.
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• Who are Croydon's MEPs and what do they actually do?

  09-06-2016 20:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  With just weeks to go until the country goes to the polls in the EU referendum more and more focus is being placed on what the European Parliament actually does. To help you try to decide whether you think Britain would be better off remaining in the EU or leaving, the Advertiser has compiled a helpful guide to who Croydon's MEPs (that's Members in the European Parliament in case you were wondering) are.We have also endeavoured to find out a little bit about what they actually do too. The...
  
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• MPs launch campaign for directly elected mayor of Croydon

  09-06-2016 20:30
  
  Mr Barwell claimed changing Croydon Council's leadership model could bridge the “stark political divide” between the north and south of the borough.
  
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• Campaign launched for directly elected mayor of Croydon

  09-06-2016 20:30
  
  Mr Barwell claimed changing Croydon Council's leadership model could bridge the “stark political divide” between the north and south of the borough.
  
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• ​Police appeal for public's help to get injured elderly man home

  09-06-2016 18:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for the public's help to identify an elderly man, possibly called Anthony, and get him home after he was found injured in Old Coulsdon.Officers in South Croydon tweeted at about 4.30pm saying a 70-year-old man had been found in Coulsdon Road with a head injury. They believe he could be called Anthony but have given no further details on how they came across him and why they have not been able to identify him. They also posted a picture of the man, on what appears...
  
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• New council housing company to build 1,000 homes

  09-06-2016 18:22
  
  Brick by Brick, wholly owned by the council, will construct houses on as many as 50 sites across the borough in a bid to stem the homelessness crisis.
  
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• New council housing campaign to build 1,000 homes

  09-06-2016 18:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Brick by Brick, wholly owned by the council, will construct houses on as many as 50 sites across the borough in a bid to stem the homelessness crisis.
  
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• 'He said he was going to kill me': Man arrested after threatening...

  09-06-2016 18:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested after threatening to kill Croydon MP Gavin Barwell at his constituency office.Mr Barwell, MP for Croydon Central, called the police after the man became aggressive and started kicking furniture during an appointment last Friday (June 3). He decided to speak publicly about the incident after he was advised by police to change the open door policy at his office in Wickham Road, Shirley, due to security fears. "An individual who I have never met before or had any...
  
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• Biggin Hill Festival of Flight will be stopped if people try and...

  09-06-2016 17:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE organisers of Biggin Hill's Festival of Flight have warned Saturday's display will be stopped if people try to watch for free outside.After the death of 11 people at last year's Shoreham Air Show, the show bosses were required to implement amended safety rules to comply with the Civil Aviation Authority's new guidelines.And the fencing around the airport has been screened to restrict the view from the A233, Main Road, as the Festival of Flight needs to limit the number of people gathering in
  
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• ​Everything you didn't want to know about the Croydon Facelift - Croydon Advertiser

  09-06-2016 17:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ​Everything you didn't want to know about the Croydon Facelift
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  he town has been forced to live with this "catchy" term for women who like to wear their hair up in a tight ponytail for the best part of the new millennium. And whether we like it or not, Croydon will always be associated with this "chav-like" image ...
  
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• Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell 'threatened by man' outside...

  09-06-2016 16:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell has reportedly been threatened outside his constituency office.Mr Barwell was allegedly subjected to "racially-aggravated harassment" by a man who confronted the Conservative MP outside his Wickham Road office last Friday (June 3).The man was reportedly in possession of a knife at the time at the time of the incident.NOW READ: Council pledges to build 1,000 new homes in Croydon by 2018A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman confirmed officers had been called...
  
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• Trial date set for teenager accused of murdering aspiring rapper Mujaahid Wilson

  09-06-2016 16:37
  
  The teenager is set to appear in court to enter a plea on August 25 before the trial starts on December 5.
  
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• ​Everything you didn't want to know about the Croydon Facelift

  09-06-2016 16:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The town has been forced to live with this "catchy" term for women who like to wear their hair up in a tight ponytail for the best part of the new millennium. And whether we like it or not, Croydon will always be associated with this "chav-like" image probably for decades to come. So the least we can do is take it with a light-hearted pinch of gel, let our hair down and embrace it ... Here is everything you probably didn't want to know about the Croydon Facelift: 1)...
  
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• Council pledges to build 1,000 new homes in Croydon by 2018

  09-06-2016 15:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE council has pledged it will build 1,000 new homes on land it owns throughout the borough by 2018.Alison Butler, the council's cabinet member for homes, said it was the council's "responsibility" to deliver affordable housing, which the private sector was failing to provide, through its own private company.Brick by Brick, a company wholly owned by the council, will build the homes over the next three years.The company, Cllr Butler said, is a way to deliver homes quicker than the...
  
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• Homebase and Matalan stores affected by Croydon floods

  09-06-2016 14:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Homebase on Purley Way was closed for more than 24 hours due to flooding from this week's bad weather.The hardware store, near the Lombard Roundabout, had to close on Tuesday after torrential rains battered the area and caused flooding.A spokeswoman for the firm told the Advertiser it remained shut yesterday but reopened this morning. She added: "The Homebase store on Purley Way is open and trading as usual today following this week's bad weather."Next door, Matalan saw six or seven...
  
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• Man 'armed with knife' arrested after 'threatening to kill' MP in constituency office

  09-06-2016 14:40 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Police have advised the Conservative to keep the doors to his Shirley office locked at all times following the "disturbing" incident on Friday afternoon.
  
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• Man 'armed with knife' arrested after 'threatening to kill' Croydon MP in constituency office

  09-06-2016 14:40
  
  Police have advised the Conservative to keep the doors to his Shirley office locked at all times following the "disturbing" incident on Friday afternoon.
  
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• WATCH: Teenager sports his swimming gear and goes for a dip in...

  09-06-2016 14:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Heavy rains may have battered the borough on Tuesday but it didn't stop this teenager from going for a dip. Julie Montgomery filmed her 17-year-old son Dominic in his swimming trunks and cap as he jumped into litres of flood water in their Old Coulsdon garden. The Warlingham School student had been dared by his older brother Cameron, 19, to jump in the giant puddle at the bottom of their garden in Tollers Lane. "Dominic is a high level gymnast so he knows how to throw himself about...
  
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• Prolific thief jailed for two-month crime spree

  09-06-2016 13:19
  
  Imran Khan, 19, stole cigarettes, alcohol, phone cards, scratch cards and between £1,500 and £6,500 in cash from convenience stores
  
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• ​Prolific teenage burglar jailed for stealing thousands of pounds...

  09-06-2016 12:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A prolific burglar who targeted Croydon convenience stores has been jailed. Imran Khan, 19, burgled 13 stores in the borough and one in Mitcham and Southwark stealing thousands of pounds worth of stock. The burglaries were committed at indepedent newsagents between February 24 and April 29 this year, in the early hours of the morning. Cigarettes, alcohol, phone cards, scratch cards and cash from the till were taken with the amounts stolen ranging between £1,500 and...
  
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• We want your Euro 2016 photos – football kits, Panini stickers, pets, Welsh rivalry and most patriotic house

  09-06-2016 12:41
  
  Euro 2016 is about to start and perhaps in a month’s time we’ll be able to join in celebrating some long-awaited success for the England team.
  
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• Have you seen these items of valuable jewellery stolen from a...

  09-06-2016 12:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are trying to track down three pieces of valuable jewellery stolen from a Coulsdon home. The items, worth £3,400, were stolen in a burglary at a house between 11.30am and 5.10pm in Fairdene Road on Tuesday, June 7. So far, there have been no arrests but officers are trying to reunite the items, which hold sentimental value, to their owner.
  The items they are looking for are a silver bracelet, a gold necklace and a diamond silver ring. Stolen in a Burglary #CoulsdonEast. Please...
  
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• Train delays between East Croydon and Gatwick due to blocked line

  09-06-2016 12:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Trains are being disrupted between East Croydon and Gatwick Airport due to a blockage on the line at Horley. The southbound line is blocked, according to a post on Southern's official Twitter account. A safety inspection took place earlier today and found the blockage to be the cause of earlier disruption.
  Services are facing cancellations or delays of up to 20 minutes.NOW READ: Has Croydon's only vegan café been saved from closure?
  ⚠️ #Horley - One of the southbound lines is
  
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• Vigil to be held for cyclist who died after being hit by lorry

  09-06-2016 12:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A VIGIL will be held in memory of the young cyclist who died after she was hit by a lorry in Croydon last month.Magda Tadaj, 25, was cycling along St James's Road in Croydon when she was hit by a lorry and died on Monday, May 23.London Women on Bikes, London Bus Watch, Westminster Living Streets and BMX Life have organised a vigil in memory of Ms Tadaj, two other cyclists and seven pedestrians on Friday outside City Hall in central London.The 10 peoplekilled incollisions will be remembered...
  
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• Has Croydon's only vegan café been saved from closure?

  09-06-2016 11:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The town's only vegan cafe may have been saved from closure at the 11th hour.Buttercream Dreams is hoping to open a stall in Surrey Street Market after landlords at the current town centre shop asked it to leave by June 7.Owner Lauren Adderley, who is from South Norwood, had feared that she would have to take the cafe to north London if she could not find another affordable premises in Croydon.However on Monday she said the all-vegan cafe, which opened in February, could stay in Croydon if she..
  
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• 18 things that will definitely happen during Euro 2016

  09-06-2016 11:27
  
  Euro 2016 is just around the corner now, offering a feast of football for fans or a month of misery for non-fans.
  
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• CCTV staff recognised for 'great work' in crime prevention - Croydon Guardian

  09-06-2016 11:08 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Carrie Russell and Colin Skilton will receive awards in this year's Metropolitan Police local authority CCTV awards. 12 hrs ago / Andrea Downey, Reporter - Croydon. Share: 0 comments. Two Croydon Council CCTV staff who helped catch a boy carrying a ...and more »
  
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• CCTV staff recognised for 'great work' in crime prevention

  09-06-2016 11:07 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Carrie Russell and Colin Skilton will receive awards in this year’s Metropolitan Police local authority CCTV awards.
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 25 pictures of pupils at Spring Park Primary...

  09-06-2016 10:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We have pictures of pupils receive good citizens awards, Harvest Festival October 2010, World Book Day February 2008, school leavers 2013, a visit from the local police, and pupils receive the good citizens award.If you have any old pictures of Croydon or events in the town which you would like to share with our readers e-mail them to [email protected] don't forget to share these photos with anyone you recognise in them.Don't forget to come back to our website every day, as we.
  
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• Deadline to vote in EU Referendum extended to midnight tonight

  09-06-2016 09:18
  
  Thousands of people were met by an error message online when they tried to register before the original deadline on Tuesday.
  
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• London Mayor Sadiq Khan accused of breaking key election pledge to freeze rail fares

  09-06-2016 08:51
  
  Mr Khan admitted that the fare freeze would not cover travelcards or impact contactless caps.
  
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• WEATHER: Cloudy start to clear to afternoon sunshine

  09-06-2016 08:07
  
  The Met Office predicts temperatures will reach as high as 25 Celsius across south west London.
  
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• 17 reasons why you should be really excited about this weekend's...

  09-06-2016 06:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  It is the biggest weekend of the year for everyone in New Addington as the estate's carnival takes place this Saturday and Sunday. Last year's New Addington People's Carnival attracted more than 7,000 visitors and glorious weather this weekend could see similar numbers attending this year. Milne Park is again the venue. There had been fears that this year's event might not take place, as organisers were concerned last year that they may not be able to drum up enough funding. Perhaps the...
  
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