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• Crystal Palace's fab five to miss start of the season - Croydon Advertiser

  09-07-2016 14:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace's fab five to miss start of the season
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  Crystal Palace's five Euro 2016 stars are set to miss the start of the new Premier League season, according to Eagles boss Alan Pardew. Palace's French duo of Yohan Cabaye and new goalkeeper Steve Mandanda are busy preparing for tomorrow night's ...and more »
  
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• Police appealing for missing autistic boy 'who may be on the...

  09-07-2016 12:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for information on a missing autistic boy who may be travelling around London on buses.Samuel Pinzi, 17 is autistic and has the capability of a much younger person. He also suffers from a serious medical condition, and police have described him as "vulnerable". His family and officers are very concerned for his welfare. He has been missing from his Lambeth home since Thursday.
  Missing autistic boy from Lambeth, Samuel Pinzi, 17ys. Call 101 if seen. ...
  
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• Whitgift student beats thousands to Spanish spelling bee title

  09-07-2016 11:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A WHITGIFT School pupil beat tens of thousands of students from across the country to win a competitive spelling bee – in Spanish.Year 7 student Mihir Jagwani won the national final of the Routes into Languages Spelling Bee in Cambridge.Mihir had to correctly translate and spell the most number of words in Spanish in just 60 seconds.More than 75,000 youngsters from 580 schools across the country took part in this year's competition at Anglia Ruskin University.NOW READ: Pictures of Year 11.
  
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• Nominations open for Croydon's Heart of the Community awards - Croydon Advertiser

  09-07-2016 11:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Nominations open for Croydon's Heart of the Community awards
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  The Advertiser is looking for people to choose the community projects they feel should be rewarded for the work they do in Croydon. The awards were last held in 2014, when Rise Media picked up the first prize of £2,500. This year, the group in first ...and more »
  
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• Nominations open for Croydon's Heart of the Community awards

  09-07-2016 11:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Nominations for this year's Heart of the Community awards will open today (Friday).The Advertiser is looking for people to choose the community projects they feel should be rewarded for thework they do in Croydon.The awards were last held in 2014, when Rise Media picked up the first prize of £2,500.This year, the group in first place takes home £3,000, with £2,000 going to the group in second and £1,000 to the group in third.Two runner-up prizes of £500 are...
  
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• Japanese knotweed invasion 'could harm structure of flats' - Croydon Advertiser

  09-07-2016 11:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Japanese knotweed invasion 'could harm structure of flats'
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  Japanese knotweed has been blighting a road in South Norwood, causing concerns it could damage residents' properties. The destructive plant growing in a Croydon Council car park has been spreading into the garden of a block of flats in Doyle Road.
  
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• Croydon's crocus history inspires student artists - Croydon Advertiser

  09-07-2016 11:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon's crocus history inspires student artists
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  EMERGING student artists inspired by Croydon's history put their talents onto canvas in a bid to win £1,000. Budding creatives were asked to create any painting, print, photograph or collage based on the etymology of Croydon – crocus valley. They were ...
  
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• Japanese knotweed invasion 'could harm structure of flats'

  09-07-2016 11:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Japanese knotweed has been blighting a road in South Norwood, causing concerns it could damage residents' properties.The destructive plantgrowing in a Croydon Council car park has been spreading intothe garden of a block of flats in Doyle Road.Brian Wright, manager of theprivate flats, said he did notrealise the plant was the knotweed that can cause structural damage, making homes unsellable.When Mr Wright, 74, hired a new gardener in April last year he was told knotweed was growing on...
  
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• Funeral company 'first' to pledge ongoing support to families of...

  09-07-2016 11:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Thornton Heath funeral directors is believed to be the first company of its kind to sign an Armed Forces Covenant, pledging ongoing support to the families of those who served the country.Rowland Brothers, in Whitehorse Road, has organised dozens of funerals for war veterans from acrossthe borough.In the presence of councillors and serving military, Steve and Tony Rowland signed the covenant, which was published by the Government in 2011setting out the relationship between the nation, the...
  
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• Croydon's crocus history inspires student artists

  09-07-2016 11:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  EMERGING student artists inspired by Croydon's history put their talents onto canvas in a bid to win £1,000.Budding creatives were asked to create any painting, print, photograph or collage based on the etymology of Croydon – crocus valley.They were also told to look at British poets,John Keats, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Andrew Waterhouse and Alfred Lord Tennyson, who inspired the design of Saffron Square, where the art will be displayed.The artwork was judged by Croydon Council,...
  
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• Purley pool set to stay after Croydon Council rowed back on closure plans - Your Local Guardian

  09-07-2016 05:53 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
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  Purley pool set to stay after Croydon Council rowed back on closure plans
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  Purley swimming pool is set to remain a permanent fixture after Croydon Council rowed back on plans close it. Proposals set to be discussed at cabinet on Monday include plans for new facilities including a pool, at the current Purley Leisure Centre site.and more »
  
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• Purley pool set to stay after Croydon Council rowed back on closure plans

  09-07-2016 05:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Purley swimming pool is set to remain a permanent fixture after Croydon Council rowed back on plans close it.
  
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• PICTURES: 9 things you need to know from Mumford and Sons at British Summer Time at Hyde Park

  09-07-2016 00:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Chart-topping, award-winning folk-rock superstars from Wimbledon, Mumford and Sons brought all of their hits and massive hits to British Summer Time Festival at Hyde Park tonight.
  
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