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• Following Crystal Palace in the United States of America - Croydon Advertiser

  16-07-2016 21:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Following Crystal Palace in the United States of America
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  I am currently on holiday in New York on holiday (approximately three hours from Philadelphia) and Crystal Palace have "coincidentally" been on their pre-season tour at the same time. On Tuesday morning there was an open training session which anybody ...and more »
  
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• Pokemon Go away! 46 past toys and fashions proving today's crazes just aren't as good

  16-07-2016 17:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Pokemon Go is obviously huge at the moment, bringing the creature-collecting phenomenon to a whole new generation.
  
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• WEATHER WATCH: Croydon to have one of hottest weekends of the year so far - Croydon Advertiser

  16-07-2016 14:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  WEATHER WATCH: Croydon to have one of hottest weekends of the year so far
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  Get the sun cream out as this weekend is going to be a seriously warm one in Croydon and temperatures are set to reach 29 degrees early next week. Today (Saturday) the Met Office is forecasting that temperatures will hit 25 degrees, with a mixture of ...
  
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• WEATHER WATCH: Croydon to have one of hottest weekends of the...

  16-07-2016 14:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Get the sun cream out as this weekend is going to be a seriously warm one in Croydon and temperatures are set to reach 30 degrees early next week.Today (Saturday) the Met Office is forecasting that temperatures will hit 25 degrees, with a mixture of sunshine and cloud throughout the day.This will put Croydon almost on par with Rome which is due to hit 26 degrees today.READ MORE: 9 of the best picnic spots in CroydonTomorrow is set to be another very warm day, perhaps rather cloudy at first, but.
  
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• Health warning over 'explosive exercises' causing injuries to young fitness fanatics

  16-07-2016 14:38 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  They are the exercise regimes rigorously followed by fitness fanatics searching for the perfect body.
  
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• ​Two robbers threatened to shoot pawnbroker staff with fake gun...

  16-07-2016 14:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two violent robbers have been jailed after they threatened to shoot pawnshop staff in Norbury with a fake gun and then stole £15,000.Madelo Payi, 23, and Daniel Campbell, 22, stormed Cash Exchange in London Road with their hoods up and threatened the man and women working in the store.The victims were left "terrified" by the ordeal in which the cash and six trays of jewellery were stolen from a safe while Payi pointed the imitation weapon hidden in a sock at them.Payi and...
  
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• ​Taxi driver in serious condition after South Croydon crash - Croydon Advertiser

  16-07-2016 11:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  ​Taxi driver in serious condition after South Croydon crash
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  A taxi driver is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash in South Croydon on Friday. Police and paramedics were called to Coombe Road at the junction with Oaks Road at about 12.30pm to a silver convertible Mercedes and taxi in collision. The ...and more »
  
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• Assessment of chemicals found in Norbury house 'ongoing' as...

  16-07-2016 11:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A police cordon remains in place at a Norbury house where chemicals were found on Friday night.Officers were called to a home in Stanford Road at 7.40pm to reports of a man setting fire to a bed.While on the scene, police arrested a man after realising he failed to attend court regarding an unrelated matter.Officers found a quantity of chemicals in the property and a decision was made to close the road. The assessment of the chemicals is "ongoing" and a single police car was parked...
  
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• ​Taxi driver in serious condition after South Croydon crash

  16-07-2016 11:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A taxi driver is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash in South Croydon on Friday.Police and paramedics were called to Coombe Road at the junction with Oaks Road at about 12.30pm to a silver convertible Mercedes and taxi in collision.The driver of the black cab, a 35-year-old man, was taken to hospital where he remains in a serious but stable condition, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said. The road was closed until at least 5pm and queues of traffic tailed back as far as Lloyd Park..
  
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• Crystal Palace midfielder wanted by Portsmouth and Luton Town - Croydon Advertiser

  16-07-2016 11:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Crystal Palace midfielder wanted by Portsmouth and Luton Town
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  Crystal Palace youngster Jake Gray is a loan target for League Two clubs Portsmouth and Luton Town. The attacking midfielder, who spent time on loan at Hartlepool United last season, featured for Palace's U21s on Friday night in their first pre-season ...and more »
  
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• New partnership set up to run Croydon's urgent care services - Croydon Advertiser

  16-07-2016 09:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  New partnership set up to run Croydon's urgent care services
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  Croydon's urgent care services, to include three 'GP Hubs' across the borough and a new A&E at Croydon University Hospital, will be run by a newly-formed partnership, it has been announced. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Croydon GP Collaborative ...
  
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• Art gallery to encourage Croydon's 'graffiti grannies' to combat age stigma - Croydon Advertiser

  16-07-2016 09:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  Art gallery to encourage Croydon's 'graffiti grannies' to combat age stigma
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  you're NEVER TOO OLD: Graffiti grannies creating street art of the kind the RISE Gallery in St George's Walk is... School raises £10k for charity set up in memory of tragic... School raises £10k for charity set up in memory of... 1 · BREAKING VIEWS ...
  
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• Uncollected rubbish causes a stink in South Norwood

  16-07-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A South Norwood street was left with piles of uncollected rubbish when bin men were unable to access the property because of badly parked cars.John Vincent, of Brocklesby Road, said one car was sat parked about four foot over broken white lines on one corner, while another car involved in a crash was stranded on the other corner.Mr Vincent, a retired postman, said because of the cul-de-sac being blocked, overflowing bins had not been emptied for at least four weeks and it was beginning to cause.
  
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• School raises £10k for charity set up in memory of tragic...

  16-07-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A SHIRLEY school has raised £10,000 for a charity set up in memory of a teenager who died after taking ecstasy on his way an illegal rave.Daniel Spargo-Mabbs died in January 2014 after taking the drug.His parents, Tim and Fiona, have set up the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs foundation in his name to raise awareness of drugs.On July 9, more than 1,500 pupils, staff and parents at Trinity School gathered for the annual proms, and head teacher Mark Bishop presented Fiona and Tim with a cheque for...
  
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• New partnership set up to run Croydon's urgent care services

  16-07-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's urgent care services, to include three 'GP Hubs' across the borough and a new A&E at Croydon University Hospital, will be run by a newly-formed partnership, it has been announced. Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Croydon GP Collaborative and AT Medics, have been chosen by Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to make up Croydon Urgent Care Alliance, which will run the new system due to be up and running in April next year. The new setup will mean the end of the...
  
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• FAIRFIELD HALLS: Your memories of the venue in the last 54 years

  16-07-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  THE halls have hosted numerous pantomimes, major gigs including The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and performances by the borough's schools.We look back at of some of Croydon's favourite memories of Fairfield Halls over the last 54 years.Kate Vennell, chair of Fairfield (Croydon) Ltd, said: "The Cinderella Panto in 2015 will stay with me forever."Just before the interval, the carriage took off and there was snow through the auditorium and it was like 'oh wow' I'm seven...
  
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• BREAKING VIEWS: Closing Fairfield Halls is a risk but one worth...

  16-07-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The end of an era is nigh for Croydon as Fairfield Halls closes for two years during a £30 million refurbishment.The famous old venue will be brand-spanking new in (hopefully) two years' time as part of a new cultural quarter that will, Croydon Council hopes, make the town the "South Bank of south London".Fears the centre will not reopen have been touted, and protests were staged against both the closure and the manner in which it was dealt.The charity that ran the venue...
  
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• Art gallery to encourage Croydon's 'graffiti grannies' to combat...

  16-07-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon art gallery is offering the elderly a chance to become "graffiti grannies" in a new project to combat stereotypes surrounding age.RISE Gallery, in St George's Walk, is hoping to get older women and men more in touch with their creative side, teaching them how to cover the walls with art on August 6.Kevin Zuchowski-Morrison, owner of the gallery, said: "It's a great thing to do; it's a way of introducing the art form to more people and gets rid of those...
  
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• Pay packet for new Croydon Council chief executive £5k more than predecessor - Your Local Guardian

  16-07-2016 06:04 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
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  Pay packet for new Croydon Council chief executive £5k more than predecessor
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  Croydon Council is to increase the pay packet of its new chief executive by £5,000 per year. Jo Negrini, the first woman to lead the authority in the borough's history, will be paid £185,000 a year providing councillors approve the increase at a full ...and more »
  
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• Pay packet for new Croydon Council chief executive £5k more than predecessor

  16-07-2016 06:00
  
  Croydon Council is to increase the pay packet of its new chief executive by £5,000 per year.
  
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• Police close road in Norbury after officers find chemicals in property - Croydon Advertiser

  16-07-2016 00:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  Police close road in Norbury after officers find chemicals in property
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  Police have closed a road in Norbury after chemicals were found at an address in Stanford Road. Officers were called to the scene at 7.40pm to reports of a man setting fire to a bed. While on the scene, police arrested the man after realising he failed ...and more »
  
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