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• Croydon students who spat at animals at London Zoo 'should have been put in cages' - Croydon Advertiser

  03-08-2016 20:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon students who spat at animals at London Zoo 'should have been put in cages'
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  An off-duty holiday camp worker has described the moment he saw a Croydon student unconscious on the floor at London Zoo – but was told by teaching staff the boy was "having a lie down". And he says the students who "ran riot" at the tourist attraction ...
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• Croydon students who spat at animals at London Zoo 'should have...

  03-08-2016 19:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An off-duty holiday camp worker has described the moment he saw a Croydon student unconscious on the floor at London Zoo – but was told by teaching staff the boy was "having a lie down".And he says the students who "ran riot" at the tourist attraction caused such havoc they could have been put in the cages themselves.Andy Goodhand was visiting the zoo with his partner Stephen Platt, but the trip was marred by "bedlam" caused by children from Croydon's St...
  
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• Police want to speak to these people after ugly scenes at the...

  03-08-2016 18:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Do you recognise any of these people? Police would like to speak to them after bottles were thrown at this year's Epsom Derby.A dedicated team of officers is investigating the public disorder incident at the famous racecourse and detectives want to trace the individuals in the photos about violence which occurred near a stage set up on the hill shortly after the main event on July 4. Operation Attic was launched following the disorder which saw a police officer and a member of the public...
  
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• Broken down bus causing 'major congestion' in Coulsdon

  03-08-2016 18:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have urged motorists to avoid Brighton Road in Coulsdon this rush-hour because a broken down bus is causing major traffic problems. The 466 bus, which travels from Addington Village towards Caterham-on-the-Hill, has broken down at the Stoats Nest Road junction.Police are on the scene and have advised motorists to avoid the road, which connects Coulson to Purley.Officers said there was "major traffic congestion" because of the incident, which has left Brighton Road reduced to...
  
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• Girl, 8, shows bin men how their job should be done

  03-08-2016 16:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An eight-year-old girl has shown refuse collectors how to do their job after they refused to put her dad's bins back.After bin men refused to return the bins to where they got them Mya Hearn and her dad Andy Hove decided to show the employees from Biffa how it's done. The family has organised their rubbish by putting both their refuse and recycling bins inside a plastic wheelie bin cupboard on their drive in War Coppice Road, Caterham. To return the bins to the cupboard required turning...
  
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• How 1000 Croydon families have been saved from becoming homeless - Croydon Advertiser

  03-08-2016 15:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  How 1000 Croydon families have been saved from becoming homeless
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  A Croydon Council initiative that has helped thousands of people at risk of homelessness has been named one of three winners ahead of an awards ceremony celebrating the best projects of this kind in London. When it launched last year, Croydon's Gateway ...
  
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• How 1,000 Croydon families have been saved from becoming homeless

  03-08-2016 15:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon Council initiative that has helped thousands of people at risk of homelessness has been named one of three winners ahead of an awards ceremony celebrating the best projects of this kind in London.When it launched last year, Croydon's Gateway division became the first combined council department in the country that covered housing, benefits, debt management and social care assessment - to support families affected by Government welfare reforms like the benefit cap and universal credit..
  
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• Gay pride festival to take place in Croydon - Croydon Guardian

  03-08-2016 14:34 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Gay pride festival to take place in Croydon
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  Croydon is set to host a Pride parade and festival during the Bank Holiday weekend -only the second in greater London after the main Pride in London event. A procession led by dozens of community organisations will head from North End down to Surrey ...and more »
  
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• PrideFest is coming to Croydon

  03-08-2016 13:45
  
  Croydon is set to host a Pride parade and festival during the Bank Holiday weekend -only the second in greater London after the main Pride in London event.
  
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• Gay pride festival to take place in Croydon

  03-08-2016 13:45 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon is set to host a Pride parade and festival during the Bank Holiday weekend -only the second in greater London after the main Pride in London event.
  
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• Rail operator Southern facing ticket office strike as well as conductor walkout

  03-08-2016 13:30
  
  Southern Railway is facing a fresh strike threat by workers in a dispute over ticket office closures.
  
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• 'I want him to suffer': Grieving father of murdered David Darko speaks after son's killer is jailed for life

  03-08-2016 13:05
  
  The father of a young man murdered in a South Norwood park during a botched drug deal has spoken of his anguish at his son’s “foolish death” after seeing his teenage killer jailed for life.
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 35 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1990

  03-08-2016 13:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We have pictures from the Cherry Fair at Croydon Parish Church, Croydon Annual Fairfield fun day, Nigel News Bus, opening of Blockbuster on the corner of St Georges Street, and pupils from John Ruskin School.Have a scroll through them and see if there is anyone you recognise.And don't forget to come back to our website every day, as we are regularly uploading new nostalgia galleries.If you have any old pictures of Surrey or events in the town which you would like to share with our readers e-mail
  
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• 21 free things to do in Croydon and South London during the summer holidays 2016 - Croydon Advertiser

  03-08-2016 12:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  21 free things to do in Croydon and South London during the summer holidays 2016
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  1. Go to the park – ok, so it's an obvious one but there's a great choice in Croydon, with some of the best being Wandle Park, Lloyd Park and South Norwood Recreation Ground. READ MORE: Five of Croydon's best playgrounds you need to take your children ...
  
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• Driver crashes into two parked cars and damages a third in South...

  03-08-2016 12:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A driver crashed into two parked cars and damaged a third in South Norwood yesterday, leaving his own vehicle a potential insurance write-off.The dark blue Ford Focus was travelling along Ingatestone Road where it turns into Belfast Road at about 3pm when it crashed into one car on the bend, before hitting another on the other side of the road which was then pushed into a third.The Focus was left with serious damage to its front end including a crumpled bonnet and its bumper having fallen off...
  
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• HMRC tax centre with 2,500 employees to be based in £500m...

  03-08-2016 11:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  HM Revenue and Customs has signed a deal that will see the tax authority set up a new regional centre in Croydon, with around 2,500 civil servants based in the new Ruskin Square development next to East Croydon station.
  It is the first deal to be signed at Ruskin Square, which will feature up to two million square feet of new shops, offices and homes, as well as Boxpark.The 25-year agreement means HMRC will take up all 184,000 square feet of the office space in the nine-storey Building 1,...
  
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• HMRC tax centre announced as first tenant of £500m Ruskin Square development

  03-08-2016 10:58
  
  A huge HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department employing more than 2,000 civil servants has been announced as the first tenant of the £500m Ruskin Square development next to East Croydon station.
  
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• Police announce extra 600 firearms officers on London's streets...

  03-08-2016 09:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Hundreds more firearms officers will be deployed on London's streets to help combat the threat of terrorism, it has been announced today (Wednesday).Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, made the pledge alongside Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.The strategy, titled Operation Hercules, will see 600 additional firearms officers deployed in visible roles in the capital. The first are now fully trained and operationally ready.Commissioner, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, said:...
  
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• Meredith Kercher killer to request new trial as he serves 16 year sentence

  03-08-2016 09:12
  
  The man convicted of killing Coulsdon student Meredith Kercher will appeal his 16-year jail term, Italian media reports. 
  
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• Killer of Meredith Kercher to request new trial as he serves 16-year sentence

  03-08-2016 09:12
  
  The man convicted of killing Coulsdon student Meredith Kercher will appeal his 16-year jail term, Italian media reports. 
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn: Southern rail should be renationalised

  03-08-2016 08:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on the Government to renationalise embattled rail franchise Southern, after months of disruption for passengers.Staff shortages and strikes have resulted in commuters suffering numerous delays and cancellations, with representatives from the RMT union set to meet with rail chiefs for two days of talks amid threats of a five-day strike next week.The RMT has criticised Southern's plans to change the role of conductors on the trains, insisting that it...
  
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• Southern Rail could face ticket office strike as well as conductor strike

  03-08-2016 08:40
  
  Southern Railway is facing a fresh strike threat by workers in a dispute over ticket office closures.
  
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• Concerns for elderly man missing from Croydon

  03-08-2016 08:37
  
  An elderly man is missing from New Addington.
  
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• Operation Hercules: More armed Metropolitan Police on London's streets to protect against terrorism

  03-08-2016 08:33
  
  There will be more visible armed police officers on London's streets in the coming weeks as Operation Hercules launches today. 
  
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• ​Minute's silence held in memory of Dave Phillips at Bromley vs...

  03-08-2016 08:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Tributes have poured in for Crystal Palace security guard Dave Phillips after his sudden death in South Norwood. Dave, 57, collapsed in High Street outside the Nisa Local supermarket on Saturday morning and after desperate attempts to save his life, paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The lifelong Crystal Palace fan had spent the last eight years devoted to his job working at the club's training ground, in Beckenham, and Selhurst Park stadium. Since his death on Saturday,...
  
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• Police appeal after man, 81, goes missing from New Addington

  03-08-2016 07:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police in Croydon have issued an appeal for information on the whereabouts of a pensioner who has gone missing from New Addington. Christopher Ottley, 81, was last seen yesterday (August 2), but has since gone missing. A post on Croydon MPS's official Twitter account in the early hours of this morning urged any members of the public who had seen Christopher, or who had information on his welfare to call the force on their non-emergency contact line 101.
  Christopher Ottley, 81 is missing from...
  
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• Residents revolt: 'Sick and tired' mother threatens council tax protest over 'filthy' South Norwood streets

  03-08-2016 06:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The streets of Croydon are so filthy that even the people are revolting.
  
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• Residents revolt: Mother threatens to stop paying council tax in protest at 'filthy' South Norwood streets

  03-08-2016 06:00
  
  The streets of Croydon are so filthy that even the people are revolting.
  
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