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• South Norwood and Team GB boxer Joshua Buatsi storms into Olympic...

  11-08-2016 22:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Light heavyweight boxer Joshua Buatsi produced a stunning upset to power his way into the quarter finals of the Olympics.Buatsi, who trains at the South Norwood and Victory Boxing Club on Charnwood Road, knocked out third seed Elshod Rasulov of Uzbekistan in a powerful performance earlier on Thursday.The 23-year-old Team GB fighter took on Rasulov, 30, after breezing past Kennedy Katende in his opening match on Sunday.In his bout with Katende, Buatsi forced the first stoppage of the Olympics,...
  
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• Weather expert cools talk of 30 degree heatwave in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2016 18:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Weather expert cools talk of 30 degree heatwave in Croydon
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  Weatherman Ian Currie has played down the Met Office's prediction of a 30 or 31 degree heatwave in Croydon early next week. Mr Currie also forecast a spell of hot weather lasting a few days but believed the maximum temperatures would be more like 27C ...and more »
  
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• Former England rugby captain and Croydon shoolboy Chris Robshaw introduces you to 'his team' - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2016 18:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Former England rugby captain and Croydon shoolboy Chris Robshaw introduces you to 'his team'
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  Former England rugby captain - and Croydon schoolboy - Chris Robshaw has joined Olympic rugby star Kay Wilson for a new video to promote Warlingham RFC. The two internationals started their careers at the Surrey club and have maintained strong links ...and more »
  
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• Weather expert cools talk of 30 degree heatwave in Croydon

  11-08-2016 18:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Weatherman Ian Currie has played down the Met Office's prediction of a 30 or 31 degree heatwave in Croydon early next week. Mr Currie also forecast a spell of hot weather lasting a few days but believed the maximum temperatures would be more like 27C (81F) rather than the sweltering30C (86F) or 32C (90F) the Met Office thought would occur on Tuesday. The Coulsdon and Chipstead-based weatherman said today: "Regarding the heatwave, I said that I thought 27C will be nearer the mark and...
  
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• Former England rugby captain and Croydon shoolboy Chris Robshaw...

  11-08-2016 18:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Former England rugby captain - and Croydon schoolboy - Chris Robshaw has joined Olympic rugby star Kay Wilson for a new video to promote Warlingham RFC. The two internationals started their careers at the Surrey club and have maintained strong links ever since.Now the duo appear alongside Bristol and Scotland prop (and former Warlingham player) Kyle Traynor and members of the current team in a new video aiming to recruit new players to join the team. The video opens with Robshaw...
  
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• ​Children's charity blasts New Addington paedophile Jamie Baker...

  11-08-2016 18:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A child protection charity has blasted a New Addington paedophile for taking "no responsibility" for his actions of forcing a child to send explicit photographs to him.The Advertiser revealed today how vile Jamie Baker, 23, had lured a 10-year-old girl into sending naked photos of herself, making threats to her family's lives if she did not comply with his requests.The NSPCC said the case – which has landed Baker, of Kestrel Way, a 10 and half year jail sentence - was "truly...
  
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• Children in Need awards £135,000 to youngsters' charities...

  11-08-2016 17:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  More than £135,000 in funds have been awarded to charity projects in Croydon, including one to help the borough's unaccompanied refugees, by the BBC's Children in Need appeal.The Shpresa Programme, one of the awarded the funds, has been granted £90,000 over three years to provide positive activities for young refugees in the borough.The charity already runs a similar programme for Albanian children in east London, and will help young people who have gone through traumatic...
  
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• Paedophile threatened to burn down 10-year-old girl's house unless she sent him explicit photos on WhatsApp

  11-08-2016 17:45 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A sexual predator threatened to burn down a 10-year-old girl’s house to coerce her into sending him explicit images of herself.
  
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• Recipe: What Dad Cooked’s summery lemon possets served with shortbread

  11-08-2016 17:39 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Here's a pudding that's sure to impress from What Dad Cooked bloggers Pete and Leo Williamson’s dad.
  
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• Man wanted by police after 'serious sexual assault'

  11-08-2016 17:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting a man after a woman suffered a "serious sexual assault" in Lambeth.A 27-year-old woman was pushed into the communal area of flats in Klea Avenue, in the South Side area of Clapham Common, on June 26.The attacker, described as Asian, approached the woman from behind before forcing himself on her. However, she managed to scratch him in the face, near to his left eye, with her keys before he ran off.The man is of medium build, 5ft 5ins tall with short black hair and...
  
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• Update: Epsom teenager with links to Tadworth and Croydon found safe and well

  11-08-2016 17:15
  
  Kirsten Marechal, 15, from Epsom, had been missing from her home for ten days.
  
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• Epsom teenager with links to Tadworth and Croydon missing from home for ten days

  11-08-2016 17:15
  
  Kirsten Marechal, 15, from Epsom, has been missing from her home for ten days.
  
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• Epsom teenager with links to Tadworth and Croydon missing from home for nine days

  11-08-2016 17:15
  
  Kirsten Marechal, 15, from Epsom, has been missing from her home for nine days.
  
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• The next Mr Robot or Preacher? Amazon's new drama The Collection could be your new TV addiction

  11-08-2016 16:24 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Streaming is no longer the future, it’s the present. When was the last time you got hooked on a show that wasn’t on Netflix, Amazon or Now TV?
  
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• Staff at Thornton Heath nursery praised by Ofsted for helping...

  11-08-2016 14:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Thornton Heath nursery has received a "good" rating from the education watchdog and efforts to build children's self esteem by displaying photos of their families and putting their work up on view. Ofsted found that staff at Angels Unlimited Nurseries, in Bensham Manor Road, know the children "very well and meet their differing needs effectively".The report, from the inspection on July 21, said: "Staff plan carefully to help children make good progress from their...
  
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• Dirty nappies and waste left by travellers in Purley Way as more...

  11-08-2016 14:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Travellers left a mess, including smashed glass and dirty nappies, on Purley Way playing fields after setting up camp for five days.Croydon Council applied for a court order to move about a dozen caravans and camper vans from the south end of Purley Way Recreation Ground on Monday after the community arrived last Thursday (August 4)The travellers ended up leaving on Monday afternoon.However, on the same day another encampment of travellers was spotted on Duppas Hill Recreation Ground in...
  
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• Does this jewellery found dumped in a Norbury alleyway belong to you?

  11-08-2016 13:10
  
  Do you own any of the jewellery in these photos?
  
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• Pakistani man could be deported to country where he was 'kidnapped, tortured and threatened with beheading'

  11-08-2016 11:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An asylum seeker who claims he was kidnapped, tortured and threatened with beheading in Pakistan because of his religious beliefs has narrowly escaped deportation this week.
  
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• DON'T MISS: Everything you need to know about tonight's Perseid meteor shower

  11-08-2016 11:42 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Stargazers will have their fingers crossed for clear skies tonight ahead of the Perseid meteor shower. 
  
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• Man who claims he was kidnapped, tortured and threatened with beheading in Pakistan narrowly avoids deportation

  11-08-2016 11:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An asylum seeker who claims he was kidnapped, tortured and threatened with beheading in Pakistan because of his religious beliefs has narrowly escaped deportation this week.
  
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• NSPCC praises courage of Shirley Oaks child abuse victims after...

  11-08-2016 10:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The NSPCC has praised the courage of the victims of a sex predator who abused girls and boys at Shirley Oak's Children's HomePhilip Temple, 66, was handed a 12-year jail sentence yesterday after he admitted 27 counts of non-recent sexual assault against children in his care and perjury. The court heard how between 1972 and 1977 Temple sexually assaulted girls and boys in various care homes where he worked. The NSPCC said Temple's victims had shown courage for speaking out to bring him to...
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 27 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1996

  11-08-2016 10:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We have pictures of children at Addington Hills litter picking, pupils from Christ Church School, Purley Way water palace, wine tasting evening at the Smitham Centre, Carl and Audrey are conker champions, pupils from Fairchildes Primary School, and pupils from Riddlesdown High 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...
  
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• Traffic: Suspected oil leak causing delays and bus diversions in Crystal Palace

  11-08-2016 09:53
  
  The 157, 249, 358, 410 and 432 bus routes are being diverted.
  
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• Suspected oil leak causing delays and bus diversions in Crystal Palace

  11-08-2016 09:53 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The 157, 249, 358, 410 and 432 bus routes are being diverted.
  
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• Wheelchair user turned away from Croydon's only disability assessment centre - because she could not climb the stairs

  11-08-2016 09:20
  
  A woman was left “humiliated and disgusted” when she was turned away from Croydon’s only disability assessment centre – because wheelchair users are banned from using the lifts under health-and-safety rules.
  
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• Driver smashes car through garden wall in Purley

  11-08-2016 09:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A woman escaped uninjured after she crashed her car into a garden wall in Purley. Police and paramedics were called to Purley Park Road just before 12.50pm on Wednesday after the car rammed through the low wall. The female driver was treated for shock by London Ambulance Service (LAS). Pictures from the scene show the black Mazda with a flat back tyre.
  Purley Park Road road traffic collision from earlier. No injuries except for the wall and car #Croydoncops...
  
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• New Addington paedophile 'threatened to set fire to girl's house...

  11-08-2016 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A young schoolgirl who was forced to take sexual pictures of herself by a New Addington paedophile has had her childhood ripped away from her, says her furious mum. After vile James Baker, 23, was jailed today, the victim's mum told the Croydon Advertiser how he made the girl, then 10, engage in sexual activity, ordered her to send him naked pictures and video of herself, and threatened to set fire to her house and kidnap her sister if she refused. The victim's family, whose identity is...
  
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• Reduced train services continue despite Southern strike suspension

  11-08-2016 08:22
  
  A Southern spokesperson said: “Regrettably, this means services on Thursday, August 11 will be based upon the present strike timetable."
  
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• Night Tube and 17 other things Londoners would love to change about the Underground

  11-08-2016 07:00
  
  With the Night Tube finally about to start, Londoners have been sharing their pet peeves and ideas for how they would improve London Underground if they could.
  
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• ADVERTISER SAYS: Southern and RMT - this strike madness must stop...

  11-08-2016 01:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Southern rail commuters have endured another week of travel hell. Another week of staring pleadingly at message boards before being confronted by the inevitable flashing "cancelled" or the bad news being delivered over the speaker system.Yes, the RMT is striking again. A five-day walkout over the role of guards on the train was stripped back to three as the union and Southern will sit down for talks on Thursday and Friday to try once more. Before this amnesty, it was the longest rail...
  
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• Wheelchair-bound woman turned away from Croydon disability ... - Croydon Guardian

  11-08-2016 01:01 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  A woman was left “humiliated and disgusted” when she was turned away from Croydon's only disability assessment centre – because wheelchair users are ...and more »
  
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• Wheelchair-bound woman turned away from Croydon disability centre - because she could not climb the stairs

  11-08-2016 01:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A woman was left “humiliated and disgusted” when she was turned away from Croydon’s only disability assessment centre – because wheelchair users are banned from using the lifts under health-and-safety rules.
  
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• South Norwood girl, 12, chops off long locks for charity - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2016 00:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  South Norwood girl, 12, chops off long locks for charity
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  A 12-year-old South Norwood girl has raised more than £1,000 for charity after chopping off her long locks. Alissa Demmen, a pupil at Harris Academy South Norwood, was inspired to cut her 15-inch pigtails for charity after seeing poorly children on the ...
  
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• South Norwood girl, 12, chops off long locks for charity

  11-08-2016 00:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 12-year-old South Norwood girl has raised more than £1,000 for charity after chopping off her long locks.Alissa Demmen, a pupil at Harris Academy South Norwood, was inspired to cut her 15-inch pigtails for charity after seeing poorly children on the television with no hair.The hair will be donated to the Little Princess Trust, which gives wigs made from real hair to children who have lost their own due to illness.The all-important cut was performed on Saturday July 30 at the Head to Toe.
  
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