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• Mum Jailed For Forcing Needless Surgery On Kids - Sky News

  15-08-2016 19:47 via news.sky.com
  
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  The children took unneccesary drugs, had tubes fitted into their stomachs - and one was told to behave as if he had autism. 11:29, UK, Tuesday 16 August 2016. The woman was jailed for seven and a half years at Croydon Crown Court. Share on Twitter ...
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• Serial fly-tipper fined more than £4,000 for dumping household rubbish in street

  15-08-2016 18:49
  
  A serial fly-tipper who used his waste disposal business to dump household rubbish twice in the same street has been fined more than £4,000.
  
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• Tell us, where is the best place in south London or north Surrey to get afternoon tea?

  15-08-2016 18:39
  
  Surely everyone loves the genteel sophistication of an old-fashioned afternoon tea. But where's the best place to get one?
  
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• The full shocking story of how a Croydon mum deprived her kids of...

  15-08-2016 18:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The NSPCC has described it as "one of the most distressing cases" it has ever come across - a Croydon mother who forced her own children to undergo completely unnecessary surgery, all so she could rake in a fortune in benefits she wasn't entitled to.As the 49-year-old, who cannot be named to protect the identities of her children, was jailed for a total of seven-and-a-half years today, a court heard the full harrowing details of exactly what she put her son and daughter through. She...
  
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• ​Specialist equipment to be used to remove huge piles of rubbish...

  15-08-2016 18:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Council is bringing in specialist equipment to remove mounds of waste reportedly dumped by travellers in Addiscombe Railway Park.Caravans pulled up on the field on Thursday and people were seen looking for scrap metal and leaving it in near their caravans, according to residents. The council served a notice to move the group on on Friday is are now bringing in the equipment, including larger mechanical grabs, to remove the waste. The council has also confirmed another group of travellers
  
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• NSPCC says case of Croydon mum who forced children to undergo...

  15-08-2016 18:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The NSPCC has said the case of a Croydon mum who misled doctors and forced her children to undergo unnecessary operations so she could claim hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits is one of the most distressing the charity has come across.The woman was jailed at Croydon Crown Court today for a total of seven-and-a-half years after she was found guilty of child cruelty and fraud following a three-month trial.The court heard how the children had been unnecessarily fed via tubes for years...
  
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• New Addington paedophile seen 'working at a hospital' as part of...

  15-08-2016 17:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A New Addington paedophile was reportedly confronted by an angry mum after he was spotted working at a London hospital. Dad-of-two Daniel Mullarkey, 32, was working in the grounds of the hospital as part of his community service for trying to groom a 14-year-old girl. The mum recognised Mullarkey, of Betchworth Way, from articles about his conviction in April after he was confronted by members of a paedophile-hunting group. She called him a "paedo" and started filming him on her...
  
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• Yannick Bolasie to Everton brings a tear to my eye - Croydon Advertiser

  15-08-2016 17:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Yannick Bolasie leaving Crystal Palace brings a tear to my eye. My first trip to Selhurst Park was watching Palace beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 in 2012. Rovers could not handle the combined pace and skill of Zaha and Bolasie, and neither could most of the ...
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• Southern to press on with conductor changes despite RMT union...

  15-08-2016 16:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Southern has vowed to press on with its plans to change conductors' roles, despite talks with the RMT union breaking down yet again.The pair have been battling for months over plans from Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway, to make drivers the operators of doors on its trains. The date for these changes to be implemented is August 21 and, in protest, RMT members walked out between Monday and Wednesday last week, the latest in a series of strikes over the proposals. Also...
  
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• Deadlock continues as talks break down between Southern and rail union

  15-08-2016 15:59
  
  Talks aimed at resolving the dispute over the role of conductors on Southern rail services have broken down.
  
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• Doctor who raised the alarm about mum who forced kids to undergo...

  15-08-2016 15:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A doctor raised the alarm about a Croydon mum who forced two of her children to undergo unnecessary medical operations in an attempt to fraudulently claim benefits had her attempts to raise the alarm "rebuffed".During the woman's sentencing today it emerged that Dr Susannah Hart, a paediatrician at Croydon University Hospital - then known as Mayday -had "sounded alarm bells" about the mother in May 2010 - three years before she was arrested and her children were taken into...
  
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• Young Eagle: Crystal Palace were terrible against West Brom ... - Croydon Advertiser

  15-08-2016 14:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  The anticipation was building for Crystal Palace's first game of the Premier League campaign, writes David Lowry. The summer felt like ages after England's ...and more »
  
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• Mum who claimed £375k after making kids have needless...

  15-08-2016 13:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The case of a Croydon mum who claimed £375,000 in benefits after forcing her children to undergo invasive medical treatment is one of the largest ever in the UK.The 49-year-old, who cannot be named to avoid identifying her children, forced her young son and daughter to have feeding tubes fitted into their stomachs so she could claim £375,000 in benefits.A Crown Prosecution Service spokesman told the Advertiser the case was believed to be one of the largest incidences of benefit...
  
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• Will Croydon get a golden post box if boxer Joshua Buatsi...

  15-08-2016 13:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  South Norwood boxer Joshua Buatsi is already guaranteed a bronze medal, and could battle his way to gold after an impressive run in the light-heavyweight competition in Rio de Janeiro.But will the fighter get a post box painted gold in his honour in Croydon if he secures the title?A feature of the London 2012 Olympic Games was for Royal Mail to paint a post box in gold medal-winning athletes' home towns gold if they triumphed in their event.Sadly, it is not the case this year. Royal Mail has...
  
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• Why we blessed Reeves Corner, five years on from Croydon's riots - The Croydon Citizen

  15-08-2016 13:01 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  Why we blessed Reeves Corner, five years on from Croydon's riots
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  Five years after the inferno at Reeves Corner became the iconic image of London's riots, Father Lee Taylor and his congregation blessed the site. Here he explains why, and describes his hopes for the healing of Croydon ...
  
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• Mum who tricked doctors into performing needless surgery on children jailed for one of largest benefit frauds in legal history

  15-08-2016 12:56
  
  A callous mother who tricked doctors into performing invasive surgery on her children to claim hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits over the course of a decade has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years.
  
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• '​Travellers to blame' for huge mounds of mess on Addiscombe...

  15-08-2016 12:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Travellers are thought to have collected rubbish from nearby homes and dumped it in Addiscombe Railway Park over the weekend.Residents reported the caravans parking up on the land on Thursday and then seeing people from the site looking around streets to remove waste, including scrap metal.Huge mounds of rubbish were seen near the caravans on Saturday, including beds, washing machines and dozens of black bags.Clare Buxton, 36, said she was shocked to see the travellers when she was on her run...
  
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• Will this week see the hottest day of the year in Croydon? - Croydon Advertiser

  15-08-2016 11:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Will this week see the hottest day of the year in Croydon?
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  Croydon residents have woken up to glorious weather, with wall-to-wall sunshine and rising temperatures fuelling talk that the borough could see its hottest day of the year so far. However, while the weather is expected to be dry, warm and sunny for ...and more »
  
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• Will this week see the hottest day of the year in Croydon?

  15-08-2016 11:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon residents have woken up to glorious weather, with wall-to-wall sunshine and rising temperatures fuelling talk that the borough could see its hottest day of the year so far.However, while the weather is expected to be dry, warm and sunny for much of the week, Met Office forecasters are not predicting records being broken.Temperatures in Croydon and much of the UK will peak at about 25 degrees Celsius, shy of the 32 clocked in the town in mid-July.Despite much of the week being fine and...
  
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• ​Croydon mum jailed for forcing kids to have needless surgery so...

  15-08-2016 11:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A cruel Croydon mum who forced her children to have feeding tubes fitted in their stomachs so she could claim more than £375,000 in benefits has been jailed for more than seven years.The 48-year-old, who cannot be named to avoid identifying her children, subjected them to unnecessary and invasive medical examinations, leading to them receiving medication and surgery they did not need.Today, she was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years after subjecting her children to the abuse over the...
  
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• ​Croydon mum jailed for 7 years for forcing kids to have needless...

  15-08-2016 11:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A cruel Croydon mum who forced her children to have feeding tubes fitted in their stomachs so she could claim more than £375,000 in benefits has been jailed for more than seven years.The 48-year-old, who cannot be named to avoid identifying her children, subjected the children to unnecessary and invasive medical examinations, leading to them receiving medication and surgery they did not need.Today, she was sentenced to seven and a half years after subjecting her children to the abuse over.
  
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• When is A-Level results day 2016 and what are my options?

  15-08-2016 09:48 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Thousands of nervous students will be collecting their results on Thursday.
  
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• Southern Rail operating a reduced timetable after strikes are over ... - Croydon Advertiser

  15-08-2016 09:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  There are no planned strikes on the Southern Rail network this morning, but there is still a reduced timetable operating. Last week the rail company and the RMT ...and more »
  
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• Southern Rail operating a reduced timetable after strikes are...

  15-08-2016 09:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There are no planned strikes on the Southern Rail network this morning, but there is still a reduced timetable operating.Last week the rail company and the RMT Union agreed to sit down once more for talks in a bid to end a long-running dispute over plans to change the roles of conductors on the trains. A planned week-long strike ended on Wednesday and services had increased by the end of Friday. This morning Southern is operating a revised schedule, here is what you need to know about the...
  
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• 'Zombie knife’ sellers face jail as ban comes into force

  15-08-2016 08:54 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The ban on so-called ‘zombie knives’ will come into force later this week.
  
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• Rio 2016: When is Croydon's Joshua Buatsi fighting next? Against...

  15-08-2016 08:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's Joshua Buatsi has guaranteed himself a medal at Rio 2016 by earning a place in the semi-final.On Sunday night he beat Abdelhafid Benchabla in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight (81kg) category of the boxing to put himself two fights away from a gold medal. The two losing semi-finalists are both automatically given a bronze medal.But Buatsi has previously said he is aiming for "nothing less than gold", so here is what you need to know about his next fight.When is...
  
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• Today's weather: Glorious sunshine and clear skies

  15-08-2016 08:18 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  It will be perfect weather to have an ice cream or a picnic in the park today.
  
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• Twitter Reaction to Croydon Boxer Joshua Buatsi's Olympic...

  15-08-2016 07:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi has received a whole heap of praise on Twitter after reaching the semi final of the light heavyweight (81kg) category of boxing at the Rio Olympics The 23-year-old from South Norwood guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after defeating Algerian opponent Abdelhafid Benchabla in the quarter final last night. The Ghanaian-born British boxer outclassed his 29-year-old opponent, earning himself a rousing endorsement from former champion Floyd Mayweather,...
  
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• Rio 2016: Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi guaranteed at least a...

  15-08-2016 07:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi has guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after a stunning performance tonight at the Rio Olympics. He is through to the semi-finals after dominating Abdelhafid Benchabla in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight (81kg) category of the boxing. Having produced a stunning upset to knock out one of the top seeds in the previous round, Buatsi dominated tonight's bout from the first bell. The light heavyweight won the fight by a unanimous decision, with...
  
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• Rio 2016: Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi guaranteed at least a bronze medal - Croydon Advertiser

  15-08-2016 01:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Rio 2016: Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi guaranteed at least a bronze medal
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  Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi has guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after a stunning performance tonight at the Rio Olympics. He is through to the semi-finals after dominating Abdelhafid Benchabla in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight ...and more »
  
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• Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi guaranteed AT LEAST a bronze medal at...

  15-08-2016 00:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon boxer Joshua Buatsi has guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after a stunning performance tonight at the Rio Olympics. He is through to the semi-finals after dominating Abdelhafid Benchabla in the quarter-finals of the light heavyweight (81kg) category of the boxing. Having produced a stunning upset to knock out one of the top seeds in the previous round, Buatsi dominated tonight's bout from the first bell. The light heavyweight won the fight by a unanimous decision, with...
  
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