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• Families of tram crash victims visit the 'sombre' site where...

  10-12-2016 19:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The wife of tram crash victim Philip Logan said it was "heartbreaking" to visit the tracks where the carriages derailed killing her husband and six others, a month after the tragedy.Trams were suspended on Friday as the families of those that lost their lives were given the chance to walk to the crash scene at Sandilands and find out exactly where their loved ones died - exactly one month on from the derailment.Marilyn Logan, 62, went with five of her relatives to the crash site in a...
  
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• Families of tram crash victims pay 'sombre' visit to the site...

  10-12-2016 19:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The wife of tram crash victim Philip Logan said it was "heartbreaking" to visit the tracks where the carriages derailed killing her husband and six others, a month after the tragedy.Trams were suspended on Friday as the families of those that lost their lives were given the chance to walk to the crash scene at Sandilands and find out exactly where their loved ones died - exactly one month on from the derailment.Marilyn Logan, 62, went with five of her relatives to the crash site in a...
  
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• 'Croydon women will be murdered if urgent funding isn't found to...

  10-12-2016 18:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A domestic abuse worker has issued a stark warning that more women and children in Croydon could be murdered or commit suicide if urgent funding is not found for a victim support group.Louise Moultrie, who has run Freedom Together courses in Croydon for six years, said the group is at "crisis point" and that waiting lists have had to be closed as no funding has yet been secured for running further courses in 2017."I am frustrated, upset and frankly worried that women in Croydon...
  
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• 'Staff are quitting due to the toxic working environment' claims...

  10-12-2016 12:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A teacher at a Croydon primary school with nearly 600 pupils has claimed the academy trust in charge of it has created "a toxic working environment" for staff which has led to a number of teachers taking the "heartbreaking" decision to quit.Staff morale at the Broadmead Primary Academy is alleged to be at rock bottom with concerns being expressed this week about "the inconsistent management structure" which has seen five different people in charge of the school in...
  
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• ​Police issue renewed appeal for witnesses to fatal Thornton Heath ... - Croydon Advertiser

  10-12-2016 11:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ​Police issue renewed appeal for witnesses to fatal Thornton Heath ...
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  Detectives have issued a renewed appeal for witnesses of the shooting of a young dad on the dancefloor of a party in Thornton Heath. Detective Chief Inspector ...and more »
  
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• ​Police issue renewed appeal for witnesses to fatal Thornton...

  10-12-2016 10:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Detectives have issued a renewed appeal for witnesses of the shooting of a young dad on the dancefloor of a party in Thornton Heath.Detective Chief Inspector Tony Lynes told the Advertiser that as many as 200 people attended a private party at the Higher Level Function Room, in Brigstock Parade, last month.Officers were called to the venue at 5am on November 27 to a fight but nobody injured was found.Dad-of-one Keeno Paul Delroy Harris, 28, was then taken to hospital by his friends with a...
  
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• Croydon woman with Down's syndrome inspires dreams to come true this Christmas - Croydon Advertiser

  10-12-2016 10:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon woman with Down's syndrome inspires dreams to come true this Christmas
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  A Croydon woman diagnosed with a terminal heart condition is inspiring dreams to come true this Christmas, as a festive lights display aims to raise thousands for her charity. Vicky Silk was born with Down's syndrome, and was given only 16 years to ...
  
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• Tributes as Croydon's first black councillor dies - Croydon Advertiser

  10-12-2016 10:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Tributes as Croydon's first black councillor dies
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  Lifelong public servant Gee Bernard was born in Jamaica in 1934, and moved to London at the age of in her teenage year to qualify as a social worker. The veteran Labour party member worked for numerous community organisation across the capital, before ...
  
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• The chances of Croydon's tram network being extended to Sutton have suffered a major blow - Croydon Advertiser

  10-12-2016 09:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The chances of Croydon's tram network being extended to Sutton have suffered a major blow
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  There are fears a planned tram extension linking Croydon to Sutton will never happen after the Mayor of London reallocated £100 million that had been pledged to the scheme. A new business plan from Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) has ...and more »
  
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• The chances of Croydon's tram network being extended to Sutton...

  10-12-2016 08:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There are fears a planned tram extension linking Croydon to Sutton will never happen after the Mayor of London reallocated £100 million that had been pledged to the scheme. A new business plan from Sadiq Khan and Transport for London (TfL) has withdrawn money set aside for a proposed new branch line on the network. The proposed line would start at the existing Morden Road stop and go down to Sutton via Morden and St Helier Hospital. Funding had been promised by Boris Johnson's...
  
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