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• The horrific injuries suffered by a pony left for dead next to a...

  20-12-2016 18:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A young horse who was left abandoned close to a Croydon park with "terrible injuries" has now been re-homed. Banjo, a young colt, was left for dead in a field next to Duppas Hill, in Waddon, in April. When he was found he was struggling to drink, eat or even move.The horse also had a horrific graze on his left hind leg which was swollen, bleeding and showing signs of infection. Nick White, a field officer for World Horse Welfare, was called to the scene, along with an RSPCA inspector,...
  
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• 'I want answers' - Sister of Croydon schoolboy describes...

  20-12-2016 18:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  After decades of desperately hoping for a phone call, a sighting, a lead, in the search for her brother, the sister of missing Croydon schoolboy Kevin Hicks has told of her heartbreak that police now believe he was murdered. More than 30 years after the 16-year-old went missing, officers have re-examined the evidence in the case and believe he was groomed before being killed.In the last conversation with his family, on March 2, 1986, Kevin said he was going out to buy some eggs for a cookery...
  
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• Glad All Over second favourite for Christmas number one due to...

  20-12-2016 18:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Bookies have made Glad All Over second favourite to be Christmas number one on the back of a campaign by Rangers and Crystal Palace fans which has resulted in the song reaching the top of the iTunes chart.The Dave Clark Five 1960s hit has flown up the charts out of nowhere to be ranked as short as 4/1 and second favourite in the betting odds to win the festive music chart race.Both Sky Bet and Boylesports have the song at odds of 4/1 while it is 5/1 with William Hill and Ladbrokes.READ MORE: Why
  
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• Crystal Palace and Rangers fans get Glad All Over to top of chart...

  20-12-2016 17:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Glad All Over has soared to the top of the iTunes chart as Crystal Palace and Rangers fans campaign to get the 1960s hit to be Christmas number one. Rangers fans launched a bid at the weekend to get the Dave Clark Five hit, which has been part of Palace's identity since the 1960s, to number one in the charts in honour of their new cult hero Joe Garner.Ibrox fans started the Twitter hashtag #JoeyGarnerChristmasNumberOne and Eagles fans have been supporting the campaign to get the original...
  
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• Southern rail 'Christmas truce' in hands of the Government, say union

  20-12-2016 17:09 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The union at the heart of the Southern rail dispute has said a “truce” over the Christmas period is in the hands of the Government.
  
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• Lorry driver appears in court charged with causing death of...

  20-12-2016 17:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A lorry driver has appeared in court charged with causing the death of a 25-year-old cyclist in St James's Road earlier this year.Darren Anderton, 48, gave no indication as to how he would plead to counts of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene during a short hearing at Croydon Magistrates' Court today (Tuesday, December 20).Magda Tadaj, from Streatham, died after a collision between the lorry Anderton was driving and her bike on the road on May 23 this year. A...
  
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• Who is Kevin Hicks? Schoolboy who disappeared 30 years ago in Croydon - here's what we know - The Sun

  20-12-2016 16:58 via thesun.co.uk
  
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  Who is Kevin Hicks? Schoolboy who disappeared 30 years ago in Croydon - here's what we know
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  POLICE have offered a £20,000 reward for information about the disappearance of schoolboy Kevin Hicks 30 years ago – because they think he was murdered. The 16-year-old disappeared after going to buy some eggs and was never seen again in a case ...
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• 'I won't give up': Sister of 'murdered' schoolboy missing for 30 years speaks out

  20-12-2016 16:39 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The sister of a schoolboy who disappeared 30 years ago has said she will never give up on her search for answers.
  
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• Serial fraudster whose dating scam conned men out of £56,00...

  20-12-2016 15:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Serial fraudster Neelam Desai has been spared jail and may only have to pay back £1 to three men she conned into handing over £56,000 in an online dating scam.At Croydon Crown Court today (Tuesday, December 20) Desai was handed a suspended sentence for the frauds.Her latest crimes were uncovered by an Advertiser investigation in 2014 after we reported on Desai being jailed for 30 months in May of that year for ripping off customers of her discount travel business by writing...
  
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• Schoolboy missing for 30 years was groomed before he was 'murdered', detectives believe

  20-12-2016 15:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A schoolboy who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago was groomed before he was killed, detectives investigating the case now believe.
  
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• How did that end up there? Car ends up in hedge after Croydon...

  20-12-2016 14:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A car ended up precariously positioned in a hedge this afternoon after a crash close to a busy Croydon junction. The black car was tilted onto its side with its windows smashed on Croydon Road near the junction for Purley Way.Traffic was tailed back behind the crash, which left the vehicle upturned in the wooded verge and a large section of wall smashed in the middle of the road. READ MORE: Traffic chaos expected in December due to replacement railway bridgePictures show the car lodged on a...
  
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• Police believe 'murdered' Croydon schoolboy Kevin Hicks was groomed - Croydon Advertiser

  20-12-2016 14:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Police believe 'murdered' Croydon schoolboy Kevin Hicks was groomed
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  A Croydon schoolboy who has been missing for 30 years is now believed to have been groomed before being killed. Earlier today police told how they had re-examined the disappearance of Kevin Hicks and now believed he had been murdered. And officers ...
  Who is Kevin Hicks? Schoolboy who disappeared 30 years ago in Croydon - here's what we knowThe Sunall 12 news articles »
  
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• Fire eater wows the crowds at Crawley Down Christmas Fayre

  20-12-2016 13:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Carol singers, dance groups and a fire eater were on hand to entertain more than 1,000 people who had braved the cold weather to enjoy the Crawley Down Christmas Fayre. Villagers flocked to Station Road for the annual event and festive lights switch-on, which this year took place on December 3. The celebrations kicked off at 2pm when crowds were entertained by a Punch and Judy show, Christmas carols sung by the Crawley Down Village CofE school's choir and Gracie Grooves children's dance...
  
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• Police believe 'murdered' Croydon schoolboy Kevin Hicks was...

  20-12-2016 13:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon schoolboy who has been missing for 30 years is now believed to have been groomed before being killed. Earlier today police told how they had re-examined the disappearance of Kevin Hicks and now believed he had been murdered. And officers have since told the Croydon Advertiser more about what they now think happened on the evening that the 16-year-old vanished, after he left his home in Addiscombe, supposedly to buy some eggs. A £20,000 reward has been offered to anyone who can...
  
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• Channel 4 presenter reveals what Purley Webb Estate post office...

  20-12-2016 13:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A television presenter has confirmed she has been given permission to reopen a historic post office on Purley's Webb Estate and revealed what the new deli and tea room which will be part of it will look like.Laura Hamilton, best known for presenting Channel 4's A Place in the Sun, and her husband Alex Goward, who was born in Purley and went to Whitgift School, are renovating The Lord Roberts.The couple, who have lived on the Webb Estate for the last three years, bought the village shop and post.
  
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• Conman jailed for charging elderly victims £1,500 to get...

  20-12-2016 12:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A fraudster has been jailed for stealing and selling portable oxygen containers to vulnerable people for £1,500, when they should have been provided free to elderly patients.Brian Ellis was jailed for 18 months at Croydon Crown Court on December 6 having been found guilty of six counts of fraud and one count of theft after a six day trial. Ellis, 45, of Mayow Road, in Sydenham, was an engineer who was working for a company which was subcontracted to provide portable oxygen concentrators -.
  
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• Metropolitan Police to review protection measures for Christmas and New Year events following Berlin 'terror attack' and Ankara shooting

  20-12-2016 11:44 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Last night, 12 people were killed after a lorry ploughed into a crowd into a Christmas market in Berlin, while a Russian diplomat was shot dead in Ankara, Turkey, in an apparent protest against Russia’s involvement in Aleppo.
  
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• Met Police to review protection measures for Christmas and New Year events following Berlin 'terror attack' and Ankara shooting

  20-12-2016 11:44 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The Met Police is to review how it protects residents from terror attacks over Christmas and New Year after the “awful incidents” in Berlin and Ankara.
  
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• Croydon Council among worst hit by funding cuts from central Government, the authority claims

  20-12-2016 11:05 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon Council say it is among the 10 worst hit by funding cuts of all local authorities in the country after the Government announced it will cut £1.9m from its budget.
  
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• Crystal Palace fans join Rangers supporters' campaign to get Glad...

  20-12-2016 10:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace fans are joining Rangers supporters in a bid to get Glad All Over to the top of the charts for Christmas. Rangers fans launched a campaign at the weekend to get the Dave Clark Five hit, which has been part of Palace's identity since the 1960s, to number one in the charts in honour of their new cult hero Joe Garner. Supporters were in full voice at New Douglas Park during their win over Hamilton on Friday (December 16) constantly belting out their own rendition, altering the...
  
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• ​More than 50 New Addington children visit Santa at his grotto on...

  20-12-2016 10:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The big man himself was in New Addington on Saturday (December 17) and more than 50 children got to meet him and his elves in his Christmas grotto. The chance for children to meet Santa was part of a programme of events organised by the Central Parade Businesses Partnership (CPBP) and funded by the New Addington Business Improvement District (BID). In November 24 children took part in a "spot Santa shopping" competition which involved 15 shops along Central Parade.READ MORE: Amazing...
  
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• Schoolboy who went missing 30 years ago was murdered, police now believe - £20,000 reward for information

  20-12-2016 10:29 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A Croydon schoolboy who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago is now believed to have been murdered, police have revealed.
  
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• Santa's appearance in New Addington raises money for tram crash...

  20-12-2016 09:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Volunteers who raised £500 at their annual Christmas collection in New Addington will donate the money to the victims of the Croydon tram crash. The members of the Rotary Club of Croydon Whitgift helped Santa and the team on his float raise the money on December 10 when they brought some festive cheer to Central Parade. During the collection, kind-hearted residents donated £232. The Rotary Club promised to match that figure and has since rounded the overall sum up to £500....
  
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• Police now believe a Croydon schoolboy who went missing 30 years...

  20-12-2016 07:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have revealed that they now believe that a 16-year-old Addiscombe boy who disappeared 30 years was murdered. A £20,000 reward is being offered for information that solves the mystery of what happened to Kevin Hicks. On March 2, 1986 the teenager went out to buy some eggs for a school project and was never seen again.After a review of the case earlier this year, investigating officers now believe he is more than likely to have been murdered.Detective Inspector John McQuade, from the.
  
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