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• Donald Trump and Brexit may stop one of Croydon's tallest buildings from ever being built - Croydon Advertiser

  23-12-2016 18:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Donald Trump and Brexit may stop one of Croydon's tallest buildings from ever being built
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  A giant 54-storey skyscraper which would create more than 400 homes, plus shops and restaurants next to East Croydon station may never get off the ground, the man behind the development has revealed. Permission was granted way back in 2011 for the ...and more »
  
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• Donald Trump and Brexit may stop one of Croydon's tallest...

  23-12-2016 18:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A giant 54-storey skyscraper which would create more than 400 homes, plus shops and restaurants next to East Croydon station may never get off the ground, the man behind the development has revealed.Permission was granted way back in 2011 for the developer Menta to build the £250 million Morello Tower on a derelict site on Cherry Orchard Road to help revitalise the Addiscombe side of the major train station.The huge tower would consist of 424 homes, shops and restaurants. Menta and housing
  
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• Young violinists perform special concert for children who will...

  23-12-2016 17:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Young violinists from the Kimberly Wong Violin Studio have visited Croydon University Hospital to play for children who will be spending their Christmas there.Kimberly Wong, who is originally from Purley but lives in Wallington, where her studio is based, said: "The children and the parents said they would like to do something for charity. "Their original idea was that they wanted to go busking, but it's actually very difficult to get a busking licence for under 14s, even if it's for...
  
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• Work on Croydon's tallest skyscraper to begin - but it will be 14...

  23-12-2016 16:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Work on building an iconic twin-tower skyscraper in Croydon, which will be one of the tallest housing blocks in the the UK, is going to start early in the new year.Developers Guildhouse and Rosepride will begin the 55-storey One Lansdowne Road project in February, on the site of 1-5 Lansdown Road and Voyager House in Wellelsey Road.This will overtake the 43-storey-high Saffron Square to become the tallest building in the borough, with doubts also surrounding whether the rival 54-storey Morello..
  
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• Commuters frustrated as Southern train 'suspended' at East Croydon 'due to fare dodger' - Croydon Advertiser

  23-12-2016 15:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Commuters frustrated as Southern train 'suspended' at East Croydon 'due to fare dodger'
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  Train passengers vented their frustration as a rush hour Southern train was reportedly stopped at East Croydon station while police were called to arrest a fare dodger. Commuters heading towards London Victoria were delayed this morning (Friday, ...
  
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• Road rage incidents lead to council extending Broad Green parking restrictions - Croydon Advertiser

  23-12-2016 14:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Road rage incidents lead to council extending Broad Green parking restrictions
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  Road rage incidents in part of Broad Green have led Croydon Council to extend a residents' parking scheme. At the moment, residents' parking bays in the area around Canterbury Road and Sutherland Road are only valid from 9am to 5pm between Monday ...
  
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• Commuters frustrated as Southern train 'suspended' at East...

  23-12-2016 14:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Train passengers vented their frustration as a rush hour Southern train was reportedly stopped at East Croydon station while police were called to arrest a fare dodger.Commuters heading towards London Victoria were delayed this morning (Friday, December 23) as a guard reportedly called for police to board a train at East Croydon to deal with someone who either had not bought a ticket or did not have the correct ticket to travel.READ MORE: Commuter brands East Croydon a 'ghost station' as...
  
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• Road rage incidents lead to council extending Broad Green parking...

  23-12-2016 13:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Road rage incidents in part of Broad Green have led Croydon Council to extend a residents' parking scheme.At the moment, residents' parking bays in the area around Canterbury Road and Sutherland Road are only valid from 9am to 5pm between Monday and Saturday. This means that outside those hours anyone can park there, which has led to severe "parking stress" in the area. The combination of narrow streets and every parking space being taken is leading to road rage incidents because...
  
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• Stripping for the community in White Horse Park - The Croydon Citizen

  23-12-2016 13:01 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  Stripping for the community in White Horse Park
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  For a place celebrated (or otherwise) for its urban grit, Croydon's always been surprisingly green. We have 127 parks in our borough and in 2009 won the Royal Horticultural Society's title of the UK's greenest large city, along with first prize in ...
  
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• Chelsea stars support man who has run nearly 1000 miles for cancer charity

  23-12-2016 12:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Chelsea football stars, including captain John Terry, have been supporting a man who has run the equivalent of 36 marathons to raise funds for a cancer charity.
  
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• Sam Allardyce the early favourite to replace sacked Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew

  23-12-2016 12:28 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Sam Allardyce could make a return to football after emerging as the early favourite to replace sacked Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew.
  
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• S*** happens: Drainage experts warn of 'Yule log clog' over Christmas

  23-12-2016 10:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  S*** happens – well, that how the saying goes anyway.
  
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• Council jobs fair helps more than 20 disabled people into work - Croydon Advertiser

  23-12-2016 10:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Council jobs fair helps more than 20 disabled people into work
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  A Croydon Council pilot project designed to help people with disabilities get work is due to be made permanent. Last month, the council held its first specialist jobs fair where 25 applicants with physical, learning or mental health disabilities or ...
  
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• Injury boost for Watford ahead of Crystal Palace clash - Croydon Advertiser

  23-12-2016 09:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Injury boost for Watford ahead of Crystal Palace clash
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  Crystal Palace could face a Watford side boosted by the return of Isaac Success on Boxing Day. Success played more than half an hour off the bench in the Hornets' defeats at Manchester City and Sunderland after missing five games with a hamstring injury.and more »
  
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• 'If I'm not doing a good job, my dad will let me know' says...

  23-12-2016 09:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's new top police officer - Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe - assumed his role in command of the borough's Metropolitan Police force this month - taking over officially on December 10. This week, Advertiser reporter Tom Matthews sat down with Chief Supt Boothe as he outlined what his approach to tackling crime - and its perception - in the borough will be. Chief Superintendent Boothe knows the town inside out, having been to school, grown up and lived with family in the north of the...
  
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• Council jobs fair helps more than 20 disabled people into work

  23-12-2016 08:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon Council pilot project designed to help people with disabilities get work is due to be made permanent.Last month, the council held its first specialist jobs fair where 25 applicants with physical, learning or mental health disabilities or autism networked with about 20 employers.The reverse jobs fair - so called because the employers, who included retail, tourism and care businesses, circulate around the room to visit candidates rather than the other way around was held at the Community
  
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