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• Police appeal for public's help to find wanted Croydon man who...

  06-01-2017 20:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed or the public's help to find a man wanted for recall to prison. Curtis Pennant, 19, is wanted by police in Croydon, and officers have issued a plea for information on his whereabouts. A tweet from the Croydon MPS Twitter account showed a picture of Pennant linked to the appeal. It also says in the tweet that Pennant is known to frequent Croydon, Shirley and the Shrublands estate. Police have asked that anyone with information about this wanted offender should contact...
  
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• Teenager accused of beating woman with a belt in Croydon McDonald's - Croydon Advertiser

  06-01-2017 19:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A teenager will go on trial accused of beating a woman around the head with a belt in a Croydon McDonald's. Hamza Bbaale, 18, has denied assaulting the unknown woman at the fast-food restaurant on North End. The teen, who lives on Salem Place, ...
  
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• Thornton Heath woman admits to damaging neighbour's door in 'row...

  06-01-2017 18:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Thornton Heath woman will be sentenced next month after admitting to damaging her neighbour's front door in an alleged row over loud music.Scirroko Gillespie is also accused of attacking her 22-year-old neighbour on Peall Road at about 8.45am on December 28.The neighbour was treated for a serious head injury and taken to a south London hospital, but was discharged later that day.Officers arrested Gillespie and kept her in custody overnight where she was later charged with two counts of...
  
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• Teenager accused of beating woman with a belt in Croydon...

  06-01-2017 18:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A teenager will go on trial accused of beating a woman around the head with a belt in a Croydon McDonald's.Hamza Bbaale, 18, has denied assaulting the unknown woman at the fast-food restaurant on North End.The teen, who lives on Salem Place, in Croydon, allegedly used the item of clothing as an offensive weapon.Police were called to the branch on September 23 following reports of a fight in the restaurant.Croydon Magistrates' Court heard how an alleged witness claimed that Bbaale had been...
  
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• London breaches annual air pollution limit in under a week for third successive year

  06-01-2017 18:12 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  London has breached annual air pollution limits within a week for the third successive year.
  
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• 24 hour Tube strike WILL go ahead as talks break down - commuters told not to travel on Monday

  06-01-2017 17:44 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A 24 hour strike by London Underground workers will go ahead, after talks broke down this afternoon. 
  
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• Croydon head teacher awarded OBE for work turning fortunes of struggling school around

  06-01-2017 17:41 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A Croydon head teacher has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Years’ honours list for his work turning around the fortunes of a struggling school.
  
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• Angry commuter calls on Southern Rail to give ALL its passengers...

  06-01-2017 17:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A frustrated Southern Rail commuter from South Croydon has labelled the service "a joke" and called on the train operator to give all its passengers one day of travel on its services for free.In December it was announced that 84,000 Southern passengers would be paid one month's compensation beacause of the "extraordinary" disruption they have suffered for almost a year.The compensation, which is being subsidised by the Government, would be available to season ticket holders...
  
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• Residents plead for something to be done after series of crashes...

  06-01-2017 17:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Residents on a Thornton Heath road which has been plagued by accidents have called on the council to introduce traffic calming measures and reduce the speed limit. One woman was injured in a crash which involved two cars on December 26 at 11.40pm which destroyed the wall of a front garden in Melfort Road. This was the second major collision in two months on the road after a man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a crash which involved two cars and damaged five parked vehicles at...
  
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• Two weeks of travel chaos as Southern strikes are split in two

  06-01-2017 17:24 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Southern rail passengers can expect two weeks of chaos as rail drivers are splitting their planned six-day strike in two.
  
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• Magistrate at Croydon court tells teenager to 'stay off the weed'...

  06-01-2017 16:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon magistrate has told a teenage criminal to "stay off the weed" after sentencing him for possessing cannabis.Lady Nicky Ottaway told the young felon to "grow out" of the habit and give up the class B substance.Maurice Laing, of Flint Court, Thornton Heath, pleaded guilty to possession having already brazenly told police he intended to smoke the drug.The 19-year-old was stopped by officers on December 2 while in a park close to his home.When questioned by the police on...
  
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• Parents warned to not let their children sleep in firm's beds after death of 7-month-old baby

  06-01-2017 16:07 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Parents have been warned to stop their children sleeping in one manufacturers’ beds after the death of a seven-month-old baby.
  
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• Woman who beat up 'sugar daddy' pensioner and branded him with hot iron faces jail

  06-01-2017 15:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A woman who beat up a “sugar daddy” pensioner and branded him with a hot iron is facing jail.
  
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• Arrest warrant issued for Upper Norwood thug who attacked Primark...

  06-01-2017 14:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Magistrates have issued a warrant for the arrest of an Upper Norwood man who knocked a security guard unconscious as he fled Croydon's Primark store, having been caught shoplifting. Ewart Johnson was due to be sentenced for five offences at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (January 4) but failed to appear.The 21-year-old had been found guilty of assault by beating, in relation to an incident on December 4, 2015 where he attacked Ayodele Oyekan at Sports Direct in Croydon town centre....
  
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• Croydon teacher is honoured by the Queen - Croydon Advertiser

  06-01-2017 14:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A Croydon teacher has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours list for his tireless work turning around the fortunes of a struggling school. Doctor Jonathan Clark, known as Jonty, joined the Beckmead Family of Schools in 2012.
  
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• Croydon teacher is honoured by the Queen

  06-01-2017 13:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon teacher has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours list for his tireless work turning around the fortunes of a struggling school. Doctor Jonathan Clark, known as Jonty, joined the Beckmead Family of Schools in 2012. He is executive head teacher of the group of schools which includes Beckmead Lower School and Beckmead Upper School, in Monks Orchard Road, Shirley, and Chaffinch Brook Upper School, in Addiscombe. When he joined, the schools were underachieving but Beckmead.
  
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• 'Leave our pubs alone': Regular punters react to possible closure of well-loved community boozer

  06-01-2017 13:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The future of a well-loved community pub is under threat after a planning application to have it bulldozed was submitted.
  
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• London Underground strike: Croydon commuters warned to expect 'severe disruption' - Croydon Advertiser

  06-01-2017 12:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  London Underground strike: Croydon commuters warned to expect 'severe disruption'
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  Croydon commuters who travel into London are being warned to expect chaos on the London Underground network on Monday (January 9) if planned strike action goes ahead. Both the The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and ...and more »
  
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• Mum feels incredibly lucky after surviving head-on car crash in...

  06-01-2017 12:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A mum who was involved in a serious head-on crash in Addiscombe on Tuesday evening feels incredibly lucky, after she escaped with minor injuries.Chantelle Bass has thanked the emergency services and the passers-by who helped her when her black BMW was involved in the collision with a black Ford KA on Long Lane.Both Miss Bass and the other driver, a woman, were rushed to Croydon University Hospital in the same ambulance after being checked over by medics at the scene.The mum-of-two was travelling
  
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• Independent report claiming Southern's plan for driver-only trains are safe blasted by union leaders

  06-01-2017 11:49 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A report claiming that driver only safety procedures on Southern trains are safe has been blasted as being a “whitewash” and “disingenuous” by trade unions.
  
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• South Croydon doctors' surgery told to raise standards after inspectors find staff not trained appropriately

  06-01-2017 11:33 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A doctors’ surgery has been told to raise its standards after inspectors found staff were not being trained appropriately and vaccines were not refrigerated correctly.
  
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• Close call for South Croydon family after carbon monoxide outbreak in their home - Croydon Advertiser

  06-01-2017 11:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Close call for South Croydon family after carbon monoxide outbreak in their home
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  The fact that a family in Sanderstead had a carbon monoxide detector in their home may have saved their lives after an outbreak of the gas at their home last nighy (Thursday). Two children were asleep in the home on Penwortham Road when the carbon ...and more »
  
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• Tube strike: Travellers warned to avoid London Underground ahead of 24-hour strike

  06-01-2017 11:11 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Travellers are being warned not to travel on Monday ahead of planned strike action by London Underground workers.
  
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• Staff at Aldi are set to be the highest paid supermarket workers...

  06-01-2017 10:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Staff at Croydon's two Aldi stores are set to be given a pay rise, as the chain becomes the country's highest paying supermarket. From February 1, workers at the stores in Selsdon and South Norwood will earn the chain's London wage of £9.75 per hour, compared to £8.53 for employees working outside the capital. The move piles pressure on rivals in the retail sector to pay workers more, and also means that staff at Aldi stores will now get paid the Living Wage for London - which is...
  
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• Bananas about pyjamas: Tesco customer calls for ban on people shopping in their sleepwear - do you agree?

  06-01-2017 10:40 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A Tesco shopper has called on the supermarket giant to ban customers wearing sleepwear after posting a picture of two women walking the aisles in their dressing gowns.
  
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• Close call for South Croydon family after carbon monoxide...

  06-01-2017 09:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The fact that a family in Sanderstead had a carbon monoxide detector in their home may have saved their lives after an outbreak of the gas at their home last nighy (Thursday). Two children were asleep in the home on Penwortham Road when the carbon monoxide alarm went off. Their parents sensibly woke their son and daughter, aged seven and five, and evacuated the house before calling the fire brigade. A crew from Purley Fire Station was called to the property at 10.43pm.Watch Commander Ian Day...
  
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• Police release video of shocking attack in which a teenager was...

  06-01-2017 09:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have released a shocking video of an attack in which a teenager was stabbed six times while in a takeaway on Monday evening. Shortly before 5.30pm Metropolitan Police officers were called to the incident at Dallas Chicken on Brixton Road in Camberwell, where they found an 18-year-old with four stab wounds to his leg, one to his abdomen and one to his arm
  CCTV footage shows the victim stood inside the takeaway with two other teenagers when three suspects walk into the shop, Police say...
  
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• Caterham home damaged after log burner sets fire to mantelpiece

  06-01-2017 08:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A house in Caterham was badly damaged on Thursday evening after a log burner set fire to a mantelpiece.Two crews of firefighters, from Purley and Godstone, were called to the incident on Ninehams Road in Caterham at 8.39pm.Purley watch commander Ian Day, said: "There was some defect with the log burner in the house that caused the mantelpiece to catch alight.READ MORE: Why a food review of a Croydon chicken shop has been watched 1.6 million times"The owner had left the house with the...
  
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• London Underground strike: Croydon commuters warned to expect...

  06-01-2017 08:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon commuters who travel into London are being warned to expect chaos on the London Underground network on Monday (January 9) if planned strike action goes ahead.Both the The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA) unions, are encouraging their members to walk out for 24 hours from 6pm on Sunday, January 8 over a row with Tube bosses amid concerns over job losses and ticket office closures.Most Zone 1 stations are likely to
  
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