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• Can you name ALL of Crystal Palace's January transfer window signings? - Croydon Advertiser

  29-01-2017 19:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Can you name ALL of Crystal Palace's January transfer window signings?
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  Teams scramble around trying to bring in new blood to bolster their squad for the second half of the season. Crystal Palace are no exception, with statistics revealing that they have been the busiest Premier League team in this and the previous five ...and more »
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 49 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1998 - Croydon Advertiser

  29-01-2017 18:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 49 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1998
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  We have pictures of Pupils from Fairchild's Primary School, Park Hill Junior School, fun day celebrations at the Timebridge Centre community, Marcus Morris with his aluminium ball made out of kit kat wrappers, and Tony Blair visits Croydon. Have a ...and more »
  
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• This kind woman has shaved off all her hair to help a Shirley mum...

  29-01-2017 18:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A kind woman has selflessly shaved off all her hair to raise money so a mum-of-four from Shirley battling cancer can receive life-prolonging treatment.Laura Beaumont, 34, took on the daunting challenge of having her whole head shaved bald at The Goat pub on Saturday (January 28) as part of a fundraising effort for her friend, Gemma, who has stage four cervical cancer.Mother-of-five Laura's long locks went down to the bottom of her back and she chose to lose it all to both help her friend and...
  
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• ARCHIVE PHOTOS: 49 pictures of Croydon people taken in 1998

  29-01-2017 17:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We have pictures of Pupils from Fairchild's Primary School, Park Hill Junior School, fun day celebrations at the Timebridge Centre community, Marcus Morris with his aluminium ball made out of kit kat wrappers, and Tony Blair visits Croydon.Have a scroll through them and see if there is anyone you recognise.And don't forget to come back to our website every day, as we are regularly uploading new nostalgia galleries.If you have any old pictures of Surrey or events in the town which you would like.
  
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• Police want to question this man in connection with sex attacks...

  29-01-2017 17:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have published CCTV images of a man wanted for questioning in connection with a serious of sex attacks on buses - including a service which runs through Croydon.Met Police officers are appealing for help in identifying and finding the man pictured in relation to five "despicable" attacks on young girls and women on buses in south London in the space of three days.READ MORE: Public warned not to approach 'violent' wanted man on the run after fleeing from police in CroydonPolice...
  
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• Here is why there are no courgettes in our local supermarkets - Croydon Advertiser

  29-01-2017 16:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Here is why there are no courgettes in our local supermarkets
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  There is a courgette crisis threatening to go on for months and supermarket shoppers are not coping well with the shortage. Shoppers in Croydon are struggling to get their hands on the squash, with stocks low on supermarket shelves and prices soaring ...and more »
  
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• PICTURES: Car ploughs through railings before smashing into bakery in early-morning crash

  29-01-2017 16:32 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A car ploughed through metal railings before smashing into the front of a bakery in Broad Green in the early hours of yesterday morning.
  
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• Here is why there are no courgettes in our local supermarkets

  29-01-2017 15:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There is a courgette crisis threatening to go on for months and supermarket shoppers are not coping well with the shortage.Shoppers in Croydon are struggling to get their hands on the squash, with stocks low on supermarket shelves and prices soaring where they are available.The reason behind the shortage is a spell of unseasonal snow and heavy rain causing floods in Spain and Italy, which has hit crops and stopped farmers from planting.READ MORE: Staff at Aldi are set to be the highest paid...
  
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• 'Notorious' fly-tipper who dumped three tonnes of waste is jailed

  29-01-2017 14:41 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A brazen fly-tipper who dumped three tonnes of building waste as he drove along a Croydon street has been jailed for a year.
  
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• Hundreds of Croydon residents sign petition to stop Donald Trump making a state visit to Britain - Croydon Advertiser

  29-01-2017 14:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Hundreds of Croydon residents sign petition to stop Donald Trump making a state visit to Britain
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  A petition to stop Donald Trump making a state visit to the UK has been signed by hundreds of people in Croydon in the space of just a few hours. Thousands of people around the country are adding their names to the online petition every few minutes ...and more »
  
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• New street art coming to High Street to celebrate Thornton Heath - Croydon Advertiser

  29-01-2017 13:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  New street art coming to High Street to celebrate Thornton Heath
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  Buildings in Thornton Heath are going to get a splash of creative colour by artists who have been picked to decorate walls along the High Street with murals and street art to celebrate the area. A total of four artists have been appointed by Croydon ...
  
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• Hundreds of Croydon residents sign petition to stop Donald Trump...

  29-01-2017 13:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A petition to stop Donald Trump making a state visit to the UK has been signed by hundreds of people in Croydon in the space of just a few hours.Thousands of people around the country are adding their names to the online petition every few minutes, after the President signed an Executive Order banning people from seven majority-Muslim countries travelling to the US - even if they have a legal green card to live there.The ban has placed a 90-day block on entry to the US from citizens from Iran,..
  
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• Owner of Broad Green bakery 'astonished' to find car crashed...

  29-01-2017 13:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The director of Coughlans Bakery has spoken out about his shock at finding a car crashed into the front of the Broad Green shop yesterday morning (January 28).The third-generation owned bakery, which first opened in Broad Green 80 years ago, had a dramatic start to its working day on Saturday when a blue Ford smashed into the front doors. Just after 5am, the car was travelling along London Road and ploughed through the metal railings and into the bakery, on the corner of Mayday Road, badly...
  
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• Man to appear in court after train driver 'attacked and pulled from carriage by drunk man' in rail station

  29-01-2017 13:19 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A train driver was attacked and pulled from his train in Epsom rail station.
  
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• New street art coming to High Street to celebrate Thornton Heath

  29-01-2017 12:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Buildings in Thornton Heath are going to get a splash of creative colour by artists who have been picked to decorate walls along the High Street with murals and street art to celebrate the area.A total of four artists have been appointed by Croydon Council to create designs for four exterior walls of buildings along the High Street.Designs include associations with the CR7 posctode, picking out unique buildings, celebrating the best nature spots and a montage of photographs taken in Thornton...
  
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• Former Crystal Palace trialist set for shock Everton switch | Croydon ... - Croydon Advertiser

  29-01-2017 12:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Former Crystal Palace trialist set for shock Everton switch | Croydon ...
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  Former Crystal Palace trialist Jose Baxter is on the verge of making a shock return to Everton, according to reports. The midfielder has reportedly been offered a ...and more »
  
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• Former Crystal Palace trialist set for shock Everton switch - Croydon Advertiser

  29-01-2017 12:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Former Crystal Palace trialist set for shock Everton switch
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  Former Crystal Palace trialist Jose Baxter is on the verge of making a shock return to Everton, according to reports. The midfielder has reportedly been offered a 12-month contract with the Toffees, when his drugs ban ends in the summer. The 24-year ...and more »
  
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• Government reveal plans to shut down Jobcentres - is your local branch affected?

  29-01-2017 12:15 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A number of Job Centres are set to close under new reforms in south and south-west London and the south east.
  
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