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• How you can meet TOWIE's Joey Essex when he comes to Croydon this week - Croydon Advertiser

  08-02-2017 21:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  How you can meet TOWIE's Joey Essex when he comes to Croydon this week
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  TOWIE star Joey Essex will be officially opening a new gourmet kebab shop in Croydon on Friday (February 10). The celebrity, who has also taken part in shows such as Educating Joey Essex and I'm A Celebrity…. Get Me Out of Here, will be in the German ...
  
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• More than 50-year-old Crystal Palace shop has sold fruit and veg,...

  08-02-2017 21:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A family which formerly owned a furniture store in Crystal Palace is making residents paws for thought after transforming the shop into a dog-grooming business. During Lawrence's 56-year lifespan it has changed from selling fruit and vegetables, to second-hand furniture and is now grooming local residents' pet cats and canines. The Westow Street store, ran by Sally Bishop and her two brothers, John and Tony Kemp, opened its doors to animals on December 1 last year.READ MORE: Croydon...
  
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• Water leak causes busy Croydon road to close - Croydon Advertiser

  08-02-2017 20:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Water leak causes busy Croydon road to close
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  Traffic in Croydon is likely to be hit after a main road has been closed due to a water pipe leak early this morning (Wednesday). Park Hill Road (B243), which crosses the A232, has been closed from around 8.30am and Vidhi Mohan, councillor for the ...
  
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• A New Addington family have lost everything in a fire for the...

  08-02-2017 19:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A New Addington mum has lost everything she and her family own in a fire for the second time in six years.The home Tina Dudley, 35, and her three children share in Betchworth Way caught fire on Monday morning (February 6).Luckily the family were not in the flat at the time. Firefighters had to force entry into the property to rescue their dog, Gizmo, who had to be given oxygen afterwards. Everything in the flat, apart from two televisions, was destroyed - just six years after Tina and the...
  
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• Police searching for missing teenager who could be in Croydon

  08-02-2017 19:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are looking for a teenage boy who has gone missing and has got connections to the Croydon area. Malachi McCalla, 14, is missing from Penge and police in Bromley believe he may have links to the Croydon area. Police also believe he may have connections to the Kent area.
  Can u help us find Malachi McCalla 14 years from #Penge. He has connections to @MPSCroydon @kent_police #Margate #Ramsgate @NorthantsPolice pic.twitter.com/5c6KWncuhD— Bromley MPS (@MPSBromley) February 8,...
  
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• Missing mum and seven-year-old daughter may be in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  08-02-2017 19:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Missing mum and seven-year-old daughter may be in Croydon
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  Police have appealed for help to find a missing mother and her seven-year-old daughter who may in the Croydon area. Folashade Fashinas, 34, has been missing from her home in Woolwich since Friday, January 20. Police said her seven-year-old daughter ...and more »
  
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• Water leak causes busy Croydon road to close

  08-02-2017 18:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Traffic in Croydon is likely to be hit after a main road has been closed due to a water pipe leak early this morning (Wednesday). Park Hill Road (B243), which crosses the A232, has been closed from around 8.30am and Vidhi Mohan, councillor for the Fairfield ward, has confirmed on Twitter that the council will not be reopening the road until tomorrow evening. This is the second time that a water pipe issue has affected the area in recent years after a burst pipe caused Park Hill infant and...
  
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• Southern Rail and the RMT set a date for fresh talks on...

  08-02-2017 18:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Bosses of Southern Rail and the RMT union have agreed to meet for fresh talks on Valentine's Day to attempt to resolve a bitter dispute which has been going on for almost a year.Discussions will take place on February 14 in central London and will be chaired by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).The RMT has been involved in a row over a decision made by Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), to change the role of a conductor to become an on-board...
  
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• Missing mum and seven-year-old daughter may be in Croydon

  08-02-2017 18:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have appealed for help to find a missing mother and her seven-year-old daughter who may in the Croydon area.Folashade Fashinas, 34, has been missing from her home in Woolwich since Friday, January 20.Police said her seven-year-old daughter Precious Sebastian is also missing.Folashade is described as a black woman, 5ft 4ins tall, with medium build with dark curly hair, while Precious is described as black, of slim build with dark hair.READ NEXT: A first look at the new Lidl in South...
  
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• What police intend to do to stop any other children being stabbed...

  08-02-2017 17:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are looking at what can be done to stop large groups of schoolchildren gathering in Croydon town centre following the near-fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy. A big fight broke out in Poplar Walk last Friday near the Santander bank and the victim was found by officers on routine patrol suffering from a stab wound to the neck. He was rushed to a south London hospital and at one stage his condition was described as life-threatening. His condition has since improved and is now described...
  
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• Double injury boost for Crystal Palace ahead of Stoke City trip ... - Croydon Advertiser

  08-02-2017 17:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Double injury boost for Crystal Palace ahead of Stoke City trip ...
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  Crystal Palace look set to welcome back new signing Jeffrey Schlupp for this weekend's trip to Stoke City, according to an image taken at the club's training ...and more »
  
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• Man rushed to hospital after being knocked unconscious and left...

  08-02-2017 17:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man was rushed to hospital with a serious head injury, after being assaulted in Thornton Heath in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday). At about 2.20am the victim was found unconscious on London Road by an off-duty voluntary police officer - who works in Havering. The special constable gave the man emergency life support until more officers from Croydon and the London Ambulance Service (LAS) arrived on the scene.
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• Olaseni Lewis inquest: Family and friends describe South Norwood...

  08-02-2017 16:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The family and friends of Olaseni Lewis have described the last hours they spent with the South Norwood graduate before he died after being restrained by 11 police officers at a mental health hospital in south London. A jury inquest to determine Olaseni's cause of death got under way on Tuesday (February 7), more than six years after he passed away on September 4, 2010, aged 23. He lost consciousness while being restrained by the police in a seclusion room at the Bethlem Royal Hospital on...
  
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• Growing concern for missing Southwark girl ‘known to frequent all areas of London’

  08-02-2017 16:05 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  There is growing concern for the wellbeing of a 15-year-old girl who has been missing for more than a month.
  
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• Investigation to be launched after urban explorer films himself...

  08-02-2017 15:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The man behind a major development in Croydon has pledged to launch a full investigation, after a teenage daredevil filmed himself sneaking into a building site and walked along the edge of its roof.The footage shows the young YouTube vlogger, who cannot be named due to his age, dangling his legs over the side of one of the blocks of flats which is currently being built by Menta and housing developer Redrow.Menta's chief executive Craig Marks has now been aware of the trespassing incident which.
  
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• ​Off-duty police officer gives life support to unconscious person...

  08-02-2017 15:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An off-duty voluntary police officer gave emergency life support to an injured person found unconscious in Thornton Heath. The Metropolitan Special Constabulary, which is the part-time, voluntary and unpaid police force within the Met Police, tweeted a picture today of London Road closed near Colliers Water Lane at the Zainab Halal Meat shop. They said: "Off duty @MPSHavering MSC finds unconscious injured person, provides emergency life support until @MPSCroydon @Ldn_Ambulance...
  
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• A first look at the new Lidl in South Croydon as it is confirmed when building work will start - Croydon Advertiser

  08-02-2017 14:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A first look at the new Lidl in South Croydon as it is confirmed when building work will start
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  Artist's impressions of what the new Lidl in South Croydon will look like have been released as it has been confirmed when work on building the supermarket and dozens of homes above it will get under way. The discount supermarket chain was given ...
  
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• Unfashionable Croydon shrugs off its laughing-stock tag to become new sexy - Evening Standard

  08-02-2017 12:49 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Unfashionable Croydon shrugs off its laughing-stock tag to become new sexy
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  "I've got this thing about Croydon. It was my nemesis, I hated Croydon with a real vengeance. It represented everything I didn't want in my life, everything I wanted to get away from.” The verdict of suburban-born musical genius David Bowie was harsh ...
  
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• Man and woman arrested in Coulsdon cannabis factory raid

  08-02-2017 11:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two people were arrested after a cannabis factory was shut down during a raid in Coulsdon last week.The South Croydon Police Twitter account tweeted out a message last Thursday [February 2] that said: "Cops close cannabis factory today = a good days work!"#CoulsdonWest Cops close cannabis factory today = a good days work! pic.twitter.com/Id9vVzYfDk— South Croydon Police (@MPSSouthCroydon) February 2, 2017A quantity of cannabis plants and bagged cannabis were found at a property...
  
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• Detectives give update on pool party murder investigation

  08-02-2017 11:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Detectives investigating the murder of a Coulsdon man who was shot dead at a pool party have rebailed a man who was arrested in connection with the shooting.Ricardo Hunter, who was also known as "Forty", was found dead in the garden of a property in Church Lane, in Headley, on July 25 last year.In December Surrey Police offered a £10,000 reward for information which would lead to an arrest and a conviction.Mr Hunter, 34, was among hundreds of party-goers attending the bash...
  
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• Police appeal to find missing 72-year-old with dementia

  08-02-2017 11:02 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman with dementia has is missing from Coulsdon.
  
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• Missing 72-year-old woman with dementia found

  08-02-2017 11:02 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An elderly woman with dementia who went missing from Coulsdon has been found.
  
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• Here's why there are delays on the trams this morning

  08-02-2017 10:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There have been minor delays on Croydon's tram network this morning. Transport for London has explained that these were caused by an earlier faulty tram near Sandilands tram stop - which is a major junction on the tram network.READ MORE: Discussion group for tram crash survivors could be in place 'in the next few weeks'Trams heading to or from New Addington, Elmers End and Beckenham Junction all pass through Sandilands.READ MORE: Part of Croydon tram network to be closed for 10 days in...
  
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• A first look at the new Lidl in South Croydon as it is confirmed...

  08-02-2017 10:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Artist's impressions of what the new Lidl in South Croydon will look like have been released as it has been confirmed when work on building the supermarket and dozens of homes above it will get under way. The discount supermarket chain was given permission to open a store next to the Honda garage on Brighton Road back in December 2014 but there have only been signs of activity on the large vacant plot of land in the last couple of weeks.As well as a new supermarket, the development on the site..
  
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• Ann Summers recalls sex toy over fears 'prolonged use' could...

  08-02-2017 10:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Ann Summers has issued a product recall for one of its sex toys due to concerns the product could become damaged through to "prolonged use" and injure the user.The adult store - which brands itself as "sexual innovation experts" have advertised the "precautionary recall" on their 'Black Power Wand' vibrators. There are fears that prolonged use could expose the wires, endangering the user,READ MORE: Women in Croydon wanted to clean homes while nakedREAD MORE: Head of...
  
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• Severe Overground delays after fire on train at Dalston

  08-02-2017 09:59 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  London Overground is experiencing severe delays after a fire broke out on a train at Dalston earlier this morning, where several were injured in the panic. 
  
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• 5-month-old baby taken to hospital after chip pan flat fire

  08-02-2017 09:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A five-month-old baby was taken to hospital following a chip pan fire at a block of flats in Croydon.A crew from Croydon Fire Station were called to Union Road to reports of a fire inside a block of flats at 4.20pm on Monday (February 6).The fire started when an overflowing chip pan in the kitchen caught alight but a mum inside the flat had extinguished it by the time firefighters arrived. Her five-month-old baby boy was taken to hospital as a precaution because it was thought he may have...
  
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• Transfer delays actually increase as social care fund 'fails to reduce pressure on hospital beds'

  08-02-2017 09:31 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Government plans to reduce pressure on the NHS by treating people in the community are failing, according to the National Audit Office.
  
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• Snow on the way as London temperatures set to plummet to below freezing tonight

  08-02-2017 08:55 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  It's time to get out those gloves and hats as temperatures in the capital are set to drop -2C tonight. 
  
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• Police worried for safety of missing Coulsdon woman who has...

  08-02-2017 08:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are becoming increasingly worried for the safety of a "vulnerable" woman who has dementia and has gone missing from her Coulsdon home.Yvette Owen, 72, was last seen at around 12pm on Monday (February) 7 near her home address and has not returned, or been heard from, since. Surrey Police are concerned for Mrs Owen's welfare as she has dementia and can get easily confused. READ MORE: Coulsdon mum and children left petrified after being followed by stranger She is described...
  
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• Croydon councillor wants an apology for the suffering caused to gay men after historic law is passed - Croydon Advertiser

  08-02-2017 02:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon councillor wants an apology for the suffering caused to gay men after historic law is passed
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  A Croydon councillor with a profound experience of the pain discrimination causes has said gay victims deserve more after a new law pardoned thousands of persecuted homosexuals. He also believes Croydon has made great strides toward becoming a ...
  
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