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• 'He's not a bad person' - pregnant girlfriend defends man accused...

  16-02-2017 22:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The pregnant girlfriend of one of the four young men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has told a court her boyfriend "is not a violent man", despite the jury being shown a video of him pointing a shotgun at her.Chloe Jansen, described by the prosecution as the girl at the centre of a feud between two rival groups which led to Mr Aderemi's death, appeared as the second witness in the murder trial at the Old Bailey today (Thursday).Miss Jansen, wearing a black coat...
  
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• Southern trains are being delayed through Croydon because of a...

  16-02-2017 22:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Passengers have reportedly had to get off the train at East Croydon station because the line at South Croydon station is being obstructed by a microwave oven. NEW: Disruption at #SouthCroydon until the end of service https://t.co/JsPyahmWiQ— National Rail (@nationalrailenq) February 16, 2017 Stuck at Croydon. "Microwave oven on the line." Wow! A step up from leaves, I guess. #SouthernRailUK— №�� (@nodmonkey) February 16, 2017 Microwave oven on line at South...
  
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• 'I'm letting you go with a heavy heart': Mother's final words to teenage son who was stabbed to death

  16-02-2017 19:55 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The mother of fatally stabbed teenager Andre Aderemi has told of her son’s final words to her before he was killed on the Monks Hill Estate in Croydon.
  
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• 'I'm letting you go with a heavy heart': Mother of murdered Andre Aderemi's final words to her son

  16-02-2017 19:55 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The mother of murdered teenager Andre Aderemi told of her son’s final words before he was fatally stabbed in the Monks Hill Estate.
  
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• Croydon Council needs to borrow £90m to fund school places ... - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 19:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon Council will have to borrow more than £90 million to cover its costs when building new schools and creating extra school places over the next four ...and more »
  
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• Croydon pub caught showing illegal streams of Premier League matches - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 18:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The owner of a pub in West Croydon has paid out more than £5,000 after they were caught showing illegal streams of Premier League matches. The Premier League has today (Thursday, February 16) named and shamed 10 pubs around the country where ...and more »
  
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• Croydon pub caught showing illegal streams of Premier League ... - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 18:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  The owner of a pub in West Croydon has paid out more than £5000 after they were caught showing illegal streams of Premier League matches. The Premier ...and more »
  
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• 11-year-old girl injured in suspected hit-and-run in Thornton...

  16-02-2017 18:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A child was injured after being involved in a suspected hit-and-run in Thornton Heath last night [Wednesday, February 15].The 11-year-old girl, who was a pedestrian, was treated for her injuries at the scene by a London Ambulance Service crew for around an hour from just before midnight. Two cars were involved in the crash and collided with five parked vehicles. Police officers were at the scene from 11.55pm and located the driver suspected of failing to stop, interviewing him under caution this
  
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• Croydon Council needs to borrow £90m to fund school places

  16-02-2017 18:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Council will have to borrow more than £90 million to cover its costs when building new schools and creating extra school places over the next four years.In the council's education budget, it says it will borrow £93 million from the 2016/17 financial year to 2019/20 to put on top of Department for Education grants totalling £65 million.This total of £158 million will be used to build new schools and add about 6,000 school places to keep up with growing demand in...
  
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• Croydon pub caught showing illegal streams of Premier League...

  16-02-2017 18:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The owner of a pub in West Croydon has paid out more than £5,000 after they were caught showing illegal streams of Premier League matches.The Premier League has today (Thursday, February 16) named and shamed 10 pubs around the country where football matches were being shown on unauthorised foreign channels and illegal streams rather than paying for a Sky Sports or BT Sport subscription.Among them was the owner of The Old Fox & Hounds, on London Road, who agreed to pay the Premier...
  
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• Thornton Heath man charged with string of shop burglaries across Kent

  16-02-2017 18:15 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A Thornton Heath man has been charged with a series of shop burglaries across south-east London and Kent.
  
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• Crystal Palace receive special nomination at London Football Awards - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 17:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Crystal Palace's Powerchair Football scheme has been nominated for the London Community Project Award at this year's London Football Awards. SHARE PICTURE. Copy link to paste in your message. Football heavyweights Dele Alli, Diego Costa, Mauricio ...
  
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• Parents in London warned about a surge in scarlet fever outbreaks - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 16:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Parents in London warned about a surge in scarlet fever outbreaks
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  Parents are being urged to check their children for rashes and swollen tongues after a surge in the number of scarlet fever outbreaks being reported each week. In London so far this year there have been 55 people diagnosed with the illness and across ...and more »
  
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• Bar Txt in South Croydon announces it is to close at the end of the month - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 16:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Bar Txt in South Croydon announces it is to close at the end of the month
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  South Croydon's Bar Txt has announced it will be closing at the end of the month. The South End-based cocktail bar told its followers on social media two days ago that it is calling last orders. In an emotional statement posted on Instagram, the bar's ...
  
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• Mystery surrounds incident where man was 'pinned down by 6 police...

  16-02-2017 15:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Neither the British Transport Police [BTP] or the Metropolitan Police appear to have any record of an incident which is reported to have taken place at East Croydon station last night [Wednesday, February 16].An eye-witness told the Croydon Advertiser that a man was being held down by six police officers.The witness said: "Six police were holding down an Eastern European guy who looked a bit bashed up and was shouting and struggling."READ MORE: Just when you thought it was over! Aslef...
  
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• Fire at South Bermondsey station disrupts commuters across South London

  16-02-2017 15:42 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Disruption hit London commuters after a cable fire started at South Bermondsey.
  
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• Named and shamed: South London companies underpaying staff

  16-02-2017 15:40 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Nurseries, restaurants, dry cleaners and health and fitness groups are among 360 companies named and shamed by the government for underpaying thousands of workers nearly £1 million.
  
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• RANKED: The best and worst supermarkets according to shoppers

  16-02-2017 15:23 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Waitrose, Iceland and Marks & Spencer have topped a Which? supermarket consumer satisfaction survey.
  
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• Parents in London warned about a surge in scarlet fever outbreaks

  16-02-2017 15:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Parents are being urged to check their children for rashes and swollen tongues after a surge in the number of scarlet fever outbreaks being reported each week. In London so far this year there have been 55 people diagnosed with the illness and across the country hundreds of cases are being reported each week.In the week up to February 12 there were 446 cases reported nationally. The number of cases has been going up each week. There were 245 cases identified in the week ending January 15; 297...
  
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• Just when you thought it was over! Aslef members vote against...

  16-02-2017 14:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The Southern Rail saga may be set to continue as Aslef members have voted to reject a resolution to the dispute between the drivers' union and the rail operator.News comes as the RMT union announced strike action would go ahead at the end of February, after branding Aslef's progressing talks with Southern Rail a 'betrayal'.Members of Aslef employed by Southern were asked to vote on a proposed agreement between the rail operator and train drivers.READ MORE: Southern Rail axe TWELVE rush-hour...
  
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• Commuters could face more strikes as drivers reject Southern deal

  16-02-2017 14:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  ASLEF drivers voted against an agreement that would have ended a bitter dispute with the franchise.
  
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• Mum tells Andre Aderemi murder trial what her son's final words...

  16-02-2017 14:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The mum of Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has told his murder trial this morning about the last time she saw him before he was fatally stabbed on the Monks Hill estate. Giving evidence at the trial of four young Croydon men accused of the 19-year-old's murder last August, Yemi Hughes told the Old Bailey about the events leading up to the evening on which her son died. Ms Hughes told the court that when she dropped her son off on the estate, which they had recently moved away from, she had said..
  
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• Warning as fake Thames Water engineers conning Purley households...

  16-02-2017 14:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Fraudsters pretending to work for Thames Water have been conning people in Purley out of "significant" amounts of money by claiming payments are needed for non-existent "emergency sewage repairs".A warning has been issued today (Thursday, February 16) for residents not to give money to, or allow anyone into their home claiming to work for the water supply and treatment company, without seeing proper identification first.Thames Water has received reports of bogus callers in...
  
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• The horrific vomiting bug sweeping the UK - what you need to know

  16-02-2017 13:43 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A highly infectious vomiting bug has been reported in schools across the UK, with parents being warned to know the general signs and symptoms.
  
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• Tenants are kicked out of ​South Croydon flat where there were 'loud arguments at all times' - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 13:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Tenants are kicked out of ​South Croydon flat where there were 'loud arguments at all times'
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  A South Croydon flat has been closed after neighbours complained about the threatening behaviour of its residents and their loud arguments. Croydon Council has closed the flat on Blenheim Park Road for three months with the housing association tenant ...
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• 21-year-old woman rushed to hospital after collision with taxi in...

  16-02-2017 13:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 21-year-old woman was rushed to hospital after she was involved in a collision with a taxi in the early hours of this morning in Addiscombe.Emergency services were called to the scene at Lower Addiscombe Road's junction with Colworth Road just before 5am. The injured pedestrian was taken to a south London hospital for treatment. There have been no details given on her condition as of yet. READ MORE: Man who was hit by a double decker bus in Purley is now in improved condition in...
  
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• Tenants are kicked out of ​South Croydon flat where there were...

  16-02-2017 12:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A South Croydon flat has been closed after neighbours complained about the threatening behaviour of its residents and their loud arguments. Croydon Council has closed the flat on Blenheim Park Road for three months with the housing association tenants who lived there having been kicked out. Although the council hasn't said how many people were living in the flat, it says they were abusive towards neighbours.Neighbours complained about the residents in number 50A after they were threatened with..
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Recap of day two of the trial - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 11:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  The trial of four young Croydon men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has resumed this morning (Thursday). Ali Zahawy, 20, of Bramble Close, Shirley, Femi Cela, 19, of Fryston Avenue, Addiscombe, Jamell Lonergan, 19, of Woodcroft ...and more »
  
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• South Croydon flat closed following tenant's 'violent and abusive behaviour'

  16-02-2017 10:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Violence, threatening and abusive behaviour towards neighbours, and loud arguments have led to the closure of a South Croydon flat.
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Recap of day two of the trial

  16-02-2017 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The trial of four young Croydon men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has resumed this morning (Thursday).Ali Zahawy, 20, of Bramble Close, Shirley, Femi Cela, 19, of Fryston Avenue, Addiscombe, Jamell Lonergan, 19, of Woodcroft Road, Thornton Heath, and Rodney Mukasa, 20, of Greenview Avenue, Shirley, are on trial at the Old Bailey with each having pleaded not guilty to murder.On Wednesday morning the trial began and the court heard how a feud between two groups of friends...
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Live updates from day two of the...

  16-02-2017 10:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The trial of four young Croydon men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has resumed this morning (Thursday).Ali Zahawy, 20, of Bramble Close, Shirley, Femi Cela, 19, of Fryston Avenue, Addiscombe, Jamell Lonergan, 19, of Woodcroft Road, Thornton Heath, and Rodney Mukasa, 20, of Greenview Avenue, Shirley, are on trial at the Old Bailey with each having pleaded not guilty to murder.On Wednesday morning the trial began and the court heard how a feud between two groups of friends...
  
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• Short-rental tenancies unsettle children, south east parents claims

  16-02-2017 09:16 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  One in eight parents in the east and south east of England blame frequent and stressful house moved caused by short rental tenancies for unsettling their children, figures show.
  
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• Young woman hit by car in Addiscombe - live updates | Croydon ... - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 09:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A young woman has been hit by a car this morning in Addiscombe. Emergency services were called to the scene at Lower Addiscombe Road junction with ...and more »
  
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• Young woman hit by car in Addiscombe - live updates - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 09:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Emergency services were called to the scene at Lower Addiscombe Road junction with Colworth Road at around 5:00am after reports of a collision. The woman, believed to be in her twenties, was found injured and has since been taken to a south London ...and more »
  
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• Young woman hit by car in Addiscombe - live updates

  16-02-2017 08:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A young woman has been hit by a car this morning in Addiscombe. Emergency services were called to the scene at Lower Addiscombe Road junction with Colworth Road at around 5:00am after reports of a collision. The woman was found injured and has since been taken to a south London hospital for treatment.
  The Metropolitan Police said the woman was in her 20s whereas London Ambulance Service have since she said she is a "teenage girl".Officers remained on the scene to divert traffic...
  
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• Update: Woman in her 20s struck by car in Croydon

  16-02-2017 08:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A woman was hit by a car in Croydon this morning.
  
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• Update: 21-year-old woman suffers head injuries after being hit by car in Croydon

  16-02-2017 08:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A 21-year-old woman suffered head injuries after being hit by a car in Croydon this morning.
  
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• Traffic: Crash 'involving pedestrian and car' causing disruption in Croydon

  16-02-2017 08:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A crash involving a pedestrian and a car is causing traffic disruption in Croydon this morning.
  
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• How EastEnders star June Brown, aka Dot Cotton, lived on a quiet...

  16-02-2017 07:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Perhaps she instantly recognised the magnitude of the part she had just landed. It was 1985 and June Brown had just been given the good news that she had secured a role on the new BBC soap opera EastEnders. Clearly excited, she visited neighbours Jack and Ann Hardy to share the good news. They were, understandably, delighted for June. But they could never have expected that their neighbour on Blenheim Crescent, a typical suburban street tucked away in one of the quieter parts of South Croydon,..
  
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• Watch young violinists play for children at Croydon University...

  16-02-2017 06:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Young violinists were back at Croydon University Hospital on Tuesday [February 14] performing for sick children. The violinists, from the Kimberly Wong Violin Studio, visited the Rupert Bear children's ward at the hospital on Valentine's Day to give a mini-concert to young patients staying at the hostpital.It was not the first time children from the studio have visited the hospital, having also played seasonal songs for young patients before Christmas.The idea to play for poorly...
  
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• The Croydon schools expanding and being built over the next 4 years to meet a need for extra spaces - Croydon Advertiser

  16-02-2017 01:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  The Croydon schools expanding and being built over the next 4 years to meet a need for extra spaces
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  More school places will need to be created to cater for the increasing number of children in Croydon with autism and social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH). A Croydon Council report states that there is an "emerging trend" of more autism ...
  
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