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• Meat cleaver seized by police from grounds of school in Croydon - Evening Standard

  06-03-2017 20:54 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Meat cleaver seized by police from grounds of school in Croydon
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  A meat cleaver has been seized from the grounds of a school in south-east London. Police discovered the knife during a patrol in Upper Norwood, Croydon on Monday afternoon. The weapon, which is more than 10cm in length, was found by local borough ...and more »
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Suspect was arrested in bunk bed

  06-03-2017 20:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A court heard today how police investigating the death of Selsdon teenager Andrei Aderemi arrested one of the suspects while he was in bed.The jury at the Old Bailey have heard how the 19-year-old died from his injuries after being repeatedly stabbed and beaten on the Monks Hill estate last year.Today (March 6) the jury heard how police were quick to track down four suspects who now stand accused of murdering the aspiring rapper on August 16.Officers gave statements today and video footage of...
  
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• Chelsea and Rangers legends to raise money for Croydon tram crash families in charity match - Croydon Advertiser

  06-03-2017 19:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Chelsea and Rangers legends to raise money for Croydon tram crash families in charity match
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  International football legends who played for Chelsea and Rangers are supporting survivors of the Croydon tram crash and the families of the seven people who died by competing in a special match. Chelsea and Leeds hero Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, former ...
  
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• ​Land Registry building 'safe' after Storm Doris sent parts of...

  06-03-2017 18:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The Land Registry has said its Croydon head office is now "safe" following after gale force winds from Storm Doris blew off part of the office block. Police cordoned off Bedford Park on Thursday, February 23 when strong winds - up to 56mph - brought chaos to the borough, including damaging an orange, metal rim around the roof of the town centre building. No one was injured but one witness said she saw bits of metal "flying off the roof" while another said she saw the...
  
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• Crystal Palace midfielder makes long-awaited comeback from injury - Croydon Advertiser

  06-03-2017 18:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Crystal Palace midfielder makes long-awaited comeback from injury
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  Crystal Palace midfielder Jonny Williams has played his first 45 minutes since December after featuring for Ipswich Town's U23 side. The Welshman, who is on loan at the Tractor Boys from Palace, has been out injured for almost three months after ...and more »
  
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• Large knife found in the grounds of Croydon school

  06-03-2017 18:09 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A meat cleaver has been found in the grounds of a school during a police patrol.
  
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• There is a 'very strong risk' that this year's New Addington...

  06-03-2017 17:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Organisers of the New Addington Carnival have revealed they are "desperate" for funding for this year's event and have warned there is a "very strong risk" this year will be its last. To the cover the costs of the two-day carnival, which was first staged in the 1950s, £10,000 needs to be raised. However, a mere £765 has been donated so far.After the event had to stop in 2006 for various reasons, a small group of residents came together in 2010 to bring it back....
  
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• Croydon police find meat cleaver in the grounds of a school - Croydon Advertiser

  06-03-2017 17:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Croydon police find meat cleaver in the grounds of a school
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  Croydon police officers have found a meat cleaver in the grounds of a school during a routine patrol this afternoon (Monday). A photo of the large knife, which has a black handle and a silver blade, was tweeted by the Norwood Police Twitter account.
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• Croydon police find meat cleaver in the grounds of a school

  06-03-2017 16:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon police officers have found a meat cleaver in the grounds of a school during a routine patrol this afternoon (Monday).A photo of the large knife, which has a black handle and a silver blade, was tweeted by the Norwood Police Twitter account.It said: "Knife recovered by #UpperNorwood officers during the search of a schools grounds. Enquires continue into who was carrying it."It is unclear from the tweet which school's grounds the knife was found in, but the Advertiser has...
  
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• Chelsea and Rangers legends to raise money for Croydon tram crash...

  06-03-2017 16:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  International football legends who played for Chelsea and Rangers are supporting survivors of the Croydon tram crash and the families of the seven people who died by competing in a special match.Chelsea and Leeds hero Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, former England captain Ray Wilkins and Blackburn Rovers stalwart Colin Hendry are among the football legends lined up to take part in the Blues Brothers Football Legends charity match - where a Chelsea legends side will face a Glasgow Rangers legends...
  
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• Nearly 500 complaints made against Croydon police last year ... - EastLondonLines

  06-03-2017 16:20 via eastlondonlines.co.uk
  
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  Nearly 500 complaints made against Croydon police last year ...
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  Hundreds of people have filed serious allegations of discrimination and misconduct against the Metropolitan police in Croydon over the last year. It has been ...and more »
  
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• Funeral held for local hero who ran Addiscombe community centre - Croydon Advertiser

  06-03-2017 15:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Funeral held for local hero who ran Addiscombe community centre
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  Dozens of mourners packed into a church last Wednesday morning to pay their respects to a man who spent more than two decades supporting Croydon tenants. Michael Hewlett, of Longheath Gardens, in Addiscombe, passed away on February 10, aged 82, ...
  
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• Mum left paralysed after West Norwood hit-and-run appearing on...

  06-03-2017 15:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A mum of two who was left paralysed from the waist down by a hit-and-run will be appearing on tonight's episode of Crimewatch, in the hope that it will encourage witnesses to come forward. Chanelle Higgins was on a night out in West Norwood when a car crashed into her on the pavement outside a nightclub. The devastating incident left the mum of two wheelchair bound, after spending five months in hospital. Ms Higgins, 30, was walking along the pavement of Norwood High Street, near Scandals...
  
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• Thirteen terrorist plots in UK prevented in past four years

  06-03-2017 15:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Security services have thwarted 13 potential terrorist attacks on the UK in less than four years and run 500 investigations at any one time, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer revealed.
  
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• 13 terrorist plots in UK prevented in past four years

  06-03-2017 15:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Security services have thwarted 13 potential terrorist attacks on the UK in less than four years and run 500 investigations at any one time, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer revealed.
  
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• Crystal Palace campaigner nominated for award for helping to...

  06-03-2017 15:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Crystal Palace campaigner was invited to the Parliament of Westminster as part of being nominated for a national award highlighting his dedication to helping the environment.Joe Duggan, 48, said it was an "honour" to be one of the six finalists from across the country for the WWF's (The World Wide Fund for Nature) Community Hero category.Six years ago, he co-founded Crystal Palace Transition Town – a local group which organises projects in the north of the borough including...
  
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• WATCH: Street fight in which 16-year-old stabbed by hooded thug in face and back

  06-03-2017 15:05 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A street fight in which a 16-year-old boy was repeatedly stabbed in the face and chest has been captured on video.
  
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• Warning that Kits Kats, Crunchies and Mars bars could soon cost...

  06-03-2017 14:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A price comparison website is predicting that some of our favourite chocolate bars, such as Twirls, Kit Kats, Mars bars and Crunchies, could cost over £1 next year.The treats have already seen a price rise over the last year due to the pound's post-Brexit-vote slump, as well as falling production and increased demand worldwide for chocolate, according to the Mirror.The website mysupermarket.com says the cost of chocolate bars has risen by 13 per cent in the last year.It says if these...
  
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• ​Teenager stabbed in Thornton Heath

  06-03-2017 14:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A teenager was stabbed in Thornton Heath last Monday.Police were called at 12.22pm on February 27 to reports of a stabbing in Virginia Road.Officers and London Ambulance Service attended but there was no victim present.An 18-year-old male later attended a south London hospital.He was treated for a stab wound and is in a stable condition, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said.No arrests have been made and enquiries continue, the spokeswoman added. This was the first of four stabbings...
  
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• Funeral held for local hero who ran Addiscombe community centre

  06-03-2017 13:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Dozens of mourners packed into a church last Wednesday morning to pay their respects to a man who spent more than two decades supporting Croydon tenants.Michael Hewlett, of Longheath Gardens, in Addiscombe, passed away on February 10, aged 82, at the Princess Royal Hospital, in Orpington, with family members at his side.Mr Hewlett's son Paul said a "lovely" funeral service was held at Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery, on Elmers End Road.Mr Hewlett was described as a man "who...
  
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• The Croydon parents with up to 100 children

  06-03-2017 13:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Some of Croydon's most dedicated foster parents have been recognised for their long service by the National Fostering Agency (NFA). Four foster parents from the borough were given long-service awards at a ceremony in London last month.Among them were Victoria and Lionel King, from Shirley, who have fostered 16 children since 1990.The couple, who have been together since 1983, decided to start fostering after they were approached by recruiters. READ MORE: This Croydon teacher told 1,000 of his...
  
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• A truly frightening budget - The Croydon Citizen

  06-03-2017 13:00 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  On Monday 27th February, Croydon Council voted to pass a truly frightening budget. The highest council tax increase in London this year. The highest council tax ever paid in Croydon. The biggest mountain of debt ever seen in Croydon. The worst ...
  
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• Teenager found stabbed in Croydon car park still in 'life-threatening' condition in hospital - Croydon Advertiser

  06-03-2017 12:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Teenager found stabbed in Croydon car park still in 'life-threatening' condition in hospital
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  A teenage boy remains in a life-threatening condition almost a week after being found stabbed in the stairwell of a car park in Croydon town centre. A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital after he was found suffering from multiple stab wounds on ...
  
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• Video emerges of shocking fight in South Norwood in which child...

  06-03-2017 12:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A video has emerged of a shocking fight in South Norwood in which a 16-year-old boy was stabbed multiple times. In the clip a youth appears to fall over in Albert Road before a hooded thug wielding a weapon either hits or stabs him three times before running off down Portland Road.In the footage, filmed by a witness in a passing car, the victim then stands up and then waves their own weapon around while staggering towards the pavement. Three others people then run in the direction the...
  
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• Teenager found stabbed in Croydon car park still in 'life-threate...

  06-03-2017 11:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A teenage boy remains in a life-threatening condition almost a week after being found stabbed in the stairwell of a car park in Croydon town centre.A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital after he was found suffering from multiple stab wounds on Tuesday night (February 28) in a stairwell at Wandle Road car park.Metropolitan Police have also confirmed the two teenage males, aged 17 and 18, who were those initially arrested last Thursday (March 2) in connection with the stabbing. The pair were...
  
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• Police release more details about young man who died after being...

  06-03-2017 10:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have released more details about the young man who died when he was hit by a train at South Croydon station last Friday afternoon.Emergency services were called shortly after 1.20pm following reports that a man had been struck by a Southern Rail train as it passed through the station.The train involved was the 12.48pm Tattenham Corner to London Bridge service which was due to stop at South Croydon.The station was closed while police, paramedics and Network Rail's engineers attended, with.
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Day 13 at the Old Bailey - recap

  06-03-2017 10:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The trial of four young men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi resumed for its 13th day at the Old Bailey this morning (Monday). So far, the jury has heard eye-witness accounts of the fatal stabbing of the 19-year-old on August 16 last year, evidence from the girlfriend of one of the accused and details of phone calls made in the moments before and after he was stabbed.Mr Aderemi's mum, Yemi Hughes, has also told the court about her final moments with her son before she...
  
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• Lineside fire at Oxted cancels trains between Uckfield and East ... - Surrey Mirror

  06-03-2017 09:58 via surreymirror.co.uk
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  A lineside fire at Oxted means that no trains are currently running between Uckfield and East Croydon. No trains are expected to run on the line until at least ...and more »
  
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• Lineside fire at Oxted cancels trains between Uckfield and East Croydon - Surrey Mirror

  06-03-2017 09:58 via surreymirror.co.uk
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  Lineside fire at Oxted cancels trains between Uckfield and East Croydon
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  A lineside fire at Oxted means that no trains are currently running between Uckfield and East Croydon. No trains are expected to run on the line until at least 11.30am and has meant a host of cancelled trains and long delays for commuters. National ...and more »
  
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• Delays and cancellations on commuter trains after fault at Epsom

  06-03-2017 09:49 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  There are cancellations and lengthy delays on commuter trains this morning as a London-bound service from Epsom has been stopped due to a fault.
  
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• All lines now running after fault at Epsom, but delays and cancellations on commuter trains still likely, according to Southern

  06-03-2017 09:49 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  There are cancellations and lengthy delays on commuter trains this morning as a London-bound service from Epsom has been stopped due to a fault.
  
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• Man charged with pitch invasion at Selhurst Park during Crystal...

  06-03-2017 09:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with running onto the pitch at Selhurst Park during the Crystal Place and Sunderland football match last month.Metropolitan Police have confirmed Jack Coles, 23, was charged on Sunday (March 5) with going onto the playing area at a designated football match on Saturday, February 4, contray to the Football Offences Act.Coles, of Southfield Road, Worthing,was also charged with a public order offence of using threatening behaviour. READ MORE: This man is living proof that...
  
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• 'Paranoid schizophrenic' sex offender on the loose in Southwark

  06-03-2017 09:32 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A registered sex offender who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and has breached his sexual offences prevention order is on the loose in Southwark.
  
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• Croydon 'cultural quarter' plans move forward - Building Design

  06-03-2017 09:29 via bdonline.co.uk
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  Croydon 'cultural quarter' plans move forward
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  Members of Croydon council's planning committee have approved a package of upgrade work for the borough's main arts complex and a tranche of new town-centre homes. They gave the green light to Rick Mather Architects' proposals for Fairfield Halls, ...
  
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• Man, 23, charged with running onto pitch during Crystal Palace match

  06-03-2017 09:10 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A man has been charged with running onto the pitch at the Crystal Palace versus Sunderland football match on February 4.
  
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• Queues and long delays on M25 after slip road crash

  06-03-2017 08:48 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Rush hour commuters are being hit with queuing and long delays on the M25 after a crash in a slip road at Wisley.
  
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