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• The beautiful tribute which saw Batman and Robin leading a...

  07-03-2017 21:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A funeral like no other was held today in which mourners dressed up as superheroes to pay their respects to a much-loved Croydon schoolboy who died suddenly at the start of this year.On the evening of January 5, Neal Dhilan Singh - known to friends as "Dhilan" or "Cool Dhilan" - passed away unexpectedly. He had been having a bath when he was found passed out by his mum moments after they had been talking and singing in the bathroom together.Despite the best efforts of...
  
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• ​Here's what police are doing to crack down in Croydon on knife ... - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 20:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A shocking 23 people have been stabbed in Croydon already this year, with police now planning to step up the number of stop and searches being carried out.
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• ​Here's what police are doing to crack down in Croydon on knife crime after four stabbings in a week - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 20:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ​Here's what police are doing to crack down in Croydon on knife crime after four stabbings in a week
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  A shocking 23 people have been stabbed in Croydon already this year, with police now planning to step up the number of stop and searches being carried out. Of these victims, 16 were under the age of 25 - and statistics show that the number of knife ...
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• ​Knives used for crime are 'stashed' in locations around Croydon

  07-03-2017 20:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Knives used for crime are "stashed" in locations around Croydon – and police are looking into training street sweepers to find them.Borough commander Jeff Boothe says that youths won't take the weapons home with them but instead will store hide on the streets.Speaking to the Advertiser about the borough's approach to tackling knife crime, after four stabbings in six days, he said: "We are looking at enhanced training to members of local authority staff, so street sweepers,...
  
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• 'Flooding' town centre with police will not stop stabbings says...

  07-03-2017 19:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's police chief has said that "flooding" the town centre with police is not the answer to tackling youth violence after school.Issues within the town centre have been brought into the spotlight in recent weeks after a near-fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy in Poplar Walk in February. Immediately after the stabbing, which is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police's Trident and Area Crime Command that deals with gang-related crimes, police visibility was stepped up around...
  
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• Croydon police hunting wanted teenager in relation to a series of burglaries - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 19:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon police hunting wanted teenager in relation to a series of burglaries
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  Police in Croydon are hunting for a wanted teenager who is known to have links to the borough and is wanted in connection to a series of a series of burglaries in the area. Metropolitan Police officers are searching for Patrick Ward who failed to ...and more »
  
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• ​Here's what police are doing to crack down in Croydon on knife...

  07-03-2017 18:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A shocking 23 people have been stabbed in Croydon already this year, with police now planning to step up the number of stop and searches being carried out. Of these victims, 16 were under the age of 25 - and statistics show that the number of knife crimes reported in the borough is well up on last year. Borough commander Jeff Boothe spoke to the Advertiser this morning after four stabbings last week in which four teenagers, three aged just 16, were attacked on the town's streets – with one
  
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• 'I wanted to die there and then': Mum-of-two left paralysed after hit-and-run

  07-03-2017 18:30 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A mother-of-two left paralysed from the waist down after a hit-and-run said she would have “given up” on life because of the pain if it wasn’t for her children.
  
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• Two men stabbed outside Victoria station causing commuter chaos

  07-03-2017 18:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two men have been stabbed outside Victoria station, disrupting train services from the major London transport hub during the commute home.Emergency services were called to reports of a stabbing in Wilton Road, outside Victoria station, at 4.20pm this afternoon (Tuesday, March 7). On arrival Metropolitan Police officers found two men suffering with knife wounds.READ MORE: London Bridge evacuated - suspicious vehicle declared safe by policeA Met spokesman said: "We were called to reports of a...
  
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• 'We need help': Croydon police on knife-crime scourge after four teenagers stabbed in one week

  07-03-2017 18:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The knife crime scourge plaguing so many of the borough’s teenagers has left Croydon police saying it cannot tackle the problem on its own.
  
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• Police appeal for man wanted for burglaries across south London and Surrey

  07-03-2017 18:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for help to find a man wanted for offences across south London.
  
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• Boys in blue (and we're not talking policemen) are most likely to get south London ladies swiping right on Tinder

  07-03-2017 18:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  South London men who wear blue clothes in their online dating profile pictures reckon they are much more likely to get picked for a date than ‘losers’ who wear yellow.
  
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• Croydon police hunting wanted teenager in relation to a series of...

  07-03-2017 18:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police in Croydon are hunting for a wanted teenager who is known to have links to the borough and is wanted in connection to a series of a series of burglaries in the area.Metropolitan Police officers are searching for Patrick Ward who failed to appear at court to answer four charges of burglary, one count of aggravated vehicle taking and other driving offences.The 18-year-old did not attend Medway Magistrates' Court on January 31 and officers have not been able to trace him since.READ MORE:...
  
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• The innovators: Safe in Sound and Raising Great Aspirations - The Croydon Citizen

  07-03-2017 18:00 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  The innovators: Safe in Sound and Raising Great Aspirations
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  Croydon has 10,000 businesses, a tech community that's internationally recognised as a model for building a local tech ecosystem, and more offices and workspaces opening every week it seems. It's easy to see how it's become such an effective engine ...
  
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• Pro-EU campaigners have put up these anti-Brexit billboards in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 17:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Pro-EU campaigners have put up these anti-Brexit billboards in Croydon
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  Anti-Brexit billboards have been put up in Croydon by a group demanding that the Government listens to a wider range of views on leaving the European Union. Two large "Stop The Silence" billboards have been put up, one in Northcote Road, Selhurst and ...and more »
  
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• Pro-EU campaigners have put up these anti-Brexit billboards in...

  07-03-2017 16:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Anti-Brexit billboards have been put up in Croydon by a group demanding that the Government listens to a wider range of views on leaving the European Union.Two large "Stop The Silence" billboards have been put up, one in Northcote Road, Selhurst and the other in Stafford Road, Waddon, protesting against the Government's plan to push ahead with a "hard Brexit".The Stop The Silence campaign, which paid for the billboards, has set up about 100 such billboards nationwide after a...
  
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• London Bridge evacuated - suspicious vehicle declared safe by...

  07-03-2017 16:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The vehicle which triggered the lockdown of London Bridge and evacuation of the busy station has been declared "not suspicious" by police.Passengers were evacuated from the major transport hub after Metropolitan Police officers were called to the station at around 1.40pm today, following reports of a suspicious vehicle.There was a huge police presence as the area near the station was cleared and roads closed. Bomb disposal teams were seen approaching the scene of the...
  
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• UPDATE: Another teenager arrested after boy repeatedly stabbed in face and back

  07-03-2017 16:23 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A teenager has been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was repeatedly stabbed during a street fight in South Norwood.
  
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• London Bridge evacuated: station on lockdown - live updates - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 15:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  London Bridge evacuated: station on lockdown - live updates
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  London Bridge has been evacuated following reports of a suspicious vehicle outside the busy station, which has now been closed while police investigate. The vehicle was discovered at around 1.40pm today in an area close to the transport hub, and Met ...and more »
  
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• Blunder leaves Croydon road with 'two speed limits' - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 15:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Blunder leaves Croydon road with 'two speed limits'
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  A blunder has left residents on a Croydon street in a state of confusion after newly unveiled speed limit signs gave mixed messages. As part of the roll-out of the new 20mph zones across the borough, Verdayne Avenue had new signs fitted at the entrance ...
  
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• 8-year-old girl pays the most beautiful tribute after her best...

  07-03-2017 14:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A schoolgirl has paid a touching tribute to her best friend, after he died suddenly aged just eight. A superhero themed funeral was held for Dhilan Singh this morning (Tuesday) after his unexpected death last month. To remember the bubbly youngster, friends and family of the Oasis Academy Shirley Park schoolboy dressed up as the likes of Superman, Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk for the funeral. A special Iron Man coffin was built for the funeral and funeral director Alan Lindsay dressed as..
  
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• London Bridge evacuated: station on lockdown - live updates

  07-03-2017 14:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  London Bridge has been evacuated following a suspicious vehicle being reported outside the busy station, which has now been closed while police investigate. The vehicle was discovered at around 1.40pm today in an area close to the transport hub, and the Met Police have now closed down the roads leading to the station. A large area has been cordoned off by officers.READ MORE: Video emerges of shocking fight in which child was stabbedBusinesses on the streets near the major station have also...
  
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• Blunder leaves Croydon road with 'two speed limits'

  07-03-2017 13:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A blunder has left residents on a Croydon street in a state of confusion after newly unveiled speed limit signs gave mixed messages.As part of the roll-out of the new 20mph zones across the borough, Verdayne Avenue had new signs fitted at the entrance to the residential road.But when the covers came off the Shirley road was revealed to have two conflicting speed limits, with one sign showing a 20mph limit and another suggesting the limit was actually 30mph.READ MORE: Council brings forward...
  
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• Crystal Palace ace hails 'perfect away day performance' at West Brom - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 13:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace ace hails 'perfect away day performance' at West Brom
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  Andros Townsend believes Crystal Palace are moving in the right direction after claiming back-to-back wins with victory at West Brom on Saturday. The former Tottenham and Newcastle United winger played a huge part in the 2-0 win at The Hawthorns on ...and more »
  
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• Superhero funeral held for Croydon schoolboy - latest updates ... - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 12:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  A superhero-themed funeral is being held for a young Croydon schoolboy this morning (Tuesday, March 7). Neal Dhilan Singh, known to his friends as "Dhilan" ...and more »
  
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• Croydon residents can now get alcohol instantly delivered to their front door - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 11:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Croydon residents can now get alcohol instantly delivered to their front door
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  A Warlingham restaurant owner has created an app which will allow people in Croydon to have alcohol delivered to their front door. The brain behind the idea, 35-year-old Asad Khan, is a former Wallington County Grammar School pupil who has owned India ...
  
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• Police find missing distressed woman seen getting into car

  07-03-2017 11:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have found a distressed woman who was last seen getting into a car in Croydon after they appealed to find the driver.An appeal was launched earlier on Tuesday (March 7) after the Met said the woman was with her husband on Monday at about 5.30pm in St James's Road when she became extremely agitated.The force said passers-by may have believed her distress to be the result of a serious altercation, but she has reportedly been suffering extreme anxiety in recent months.READ NEXT: Mum's...
  
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• UPDATE: 'Distressed' woman who disapeared after being helped by driver in Croydon found - This is Local London

  07-03-2017 11:45 via thisislocallondon.co.uk
  
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  UPDATE: 'Distressed' woman who disapeared after being helped by driver in Croydon found
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  A young woman who went missing after a driver helped her when she was seen to be distressed has now been found. The woman, who is in her 20s, was walking with her husband when she became extremely agitated in St James's Road, Croydon at around ...and more »
  
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• VIDEO: Police relaunch £10,000 appeal for information about pool party murder victim

  07-03-2017 11:40 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Previously unseen footage purportedly showing murder victim Ricardo Hunter showing up at the pool party at which he was shot dead has been released by police following an appeal on BBC’s Crimewatch.
  
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• Superhero funeral held for Croydon schoolboy - latest updates

  07-03-2017 11:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A superhero-themed funeral is being held for a young Croydon schoolboy this morning (Tuesday, March 7).Neal Dhilan Singh, known to his friends as "Dhilan" or "Cool Dhilan", passed away unexpectedly on the evening of January 5 at the family home in Beckenham.Having had a fever for two days the eight-year-old went for a bath but was found passed out by his mum.Despite the best efforts of paramedics the eight-year-old, who is a pupil at Oasis Academy Shirley Park,...
  
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• UPDATE: 16-year-old boy repeatedly stabbed in face and back arrested

  07-03-2017 11:34 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy who was repeatedly stabbed in South Norwood was arrested for carrying a weapon upon his release from hospital.
  
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• Crimewatch shows footage of Coulsdon man gunned down at pool...

  07-03-2017 11:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  New CCTV footage has been released of a Coulsdon man gunned down at a pool party as police attempt to find fresh leads.Ricardo "Forty" Hunter was found dead in a garden on Church Lane in Headley on July 25 last year, where hundreds of guests had gathered. A post-mortem concluded that the 34-year-old was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest.Surrey Police immediately launched a murder investigation which has continued ever since.The force has renewed its appeal for information,...
  
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• Croydon residents can now get alcohol instantly delivered to...

  07-03-2017 11:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Warlingham restaurant owner has created an app which will allow people in Croydon to have alcohol delivered to their front door.The brain behind the idea, 35-year-old Asad Khan, is a former Wallington County Grammar School pupil who has owned India Dining, on The Green, in Warlingham, since 2003.He saw a gap in the market when people began asking him if his restaurant could deliver alcohol.Mr Khan explained: "Over the years, the business has delivered a lot of takeaways and often when we...
  
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• WATCH: Driver caught losing control of car perilously close to cyclists

  07-03-2017 11:19 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A driver has been caught on camera losing control of his car perilously close to a group of cyclists in New Addington.
  
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• Budget supermarket Budgens to close 34 of its stores but Coulsdon...

  07-03-2017 11:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Budget supermarket Budgens, which has a store in Coulsdon, has announced it is closing 34 of its shops nationwide – leaving more than 800 people out of a job. The owner of the stores affected, Food Retailer Operations Limited [FROL], appointed PwC as an administrator on February 10 but announced this morning [Tuesday, March 7] that the "regrettable" decision had been taken to close the shops because it was not "commercially viable" to continue trading. A total of 815...
  
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• 16-year-old boy who was stabbed in South Norwood is arrested

  07-03-2017 10:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after a stabbing in South Norwood on Saturday.The boy, who was the victim of the stabbing, remained in custody at a south London police station on Monday.Another teenager, an 18-year-old male was arrested in the early hours of this morning (March 7) in Hampshire on suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent. He remains in custody.Police were called to Albert Road at the junction with Portland Road on Saturday..
  
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• Mum's heartbreaking tribute after Croydon schoolboy dies suddenly aged just 8 - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 09:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The heartbroken mum of a young Croydon schoolboy who died suddenly has paid a glowing tribute to her "loving, caring and cheeky" son ahead of his superhero-themed funeral this morning. Neal Dhilan Singh, known to his friends as "Dhilan" or "Cool ...
  
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• GRAPHIC CONTENT: Asda fined £300,000 after dead mice, flies and rotting food found in depot that delivers across London

  07-03-2017 09:32 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Supermarket chain Asda has been fined £300,000 after dead mice, flies and rotting food were discovered at a home delivery depot in London.
  
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• Watch as driver in New Addington caught on camera pulling stunt...

  07-03-2017 09:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A driver has been caught on camera in New Addington pulling a Fast & Furious-style skid stunt inches away from a group of cyclists.A video posted on YouTube on Sunday showed the Mercedes pull into Layham's Road from Sheepbarn Lane, at the junctions with Skid Hill Lane and King Henry's Drive.But as the car turns, the video - which has been viewed nearly 2,000 times - shows the vehicle performing a drift-style skid, like something from the Fast and Furious film series.READ NEXT: There is a...
  
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• UPDATE: 'Distressed' woman who disapeared after being helped by driver in Croydon found - Croydon Guardian

  07-03-2017 09:00 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  UPDATE: 'Distressed' woman who disapeared after being helped by driver in Croydon found
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  A young woman who went missing after a driver helped her when she was seen to be distressed has now been found. The woman, who is in her 20s, was walking with her husband when she became extremely agitated in St James's Road, Croydon at around ...and more »
  
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• UPDATE: 'Distressed' woman who disapeared after being helped by driver found

  07-03-2017 08:38 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The driver of a car who helped a distressed young woman who has now gone missing is being sought by police. 
  
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• Police appeal as 'distressed' woman goes missing after being helped by driver

  07-03-2017 08:38 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The driver of a car who helped a distressed young woman who has now gone missing is being sought by police. 
  
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• Police desperate to find distressed woman not seen since getting...

  07-03-2017 08:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A desperate appeal has been launched to find a distressed woman who was last seen getting into a car in Croydon.The woman, aged in her 20s, was with her husband on Monday (March 6) at about 5.30pm in St James's Road, when she became "extremely agitated", according to the Met.The force said passers-by may have believed her distress to be the result of a serious altercation, but she has reportedly been suffering extreme anxiety in recent months.READ NEXT: Video emerges of shocking fight...
  
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• Mum's heartbreaking tribute after Croydon schoolboy dies suddenly...

  07-03-2017 08:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The heartbroken mum of a young Croydon schoolboy who died suddenly has paid a glowing tribute to her "loving, caring and cheeky" son ahead of his superhero-themed funeral this morning.Neal Dhilan Singh, known to his friends as "Dhilan" or "Cool Dhilan", passed away unexpectedly on the evening of January 5 at the family home in Beckenham. Having had a fever for two days he went for a bath but was found passed out by his mum. Despite the best efforts of paramedics...
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Suspect was arrested in bunk bed - Croydon Advertiser

  07-03-2017 00:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Andre Aderemi murder trial: Suspect was arrested in bunk bed
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  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 ...
  
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