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• Three men jailed for 28 years over sale of firearm - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 22:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Three men have been jailed for a total of 28 years at Croydon Crown Court this afternoon for firearms offences following an operation where a shortened rifle was recovered from a car. Jake Hill, Jordan Miranda and Marcus Benjamin-Williamson all pleaded ...
  
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• Three men jailed for 28 years over sale of firearm

  09-03-2017 22:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Three men have been jailed for a total of 28 years at Croydon Crown Court this afternoon for firearms offences following an operation where a shortened rifle was recovered from a car.Jake Hill, Jordan Miranda and Marcus Benjamin-Williamson all pleaded guilty at a previous hearing in February to charges relating to the incident which happened in July last year.The court heard how Hill, of no fixed address, was subject to a proactive operation and was under observation at the time by detectives...
  
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• Purley Way crash: Injured motorcyclist rushed to hospital

  09-03-2017 20:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man has been taken to a south London hospital this evening following a crash on Purley Way. The motorcyclist was injured following a collision with a black hatchback just before 5.30pm.
  A major section of Purley Way (the A23) between Highfield Road and Pampisford Road was cordoned off by police in order to allow paramedics to attend the scene.
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• 'Motorcyclist injured' following crash on Purley Way - latest updates - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 20:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  'Motorcyclist injured' following crash on Purley Way - latest updates
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  Police have closed off a major road in Croydon after reports of a crash on Purley Way. It is reported that a motorcyclist has been injured following a collision with a black hatchback. The section of Purley Way (A23) between Highfield Road and ...and more »
  
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• McDonald's are going to launch a home delivery service in Croydon ... - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 20:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  McDonald's are going to launch a home delivery service in Croydon ...
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  Fast food giant McDonald's is offering a delivery service so that diners can order their meals straight from their phones. The idea has been the stuff of dreams for ...and more »
  
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• McDonald's are going to launch a home delivery service in Croydon

  09-03-2017 19:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Fast food giant McDonald's is offering a delivery service so that diners can order their meals straight from their phones.The idea has been the stuff of dreams for many people for a long time, but now that Big Mac, strawberry milkshake or even the morning McMuffin you crave could be delivered straight to your door and you wouldn't even have to get out of your pyjamas.The chain currently operates a delivery service in a number of countries including China, South Korea and Singapore and now they..
  
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• Crystal Palace star is one of European football's top scoring defenders - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 19:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Crystal Palace star is one of European football's top scoring defenders
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  Crystal Palace defender Scott Dann is among the top eight defenders in Europe for the number of goals he has scored in the last three seasons. The Palace club captain has netted ten times for the Eagles in his last 90 Premier League appearances, with ...and more »
  
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• Brother of missing Croydon man makes compassionate appeal to find him - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 18:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Brother of missing Croydon man makes compassionate appeal to find him
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  The brother of a Croydon man who has not been seen or heard from for three weeks has launched a compassionate appeal in a bid to find him. Jeremy Dodds, 54, was last heard from on February 19 before he disappeared from his home in Bensham Lane in ...
  
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• Fire rips through nine cars in early-morning blaze in Norbury

  09-03-2017 18:32 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A fire tore through nine vehicles in an early morning blaze at a Norbury garage.
  
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• Man found dead in street in Caterham still not identified after...

  09-03-2017 18:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man found dead in a street in Caterham has still not been identified two months after his body was discovered and police have released a 'digital portrait' of him in an appeal for the public's help.The digital image of the man has been created by a forensic artist to generate a visual representation of what he may have looked like.Officers were called to Croydon Road in Caterham Valley on Wednesday, January 11, where they found the body. Enquiries have established that he died in that location
  
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• Brother of missing Croydon man makes compassionate appeal to find...

  09-03-2017 17:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The brother of a Croydon man who has not been seen or heard from for three weeks has launched a compassionate appeal in a bid to find him.Jeremy Dodds, 54, was last heard from on February 19 before he disappeared from his home in Bensham Lane in Thornton Heath.His younger brother, Bernard, 50, described Jeremy, a musician, as a vulnerable adult and is becoming increasingly worried about his safety as he usually hears from him on a weekly basis.READ MORE: Mum has lost 'everything valuable' in...
  
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• Police hunt former Premier League footballer with links to Croydon over burglary - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 17:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Police are hunting for a former Charlton Athletic footballer - who has links to Croydon - after he failed to turn up to court to answer a burglary charge. Shaun Newton, 41, made 240 appearances for the Addicks in the 90s and early 00s, before moving to ...and more »
  
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• Croydon's repeat abortion and teenage STI rate 'much higher' than national average, report finds - Croydon Guardian

  09-03-2017 16:50 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Croydon's repeat abortion and teenage STI rate 'much higher' than national average, report finds
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  Croydon has some of the highest rates of repeat abortions, sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies in the country, a new report has found. Published by Healthwatch Croydon, the figures were gathered to expose what could be done to help ...
  
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• Croydon's repeat abortion and teenage STI rate 'much higher' than national average

  09-03-2017 16:38 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon has some of the highest rates of repeat abortions, sexually transmitted infections and teenage pregnancies in the country, a new report has found.
  
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• Crystal Palace star named in Serbia squad for World Cup qualifier - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 16:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace star named in Serbia squad for World Cup qualifier
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  It may still be more than two weeks away, but Crystal Palace star Luka Milivojevic has already been called up to the Serbia squad for their World Cup qualifier with Georgia later this month. The January signing from Greek side Olympiakos has become the ...
  
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• Police hunt former Premier League footballer with links to...

  09-03-2017 16:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are hunting for a former Charlton Athletic footballer - who has links to Croydon - after he failed to turn up to court to answer a burglary charge. Shaun Newton, 41, made 240 appearances for the Addicks in the 90s and early 00s, before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Ham, and then finishing his career with Leicester City ahead of retiring in 2008.READ NEXT: Andre Aderemi murder trial: Defendants start giving evidence at Old Bailey - live updatesHe was arrested in May last...
  
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• The extraordinary 1300-year-old skeleton found beneath a Croydon driveway - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 16:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The extraordinary 1300-year-old skeleton found beneath a Croydon driveway
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  The shocking discovery of an ancient Anglo-Saxon skeleton found underneath a Purley driveway has now gone on display for the public to see in Croydon. The Museum of Croydon exhibition, titled Bones of Croydon, opened to the public on Saturday, March ...and more »
  
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• The extraordinary 1,300-year-old skeleton found beneath a Croydon ... - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 16:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The shocking discovery of an ancient Anglo-Saxon skeleton found underneath a Purley driveway has now gone on display for the public to see in Croydon.and more »
  
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• Here is why we could be getting an extra bank holiday this year

  09-03-2017 15:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon residents could get an extra bank holiday this year to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Queen being on the throne - longer than any other monarch in British history.Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne following the death of her father, George VI, on February 6, 1952, and she made history this year by becoming the first British monarch to reach the Sapphire Jubilee. Conservative Andrew Rosindell said it would be a missed opportunity to not have an extra bank holiday because...
  
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• Former West Ham and Charlton Athletic football ace hunted by police

  09-03-2017 15:37 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A former professional footballer who began his career with Charlton Athletic is being hunted by police after failing to appear in court on burglary charges.
  
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• The extraordinary 1,300-year-old skeleton found beneath a Croydon...

  09-03-2017 15:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The shocking discovery of an ancient Anglo-Saxon skeleton found underneath a Purley driveway has now gone on display for the public to see in Croydon.The Museum of Croydon exhibition, titled Bones of Croydon, opened to the public on Saturday, March 4 in the Riesco gallery where it remains until January 2018.The almost-complete adult skeleton at the centre of the display was unearthed in Riddlesdown Road in 2014.Builder Terry Jobson found a skull and bones just half a metre below ground level...
  
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• New AJ competition: Your chance to transform Croydon's streetscape - Architects' Journal

  09-03-2017 15:08 via architectsjournal.co.uk
  
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  New AJ competition: Your chance to transform Croydon's streetscape
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  Open to everyone, the competition seeks innovative technology-led proposals to transform the public realm within the major south London town centre which is tipped for £5.25 billion-worth of regeneration funding. Proposals for the commission – which ...
  
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• Fly-tipping Shirley business owner hit with extra £1,500...

  09-03-2017 14:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A former Shirley business owner caught on camera dumping waste has been landed with an extra £1,500 bill for a failed bid to claim it wasn't him.Nuhur Mulindwa, of Shrublands Avenue, was twice caught dumping waste in Bramble Close in May and June 2015 after running a business charging people to dispose of rubbish.A resident managed to snap a picture of Mulindwa, 56, dumping the waste and he was eventually found guilty of two counts of illegal dumping household waste a hearing at Croydon...
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: RECAP: First defendant starts giving...

  09-03-2017 14:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The trial of four young men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has resumed for its 16th day at the Old Bailey. 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 dropped him off on...
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Defendants start giving evidence at...

  09-03-2017 14:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The trial of four young men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has resumed for its 16th day at the Old Bailey. 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 dropped him off on...
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Day 16 at the Old Bailey

  09-03-2017 14:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The trial of four young men accused of murdering Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi has resumed for its 16th day at the Old Bailey. 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 dropped him off on...
  
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• ​Teacher finds a huge knife outside her South Norwood home - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 14:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ​Teacher finds a huge knife outside her South Norwood home
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  Sarah Binns, 37, was heading to work at Oasis Academy Ryelands at about 7.45am today (Thursday, March 9) when she spotted the dangerous black weapon, which she thinks was about half a metre long, outside her home in Holmesdale Road. Miss Binns ...
  
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• Nine vehicles damaged in early morning fire in Norbury | Croydon ... - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 14:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A fire tore through nine vehicles in a early morning blaze at a garage in Norbury. Around 20 firefighters and officers were called to reports of a garage fire on ...and more »
  
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• ​Teacher finds a huge knife outside her South Norwood home

  09-03-2017 13:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A primary school teacher found a massive knife lying in the street while leaving her South Norwood home this morningSarah Binns, 37, was heading to work at Oasis Academy Ryelands at about 7.45am today (Thursday, March 9) when she spotted the dangerous black weapon, which she thinks was about half a metre long, outside her home in Holmesdale Road.Miss Binns, who has lived in the road since September, said: "At first I thought it was a kid's toy then I sort of nudged it with my foot then I...
  
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• Crystal Palace family kicked from allotments because their children were considered too disruptive

  09-03-2017 13:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A family have been kicked out of an allotments group because other residents complained about their children being too noisy.
  
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• Crystal Palace family kicked from allotments because of their 'disruptive' children

  09-03-2017 13:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A family have been kicked out of an allotments group because other residents complained about their children being too noisy.
  
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• UPDATE: Attempted abduction of baby at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London

  09-03-2017 13:23 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Two people have been arrested following an attempted abduction at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
  
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• Attempted abduction of baby at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London

  09-03-2017 13:23 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Two people have been arrested following an attempted abduction at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
  
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• Brother of man who mysteriously disappeared three weeks ago makes emotional appeal

  09-03-2017 13:19 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The brother of a missing Croydon musician who has been missing for almost three weeks has launched a heart-warming appeal to find him.
  
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• Brother of man who mysteriously disappeared three weeks ago launches heart-warming appeal

  09-03-2017 13:19 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The brother of a missing Croydon musician who has been missing for almost three weeks has launched a heart-warming appeal to find him.
  
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• Appeal to find missing 54-year-old Jeremy Dodds from Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 13:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  An appeal has been launched to find a 54-year-old who has been missing from Croydon for nearly three weeks. Jeremy Dodds was last seen on February 17. The Missing People charity is asking for him to reach out and let them know he is safe. Posting an ...and more »
  
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• Nine vehicles damaged in early morning fire in Norbury

  09-03-2017 13:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A fire tore through nine vehicles in a early morning blaze at a garage in Norbury.Around 20 firefighters and officers were called to reports of a garage fire on Acacia Road at 1.15am this morning. The four fire engines with crews from West Norwood and Norbury attended the scene and managed to control the blaze by 3am.A domestic garage was also damaged in the fire.The Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade are investigating the cause of the blaze.READ MORE: Photos show roaring car fire right
  
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• Appeal to find missing 54-year-old Jeremy Dodds from Croydon

  09-03-2017 12:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An appeal has been launched to find a 54-year-old who has been missing from Croydon for nearly three weeks.Jeremy Dodds was last seen on February 17.The Missing People charity is asking for him to reach out and let them know he is safe.Posting an appeal on its website, the charity said: "Jeremy we are here for you whenever you are ready; we can listen, talk you through what help you need, pass a message for you and help you to be safe."Call. Text. Anytime. Free. Confidential....
  
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• Premier League to crack down on illegal streaming of matches - Croydon Advertiser

  09-03-2017 12:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The Premier League has been granted a new court order to help with the crackdown on illegal streaming of top flight matches. The order allows the Premier League to stop matches being streamed for free on "Kodi" set-top boxes. It means Sky and other UK ...
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• Tesco, Poundworld and Pets At Home are urgently recalling a...

  09-03-2017 12:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Shoppers in Croydon are being warned to be aware of a number of product recalls from shops including Poundworld, Tesco and Pets At Home due to possible health risks and concerns.The products being called back include a crunchy biscuit spread, quorn mince, a ready meal and a toy.Below is a list of the products you should return to your nearest store for a full refund as soon as possible.TescoTesco is recalling one of its Italian ready meals because it may be an allergy risk to some customers.The.
  
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• Harlequins raise an amazing £5,000 for late Sebastian...

  09-03-2017 11:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The rugby club of a former Whitgift pupil and England Youth rugby player, who tragically died in a motorway car crash, have raised over £5,000 in his name.England under-20s and "extremely talented" Harlequins star, Sebastian Adeniran-Olule was killed in May last year, aged 20, when his car collided with a lorry on the M23 near Hooley, in Surrey.To commemorate his name, a premiership rugby match between Mr Adeniran-Olule's former team, The Harlequins, and Leicester Tigers was...
  
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• Victim of South Norwood stabbing pleads guilty to two offences

  09-03-2017 10:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A teenage boy who was the victim of a stabbing in South Norwood has pleaded guilty to two charges at a youth court in connection with the incident.On Saturday (March 4) police were called to Albert Road's junction with Portland Road at about 3.20pm to reports of a stabbing.No victim was found when when officers arrived.However, a 16-year-old boy later took himself to hospital with stab wounds to the face and back - with his injuries not deemed to be life-threatening.The teenager was subsequently
  
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• This video shows the shocking abuse and death threats ambulance...

  09-03-2017 09:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  London Ambulance Service has released a shocking recording of an abusive caller threatening to kill the call handler - who was simply trying to help send an ambulance for their friend.The man, calling about a friend, shouts down the phone and swears 30 times during the three minute call.Despite the abuse, Jon, the emergency medical dispatcher remains calm and professional, telling the caller: "All I'm worried about is the patient so you need to calm down."But the callers shockingly...
  
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• Man arrested for terrorism offences after police raid south London home

  09-03-2017 08:53 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Counter terrorison officers have arrested a man following the search of a home in south London.
  
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• VIDEO: Ambulance call handler sworn at a shocking 30 times in abusive 999 recording

  09-03-2017 08:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  London Ambulance Service (LAS) has revealed the shocking extent of abuse handed to staff answering life-saving 999 calls in a new recording.
  
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• Ambulance call handler sworn at a shocking 30 times in abusive recording

  09-03-2017 08:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  London Ambulance Service (LAS) has revealed the shocking extent of abuse handed to staff answering life-saving 999 calls in a new recording.
  
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