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• The clocks are changing tonight - does it mean we gain or lose an...

  25-03-2017 21:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The clocks are going forward tonight (Saturday, March 25) and the question everyone wants answering is whether we gain or lose an hour sleep tomorrow morning.The winter solstice has been and gone which means after a cold and dark winter the days are getting longer and the nights are getting shorter.And tonight the clocks will go forward to mark the start of British Summer Time (BST).When the clocks went back in October we gained an extra hour of sleep – unfortunately, this means that when.
  
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• New cocktail bar opening in Croydon where you will also be able to ... - Croydon Advertiser

  25-03-2017 19:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  New cocktail bar opening in Croydon where you will also be able to ...
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  A cocktail bar where drinks will be prepared with dry ice and fire is opening in Croydon town centre and the venue will open from early morning as well serving ...and more »
  
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• New cocktail bar opening in Croydon where you will also be able to get cereal at breakfast - Croydon Advertiser

  25-03-2017 18:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  New cocktail bar opening in Croydon where you will also be able to get cereal at breakfast
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  A cocktail bar where drinks will be prepared with dry ice and fire is opening in Croydon town centre and the venue will open from early morning as well serving breakfast and traditional English dishes. Memory Box is opening in the former home of Caffé ...and more »
  
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• New cocktail bar opening in Croydon where you will also be able...

  25-03-2017 18:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A cocktail bar where drinks will be prepared with dry ice and fire is opening in Croydon town centre and the venue will open from early morning as well serving breakfast and traditional English dishes.Memory Box is opening in the former home of Caffédel Ponte on the High Street, next to Club 88 Degrees.The new bar is being designed to have a retro theme with images of Snow White and Jessica Rabbit hand drawn on the walls and is launching on Friday, April 7, at 6pm with a team of...
  
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• This is the reason why Aldi's cashiers are so fast at scanning

  25-03-2017 17:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The super speedy Aldi cashiers have taken the internet by storm as people struggle to bag their items as quickly as the supermarket checkout staff scan the,Social media is full with posts from shoppers sharing their stories of the stress of trying to bag up their items as quickly as they are being scanned - but it appears no one can keep up.These Ferraris of the checkout cashier world are even rumoured to be able to go from 0 to 60 (items scanned, that is) in a matter of seconds, or so...
  
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• Teenager jailed for stabbing 17-year-old boy with 'shocking'...

  25-03-2017 15:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A teenager has been jailed for stabbing a 17-year-old boy with a "shocking" 13-inch knife in an unprovoked Halloween attack which has left the victim with life-changing injuries.Jordan Johnson-Ogunkoya, 19, was jailed for eight years at the Old Bailey on Friday 24 March having previously pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm with intent.Judge Bate described the 13in knife that was used as "a shocking weapon" and stated that Johnson-Ogunkoya, from Turnham Road in Brockley, ...
  
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• Man, 28, in hospital with serious injuries after being shot in...

  25-03-2017 15:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Specialist detectives are investigating a shooting in Mitcham which has left a man in hospital with serious injuries.Metropolitan Police officers were called to reports of a man having been shot in the suburb within Merton just before 8.50pm on Thursday, March 23.Officers, including armed police, attended Phipps Bridge Road and found a 28-year-old man with a gunshot wound.READ MORE: Kingston police officer who downloaded 65,000 child sex images avoids jailThe victim remains in hospital. His...
  
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• Why is the London Underground called the Tube?

  25-03-2017 14:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Trains have travelled beneath the streets of London for more than a century, becoming a vital part of life in the busy capital.The London Underground system, which first began 154 years ago, has for most of its continually evolving history been known simply as "the Tube".But the affectionate term was not applied immediately to the ever-growing network, but came almost 30 years after the first tracks were laid and tunnels dug.It came about because of combination of tunnels, and...
  
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• Tributes to 'well-loved' Wallington gym instructor who has died...

  25-03-2017 13:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  More than 100 people have paid tribute on social media to a "well-loved" young gym instructor who died after suffering a sudden heart attack earlier this week.John Hammar, 29, worked at the Fit4Less gym and was at the gym when he went into cardiac arrest on Thursday (March 23) with both staff and paramedics doing all they could to try and resuscitate him.Mala Edwards, manager of the gym based on on Stanley Park Road, has posted a statement from the company on Facebook and also paid...
  
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• Don't forget to change your clocks this weekend

  25-03-2017 13:06 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Winter is finally behind us as the clocks change this weekend. 
  
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• Fines for speeding drivers are increasing - this is all you need...

  25-03-2017 12:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Drivers need to watch out because the rules on speeding fines are changing from next month, meaning it will become even more expensive for anyone caught straying over the speed limit.From April, speeding motorists could face penalties of one and a half times their weekly wage following changes to the law which will introduce much harsher penalties for the most serious speeding offences.Court in England and Wales will have the power to dish out longer sentences or stiffer fines thanks to strict..
  
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• ​Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium to close tonight | Croydon Advertiser - Croydon Advertiser

  25-03-2017 12:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is holding its final ever race night at the dogs track as the site is going to be demolished to make way for a new football ground.and more »
  
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• ​Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium to close tonight

  25-03-2017 11:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is holding its final ever race night at the dogs track as the site is going to be demolished to make way for a new football ground.After 89 years the famous dogs track will see its last night of racing tonight (Saturday, March 25) ahead of AFCWimbledon building a new 20,000 football stadium on the site as well as 602 new homes and a leisure centre.Tickets for the final race meeting will cost £7, with a souvenir programme, An estimated 2,000 will be in...
  
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• Meet the South Norwood woman with a pimped up pink mobility...

  25-03-2017 11:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The owner of an extraordinary "pimped up" pink mobility scooter which is a common sight on the streets of South Norwood says she has gone to the effort of making it such a head turner so she can make others smile.Sarah Chelsom, who has lived in South Norwood for many years, admits that she and her scooter are fairly famous in the area because of its unusual appearance.She got in touch after the Advertiser wrote about another pink, sparkly mobility scooter in South Norwood, to say that...
  
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• Kingston police officer who downloaded 65,000 child sex images...

  25-03-2017 10:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A former police officer who admitted downloading more than 65,000 child sex images and hundreds of indecent movie clips of underage children has been spared an immediate jail term.Peter Ba Han, 55, who worked as a PC in Kingston was sentenced to 20 months in prison, suspended for two years at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, March 23.READ MORE: No arrests made after teenage girl 'slashed' during Gravel Hill fightBa Han pleaded guilty to one count of making an indecent image of a child - in...
  
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