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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: 'It is absurd to think I would want...

  04-04-2017 22:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Thornton Heath teenager accused of murdering Andre Aderemi has told a jury it is "absurd" to think he would want to kill someone in broad daylight.Jamell Lonergan took to the witness stand at the Old Bailey this morning (Tuesday) as the final defendant of four young men accused of killing Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi, who died from stab wounds on August 16 last year, to give evidence. Lonergan denied that Mr Aderemi was "set up" because he was "an outsider"...
  
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• Barmaid at The Goat among those charged over attack on asylum...

  04-04-2017 20:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 19-year-old barmaid from The Goat pub was "in the middle of the group running after" an asylum seeker who was attacked on the Shrublands estate last week, a court has heard today. Ellie Leite was one of eight people, including a 17-year-old Croydon boy described as "the ringleader", who appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court this afternoon charged in connection with the attack which left Reker Ahmed with a fractured eye socket, fractured spine and blood clot to the brain....
  
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• Cruel online commenters accusing the media of double standards...

  04-04-2017 20:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  When commenting on last week's attack on an asylum seeker in Croydon, some social media users have complained that the national media would never make such a fuss if the victim was British but, in reporter Craig Simpson's opinion, those who make such protests would never make such a statement if the victim wasn't foreign.Complaints of media double standards in the wake of an appalling act of violence say more about those complaining than the news outlets they attack.A teenager lies in hospital..
  
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• Croydon's new trampoline park is opening this Saturday - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2017 18:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon's new trampoline park is opening this Saturday
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  Croydon's first trampoline park will be opening to the public on Saturday (April 8) - two days earlier than planned. Oxygen Freejumping is offering 10 per cent off its normal prices throughout this first weekend if you mention the code BUZZING on arrival.
  
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• Attacked asylum seeker Reker Ahmed didn't recognise his brother...

  04-04-2017 18:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The victim of the alleged hate crime in Croydon which has shocked the country could not remember his brother's face when he visited him in hospital today.Hadi Ahmed, 23, went with Abdulla Abdulla, chairman of the Kurdish Cultural Centre in Croydon, to visit 17-year-old Reker Ahmed at King's College Hospital this afternoon. Mr Abdulla told the Advertiser about the heartbreaking moment Reker could not recognise his own brother.While travelling back from hospital with Hadi, he said: "He...
  
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• Grime artist Stormzy and Reading FC player Callum Harriott pay tribute to childhood friend who died after stabbing

  04-04-2017 16:29 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Award winning grime-artist Stormzy, has paid tribute to a friend who was stabbed to death.
  
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• Strangers send cards and presents to Croydon asylum seeker's...

  04-04-2017 15:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Kind strangers are sending cards, presents and messages of support to the teenage asylum seeker who was the victim of a "brutal" attack which left him critically injured. Reker Ahmed, a Kurdish Iranian, was set upon by a large group last Friday evening while waiting for a bus in Shirley. Police have since called the attack a hate crime, and say up to 30 people were involved. READ MORE: Police name another four people charged in connection with attack on teenage asylum seekerThe young...
  
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• Trust in local news media - and avoid advertising next to extremist content and fake news

  04-04-2017 15:43 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Leading publishers, including Newsquest, owner of this newspaper, are calling on ad agencies and national brands to trust in local news media.
  
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• Shocked Croydon Kurdish community speaks out after brutal attack on young asylum seeker

  04-04-2017 15:41 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon’s tight-knit Kurdish community has spoken of its fear that the brutal gang attack on a Iranian-Kurdish teenager may not be the last.
  
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• Update: Man arrested after scammer cons elderly woman out of thousands of pounds in 'courier fraud'

  04-04-2017 14:30 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A scammer conned an elderly woman out of nearly £5,000 in a ‘courier fraud’.
  
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• Dentist's dream comes true a year after his death - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2017 14:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Dentist's dream comes true a year after his death
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  Croydon has a brand new dental centre after vital changes were made to a department in desperate need of an upgrade, fulfilling the dream of a dentist who has not lived to see it realised. It is hoped the new dental centre will provide state-of-the-art ...
  
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• Dentist's dream comes true a year after his death

  04-04-2017 13:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon has a brand new dental centre after vital changes were made to a department in desperate need of an upgrade, fulfilling the dream of a dentist who has not lived to see it realised.It is hoped the new dental centre will provide state-of-the-art treatment to borough residents.The NHS dental department at Croydon University Hospital had not received any upgrade for 25 years.READ MORE: The shocking number of obese people being admitted to hospital in CroydonGraham Gilmour fought for years to
  
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• Asylum seeker attacked in Croydon felt so lucky to be living in...

  04-04-2017 13:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The asylum seeker left critically injured after being "brutally" attacked by up to 30 people in Croydon had told a friend just half an hour earlier how lucky he felt to be living in Britain. Dilshad Mohammed, one of the two friends who were with 17-year-old Reker Ahmed, on Shirley's Shrublands estate last Friday night, when he was set upon by a group who, according to police, kicked, punched and stamped on him, leaving him with a fractured spine, a fractured eye socket and a bleed to...
  
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• Croydon attack: Further six charged with attacking teenage asylum seeker

  04-04-2017 13:11 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A further six people have been charged in connection with the brutal gang attack that left a teenage asylum seeker with a fractured spine and a bleed on the brain.
  
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• Police name another four people charged in connection with attack...

  04-04-2017 12:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have named four more people charged in connection with the attack on a teenage asylum seeker in Shirley.Reker Ahmed, 17, was left with a fractured skull and a blood clot on the brain after he was punched and kicked by a large group, some of whom "stamped on his head". Police have said that he and two friends were approached at a bus stop on the Shrublands estate, with Reker then being chased and "brutally" beaten up, after he was asked where he was from. Officers are...
  
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• Christian woman 'punched in the face' on a tram in Croydon after being told 'There is no God' - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2017 12:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Christian woman 'punched in the face' on a tram in Croydon after being told 'There is no God'
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  A passenger who was listening to Gospel music says she was punched in the face by another woman after getting into an argument with the woman's friend over whether God exists. Susan Arscott was travelling towards East Croydon last Wednesday evening ...and more »
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder trial: Final defendant Jamell Lonergan gives...

  04-04-2017 11:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The fourth and final defendant in the Andre Aderemi murder trial is giving evidence at the Old Bailey today (Tuesday, April 4). Jamell Lonergan, 19, of Woodcroft Road in Thornton Heath, is one of the four young men accused of murdering Mr Aderemi on the Monks Hill estate on August 16 last year. Femi Cela, 19, of Fryston Avenue in Addiscombe, was the first accused to give his evidence and said he only intended to "scare him [Mr Aderemi] off the Monks Hill estate". On March 22 the...
  
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• Thirteen people charged over attack on asylum seeker in Croydon - Evening Standard

  04-04-2017 11:54 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Thirteen people charged over attack on asylum seeker in Croydon
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  A total of 13 people have been charged in connection with the alleged hate crime attack on a Kurdish Iranian asylum seeker in south London, police said today. Student Reker Ahmed, 17, suffered a fractured spine and a brain haemorrhage, when he was set ...
  Croydon is a welcoming community – we will not stand idly by while hateful thugs sully our homeTelegraph.co.uk
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• Christian woman 'punched in the face' on a tram in Croydon after...

  04-04-2017 11:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A passenger who was listening to Gospel music says she was punched in the face by another woman after getting into an argument with the woman's friend over whether God exists. Susan Arscott was travelling towards East Croydon last Wednesday evening at about 10.40pm (March 29) when she says the vicious attack happened. The 42-year-old, who was listening to a religious R&B and gospel song called Freedom, wants to see guards on trams to make them safer. READ MORE: Investigation launched after..
  
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• 'He saw everyone as family' - friend pays glowing tribute to Croydon murder victim - Croydon Advertiser

  04-04-2017 11:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  'He saw everyone as family' - friend pays glowing tribute to Croydon murder victim
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  A close friend of a young man who died after being stabbed in Croydon last Wednesday has paid a glowing tribute - describing him as someone "who saw everyone as family". Bjorn Brown has been named as the 23-year-old man who was found on Bensham ...and more »
  
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• Tackling terror: Taking steps to root out and eradicate radicalisation

  04-04-2017 11:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  In the wake of last month’s Westminster attack Anders Anglesey examines what drives those who practice or convert to Islam towards the most extreme reading of the faith and in turn commit acts of terror.
  
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• Stormzy pays tribute to 'childhood friend' Bjorn Brown after his...

  04-04-2017 10:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Stormzy has paid an emotional tribute to his "childhood friend" Bjorn Brown who died from injuries sustained in a stabbing last Wednesday (March 29). Mr Brown spent five days in hospital after he was found bleeding heavily on Bensham Lane, in Broad Green, at about 8.30pm. The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that a murder investigation has been launched into the 23-year-old's death, and officers believe he was stabbed at the entrance to Kelling Gardens.
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• Products recalled urgently from Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury's...

  04-04-2017 10:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Shoppers are being urged to be aware of product recalls issued by high street shops over goods which may pose a health or safety risk.Recall notices issued this week affect products sold at Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer and Thorntons.Some personalised Easter eggs made by Thorntons are being recalled because they may pose a health risk to allergy sufferers, with hidden milk content in one of the chocolate Eater egg varieties.READ MORE: Aldi in Croydon is selling really cheap hot tubsThe company.
  
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• Mum charged thousands in fees by a school her daughter never...

  04-04-2017 10:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon mum is being charged thousands of pounds in fees by a private school her young daughter never even attended.Old Palace School sent a letter to the mum-of-one demanding £4,800 within 14 days for a school place which was not taken.Sophia Graham, 34, was shocked to receive the "cruel" demand for fees despite her 12-year-old daughter attending a completely different secondary school. READ MORE: Coulsdon schoolboy comes to the rescue of an elderly man who was unconscious...
  
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• Change Croydon's nightlife with your ideas

  04-04-2017 10:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
   
  
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• 'He saw everyone as family' - friend pays glowing tribute to...

  04-04-2017 10:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A close friend of a young man who died after being stabbed in Croydon last Wednesday has paid a glowing tribute - describing him as someone "who saw everyone as family".Bjorn Brown has been named as the 23-year-old man who was found on Bensham Lane, in Broad Green, last Wednesday evening suffering from stab wounds.Mr Brown was initially taken to Croydon University Hospital for treatment, and then transferred to St George's Hospital, in Tooting, where he died on Monday morning (April...
  
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• Police launch appeal after motorcyclist injured in crash near Crystal Palace stadium

  04-04-2017 08:58 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A 50-year-old motorcyclist is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after a crash with a car near Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park stadium.
  
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• Murder investigation launched after stabbing victim dies in hospital

  04-04-2017 08:28 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A murder investigation has been launched after a man who was stabbed in Thornton Heath last week died in hospital.
  
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• Croydon is not a racist area, insist locals - The Times (subscription)

  04-04-2017 01:01 via thetimes.co.uk
  
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  Croydon is not a racist area, insist locals
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  After the Second World War, New Addington, on the periphery of Croydon, was one of the “garden city” developments to which scores of families were moved from inner London. More recently the area has become one of the country's immigration focal points.and more »
  
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