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• Thornton Heath primary appoints new executive head after being...

  06-04-2017 18:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The trust running a Thornton Heath school that has been told to raise its standards by Ofsted has appointed a new executive head teacher to help stop the school's downturn.Inspectors visited David Livingstone Academy for two days at the beginning of March in order to carry out their checks and found that the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in the school was "inconsistent". Inspectors say this is down to "significant staff and leadership" changes since its...
  
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• Ex Croydon head teacher's conviction for child sex offences overturned due to technicality - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2017 17:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Ex Croydon head teacher's conviction for child sex offences overturned due to technicality
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  The former head teacher of a Croydon school who was convicted of carrying out sex acts with and underage boy in his home has had the verdicts overturned by a senior judge. John Coatman, 76, was found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey of two counts of ...
  
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• Police appeal for information after thieves steal £30000 campervan from rural Croydon road - Royston Crow

  06-04-2017 17:42 via royston-crow.co.uk
  
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  Police appeal for information after thieves steal £30000 campervan from rural Croydon road
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  Police have launched an appeal for information after thieves stole a £30,000 campervan from a driveway in a quiet Croydon road earlier this week. Share article from on facebook · Tweet article from · Share article from on Google Plus · post article ...
  
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• Two men charged with the murder of Sam Caulfield in Crawley

  06-04-2017 17:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have charged two men and two women in connection with the murder of Sam Caulfield in West Green, Crawley.The 21-year-old was found with a single stab wound to his abdomen at a first-floor flat in Spencers Road, West Green at about 3am on June 18, 2016.Mr Caulfield was rushed to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where he died a short time afterwards.READ MORE: Tributes paid to Mayfield man Sam Caulfield after Crawley stabbingPolice subsequently launched a murder investigation,...
  
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• 'this is not what Croydon is' Croydon Young Refugee network come together at the exact spot where teenage asylum ... - Croydon Guardian

  06-04-2017 17:12 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
  'this is not what Croydon is' Croydon Young Refugee network come together at the exact spot where teenage asylum ...
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  Nearly a week on from the attack that saw an asylum seeker badly beaten, locals have gathered today, (April 6) at the spot where it happened to show that 'this is not what Croydon is'. The Croydon Young Refugee Network, organised a moments silence in ...and more »
  
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• 'This is the Croydon I know': Kind residents of different backgrounds help injured Polish nurse - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2017 16:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  'This is the Croydon I know': Kind residents of different backgrounds help injured Polish nurse
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  A councillor has paid tribute to "the Croydon I recognise" after three strangers of Nigerian, Ghanaian and Barbadian heritage waited two hours for an ambulance to arrive to help an injured Polish nurse. David Wood, a Labour councillor for Selhurst, has ...
  
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• Croydon Councillor Tony Newman meets with Kurdish community ... - Croydon Guardian

  06-04-2017 16:45 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Croydon Councillors met with a Kurdish community leader, nearly a week on from the attack that saw teenage asylum seeker badly beaten.and more »
  
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• Croydon attack: Croydon Councillors meet with Kurdish community leader to show that 'Britain is welcoming of refugees' - Croydon Guardian

  06-04-2017 16:45 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Croydon attack: Croydon Councillors meet with Kurdish community leader to show that 'Britain is welcoming of refugees'
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  A Croydon Councillor met a Kurdish community leader, nearly a week on from the attack that saw teenage asylum seeker badly beaten. Councillor Tony Newman, leader of Croydon council, and MP Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for Communities and ...and more »
  
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• PICTURED: Fraudsters use other people's disabled permits to nab handy parking spaces

  06-04-2017 16:37 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Eight people have been taken to court and fined for fraudulently using other people’s disabled parking badges.
  
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• Croydon attack: Croydon Councillors meet with Kurdish community leader to show that 'Britain is welcoming of refugees'

  06-04-2017 16:23 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon Councillors met with a Kurdish community leader, nearly a week on from the attack that saw teenage asylum seeker badly beaten.
  
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• Croydon gang is 'Not Brexit' enough - NewsBiscuit (satire)

  06-04-2017 16:00 via newsbiscuit.com
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  Furious members of BBC News are questioning the legality of a police investigation, after members of violent Croydon gang were judged to be 'Not Brexit'. A panel of 12 detectives returned a unanimous verdict on the case, ruling that the gang members ...
  
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• 'This is the Croydon I know': Kind residents of different...

  06-04-2017 15:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A councillor has paid tribute to "the Croydon I recognise" after three strangers of Nigerian, Ghanaian and Barbadian heritage waited two hours for an ambulance to arrive to help an injured Polish nurse. David Wood, a Labour councillor for Selhurst, has described how he and two others dropped what they were doing to come to the woman's aid on Monday evening (April 3).In the wake of last week's attack on asylum seeker Rekar Ahmed on the Shrublands estate, he said this act of kindness...
  
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• Gogglebox star heartbroken after nephew's murder in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2017 15:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Gogglebox star heartbroken after nephew's murder in Croydon
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  One of the stars of TV show Gogglebox has spoken of her heartbreak after her nephew was murdered in Croydon. Bjorn Brown, from Norbury, was found on Bensham Lane, in Broad Green, at about 8.30pm on March 29 suffering from stab wounds.and more »
  
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• Croydon is hung out to dry, redrawn and quartered - The Croydon Citizen

  06-04-2017 15:23 via thecroydoncitizen.com
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  Croydon is hung out to dry, redrawn and quartered
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  Everyone knows that there is no such thing as North Croydon. There are East, South and West, and there it ends. Head 'North', and you'll just find yourself in a weird, white, noiseless void. That said, some clever person at Croydon Council has ...and more »
  
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• Ex Croydon head teacher's conviction for child sex offences...

  06-04-2017 15:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The former head teacher of a Croydon school who was convicted of carrying out sex acts with and underage boy in his home has had the verdicts overturned by a senior judge.John Coatman, 76, was found guilty by ajury at the Old Bailey of two counts of gross indecency with a boy in the early 1970s, at the end of a trial in August 2016.At the same trial, the ex-head of St Andrew's Church of England High School, in Warrington Road, Waddon, who taught for 42 years, was cleared of buggery with the...
  
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• Addiscombe man found guilty of murdering his girlfriend

  06-04-2017 14:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death in their Addiscombe home has been found guilty of murder.Pawel Sroka, 34, knifed Joanna Trojniak six times with a kitchen knife in their Meadvale Road home, including in the face and through the hand on March 23 last year.Sroka had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter, saying he lost control, but today a jury found him guilty of murdering 29-year-old Ms Trojniak. Sroka launched the violent attack while their housemate sat upstairs before stabbing...
  
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• Gogglebox star heartbroken after nephew's murder in Croydon

  06-04-2017 13:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  One of the stars of TV show Gogglebox has spoken of her heartbreak after her nephew was murdered in Croydon. Bjorn Brown, from Norbury, was found on Bensham Lane, in Broad Green, at about 8.30pm on March 29 suffering from stab wounds. The 23-year-old sadly died from his injuries five days later in St George's Hospital, in Tooting.Speaking to the Croydon Advertiser his aunt, Sandi Bogle, who starred on eight series of hit Channel 4 show Gogglebox alongside best friend Sandra Martin, has paid a...
  
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• Concern grows for 14-year-old boy with links to Croydon who has not been seen for over a week - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2017 13:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Concern grows for 14-year-old boy with links to Croydon who has not been seen for over a week
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  Police are appealing for help to locate a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for over a week and could be in Croydon. Damian Howes, from Wigan, was last seen at 11.20am on Monday, March 27 during breaktime at his school on Church Street, ...
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• Concern grows for 14-year-old boy with links to Croydon who has ... - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2017 13:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Concern grows for 14-year-old boy with links to Croydon who has ...
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  Police are appealing for help to locate a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for over a week and could be in Croydon. Damian Howes, from Wigan, was last ...
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• 'this is not what Croydon is' Croydon Young Refugee network come together at the exact spot where teenage asylum seeker was badly beaten

  06-04-2017 12:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Nearly a week on from the attack that saw an asylum seeker badly beaten, locals have gathered today, (April 6) at the spot where it happened to show that ‘this is not what Croydon is’.
  
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• An open air theatre and an art gallery could open in Crystal...

  06-04-2017 12:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Crystal Palace theatre group could be "bringing the West End to south London" by hosting open air theatre in Crystal Palace Park. As part of Bromley Council's invitation for proposals to transform the park into a cultural hub, Crystal Palace Park Theatre (CPPT) are one organisation who have applied to do just that. Founder of CPPT, Emily Johnson-Ferguson, 41, said the theatre group have submitted an application to the council and are hoping to bring a lot of exciting features to the...
  
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• UPDATE: Donations reach £50,000 as Croydon teenage asylum seeker is in 'serious but stable condition'

  06-04-2017 10:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A crowdfunding page for the asylum seeker that was attacked in Croydon has raised over five thousand pounds.
  
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• UPDATE: Donations reach £50,000 after horrific attack on teenage asylum seeker in Croydon

  06-04-2017 10:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A crowdfunding page for the asylum seeker that was attacked in Croydon has raised over five thousand pounds.
  
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• Concern grows for 14-year-old boy with links to Croydon who has...

  06-04-2017 10:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for help to locate a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for over a week and could be in Croydon.Damian Howes, from Wigan, was last seen at 11.20am on Monday, March 27 during breaktime at his school on Church Street, in Bamber Bridge, in Lancashire. It is thought he walked out and has not returned since.He may be in the Preston or South Ribble areas but is known to have strong links to London and other places in the South East, particularly Croydon, Hove, Littlehampton,...
  
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• Croydon road to close over Easter holidays for maintenance - Croydon Guardian

  06-04-2017 10:02 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon road to close over Easter holidays for maintenance
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  The following buses in the area will be diverted, but will still serve their existing stops along Wellesley Road: 50, 60, 75, 109, 154, 166, 250, 264, 403, 405, 407, 412, 455, 468, N109. Most popular. See more stories. Most popular. See more stories ...and more »
  
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• Croydon road to close over Easter holidays for maintenance

  06-04-2017 09:52 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Wellesley Road in Croydon will close over the Easter holidays due to maintenance.
  
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• Pyrotechnics that ‘can cause horrific injuries’ found at Chelsea v Palace match

  06-04-2017 09:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched by the Met's Central Football Unit after several flares, 'smoke bombs' and 'thunderflash' pyrotechnics were set off during the Chelsea v Crystal Palace match on Saturday, April 1.
  
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• Croydon will be hotter than tourist hotspots Barcelona and Ibiza this weekend - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2017 09:19 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon will be hotter than tourist hotspots Barcelona and Ibiza this weekend
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  The warm weather in Croydon is set to continue this weekend and forecasters are predicting temperatures here will be hotter than in Barcelona, Ibiza and the Amalfi coast on Sunday. Britain had a recording-breaking end to March when temperatures in ...
  
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• Young teenager with strong links to Croydon missing for more than a week - Croydon Guardian

  06-04-2017 09:14 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Young teenager with strong links to Croydon missing for more than a week
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  Police are appealing for help from the public in tracing a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for more than a week. Damian Howes, 14, from Wigan was last seen at 11.20am on Monday, March 27, during break time at his school on Church Street, Bamber ...
  
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• Young teenager with strong links to Croydon missing for more than a week

  06-04-2017 09:11 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for help from the public in tracing a 14-year-old boy who has been missing for more than a week.
  
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• Five things we learned as Crystal Palace lost away to Southampton - Croydon Advertiser

  06-04-2017 08:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Five things we learned as Crystal Palace lost away to Southampton
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  Despite taking the lead through Christian Benteke at St Mary's, Palace were beaten by goals from Nathan Redmond, Maya Yoshida and James Ward-Prowse, leaving them just two points clear of the relegation zone. That is despite their recent upturn in form, ...and more »
  
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• Croydon will be hotter than tourist hotspots Barcelona and Ibiza...

  06-04-2017 08:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The warm weather in Croydon is set to continue this weekend and forecasters are predicting temperatures here will be hotter than in Barcelona, Ibiza and the Amalfi coast on Sunday.Britain had a recording-breaking end to March when temperatures in London and the south of England peaked at 21.8 degrees on March 30 - the hottest March day for five years.The beautiful weather in Croydon is due to continue this weekend as the Met Office forecasting sunshine on Sunday (April 9) and temperatures...
  
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• Police found flares hidden in toilets at Stamford Bridge during...

  06-04-2017 08:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after flares, 'smoke bombs' and 'thunderflash' pyrotechnics' were set off at Stamford Bridge during Crystal Palace's 2-1 away win against Chelsea.Officers from the Met's Central Football Unit are investigating what happened at the match on Saturday (April 1) with flares also found hidden inside toilets at the stadium and a rucksack of pyrotechnics discovered in a cemetery nearby.Five people were arrested by officers policing the match, including two arrests for...
  
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• Boxpark founder says rival businesses should welcome the...

  06-04-2017 07:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The founder of Boxpark has encouraged local businesses to "collectively raise the bar" and to stop complaining about the food mall's arrival in Croydon. Roger Wade feels the complex has been a huge success and become a vibrant place for visitors to the town to enjoy "good quality" food and drink. Business at Boxpark has been booming since its grand opening in October with thousands of people checking out the 36 restaurants, bars and cafés or attending numerous...
  
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• COMMENT: It can be done - surviving two weeks without a mobile phone

  06-04-2017 07:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  I’ve just taken a couple of weeks of well-deserved holiday and can highly recommend time away in March. It’s the second time I’ve taken an early spring break and it’s the perfect month to recharge your batteries – despite our group numbering 17!
  
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