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• Brave dad puts burglar in headlock after finding him in his house

  26-04-2017 23:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A brave dad tackled a burglar he found raiding his home and helped bring him to justice despite being injured in the process. Mark Arkwell returned to his house in Green Lane, Lower Kingswood to find his door open and a man trying to escape through a back window. The 37-year-old fire officer sprang into action and put him in a headlock but was forced to release him after a fight in which he was cut by broken glass.The culprit, Jason Johnston, was sentenced to six years in prison for...
  
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• Why a Green Party politician is planting UK flags in dog poo that...

  26-04-2017 23:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Green Party candidate has come up with a novel way of flagging the messy issue of dog poo not being picked up in parks and on streets by selfish pet owners.The campaigner has taken action after growing tired of dodging dog dirt when trying to enjoy a stroll with his family.Shasha Khan is highlighing the blight of dog poo by planting patriotic flags in the unsightly deposits he discovers when out and about.The politician who is standing in the upcoming Surrey County Council elections in...
  
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• Cowboy builder could face jail after conning and threatening man...

  26-04-2017 21:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Coulsdon painter and decorator who conned and threatened a Sanderstead homeowner out of more than £120,000 for unnecessary and incompetent building work could be jailed.Stuart Ackerley's trial at Croydon Crown Court, where he was accused of fraud and rogue trading, got under way last week.But, after hearing evidence from his victim, Anthony Gavali, Ackerley, 55, dramatically changed his pleas and admitted five counts of fraud and three counts of misleading commercial practices.The court.
  
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• Crystal Palace make two changes for Tottenham clash at Selhurst Park - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 20:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce has made two changes for his side's London derby with title-chasing Tottenham Hotspur this evening (Wednesday). Allardyce had said he was considering changes with Palace facing three games in the space of six days, ...and more »
  
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• The South Croydon schoolgirl who is already being tipped to...

  26-04-2017 19:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  She may only be 10 years old but a South Croydon schoolgirl is already such a promising swimmer that she has been singled out as a future Olympian. Jamie Johnson is seen as one of Britain's brightest sporting prospects having reached the first phase of the England Swimming Pathway – her first step on the long road to hopefully one day competing in the Olympics A pupil at Laleham Lea School, in Purley, she is currently ranked number one for her age in the region for the 400 metres freestyle
  
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• Tram drivers' morale 'has hit rock bottom' since fatal crash says...

  26-04-2017 18:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The morale of tram drivers in Croydon has hit "utter rock bottom" since last year's crash which killed seven people, with drivers "feeling like they are being watched like hawks" by management, according to a former employee.Paul Jeffries, one of the first people to drive a tram in Croydon, has admitted he used to speed on the railway line stretches of the network to meet "timetabling pressures". Although he hasn't driven a tram in the town since 2001, Mr Jeffries,...
  
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• Two new zebra crossings will be installed to 'protect young...

  26-04-2017 18:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  New zebra crossings will be installed on two busy Croydon roads - one very close to a primary school - within a year to "protect young people".Petitions asking for the crossings to be installed on Bramley Hill, in Waddon,and Davidson Road, in South Norwood, were presented to councillors at the full meeting at Croydon Council on Monday (April 24).Both were approved by councillor Stuart King, cabinet member for transport and environment.READ MORE: Councillor caught apparently playing...
  
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• In #GE2017, decisions made in Croydon will matter - The Croydon Citizen

  26-04-2017 18:01 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  If you think you've trekked to the postbox or polling station quite enough recently, then I'm sure that you won't be too happy with Tuesday 18th April's news that a snap election is upon us. Confirmed by the Commons' vote on Wednesday by 522 votes to ...
  
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• Estate agent stole clients’ bank details while showing them homes

  26-04-2017 17:30 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An estate agent who photographed his client’s bank card, while showing them around prospective homes, has been jailed for two years.
  
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• Devastated bar owner says Twitter account was hacked after sick...

  26-04-2017 17:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The co-owner of a local bar has told of her devastation after an offensive tweet posted on the business's Twitter account caused uproar among cat lovers on social media. Jen Aries, who co-founded The Perryvale bar and bistro in Forest Hill, thinks the account was hacked last night by somebody who posted a sick joke claiming the Croydon Cat Killer's victims taste great with wine. The tweet, which has now been deleted, was posted at 11.45pm yesterday (Tuesday) in response to a tweet by pet...
  
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• Kind strangers thanked for saving elderly man from being hit by a...

  26-04-2017 17:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A New Addington woman has thanked the large number of people who helped her grandfather after he fell out of his mobility scooterand onto tram tracks in Croydon, just seconds before a tram arrived.The elderly man, who wanted to remain anonymous, fell onto tram tracks on Wellesley Road at around 12:30pm yesterday (Tuesday, April 25).He reportedly had trouble applying the brakes on his mobility scooter, causing him to lose control and catch his wheel in a dip and fall near the Wellesley Road...
  
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• Police hunt man who flashed and touched himself inappropriately...

  26-04-2017 16:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating after a man was seen repeatedly exposing and touching himself inappropriately - before changing his clothes - aboard trains through East Croydon.British Transport Police's (BTP) Sexual Offences Unit have issued a photo of a man they are looking to speak to in connection with the incidents, which are all said to have happened aboard Thameslink trains.Their investigation began last August after a 31-year-old woman reported that a man exposed and touched himself...
  
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• Croydon Boxpark has a new restaurant opening tomorrow

  26-04-2017 16:26 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Popular Japanese chain Yo! Sushi is coming to Croydon, with a special ‘concept’ restaurant and an exclusive menu for locals.
  
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• Croydon estate agent jailed for stealing identities of clients as he showed people around homes - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 16:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon estate agent jailed for stealing identities of clients as he showed people around homes
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  A South Croydon fraudster has been jailed for two years after using his position as an estate agent to con victims out of thousands of pounds. Ayodele Oladuti, from Pampisford Road, photographed clients' bank cards on his phone and took bank statements ...and more »
  
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• Croydon estate agent jailed for stealing identities of clients as he ... - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 16:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A South Croydon fraudster has been jailed for two years after using his position as an estate agent to con victims out of thousands of pounds. Ayodele Oladuti ...and more »
  
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• Croydon estate agent jailed for stealing identities of clients as...

  26-04-2017 16:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A South Croydon fraudster has been jailed for two years after using his position as an estate agent to con victims out of thousands of pounds.Ayodele Oladuti, from Pampisford Road, photographed clients' bank cards on his phone and took bank statements while showing prospective buyers around their homes
  The 29-year-old used the documents to commit identity theft – by setting up bank accounts and a phone contract in their names – before returning to their homes to collect the...
  
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• Welcome to Croydon: the borough's newest residents shine bright - The Croydon Citizen

  26-04-2017 15:48 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  At the base of the Statue of Liberty is the phrase: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. If you were an emigrant to America in the early 20th century, this quotation from Emma Lazarus' sonnet 'New Colossus ...
  
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• Bailiff co-star of Delroy Anglin issues video plea to 'save life'...

  26-04-2017 15:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A colleague of a bailiff made famous by a Channel 5 show who has been given a "death sentence" blood cancer diagnosis has issued a heartfelt plea for people to help his friend, proclaiming "we could save his life".Delory Anglin was diagnosed with an aggressive leukaemia in November last year and desperately needs a donor otherwise his condition is terminal. Doctors have been unable to find a match anywhere in the world for the 56-year-old star of Can't Pay? We'll Take It...
  
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• New KFC in Thornton Heath to open in 'next couple of months'

  26-04-2017 15:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A new KFC in Thornton Heath will be opening in the "next couple of months", the fast food giant has confirmed.The Advertiser reported in February that a planning application had been submitted to Croydon Council by the chain, which had been given the go-ahead.But it is only now that KFC has confirmed a restaurant will be opened in a vacant unit, at 744-746 London Road, which was previously home to a Barclays bank.A KFC spokesman said: "We are delighted to be opening a new...
  
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• Five Guys reveals when its new Croydon restaurant will open - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 15:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  American fast food chain Five Guys has exclusively revealed to the Advertiser when it will be opening its new restaurant in Croydon. In January it was reported that Five Guys wanted to convert the former Yates's pub in the High Street - which has been ...
  
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• Fires which destroyed New Addington woodland being investigated...

  26-04-2017 15:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A series of fires which destroyed acres of woodland and farmland which borders New Addington and West Wickham are being investigated as arson attacks.Firefighters at Addington Fire Station attended two fires in the Wickham Court Farm area over the Easter school holidays, where large areas of woodland and farmland were damaged.Dog walkers who go through the woodland have been saddened by the fires, branding what has happened as "disgusting".Barry Willett, crew manager at Addington Fire...
  
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• A former Wallington schoolboy's romantic proposal to his...

  26-04-2017 14:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  When most people finish a marathon all that's on their mind is finding the nearest spot to collapse in a heap. But for one former Wallington schoolboy what happened next after he finished the London Marathon on Sunday was one of the biggest moments of his life. Because, having crossed the finish line, the 27-year-old, who went to Bandon Hill Primary, in Wallington, and The Beacon School, in Banstead, romantically proposed to his girlfriend.Nick Edwards was running his first marathon and after...
  
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• Fire at Croydon Park Hotel caused by hot oil cooking in kitchen

  26-04-2017 14:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Hot oil caught alight causing a kitchen fire at Croydon Park Hotel, forcing guests to evacuate the building this morning (Wednesday, April 26).Fire crews were called to the hotel, in Altyre Road, at 9.38am to the fire in the main kitchen. Daniel Foster, watch manager at Woodside fire station, said staff had dealt with the fire properly before the crew arrived, evacuating guests and making the area safe. READ MORE: Police warn people to watch out for ATM scam in Croydon He said: "The...
  
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• Five Guys reveals when its new Croydon restaurant will open

  26-04-2017 14:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  American fast food chain Five Guys has exclusively revealed to the Advertiser when it will be opening its new restaurant in Croydon.In January it was reported that Five Guys wanted to convert the former Yates's pub in the High Street - which has been boarded up since it closed in April 2015 - to a 209-seater eatery.Five Guys confirmed to the Advertiser on Wednesday afternoon that the restaurant was due to open "around September time".John Eckbert, who is the CEO of Five Guys UK, said...
  
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• This summer’s Croydon Food and Music will be the biggest ever

  26-04-2017 12:57 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon Food and Music Festival promises to be the biggest ever when it returns this summer.
  
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• Hotel evacuated due to fire in kitchen

  26-04-2017 12:31 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon park hotel was evacuated this morning due to a fire in the kitchen.
  
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• Croydon Park Hotel evacuated after reports of a fire in kitchen

  26-04-2017 11:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Park Hotel was evacuated this morning after reports of a fire in the kitchen. Fire crews were called to the hotel, in Altyre Road, at 9.36am to the reported fire. A nearby resident said guests were evacuated from the hotel and were seen waiting in the street near Croydon Crown Court, where some were given foil blankets to stay warm.READ MORE: Outrage at sick joke which claimed Croydon Cat Killer's victims taste great with wineA spokesman at Croydon fire station said four appliances...
  
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• Outrage at sick joke which claimed Croydon Cat Killer's victims taste great with wine - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 11:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A bistro and bar has been slammed after a sick joke was posted on its Twitter account claiming that the victims of the Croydon Cat Killer "taste great" with wine. Someone using the account for The Perryvale, in Forest Hill, wrote a reply to Protect ...
  Forest Hill restaurant sparks fury with a tasteless comment saying cats 'taste great with Pinot Grigio'News Shopperall 4 n
  
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• Outrage at sick joke which claimed Croydon Cat Killer's victims taste ... - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 11:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A bistro and bar has been slammed after a sick joke was posted on its Twitter account claiming that the victims of the Croydon Cat Killer "taste great" with wine.and more »
  
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• This is how conmen are targeting people at cash machines in...

  26-04-2017 10:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have warned people what to look out for after reports that conmen are increasinly targeting ATMs in Croydon to gain access to bank accounts. Unsuspecting victims' bank details have been stolen after certain cash machines in the borough have had small cameras and "loop devices" attached to them. As well as these devices illegally being placed on ATMs, fraudsters are also hanging around machines to fool people into leaving their cards behind. READ MORE: Police warn people to watch...
  
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• Outrage at sick joke which claimed Croydon Cat Killer's victims...

  26-04-2017 09:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A bistro and bar has been slammed after a sick joke was posted on its Twitter account claiming that the victims of the Croydon Cat Killer "taste great" with wine. Someone using the account for The Perryvale, in Forest Hill, wrote a reply to Protect Cats UK at 11.45pm last night (Tuesday, April 25) which read: "It's just a cat ... #pussybashing. They taste great with a Pinot Grigio!!"The "thoughtless" tweet was not initially deleted but has now been removed. Cat...
  
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• What to expect at Fairfield Halls from the company Croydon Council wants to run it - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 02:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The boss of the company Croydon Council wants to run Fairfield Halls has welcomed the challenge of running the revamped venue adding that he was "proud" to be selected. BH Live was announced last week as the council's preferred operator to manage ...
  
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• If you live in Croydon Central your vote matters more than almost anyone else's - and here's why - Croydon Advertiser

  26-04-2017 02:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  If you live in Croydon Central your vote matters more than almost anyone else's - and here's why
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  During the past four general elections, a staggering third of people - on average - haven't even bothered to vote. But - and hopefully this will get you out to your polling station - if you live in Croydon Central your vote matters more than almost ...
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• What to expect at Fairfield Halls from the company Croydon...

  26-04-2017 00:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The boss of the company Croydon Council wants to run Fairfield Halls has welcomed the challenge of running the revamped venue adding that he was "proud" to be selected. BH Live was announced last week as the council's preferred operator to manage the halls for up to 15 years, with as many as 200 staff.Peter Gunn, chief executive at the Bournemouth-based social enterprise, has told the Advertiser the company was attracted to running the venue because of the proposed designs, which he...
  
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