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• Photos show serious damage caused after car crashes into pub

  28-04-2017 22:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A retired pensioner, who was sitting with his dog in a Mitcham pub just inches away from where a car crashed into it, has spoken of how grateful he is not to have been injured. Just after 3pm today The Goat, on Goat Road, had to be evacuated after a man, aged in his 50s and driving a black VW Sharan, went into the side of the building. Police officers cordoned off the road while engineers put scaffolding around the building to make it structurally safe. There were delays on and local roads...
  
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• Meet the New Addington woman who is known as 'the dog lady'

  28-04-2017 22:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A woman who is known in Croydon as "the dog lady" has admitted she probably would have taken her own life if it was not for man's best friend.Emma Morris rescued her first dog, Doodles, eight years ago during a time when she was suffering from depression and anxiety. The 29-year-old now lives with nine dogs in her New Addington home and even started her own dog grooming business in a bid to "give something back to the dog world".The former Ashburton Community School pupil...
  
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• Schoolgirl approached by man who asked her personal questions...

  28-04-2017 20:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A schoolgirl, reported to be from Stanley Park High School, was approached by a man who asked her a series of personal questions near Wallington train station yesterday morning.Safer schools officers in Sutton were contacted at 9am on Thursday, April 27 by the school, based in Damson Way in Carshalton, after a pupil staff that she had been approached by a man while she waited for a bus.READ MORE: Mysterious loud bang heard across Wallington The incident happened at a bus stop in Railway Approach
  
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• A car is currently stuck in The Goat pub in Mitcham after...

  28-04-2017 18:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A middle-aged man has been taken to hospital this afternoon but has "amazingly" suffered only minor injuries after crashing into a pub near Mitcham Junction station. The Goat pub on Goat Road was evacuated and is currently cordoned off after the car entered the pub at around 3pm this afternoon.It is believed that the car collided with a lorry before smashing into the pub, which is at the corner where Goat Road meets London Road.READ MORE: 'Despicable' Thornton Heath man jailed for 13...
  
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• Mysterious loud bang heard across Wallington

  28-04-2017 18:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A mysterious loud bang has been heard by residents in Wallington this afternoon and it has proved quite a talking point on social media. The unusually loud noise, which appears to have been heard at about 3pm this afternoon [Friday, April 28], has unsurprisingly caused people in the community to react with concern.Several messages have been posted on the Wallington, Surrey Facebook page, reacting to it.Yvonne Newbold wrote: "The house shook with it - I live just behind Wallington Square and...
  
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• Wallington mum's shock as A&E nurse finds a spider lodged in...

  28-04-2017 17:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A mum-of-two from Wallington who was rushed to A&E this week with a swollen face was shocked to discover the cause was a spider lodged in her ear.Angela Colborn, 38, of Harcourt Road, told the Advertiser about the "bizarre" experience which has left her "shaken and paranoid". She was at her grandfather's house on Wednesday morning (April 26) after dropping nine-year-old daughter Lara off at Holy Trinity School when she started to feel an itch in her ear, which she...
  
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• Anger over Croydon councillor's selfie from Barcelona posted 'during meeting he should have been at' - Croydon Advertiser

  28-04-2017 17:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Anger over Croydon councillor's selfie from Barcelona posted 'during meeting he should have been at'
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  A Croydon councillor has been slammed after appearing to post a selfie from Barcelona on his Instagram account - at the exact time his colleagues were at a council meeting which he would have been expected to attend. It appears that rather than showing ...
  
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• Dog dies in children's play area after being 'attacked by two...

  28-04-2017 17:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A dog has allegedly being mauled to death in a children's play area by two "Staffy-type dogs". A witness to the aftermath of the incident has told how a woman was reportedly walking her two dogs in Tivoli Park, on Tivoli Road, in West Norwood, yesterday morning (Thursday) when she noticed two other dogs nearby. After the woman walked into the play area in the park the two other dogs are alleged to have jumped over a fence and attacked one of her dogs - which died from his injuries....
  
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• Bike racing teenagers 'intimidating' people in Crystal Palace

  28-04-2017 16:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Teenagers on bikes are "intimidating" residents in Crystal Palace as they race each other and "taunt" people who ask them to stick tothe cycle path.Groups of young people on bicycles have been racing on areas designated for pedestrians.A Crystal Palace resident, who did not want to be named, has raised his concern after two teenagers cycled either side of him and were verbally abusive towards him after they nearly crash into him on Church Road on Saturday, April 22.READ...
  
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• Anger over Croydon councillor's selfie from Barcelona posted...

  28-04-2017 16:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon councillor has been slammed after appearing to post a selfie from Barcelona on his Instagram account - at the exact time his colleagues were at a council meeting which he would have been expected to attend. It appears that rather than showing up to the Croydon Council full council meeting on Monday evening Conservative councillor for Coulsdon East James Thompson was in Spain. The selfie, which appears to have been posted at 7.10pm on Monday (April 24), was captioned: "What better...
  
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• The UK’s ‘favourite fast food restaurant’ Five Guys is coming to Croydon

  28-04-2017 15:33 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
   
  
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• 'Despicable' Thornton Heath man jailed for 13 years for raping a...

  28-04-2017 14:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A "despicable" man who groomed and then raped a five-year-old girl in Croydon has been jailed for 13 years.Jerry Ablorh, 41, of Bensham Grove in Thornton Heath was sentenced today (Friday, 28 April) at Croydon Crown Court having previously been found guilty by a jury of rape and two counts of sexual assault by penetration.After raping his young victim, Ablorh told her that her mum would die if she told anyone what happened and by going to trial he forced the victim, now aged eight, to...
  
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• South London woman jailed for terrorism offence after bomb-making...

  28-04-2017 13:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A south London woman has been jailed for a terrorism offence after specialist forensic officers found a copy of an ISIS-produced magazine on her phone as well as bomb-making instructions.Jade Campbell, 26, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment at the Old Bailey yesterday (Thursday, April 27) having previously pleaded guilty to two offences.Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command initially arrested Campbell on suspicion of making a bomb hoax on August 6, 2016 - a...
  
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• Meet the mum who used her maternity leave to travel the world with her baby

  28-04-2017 12:39 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An adventurous mum took her ten-week-old baby on a nine month trip around the world, so that she could ‘experience different cultures’.
  
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• Burglary gang stole expensive cars and used them to steal from convenience stores

  28-04-2017 12:37 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A gang of burglars have been jailed for stealing expensive cars and using them in a string of convenience store thefts.
  
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• Masked gang who stole cars from New Addington and burgled shops...

  28-04-2017 12:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A masked gang who broke into homes to steal BMW, Audi and Mercedes cars and then drove them with false number plates to burgle a number of shops and petrol stations in New Addington and Bromley have all been jailed.Police arrested the group of five at homes across New Addington and Bromley between October 31 and December 1 last year and they were charged and remanded in custody after a total of 34 residential and non-residential burglaries were carried out between March 23 and November 2,...
  
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• Inside the Croydon micro flats which are some of the smallest...

  28-04-2017 12:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Could you live in a property without a hallway? It appears that lots of people happily could as dozens of micro-flats have been snapped up in Croydon. More than 80 tiny flats with a maximum of 400 square feet of living space went onto the market last October in a bid to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder - and the majority of them have already been sold. Hundreds more of the miniature properties are due to be completed in the town this summer. The flats are ideal for people...
  
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• The number of people with 'traumatic' injuries in Croydon needing air ambulance support is rising - Croydon Advertiser

  28-04-2017 12:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The number of people with 'traumatic' injuries in Croydon needing air ambulance support is rising
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  The number of times London's air ambulances have been called out to treat people with "traumatic" injuries in Croydon has increased by more than 40 per cent in the last four years. Latest data released on Thursday (April 27) by London's Air Ambulance ...
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• The number of people with 'traumatic' injuries in Croydon needing...

  28-04-2017 12:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The number of times London's air ambulances have been called out to treat people with "traumatic" injuries in Croydon has increased by more than 40 per cent in the last four years.Latest data released on Thursday (April 27) by London's Air Ambulance revealed in 2016 the charity's two ambulances were called out to Croydon to help 79 patients - making the borough the location with the fifth highest number of callouts last year.A spokeswoman made reference to the Croydon tram crash on...
  
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• Man who raped 5-year-old Sutton girl jailed for 13 years

  28-04-2017 12:08 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A vile child rapist who committed a string of sex attacks against a five-year-old girl has been jailed for 13 years.
  
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• Man who raped 5-year-old girl jailed for 13 years

  28-04-2017 12:08 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A vile child rapist who committed a string of sex attacks against a five-year-old girl has been jailed for 13 years.
  
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• Croydon school named one of the best in the country - Croydon Advertiser

  28-04-2017 11:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The BRIT School has been named in a report as one of the best five schools in the country. The Be Open foundation has named school in The Crescent, Selhurst as one of the top five schools and colleges in the country – praising its "creative activities ...
  
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• Union and Labour activists to hold protest against Croydon University Hospital 'closure' - Croydon Advertiser

  28-04-2017 10:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Union and Labour activists to hold protest against Croydon University Hospital 'closure'
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  Union and Labour activists are due to hold a protest against the "closure" of Croydon University Hospital today - though the body which runs the hospital says there are no plans to close it. The GMB union announced it - along with the Croydon Labour ...
  
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• Anti-immigration rally to be held in Croydon next week - Croydon Advertiser

  28-04-2017 10:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Anti-immigration rally to be held in Croydon next week
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  An "anti-immigrant, anti-Islam" demonstration is to be held outside Croydon's asylum seeker screening unit next week. The South East Alliance will be holding the rally by Lunar House, in Wellesley Road, to protest against migrants coming into the UK on ...
  
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• Croydon school named one of the best in the country

  28-04-2017 10:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The BRIT School has been named in a report as one of the best five schools in the country.The Be Open foundation has named school in The Crescent, Selhurst as one of the top five schools and colleges in the country – praising its "creative activities" and high attendance rate.The report, called A Review of Policy, Provision and Excellence in Arts Teaching Across Secondary Education in Europe, examines creative education in eight European countries and lists the top five schools...
  
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• Anti-immigration rally to be held in Croydon next week

  28-04-2017 09:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An "anti-immigrant, anti-Islam" demonstration is to be held outside Croydon's asylum seeker screening unit next week.The South East Alliance will be holding the rally by Lunar House, in Wellesley Road, to protest against migrants coming into the UK on Saturday, May 6.Anti-fascism protesters have hit out at the alliance calling them a "tiny but poisonous outfit of fascists" and "racist" and will be protesting in response at the same location, outside the Home Office...
  
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• Union and Labour activists to hold protest against Croydon...

  28-04-2017 09:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Union and Labour activists are due to hold a protest against the "closure" of Croydon University Hospital today - though the body which runs the hospital says there are no plans to close it.The GMB union announced it - along with the Croydon Labour Party - will hold a joint demonstration outside the hospital in London Road at 11.30am.The union says the protest is to "highlight the plight" of the hospital "which has been threatened with closure".Gavin Davies, the...
  
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• New database to 'name and shame' dodgy landlords

  28-04-2017 09:38 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A new database will “name and shame” criminal landlords and letting agencies in a bid to protect renters in London.
  
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• Have you seen 'vulnerable' Tia Lucock, aged 13, who is missing...

  28-04-2017 08:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are growing increasingly concerned for the safety and wellbeing of a missing 13-year-old girl from Sydenham. Tia Lucock was last seen on Tuesday evening (April 25) at her home address in Sydenham and has since been reported missing. A Met Police spokesman said officers are now growing increasingly concerned for Tia's wellbeing. The teenager is described as black; around 5ft 5in, with black hair worn in a bun. READ MORE: Parents 'concerned' as Croydon school holds meeting over...
  
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