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• Warning over 'major leak' which has become a 'skid area' in West...

  04-05-2017 23:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A "major leak" on a West Croydon road is still being investigated eight days after it was first reported as engineers struggle to work out who is responsible for the burst pipe. People in the area took to social media to complain that the leak on Mitcham Road (A236), near to the junctions with Sumner Road and Sumner Road South (A213), is causing issues with a "skid area". Thames Water has confirmed they first received reports of the leak on Wednesday (April 26) and...
  
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• This is the crucial tip off which allowed detectives to trace...

  04-05-2017 20:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The detective in charge of the Andre Aderemi murder investigation has thanked a member of the public for supplying a crucial tip off which led to police being able to trace and convict the 19-year-old's killers. On August 16, just minutes after Mr Aderemi was brutally attacked on the Monks Hill estate, in Selsdon, a white SEAT Ibiza was spotted by a member of the public driving up nearby Spout Hill in Addington. The man saw the vehicle come to a stop and three knives get thrown out of the...
  
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• Opening of Croydon University Hospital's new A&E delayed - Croydon Advertiser

  04-05-2017 20:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Opening of Croydon University Hospital's new A&E delayed
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  The opening of Croydon University Hospital's new £21.5 million accident and emergency department has been delayed by six months and may not open until the start of next year. Contractors Galliford Try encountered "unexpected delays" including the ...
  
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• Opening of Croydon University Hospital's new A&E delayed

  04-05-2017 20:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The opening of Croydon University Hospital's new £21.5 million accident and emergency department has been delayed by six months and may not open until the start of next year.Contractors Galliford Try encountered "unexpected delays" including the rerouting of water services and removal of asbestos during site preparation for the new build.Work started on the new A&E in Mayday Road in November 2015 with a temporary department being run on the other side of the hospital, by the...
  
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• Police believe missing girl has travelled 95 miles to Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  04-05-2017 19:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Police believe missing girl has travelled 95 miles to Croydon
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  A police search is underway for a teenage girl who has gone missing and it is believe she may have travelled to Croydon. Officers are appealing for help to find Joan 'Candy' Obura who was last seen on Tuesday (May 2) in Bedford. The 17 year-old is ...
  
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• Police believe missing girl has travelled 95 miles to Croydon

  04-05-2017 19:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A police search is underway for a teenage girl who has gone missing and it is believe she may have travelled to Croydon.Officers are appealing for help to find Joan 'Candy' Obura who was last seen on Tuesday (May 2) in Bedford.The 17 year-old is known to visit Croydon and Bedfordshire Police believe she may have travelled the 95 mile journey south to the borough.READ MORE: Andre Aderemi murder: Live updates and reaction as killers are sentencedOfficers have described Miss Obura as five foot...
  
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• Norbury brothers and Sutton man jailed after police find stash of...

  04-05-2017 18:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two brothers and a friend have been jailed for a total of 15 years after detectives found a large stash of guns, bullets, chemicals to make gunpowder, a bullet-proof vest and digital devices which provided vital evidence at their homes in Norbury and Sutton.Abdullah Ali, 30, and Adam Ali, 21, both from Ederline Advenue in Norbury, and Roman Nikolajevs, 21, of Eaton Road in Sutton, were all sent to prison today (Thursday, May 4) at Croydon Crown Court.Each of the men had previously pleaded guilty
  
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• Private health care patient stabbed volunteer to death in Croydon hospital - Evening Standard

  04-05-2017 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Private health care patient stabbed volunteer to death in Croydon hospital
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  A private health care patient has been convicted of manslaughter after stabbing a hospital volunteer to death. Jimi Jedson, 40, was sentenced to a hospital order after pleading guilty to the charge on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Police ...
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• Private health care patient stabbed volunteer to death in Croydon ... - Evening Standard

  04-05-2017 18:32 via standard.co.uk
  
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  Private health care patient stabbed volunteer to death in Croydon ...
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  A private health care patient has been convicted of manslaughter after stabbing a hospital volunteer to death. Jimi Jedson, 40, was sentenced to a hospital order ...
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• Men who had huge stash of guns and ammunition jailed

  04-05-2017 18:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Three men who had a huge stash of guns, ammunition and paraphernalia at their homes have been jailed for a total of 15 years.
  
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• From the SS Windrush to Croydon: the life of Alex Elden - The Croydon Citizen

  04-05-2017 18:00 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  From the SS Windrush to Croydon: the life of Alex Elden
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  Alex Elden, a member of the Royal Airforce from 1944, and a passenger on the SS Empire Windrush on its famous voyage to England in 1948, died on Thursday 6th April at Croydon University Hospital, after being looked after in his last years at the ...
  
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• Mother of murdered Andre Aderemi makes heartfelt plea for young...

  04-05-2017 17:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The brave mother of murdered teenager Andre Aderemi has spoken outside court as her son's three killers were sentenced, saying "four families lost their children". Heartbroken mum Yemi Hughes, who has displayed great dignity throughout the 11 week trial, spoke out against the violence which cost her son his life and is "tearing families apart". The 19-year-old was brutally stabbed, kicked and beaten to death by three young Croydon men on the Monks Hill estate, in Selsdon,...
  
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• Mental health patient convicted of killing hospital volunteer

  04-05-2017 17:22 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A patient at a private mental health hospital who stabbed a ‘hard-working’ volunteer to death has been convicted of manslaughter.
  
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• Patient at South Croydon hospital guilty of killing 'hardworking'...

  04-05-2017 17:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A patient at a South Croydon private healthcare hospital has been convicted of the manslaughter of a "hardworking" volunteer.Patrick Clarke, from Caterham, was stabbed to death by 41-year-old Jimi Jedson at the Southleigh Community Hospital, in Brighton Road, on May 12 last year.Police have called the attack "violent" and said his family have held the "utmost dignity" throughout the "harrowing" ordeal.Emergency services were called to the hospital, which...
  
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• Video footage shows murderer wielding knife in threatening...

  04-05-2017 17:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  One of Andre Aderemi's killers brandished a knife and threatened to "shank" members of Mr Aderemi's gang in a video uploaded to social media.
  In the footage, Ali Zahawy, who was today (Thursday, May 4) given a life sentence for murdering the 19-year-old, can be seen making threats towards Money Habits - the Monks Hill estate gang that Mr Aderemi was involved with.Police have released the footage - in which Zahawy is brandishing the knife he would later use to stab Mr Aderemi - after...
  
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• Three convicted of death in Croydon of Andre Aderemi, 19, who had moved to Chatham just weeks before - Kent Online

  04-05-2017 17:05 via kentonline.co.uk
  
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  Three convicted of death in Croydon of Andre Aderemi, 19, who had moved to Chatham just weeks before
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  Three young men have been jailed for at least 60 years for an attack which led to the death of a teenager who had fled to Kent just weeks before. The long-running bitter feud ended in the violent, pre-planned attack in which Andre Aderemi was beaten ...
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• Men jailed for Andre Aderemi killing for a total of at least 60 years

  04-05-2017 16:52 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Ali Zahazwy, Rodney Mukasa and Femi Cela, attacked Andre Aderemi, 19, in Selsdon, Monks Hill Estate, last year as he cried out for his mum.
  
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• Croydon man denies his mother is dead just to get free parking using her blue badge - Croydon Advertiser

  04-05-2017 16:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon man denies his mother is dead just to get free parking using her blue badge
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  Chris Mason placed his mother's disabled motorist badge in his Ford Capri when he parked in Fell Road to go to Croydon Council's offices on September 27 last year. Mason went to the offices in the hope of being rehoused by the council after he had been ...
  
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• Croydon man denies his mother is dead just to get free parking...

  04-05-2017 15:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man trying to con his way to get free parking by using his dead mother's blue badge heartlessly said she was "alive and sat home on the sofa" when challenged in order to get a space when he went to plea for a new council home,Chris Mason placed his mother's disabled motorist badge in his Ford Capri when he parked in Fell Road to go to Croydon Council's offices on September 27 last year.Mason went to the offices in the hope of being rehoused by the council after he had been evicted...
  
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• Andre Aderemi's killers have been sentenced and now face the...

  04-05-2017 15:16 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The three young thugs who brutally killed teenager Andre Aderemi have been sent to prison for their horrific crime. Justice has been done for the savage stabbing of the 19-year-old on August 16 last year, when he was murdered on the Monks Hill estate as part of a fatal feud. Three young men have been found guilty of killing the boy from Selsdon, and causing Mr Aderemi's grieving mother and family unspeakable pain. Rodney Mukasa and Ali Zahawy, both 20, were found guilty today of murder...
  
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• Read the full heartbreaking victim impact statement written by...

  04-05-2017 13:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Andre Aderemi's mum, Yemi Hughes, wrote a heartbreaking victim impact statement which was read out in court ahead of the sentencing of the three men who were convicted of killing her 19-year-old son.Below, with the consent from Mr Aderemi's family, is the statement in full.Early March 1997, a month before my 18th birthday, I gave birth to Andre Martell Aderemi. I fell in love with him as soon as he was placed in my arms. Twenty-two hours of labour and with the umbilical cord wrapped twice around
  
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• Mayor intervenes in Croydon tram crash investigation - Railnews

  04-05-2017 11:24 via railnews.co.uk
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  Mayor intervenes in Croydon tram crash investigation
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  THE Mayor of London has intervened in the investigation of the Croydon tram crash last November in which seven people were killed, following allegations that tram drivers have fallen asleep in the cab. Sadiq Khan has written to chief RAIB inspector ...
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder: Recap and reaction after killers are...

  04-05-2017 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Three young Croydon men will be sentenced at the Old Bailey this morning after they were convicted yesterday at the same court of killing Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi in a pre-planned attack last year. Mr Aderemi grew up on the Monks Hill estate and on August 16 he was chased by three men before being brutally stabbed and kicked in broad daylight. He later died that evening from his injuries at St George's Hospital in Tooting. Since February 15 four men - Femi Cela, Ali Zahawy, Rodney...
  
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• Andre Aderemi murder: Live updates and reaction as killers are...

  04-05-2017 11:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Three young Croydon men will be sentenced at the Old Bailey this morning after they were convicted yesterday at the same court of killing Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi in a pre-planned attack last year. Mr Aderemi grew up on the Monks Hill estate and on August 16 he was chased by three men before being brutally stabbed and kicked in broad daylight. He later died that evening from his injuries at St George's Hospital in Tooting. Since February 15 four men - Femi Cela, Ali Zahawy, Rodney...
  
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• Missing Hersham teen could be in Croydon, Kingston or Chessington - Croydon Guardian

  04-05-2017 09:10 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Missing Hersham teen could be in Croydon, Kingston or Chessington
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  Surrey Police is appealing for the public's help in finding a missing Hersham teenager, Danni Moss. Danni was last seen on Sunday (April 30) and the 17-year-old is believed to potentially be in the Croydon, Kingston or Chessington area. Inspector Paul ...and more »
  
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• Arrests made as police in riot vans launch major drugs operation...

  04-05-2017 09:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Multiple arrests have been made after police launched a dawn drugs raid on the Shrublands estate in Shirley this morning (Thursday).Met Police officers swooped in at about 5am, targeting the supply and use of illegal substances in the area. Drugs were seized as police searched properties and a number of arrests were made. READ MORE: What sentences will those guilty of killing Andre Aderemi get? Police were out in force in the area as they conducted the sweep as part of Operation Hawk...
  
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• Missing Hersham teen could be in Croydon, Kingston or Chessington

  04-05-2017 09:07 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Surrey Police is appealing for the public’s help in finding a missing Hersham teenager, Danni Moss.
  
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• 'I'm always going to be the mother with a murdered teenager' -...

  04-05-2017 08:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The devastated mother of murdered Andre Aderemi has said although justice has been served she will be living her "own life sentence". Yemi Hughes, 38, says her life was turned "upside down" on August 16 after her 19-year-old son was chased around the estate where he grew up and then repeatedly stabbed with knives, kicked and beaten with a metal pole. Although three men were convicted for her son's death, Mrs Hughes feels her punishment is far harsher and questioned...
  
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