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• Boss of Croydon's Tory tower offers Labour a building to avoid...

  18-05-2017 23:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The Tory tower block in Croydon where hundreds of Conservative Party posters fill the windows will soon get a Labour counterpart as the owner of the developments hopes to avoid scenes like "Arsenel vs Chelsea" between the two parties.Impact House in Croydon has been strikingly adorned with hundreds of blue posters backing the Conservatives, with almost every window turned blue.The building is earmarked for 240 high-spec apartments with starting prices around £300,000.It has been...
  
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• Man missing from South Croydon care home is a convicted killer ... - Croydon Advertiser

  18-05-2017 19:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A dangerous man who has gone missing from his South Croydon care home is a convicted killer, it has emerged this afternoon. Ghodratollah Barani, 31 ...and more »
  
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• Man missing from South Croydon care home is a convicted killer

  18-05-2017 18:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A dangerous man who has gone missing from his South Croydon care home is a convicted killer, it has emerged this afternoon. Ghodratollah Barani, 31, strangled a rough sleeper at Marble Arch in 2013 claiming he heard voices telling him to kill someone so he could be king.He then spent the next week repeatedly trying to get into Buckingham Palace to see the Queen. He pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility and was detained in a hospital...
  
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• New Addington mum 'disgusted' with police 'lack of interest'...

  18-05-2017 18:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A New Addington mum says she is "disgusted" with the Metropolitan Police, accusing officers of showing a "lack of interest" after her car was one of three vehicles damaged by another car on Wednesday afternoon.Luan Henty, of Dunley Drive, alerted police to the incident which happened in the road she lives in shortly before 1.30pm yesterday (May 17).The 44-year-old said following the crash she discovered a crate of beer cans in the back seat of the car which collided with the...
  
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• Man arrested following crash where HGV allegedly went wrong way...

  18-05-2017 17:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving this month after a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) allegedly went the wrong way around Wapses Lodge Roundabout before colliding with "numerous vehicles".Surrey Police were called to the major roundabout at the bottom of Succombs Hill and at the junction of the Caterham Bypass and Godstone Road, leading to the M25, just before 9pm on May 4 following reports of a crash.On arrival, officers found a heavy goods vehicle had collided with at least...
  
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• Croydon planners give go-ahead to 597 homes across the borough -...

  18-05-2017 17:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Council's planning committee has decided on a series of planning applications, ranging from dozens of houses to a cluster of tower blocks in the town centre. Developer HUB is seeking planning permission to build 514 flats in a grouping of four towers, ranging between 13 and 35 storeys on the former site of the Council's Taberner House offices next to Queen's Gardens. There are also a series of applications by the Council's development company Brick by Brick to build dozens of houses...
  
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• Dangerous superbug MRSA found in Croydon three years in a row

  18-05-2017 17:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The NHS in Croydon has had to deal with the potentially life-threatening superbug MRSA for three years in a row.MRSA is a bacteria which cannot be dealt with by normal antibiotics and can lead to potentially deadly infections. People in hospital are most at risk of infection.READ MORE: How staff shortages and funding cuts are creating frightening problems for Croydon's NHSThe target for the NHS is to have zero cases of the dangerous bacteria.Each year for the past three years Croydon Health...
  
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• Watch incredible footage of a teenage daredevil climbing Croydon's tallest building - Croydon Advertiser

  18-05-2017 17:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A teenage urban explorer has filmed an astonishing video from the top of Croydon's tallest building - after he sneaked in and risked his life by walking along the edge of its roof. The 10-and-a-half minute clip, uploaded to YouTube by vlogger Usamalama ...
  
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• A Croydon florist has created this stunning dress for Chelsea Flower Show using 1,300 flowers

  18-05-2017 17:13 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A celebrity florist has impressed with a bespoke Mediterranean inspired flower dress to celebrate the RHS Chelsea flower show.
  
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• Thornton Heath man charged with Forestdale McColl's robbery

  18-05-2017 17:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Thornton Heath man has been charged with robbing a McColl's shop in Forestdale.Stephen Thomas, 47, is accused of robbing the newsagents at the Forestdale Centre, off Selsdon Park Road, on May 10.Following his arrest, Thomas, who lives in Beulah Road, appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court for an initial hearing on May 12.READ MORE: Illegal roadside car repairs costs former Thornton Heath trader thousandsHe was remanded in custody until his next hearing on June 9 at Kingston Crown Court.READ.
  
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• Olympic medalist Roger Black announced as GoFest 2017 ambassador

  18-05-2017 17:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Olympic medalist Roger Black has been announced as an ambassador of GoFest 2017.The retired 400m sprinter from Guildford will not only play a key role at the third festival of sport, dance and fitness, he will once again take his twin boys to the event to enjoy it as a family.Held over the bank holiday weekend, May 28 and 29 at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, Roger got involved with the festival right at the start when GoFest founder Paul Farris, a dad at the same school as his kids, discussed.
  
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• Support service will 'take further lessons' from help it offered...

  18-05-2017 16:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Transport for London (TfL) support service will "take further lessons" from how it operated in helping people affected by the Croydon tram crash, its manager has said. Victims of the tram crash were encouraged to call The Sarah Hope Line for help after the tram derailed at Sandilands Junction last November.Mark Evers, who is responsible for customer strategy at Transport for London (TfL), has praised the immediate response of The Sarah Hope Line, which was only set up about seven...
  
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• Van driver who was arrested after fatal crash in New Addington...

  18-05-2017 16:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A van driver who was arrested after a fatal crash in New Addington earlier this year has been rebailed by police.Selwyn Clarke was hit by a van at the junction of King Henry's Drive and Calley Down Crescent on February 3.Despite the best efforts of paramedics from the London Ambulance Service the 66-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.Police issued an appeal for information after the driver of the van did not stop after the incident.However, the driver, a 34-year-old man, handed himself in
  
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• Woman who found ‘suspicious package’ on train is shocked by staff's 'abrasive' response

  18-05-2017 16:24 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A woman has shared her shock after reporting a ‘suspicious item’ to TFL staff, only to receive an ‘abrasive’ response.
  
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• The Croydon Running Lady is going to be honoured in a way she would have loved - Croydon Advertiser

  18-05-2017 16:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  The Croydon Running Lady is going to be honoured in a way she would have loved
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  An extraordinary woman who ran everywhere she went is to be remembered in the sort of way she surely would have approved of. Joan Pick's extreme dedication to not using any form of transport earned her the affectionate nickname, the Croydon Running ...
  
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• Watch incredible footage of a teenage daredevil climbing...

  18-05-2017 16:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A teenage urban explorer has filmed an astonishing video from the top of Croydon's tallest building - after he sneaked in and risked his life by walking along the edge of its roof.The 10-and-a-half minute clip, uploaded to YouTube by vlogger Usamalama, is a compilation of several attempts he made to climb the Saffron Tower.At one point, the footage shows the 17-year-old dangling his legs over the side of the 43-storey building.This is the second time this year that the daredevil has filmed...
  
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• Croydon Heritage Festival 2017 announces 'evolution' as its theme - The Croydon Citizen

  18-05-2017 15:27 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
  Croydon Heritage Festival 2017 announces 'evolution' as its theme
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  The festival returns to Croydon in 2017, with a programme designed to bring together past and future. Photos by the Whitgift Foundation, used with permission. Release begins: There is nowhere quite like Croydon. As the town embarks on the most ...
  
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• The Croydon Running Lady is going to be honoured in a way she...

  18-05-2017 15:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An extraordinary woman who ran everywhere she went is to be remembered in the sort of way she surely would have approved of. Joan Pick's extreme dedication to not using any form of transport earned her the affectionate nickname, the Croydon Running Lady. She died earlier this year, having devoted her life to preserving natural resources - and now a tree is going to be planted in her memory. Miss Pick was so strong in her beliefs that she only used transport of any kind twice in 40 years, and had
  
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• These are the lives saved by mental health services in Croydon which face devastating funding cuts - Croydon Advertiser

  18-05-2017 14:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  These are the lives saved by mental health services in Croydon which face devastating funding cuts
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  Cuts to mental health services in Croydon will leave hundreds of the most vulnerable without the care and support which has brought them joy, purpose, community – and even kept them alive. Support for mental health problems can be the difference ...
  
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• These are the lives saved by mental health services in Croydon ...

  18-05-2017 14:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Cuts to mental health services in Croydon will leave hundreds of the most vulnerable without the care and support which has brought them joy, purpose, community – and even kept them alive. Support for mental health problems can be the difference between a fulfilled life and one of misery, isolation and even suicide.But funding for a "lifeline" set of mental health services in the borough faces being slashed as cash-strapped Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) –...
  
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• These are the roads in Croydon that will be closed today because of a cycling festival - Croydon Advertiser

  18-05-2017 14:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  These are the roads in Croydon that will be closed today because of a cycling festival
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  If you are travelling through Croydon today you need to be aware of road closures and bus diversions due to Croydon Cycle Fest. The borough's first ever day-long cycling festival started at 11am this morning (Thursday, May 18) and some roads will be ...
  
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• These are the roads in Croydon that will be closed today because...

  18-05-2017 14:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  If you are travelling through Croydon today you need to be aware of road closures and bus diversions due to Croydon Cycle Fest.The borough's first ever day-long cycling festival started at 11am this morning (Thursday, May 18) and some roads will be closed for the majority of the day as professional races will be starting at 5.30pm.The Matrix Fitness GP Series women's race - involving the whole circuit - will start at 5.30pm, with the Tour Series men's race - also requiring the whole circuit -...
  
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• Mum left terrified after burglar broke into her home while she...

  18-05-2017 13:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A mother-of-two has told how she has been left living in fear after hearing an intruder walk round her home and rifle through her handbag.Fay Marie Clarke, 28, from Shirley, was falling asleep when she heard someone break into her home by climbing through a window. The 28-year-old says the incident has left her too scared to return to the property in Shirley Road with her 15-week old daughter and two-year-old son. READ MORE: Brave schoolgirls caught vital evidence of armed robbery in...
  
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• COMMENT: Breastfeeding mums should never be told to cover up in public

  18-05-2017 13:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  I couldn't believe my eyes, or ears, this week – as I witnessed a breastfeeding mum being told “please cover yourself up or I’ll have to ask you to leave”.
  
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• ​Police need help in finding missing South Croydon man who could...

  18-05-2017 12:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are "struggling" to find leads as to where a missing South Croydon man with a psychotic disorder, meaning he could become violent without his medication, has disappeared to for a week.Ghodratollah Barani, 31, was last seen on Thursday (May 11) at about 6pm at his care home, Evergreen Lodge, in South Park Hill Road.He was known to get the 109 bus from near Thornton Heath Pond to Norbury at about 10pm that night, but he has not been seen or heard from since, which is described as...
  
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• Thug broke nose of driver who beeped his horn at him for standing...

  18-05-2017 12:31 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A driver had his nose and thumb broken after he was attacked while on his way to pick his wife and daughter up from East Croydon station. Luke Jennings, 23, from Shirley, was handed a suspended sentence yesterday (Wednesday) and ordered to pay £615 after pleading guilty to actual bodily harm. The unprovoked attack took place on April 9 at about 6.45pm when the victim was driving to East Croydon station and came across two men in the middle of the road. Mariea Slater, prosecuting, told the.
  
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• New works starts on Fairfield Halls to take it through to the final stages of completion

  18-05-2017 12:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The development of Fairfield Halls is getting one step closer to completion as a contractor has been announced to take it through to the final stages.
  
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• Don't plan to go out this weekend with thunder and hail on the horizon

  18-05-2017 09:45 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Don't plan to go out this weekend as thunder and hail are scheduled to arrive in London.
  
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• POLL: We want to know what you think the big issues are ahead of...

  18-05-2017 08:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The election no-one expected to happen is creeping up, and is now just three weeks away. On June 8, the people will head to the polls in the borough's three constituencies. Labour's Steve Reed will be looking to defend his 21,000 vote majority in Croydon North, while Conservative Chris Philp has a similar task with his majority in Croydon South.
  READ NEXT: How you can quiz politicians who want to be Croydon Central MP Croydon Central, however is on a knife-edge, and will be a key target...
  
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