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• Woman stabbed to death in West Norwood named locally as police...

  26-05-2017 19:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A woman who was stabbed to death in the middle of the street in West Norwood has been named locally by friends.The Metropolitan Police have launched a murder investigation after the victim, named as mother-of-two Emma Day, died in Elyewood Road, close to Aubyn Hill, last night (Thursday, May 25).People reportedly rushed to her side, called out for help and tried to resuscitate her as she lay in the street after being attacked.Sadly Ms Day, who today was called "very, very nice", died...
  
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• Convicted rapist given more time in jail 'for wasting court time' - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 18:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Convicted rapist given more time in jail 'for wasting court time'
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  A convicted rapist from Shirley who preyed on a sleeping woman has been handed an extra month to his jail term for wasting court time. The victim awoke after a drinking session to find Maurice Lyambila on top of her, London's Appeal Court heard ...
  
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• Convicted rapist given more time in jail 'for wasting court time'

  26-05-2017 18:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A convicted rapist from Shirley who preyed on a sleeping woman has been handed an extra month to his jail term for wasting court time.The victim awoke after a drinking session to find Maurice Lyambila on top of her, London's Appeal Court heard.Lyambila, of Myrtle Road, denied rape, but was convicted by a jury at Croydon Crown Court in November 2015 and was jailed for six years.READ MORE: Fourth young Croydon man jailed for killing Selsdon teenager Andre AderemiToday (Friday, May 26) Judge Simon.
  
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• Here's why Southern Rail trains get delayed because of hot...

  26-05-2017 18:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  As Croydon basks in the glorious sunshine this weekend, you might fancy yourself a trip to a beach on the Sussex coast or a day out in a country pub garden while the weather is nice. Perhaps you want to avoid the hassle of taking the car and opt to take a Southern Rail train. Now, as you stand on the platform waiting for your train to come you may hear an announcement about disruption on the railways because of the hot weather. Why is that?
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• Southern Rail trains disrupted 'until end of the day' due to hot...

  26-05-2017 18:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  National Rail are warning commuters that their rush hour journey could be disrupted this evening, as Southern Rail trains are being forced to run at reduced speed because of "high track temperatures". Track in the Earlswood area is proving to be a concern for Network Rail's engineers, who have asked trains to run at a speed restriction of 20mph on track towards London.
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• 7 pubs in Croydon where you can watch this year's FA Cup Final - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 18:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  7 pubs in Croydon where you can watch this year's FA Cup Final
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  A year ago a pretty healthy chunk of Croydon uprooted to Wembley as Crystal Palace made it to the FA Cup final. The team fell agonisingly short when they lost 2-1 to Manchester United but nevertheless it was day to remember for all the fans who were there.
  
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• Three stunning bungalows on sale in Surrey and Croydon - Surrey Mirror

  26-05-2017 18:03 via surreymirror.co.uk
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  Three stunning bungalows on sale in Surrey and Croydon
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  Bungalows used to be associated with little old ladies living on their own but these days homes with only one floor are just as stunning as those with an upstairs. We take a look at three of the best properties in Surrey and Croydon that are on the ...
  
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• Three stunning bungalows on sale in Surrey and Croydon

  26-05-2017 18:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Bungalows used to be associated with little old ladies living on their own but these days homes with only one floor are just as stunning as those with an upstairs.We take a look at three of the best properties in Surrey and Croydon that are on the market at the moment.Horley Road, Redhill£489,950 This impressive detached bungalow in Redhill is spacious inside and also has a large driveway and a 90ft garden.It has an open plan living and kitchen area which makes a great space for...
  
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• New secondary school to open in South Croydon in September 2018 - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 17:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  New secondary school to open in South Croydon in September 2018
  Croydon AdvertiserA brand-new secondary school which will specialise in sport as well as music, art and dance is set to open in South Croydon in 2018. Coombe Wood School will be a comprehensive, mixed secondary school for children aged between 11 and 18. It will will ...
  
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• New secondary school to open in South Croydon in September 2018

  26-05-2017 16:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  ‎A brand-new secondary school which will specialise in sport as well as music, art and dance is set to open in South Croydon in 2018.Coombe Wood School will be a comprehensive, mixed secondary school for children aged between 11 and 18. It will will cost more than £30million to build.The new Folio Education Trust school - which Wallington County Grammar School is part of - will offer sports facilities such as a competition venue within the sports hall, a full size 3G artificial...
  
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• Pensioner once ready to "finish it all" says mental cuts in Croydon would make people "suicidal" - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 16:54 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Pensioner once ready to "finish it all" says mental cuts in Croydon would make people "suicidal"
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  Cuts to mental health services in Croydon would leave people "suicidal" according to a pensioner who thought he would "finish it all" before he received vital help he has depended on for almost 50 years. Cash-strapped authorities are looking to slash ...
  
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• Croydon ambulance staff send Manchester colleagues kind gifts after terror attack - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 16:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Croydon ambulance staff send Manchester colleagues kind gifts after terror attack
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  London Ambulance Service paramedics and staff based in Croydon have rallied behind colleagues in Manchester by sending them a large food donation. A tweet posted online by a Salford-based North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) crew member ...
  
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• Weather warning blow to bank holiday weekend plans

  26-05-2017 16:27 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Just when you thought it was safe to get back into shorts following a week of glorious sunshine and temperatures in the high 20s, the Met Office has put out a yellow weather warning.
  
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• Pensioner once ready to 'finish it all' says care cuts in Croydon...

  26-05-2017 16:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Cuts to mental health services in Croydon would leave people "suicidal" according to a pensioner who thought he would "finish it all" before he received vital help he has depended on for almost 50 years. Cash-strapped authorities are looking to slash the budgets of charities caring for those who could lapse into illness and isolation without support. Pensioner Luigi Minchella has relied on mental health support since he sought urgent help in 1972, and has said "there...
  
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• Pensioner once ready to "finish it all" says mental...

  26-05-2017 16:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Cuts to mental health services in Croydon would leave people "suicidal" according to a pensioner who thought he would "finish it all" before he received vital help he has depended on for almost 50 years. Cash-strapped authorities are looking to slash the budgets of charities caring for those who could lapse into illness and isolation without support. Pensioner Luigi Minchella has relied on mental health support since he sought urgent help in 1972, and has said "there...
  
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• Crystal Palace to face Dulwich Hamlet in pre-season friendly - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 15:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  Crystal Palace to face Dulwich Hamlet in pre-season friendly
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  A Crystal Palace side will face fellow south Londoners Dulwich Hamlet in a pre-season friendly, it has been announced. The Eagles will face Dulwich at Champion Hill on Wednesday, July 19, with the Ryman League Premier Division side announcing the ...
  
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• Croydon ambulance staff send Manchester colleagues kind gifts...

  26-05-2017 15:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  London Ambulance Service paramedics and staff based in Croydon have rallied behind colleagues in Manchester by sending them a large food donation. A tweet posted online by a Salford-based North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) crew member thanked the team for the gesture of support after the tireless work the Manchester teams have been doing since the Manchester Arena atrocity on Monday night.
  Shaun Gerrard, an emergency medical technician in Manchester tweeted the picture of chocolate, biscuits...
  
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• Fourth young Croydon man jailed for killing Selsdon teenager...

  26-05-2017 15:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A fourth young man from Croydon has been jailed for the killing of Selsdon teenager Andre Aderemi.Jamell Lonergan was today (Friday, May 26) sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Mr Aderemi who died on August 16 last year, having been repeatedly stabbed, kicked and beaten up on the Monks Hill estate.Lonergan, 19, was the driver of a white SEAT Ibiza which was carrying three of his friends Femi Cela, Ali Zahawy and Rodney Mukasa - who, earlier this month,.
  
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• Six foot-long snake found abandoned in Thornton Heath alleyway ... - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 15:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A six foot-long boa constrictor snake was found dumped in a Thornton Heath alleyway earlier this month. The startling discovery happened on May 15 in an alley ...
  Snake found 'dumped' in Croydon alleyway in Thornton Heath (From ...Your Local Guardianall 2 news articles »
  
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• Six foot-long snake found abandoned in Thornton Heath alleyway

  26-05-2017 14:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A six foot-long boa constrictor snake was found dumped in a Thornton Heath alleyway earlier this month.The startling discovery happened on May 15 in an alley off Camden Way, when a woman found the snake in a polystyrene box while she was walking along the footpath. According to the RSPCA, the snake would "not have survived long on its own" had it not been discovered because of the maintenance required to look after the it. READ MORE: Thornton Heath man raids till of Morley's chicken...
  
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• Croydon Poundworld had 'out of control' rodent infestation - Your Local Guardian

  26-05-2017 13:33 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Croydon Poundworld had 'out of control' rodent infestation
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  A budget store in Croydon town centre has admitted health and safety and food safety charges in court after it was found with an 'out-of-control' rodent infestation. After receiving a complaint from a member of the public, Croydon Council's food safety ...and more »
  
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• Croydon Poundworld had ‘out of control’ rodent infestation

  26-05-2017 13:30 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A budget store in Croydon town centre has admitted health and safety and food safety charges in court after it was found with an ‘out-of-control’ rodent infestation.
  
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• Police release CCTV image of man they'd like to speak to in...

  26-05-2017 13:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police investigating a stabbing at a south London train station have released a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. The victim, an 18-year-old man, was seriously injured and is lucky to be alive, according to the detective in charge of the case. On Friday, April 14, the teenager was sitting on a bench on a platform at Streatham Common station. The British Transport Police (BTP) say at the time on Good Friday a man got off a Southern Rail train...
  
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• Here's how to get a free ride on the Tube next week

  26-05-2017 12:34 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Anyone travelling though Oxford Circus Tube station next week can get a free journey- and a limited edition drink.
  
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• Murder investigation launched after woman stabbed to death in street

  26-05-2017 12:24 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  Police have launched a murder investigation after a woman was stabbed to death in a West Norwood street last night.
  
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• Here's the Southern services which will be affected by the Bank...

  26-05-2017 12:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's rail commuters have been warned by Southern Rail to expect disruption over the Bank Holiday weekend, while engineers carry out a number of improvement works.Southern says that buses will replace trains to and from West Croydon station, in the direction of Sutton and Epsom Downs from Saturday, May 27 until Monday, May 29.READ MORE: Night trains from London Victoria to East Croydon to be scrappedFurther engineering work will be carried out between Purley and Horley, meaning that Southern
  
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• Croydon primary school rated 'good' by Ofsted 3 years after it...

  26-05-2017 11:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A primary school in South Norwood which was put in special measures three years ago has had a "remarkable" transformation after it was rated as 'good' in its latest Ofsted report. In February 2014 Ryelands Primary school was declared 'inadequate' by Ofsted and was subsequently placed in special measures. Three years on and much has changed, with the school joining the Oasis Multi-Academy Trust and moving a short distance to a new site on Oakley Road. Now named Oasis Academy...
  
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• A six foot snake has been discovered in a Croydon alleyway

  26-05-2017 11:14 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A six-foot snake has been found dumped in an alleyway in Croydon.
  
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• Traffic: Ten-year-old boy and motorcyclist in hospital after early morning crash

  26-05-2017 11:12 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A ten-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a motorbike crashed into him this morning.
  
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• Woman stabbed to death in the street near Norwood Park - latest updates - Croydon Advertiser

  26-05-2017 10:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Woman stabbed to death in the street near Norwood Park - latest updates
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  A woman has been stabbed to death in the street in what is believed to be a domestic incident near to Norwood Park. The woman, thought to be in her thirties, died at the scene after being stabbed on Aubyn Hill in West Norwood yesterday evening ...and more »
  
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• Schoolboy taken to hospital after being hit by motorcycle in...

  26-05-2017 10:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A schoolboy was taken to hospital earlier today (Friday) after being hit by a motorcycle in Thornton Heath.The Metropolitan Police were called to London Road, at the junction of Whitehall Road, at 8.05am this morning (Friday) to reports of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian. On arrival, officers found that a 10-year-old boy had been hit by a motorcyclist. A Met Police spokesman said: "A motorcyclist was in a collision with a child. The London Ambulance Service are in...
  
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• Woman stabbed to death in the street near Norwood Park - latest...

  26-05-2017 10:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A woman has been stabbed to death in the street in what is believed to be a domestic incident near to Norwood Park.The woman, thought to be in her thirties, died at the scene after being stabbed on Aubyn Hill in West Norwood yesterday evening (Thursday, May 25).A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police has confirmed that a murder investigation has now been launched and a police cordon remains in place this morning.READ MORE: Helicopter spotted above Croydon for the fourth time this...
  
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• Asian family told 'get out of this country' while on Southern...

  26-05-2017 09:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An Asian family were allegedly racially abused on a Southern Rail train heading towards East Croydon at the weekend.The London Victoria service from Brighton was heading towards East Croydon on Sunday (May 21) when a couple allegedly started shouting "get out of our country" at a family.A 21-year-old, who did not want to be named and had been travelling from Brighton Fringe Festival towards London, told the Evening Standard he was threatened after he jumped to the aid of the family...
  
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• Residents in 'uproar'after plans to build more than 50 homes in...

  26-05-2017 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Crystal Palace residents are "outraged" after plans to build more than 50 homes on public land was given the green light in a meeting this week.At the planning meeting on Wednesday (May 24fiv the council approved an application to build six buildings varying between three and five storeys high, with 57 homes in total, on land next to Church Road, Auckland Rise and Sylvan Hill. Previously, the plan had been met with some concerns from Crystal Palace residents, as they deemed the...
  
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• Chinese restaurant in Shirley could be demolished to make way for...

  26-05-2017 08:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A former Chinese restaurant and takeway in Shirley could soon be bulldozed to make way for flats after two years of speculation by residents. The site of well-known Xin Chinese Restaurant and car park, on the corner of Wickham Road and Wickham Avenue, was fenced off earlier this week.Bromley-based developer McAllister Developments Ltd submitted a planning application, which if approved would see the former restaurant building knocked down and replaced with nine two-bedroom flats, earlier this...
  
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• Long delays on M25 as overturned lorry near Westerham blocks 3 lanes

  26-05-2017 08:28 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An overturned lorry near Westerham is causing long delays on the M25.
  
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