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• Croydon riots arsonist Gordon Thompson demands payment to tell...

  30-05-2017 20:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The arsonist who caused some of the most catastrophic damage during the Croydon riots has demanded payment from the Advertiser to tell his "side of the story".Gordon Thompson appears to be out of prison having served half of his 11-and-a-half-year sentence for destroying part of the family run House of Reeves furniture store during the riots nearly six years ago.In a phone call to the Advertiser this weekend, Thompson said he wanted to "clear his name" through an interview,...
  
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• Watch as topless man entertains Croydon shoppers with energetic dance - Croydon Advertiser

  30-05-2017 19:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Watch as topless man entertains Croydon shoppers with energetic dance
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  Shoppers were given something of a shock this afternoon (Tuesday) - when a topless man wearing hi-vis trousers and a builder's hat performed an energetic dance routine in the street. Setting up outside West Croydon station, the enthusiastic gentleman ...
  
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• Pensioner suffers 3 near-death experiences in a fortnight

  30-05-2017 19:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A pensioner has described himself as "lucky to be alive" after suffering three near-death experiences in less than a fortnight. Malcolm Ephgrave, carrying his dog Mitch who woke him up, escaped from his first-floor flat on Goat Road, in Mitcham, just in time as an electrical fire in his fridge turned into an inferno. Days later, the 70-year-old was sitting inches away when a car crashed through a wall at his local pub, The Goat. As if this wasn't enough, the former builder and plumber,...
  
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• Here are the laws about flying drones in Croydon after concerns...

  30-05-2017 18:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Several New Addington residents have become concerned after seeing low-flying drones over their gardens and houses in the past week, it has been reported on Facebook. One worried woman posted on the New Addington Pathfinders Facebook group saying she had spotted a drone flying low around Milne Park yesterday (Monday, May 29) - a sight which "really quite disturbed" her. She wrote: "I'm not sure if it had a camera, but this is an invasion on everyone's privacy and I'm really quite...
  
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• Watch as topless man entertains Croydon shoppers with energetic...

  30-05-2017 18:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Shoppers were given something of a shock this afternoon (Tuesday) - when a topless man wearing hi-vis trousers and a builder's hat performed an energetic dance routine in the street. Setting up outside West Croydon station, the enthusiastic gentleman danced along to music that was playing from electronics store Maplin. A spokesman for the store said the man wasn't known to them and was not raising money for charity, but was just "enjoying life."READ MORE: So Solid Crew rappers plan...
  
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• Learn to dance like Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey before...

  30-05-2017 18:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  You can have the time of your life by taking part in a themed dance lesson as part of this year's roof top cinema season in Croydon.Organised by Lost Format Society and held on the top deck of the Centrale Shopping Centre car park, the 'Ultimate Dirty Dancing Evening' is being hosted on June 10. The evening will include a dance lesson based on Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey's moves in Dirty Dancing – with the hit 1980s film being screened after. As well as Dirty Dancing, the line up of..
  
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• Croydon tram drivers were allowed to work 11 days in a row before...

  30-05-2017 17:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Drivers on Croydon's tram network have only recently been banned from taking overtime which meant that could work 11 days in a row, the Advertiser has discovered.Tram Operations Limited (TOL), which runs the trams, has insisted it has been managing fatigue among its drivers since the fatal tram crash last November which claimed seven lives and injured 51. But the ban which stops drivers from working on one of their rest days only came about after footage emerged this month of a driver...
  
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• This hilarious Stormzy 'Vote Labour in Croydon' flyer has gone viral - Croydon Guardian

  30-05-2017 15:55 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  This hilarious Stormzy 'Vote Labour in Croydon' flyer has gone viral
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  A mysterious flyer supporting the Labour Party's campaign in Croydon went viral on Twitter last week. The leaflet says the Croydon Conservative Party “hold Croydon by 165 votes”. The Labour party have added, “even your dad's got more facebook friends.and more »
  
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• This hilarious Stormzy 'Vote Labour in Croydon' flyer has gone viral

  30-05-2017 15:43 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A mysterious flyer supporting the Labour Party’s campaign in Croydon went viral on Twitter last week.
  
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• Trial date set for man accused of stabbing woman to death in West Norwood

  30-05-2017 15:36 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A trial date has been set for a man charged of murdering a woman who died after being stabbed in the heart in West Norwood.
  
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• Crystal Palace striker called up by Belgium - Croydon Advertiser

  30-05-2017 14:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace striker called up by Belgium
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  Crystal Palace forward Christian Benteke has been named in the Belgium squad for their forthcoming games against Czech Republic and Estonia. Roberto Martinez's side have a friendly against Czech Republic on June 5 and will then head off to Estonia for ...and more »
  
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• This is what an expanded 530-room hotel in Upper Norwood could...

  30-05-2017 14:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The developer behind huge plans to demolish part of a historic Victorian hotel in Upper Norwood and expand the development into a larger 530-room hotel, has said the scheme will "significantly enhance" the area.Plans were put to Croydon Council at the end of last month which, if approved, would see part of the Queens Hotel on Church Road get knocked down.The proposal has been described as "daunting" by one local resident, Abbie Hayes, who last week expressed her concern at...
  
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• Firefighters believe fire at Purley flat was caused by a fan...

  30-05-2017 14:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Firefighters believe a fire in a Purley flat, from which a family had to be evacuated, was started when a fan fell over in a bedroom on Sunday night (May 28).Several people called 999 after seeing the blaze at the three-storey building, which had been converted into flats, in Foxley Lane at about 9.30pm.A woman was woken up by the sound of the fire which was at the end of her bed.She collected her children and evacuated the property - before going back inside to try and extinguish the flames...
  
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• Quick-thinking mum rescues children in dramatic flat fire escape

  30-05-2017 13:31 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A Purley mother saved her children from a blaze after a fan fell onto her bedroom floor.
  
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• So Solid Crew rappers plan to launch Croydon project steering...

  30-05-2017 13:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  So Solid Crew rappers Asher D and DJ Swiss are planning to launch a pilot project to Croydon to steer young people away from violent crime and the "wrong heroes".The south London duo want to prevent youngsters from a "negative" start to life by using their own success in acting and music for good as serious youth violence and stabbing statistics saw a sharp increase at the start of the year. The pilot project, aimed at encouraging young people to get involved in music and...
  
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• Croydon Council struggles to defend its Local Plan - The Croydon Citizen

  30-05-2017 13:00 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  
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  Croydon Council struggles to defend its Local Plan
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  Unless I have interpreted the proceedings at the Croydon Local Plan Public Hearing wrongly, council officers are struggling to defend large sections of the proposed revisions to the Local Plan in terms of soundness, sustainability, evidence and ...
  
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• Moving messages left at scene where mother was stabbed to death...

  30-05-2017 12:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Heartfelt tributes have been left to the "angel" mother-of-two who was stabbed to death in the middle of a West Norwood street.The woman, who has been named locally as 33-year-old Emma Day, was tragically taken from her young family in a fatal stabbing in broad daylight on Thursday (May 25).The "lovely lady" died on Eylewood Road in West Norwood, with a post-mortem finding the provisional cause of death was a stab wound to the heart.Flowers were left at the scene of her death...
  
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• Midwife sacked from Croydon University Hospital after misconduct towards 'high risk' pregnant woman - Croydon Advertiser

  30-05-2017 12:18 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Midwife sacked from Croydon University Hospital after misconduct towards 'high risk' pregnant woman
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  ​Mercinth Jackson-Gordon is "no longer working" at Croydon University Hospital, following a hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Midwife sacked from Croydon University Hospital after misconduct towards 'high... X. Share Tweet Share Pin It ...
  
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• Croydon landlord found not guilty of theft - Croydon Guardian

  30-05-2017 12:11 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Croydon landlord found not guilty of theft
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  A landlord who was accused of stealing a mobile phone from one of his tenants has been found not guilty by a jury at court. Mohamed Adam, aged 54, was cleared of a charge of theft at Croydon Crown Court on May 12. Mr Mohamed Adam was the landlord ...and more »
  
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• Croydon landlord found not guilty of theft

  30-05-2017 12:07 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A landlord who was accused of stealing a mobile phone from one of his tenants has been found not guilty by a jury at court.
  
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• Here is the first look at what the huge new 593-room hotel in...

  30-05-2017 12:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Plans have been approved by Croydon Council's planning committee to build a huge new 593-room hotel in Thornton Heath in place of three existing hotels which will be demolished.The Ibis Styles, Gilroy Court Hotel and Croydon Court Hotel, with a combined total of 256 rooms, currently stand on London Road between Dunheved Road North and Dunheved Road South.The three hotels will be bulldozed to make way for two new buildings which will make up the new hotel - to form part of the Euro Hotels...
  
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• Midwife sacked from Croydon University Hospital after misconduct...

  30-05-2017 11:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A midwife has been sacked from her job at Croydon University Hospital due to the poor level of care she gave to a pregnant patient who was classed as high risk.Mercinth Jackson-Gordon, who starting working at the Croydon Health Services NHS Trust in October 2005, was given a practice order by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) after charges against her actions towards the patient on April 1, 2015 were proved at a hearing held last month.A practice order means Jackson-Gordon has a number of.
  
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• Officers 'extremely concerned' for missing Croydon girl's wellbeing - Croydon Guardian

  30-05-2017 11:01 via croydonguardian.co.uk
  
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  Officers 'extremely concerned' for missing Croydon girl's wellbeing
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  An appeal has been launched to find a 12-year-old West Norwood girl who disappeared after she left home. Keira Zarb-Cousin was last seen when she left her home in Knights Hill at about 9am on Bank Holiday Monday (May 29). Lambeth police said in the ...and more »
  
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• Officers ‘extremely concerned’ for missing Croydon girl’s wellbeing

  30-05-2017 10:59 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  An appeal has been launched to find a 12-year-old West Norwood girl who disappeared after she left home.
  
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• More than 100 new homes could be built on Coulsdon car park

  30-05-2017 09:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  More than 100 new homes could be built on a car park in Coulsdon where a plan for a new Waitrose supermarket was scrapped.Documents submitted in a report to Croydon Council reveal that the council's arms-length development company Brick by Brick has started looking at the feasibility of building 105 new flats on the site of the Lion Green Road car park.The flats would be built in five different blocks, ranging from three storeys to seven storeys tall.The plan would also involve the demolition of
  
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• Another seriously hot week as temperatures in Croydon set to be...

  30-05-2017 08:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon residents can expect another warm week with temperatures expected to rise as high as 25°C.According to forecasters today (Tuesday) will have a rather cloudy start to the morning, before some warm bright and sunny spells develop throughout the day. Temperatures tonight (Tuesday) are expected to be much cooler than recent nights.READ MORE: The secret beach that is just over an hour's drive from CroydonWednesday is expected to be dry and warm, with temperatures again set to rise, this..
  
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• Missing 'vulnerable' young girl has been found, police confirm

  30-05-2017 08:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police who had been looking for a "vulnerable" young girl who disappeared from her West Norwood home on Monday morning, have confirmed she has been found safe and well.Kiera Zarb-Cousin had not been seen since she left her home - just over the Croydon border in Knights Hill, in Lambeth, at about 9am yesterday morning.Hours after the young girl had last been seen by her family, an appeal was issued by the Metropolitan Police.At about 8.30pm officers issued the appeal which said they...
  
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