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• ​Jonny Awsum 'brings his hometown' to Britain's Got Talent Stage ... - Croydon Advertiser

  01-06-2017 22:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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• ​Jonny Awsum 'brings his hometown' to Britain's Got Talent stage

  01-06-2017 22:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Comedian Jonny Awsum brought his hometown to the Britain's Got Talent stage, and invited judge David Walliams to join him. After promising that fans in Croydon would love his next performance, the 39-year-old did not fail to deliver after performing a rap inspired by the borough. Echoing his first performance where he spontaneously brought hosts Ant and Dec on stage, Jonny beckoned David Walliams on stage to join him and don a hoody that said Croydon on the back. READ MORE: Who is the...
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of drink driving after motorcyclist in...

  01-06-2017 21:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after a crash this evening (Thursday) which has left a motorcyclist in his 20s in hospital. The crash took place on Addington Road, in Addington, at about 5.50pm and involved a car and a motorbike.An ambulance and police officers were called to the scene, although firefighters from Addington Fire Station have confirmed they did not need to attend.READ MORE: Police name mother stabbed to death in street in West NorwoodThe motorcyclist was...
  
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• Who is the favourite to win Britain's Got Talent? | Croydon Advertiser - Croydon Advertiser

  01-06-2017 20:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  With two semis to go before the grand final of Britain's Got Talent this weekend, every fan of the show will their views on who they think should and will win the ...and more »
  
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• Police name mother stabbed to death in street in West Norwood - Croydon Advertiser

  01-06-2017 20:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Police name mother stabbed to death in street in West Norwood
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  The mother who was stabbed to death in the middle of a street in West Norwood in broad daylight has been named by detectives. Moving tributes were left to the "angel" mother-of-two who was fatally stabbed on Thursday, May 25. Formal identification has ...
  
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• Who is the favourite to win Britain's Got Talent?

  01-06-2017 19:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  With two semis to go before the grand final of Britain's Got Talent this weekend, every fan of the show will their views on who they think should and will win the contest.Bookmakers are offering odds on who they think will win the hugely popular ITV programme.The Missing People Choir, who include the dad of a teenager who vanished almost 30 years ago on his way to a match at Selhurst Park, are currently the bookmaker's favourites for Britain's Got Talent.The choir are currently as short as 6/4..
  
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• Police name mother stabbed to death in street in West Norwood

  01-06-2017 19:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The mother who was stabbed to death in the middle of a street in West Norwood in broad daylight has been named by detectives.Moving tributes were left to the "angel" mother-of-two who was fatally stabbed on Thursday, May 25.Formal identification has now taken place and she has been named as 33-year-old Emma Day, from West Norwood, by the Metropolitan Police.The "lovely lady" died on Eylewood Road, near Aubyn Hill in West Norwood, with a post-mortem finding the provisional...
  
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• ASLEF suspends Southern Rail overtime ban to allow for fresh talks - Croydon Advertiser

  01-06-2017 18:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ASLEF suspends Southern Rail overtime ban to allow for fresh talks
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  The ASLEF Union has announced it has suspended a planned overtime ban for train drivers on Southern Rail services - which was due to start this weekend. The union, which represents more than 950 of Southern Rail's drivers, says the delay in industrial ...and more »
  
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• Woman charged by police following Croydon immigration rallies earlier this month - Croydon Advertiser

  01-06-2017 18:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Woman charged by police following Croydon immigration rallies earlier this month
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  A woman has been charged after rival immigration rallies - which had to be policed by hundreds of officers - were held in Croydon earlier this month. The rallies, which took place on May 6, initially involved around 25 members of the South East ...
  
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• ASLEF suspends Southern Rail overtime ban to allow for fresh...

  01-06-2017 18:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The ASLEF Union has announced it has suspended a planned overtime ban for train drivers on Southern Rail services - which was due to start this weekend.The union, which represents more than 950 of Southern Rail's drivers, says the delay in industrial action will allow time for fresh talks to find a resolution over the long-running dispute on the train-operating company's controversial decision to bring in driver-only operated (DOO) trains.Members had been instructed by ASLEF to carry out an...
  
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• General Election Live: Croydon Central candidates go head-to-head...

  01-06-2017 17:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The election candidates in London's most closely-fought seat will go head to head tonight at a hustings hosted by the Croydon Advertiser in partnership with Croydon BID. We'll be testing where each of the candidates stand on the issues that matter to you during tonight's sell-out event. Conservative Gavin Barwell held the seat by just 165 votes in 2015, while the defeated Labour candidate from that election, Sarah Jones, is again trying to unseat Mr Barwell. Tracey Hague will represent the...
  
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• General Election: Croydon Central candidates go head-to-head in...

  01-06-2017 17:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The election candidates in London's most closely-fought seat went head to head on Thursday night (June 1) at a hustings hosted by the Croydon Advertiser in partnership with Croydon BID. We tested where each of the candidates stand on the issues that matter to you during the sell-out event. Conservative Gavin Barwell held the seat by just 165 votes in 2015, while the defeated Labour candidate from that election, Sarah Jones, is again trying to unseat Mr Barwell. Tracey Hague will represent...
  
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• Woman charged by police following Croydon immigration rallies...

  01-06-2017 17:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A woman has been charged after rival immigration rallies - which had to be policed by hundreds of officers - were held in Croydon earlier this month.The rallies, which took place on May 6, initially involved around 25 members of the South East Alliance marching to Lunar House, in Wellesley Road, and then to East Croydon station to protest against immigrants coming to the UK. Lunar House is the headquarters of the Home Office's UK Visas and Immigration division.But a counter-rally, organised...
  
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• How the political parties will tackle the ongoing knife crime...

  01-06-2017 16:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Knife crime in Croydon is a widely reported problem, with the number of stabbings in the borough reaching its highest level over the past four years in 2016 – but how are the political parties going to change that?With the general election next Thursday, June 8, rapidly approaching, it is clear that something needs to change to help prevent and deter the issue.Statistics provided to the Advertiser by Borough commander Jeff Boothe earlier this year showed that between the start of January..
  
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• Upper Norwood primary told to improve by Ofsted is now making...

  01-06-2017 15:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A primary school in Upper Norwood that was told it had to improve has made steps in the right direction with its teaching, according to an Ofsted inspector.St Joseph's Roman Catholic Junior School was rated as "requires improvement" at its last full Ofsted inspection in April 2016.Inspector Andrew Wright visited the school for an update monitoring inspection in March and published his findings this month.READ MORE: Croydon primary school rated 'good' by Ofsted 3 years after it was put...
  
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• Mum 'goes back inside' to fight fire after family flees blaze in Purley

  01-06-2017 15:19 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A woman was woken by the sound of fire at the end of her bed in a flat in Purley last Sunday.
  
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• West Norwood murder victim named after man charged with fatal stabbing

  01-06-2017 15:03 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  A murder victim has been named as 33-year-old Emma Day.
  
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• Free workshop to help firms applying for Croydon business awards - Croydon Advertiser

  01-06-2017 14:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  A workshop to help firms get the inside track on how to make the shortlist for prizes at Croydon's biggest business awards is taking place next week. Croydon Business Excellence Awards 2017 is holding a free workshop for companies and individuals at ...
  
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• New poll shows Labour could be on course to win Croydon Central from the Conservatives - Croydon Advertiser

  01-06-2017 14:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
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  New poll shows Labour could be on course to win Croydon Central from the Conservatives
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  A new poll has estimated that Labour could be set to narrowly take Croydon Central from the Conservatives. A YouGov poll, released yesterday (Wednesday, May 31), predicted that the wide gap between the two main parties nationally at the start of the ...and more »
  
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• New poll shows Labour could be on course to win Croydon Central...

  01-06-2017 14:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A new poll has estimated that Labour could be set to narrowly take Croydon Central from the Conservatives. A YouGov poll, released yesterday (Wednesday, May 31), predicted that the wide gap between the two main parties nationally at the start of the General Election campaign has been closed to just three percentage points, with the Tories on 42% and Labour on 39%.And the polling company's analysis of that poll in constituencies shows that Labour could pip the Tories in Croydon Central.READ MORE:
  
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• Free workshop to help firms applying for Croydon business awards

  01-06-2017 14:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A workshop to help firms get the inside track on how to make the shortlist for prizes at Croydon's biggest business awards is taking place next week.Croydon Business Excellence Awards 2017 is holding a free workshop for companies and individuals at Sussex Innovation Centre next Friday, (June 9) from 2pm to 3pm.Experts from the centre, which supports entrepreneurs, start-ups and scale-ups, will offer advice, hints and tips on how to make an awards entry stand out from the competition.Saffron...
  
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• Polish builder faints in court after stuffing vodka down his...

  01-06-2017 12:43 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A drunk Polish builder stuffed vodka down his trousers during an inebriated effort to steal booze and garden furniture from Tesco.Adrian Slimak, 30, fainted in the dock as his sentence for the drunken crime was read out at Croydon Magistrates Court last Thursday (May 25).The court heard how after a three-day bender and another heavy bout of drinking Slimak attempted to make off with vodka and furniture from the supermarket on Oldfields Road in Sutton.READ MORE: Woman jailed after defrauding...
  
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• Travellers moved on from Wallington after caravans park on...

  01-06-2017 12:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Travellers were moved on from a playing field in Wallington last night (Wednesday, May 31) after concerned residents alerted police to several caravans which had parked up. A group in seven caravans parked in Roundshaw Park Playing Field, off Hannibal Way, at about 8pm yesterday. A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police confirmed officers attended at 9.10pm and encouraged the travellers to move on after reports of suspected criminal damage from residents. READ MORE: Anger at Wallington mum who.
  
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• This is why Croydon's Boxpark was evacuated this morning

  01-06-2017 12:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon's Boxpark has explained why the venue was evacuated this morning (Thursday, June 1).The popular food and drink venue, which opened at the end of October last year, asked people to leave the George Street premises shortly after 10am.While sirens could be heard, according to reports on social media, Boxpark has said that the evacuation was part of a fire drill.READ MORE: This was what it was like inside Boxpark Croydon for Stormzy's secret homecoming gigThe trendy mall, which has 36...
  
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• Met Office issues severe weather warning and warns of flooding...

  01-06-2017 12:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office, warning people in Croydon and the rest of London about torrential downpours and the risk of flooding. The region is set to experience extremely heavy rain between 1pm and 11pm tomorrow (Friday, June 2). While most places will miss the worst of the bad weather, forecasters say there is a chance that it could lead to localised surface water flooding and difficult driving conditions.READ MORE: Here's why Southern Rail trains get delayed...
  
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• This is when Surrey Street Market will be back in its rightful...

  01-06-2017 09:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The long-awaited date when Surrey Street market traders will return to their historic home has been revealed.Stalls on the historic market have been trading from North End and Queen's Gardens for the past two months while works to resurface the street have taken place.Now, Croydon Council has announced that the popular fruit and veg market will return to its 700-year-old home on Monday, June 5.READ MORE: Tube passengers could soon be able to browse the internet and even make callsFruit and veg..
  
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• Tory lead slashed to record low of three points

  01-06-2017 09:13 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  The Tories’ lead has been slashed in the latest poll putting Prime Minister Theresa May just three points ahead of Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Weekend weather: Sun, sun, sun- and a little thunder

  01-06-2017 08:18 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  London is set to enjoy a- mostly- warm and sunny weekend with temperatures reaching 27 C on Friday.
  
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• A majority of London voters are backing Labour on this key issue in the general election

  01-06-2017 07:00 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  
  More than half of voters in London trust Labour more than any other party with the future of the NHS, according to a new survey.
  
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