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• Reports of men driving a silver car approaching young girls in...

  07-06-2017 22:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There are worrying reports that men driving a car around New Addington have been stopping to approach young girls.Multiple girls have reportedly been harassed by the two men who have been reported as being abusive and inviting youngster to get in the car with them.READ MORE: People of Croydon called on to save the life of local boy and TV bailiff Delroy AnglinWarnings have been posted online to make parents aware of the possible danger to their children.The car the men are driving has been...
  
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• Gavin Barwell under fire over 'misleading' election letters that...

  07-06-2017 22:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Central's Conservative candidate Gavin Barwell has come under fire for "misleading" campaign letters which appear to both support and oppose the building of new housing. Mr Barwell, who has been the Housing Minister since Theresa May became Prime Minister last year, has over the past few days distributed mock "hand-written" letters in which he says parts of Shirley should be saved from development, while stating that not enough homes are being built. Though...
  
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• Where is my nearest polling station in Croydon for the 2017 general election? - Croydon Advertiser

  07-06-2017 20:01
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  Where is my nearest polling station in Croydon for the 2017 general election?
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  In around 12 hours time, polling stations across Croydon will open and thousands of residents will vote in this year's general election. Polling stations across the borough will open at 7am tomorrow (Thursday, June 8) and close at 10pm. If you are not ...
  "Jeremy Corbyn is the man": can Momentum help Labour take Croydon Central?New Statesman
  Minister for Housing seeks re-election
  
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• More details are released about Croydon's new Five Guys...

  07-06-2017 20:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  American fast food chain Five Guys has revealed more details about its new restaurant which will be opening in Croydon later this year.In January it was reported that Five Guys wanted to convert the former Yates's pub in the High Street - which has been boarded up since it closed in April 2015 - to a 209-seater eatery.Five Guys confirmed to the Advertiser in April that the restaurant was due to open "around September time" and as the opening date creeps ever closer more details have...
  
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• Product recalls issued for items from Aldi, Spar, Waitrose, Co-op...

  07-06-2017 19:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The Food Standards Agency has warned Croydon consumers to be aware of a number of recent product recalls. The recalls could affect people who suffer from allergies, so it is important you check your cupboards.Here are the recalls you need to know about.1. Quorn Foods is recalling Quorn Chilled Cocktail Sausages because they contain milk and barley which are not mentioned on the label. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk...
  
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• Where is my nearest polling station in Croydon for the 2017...

  07-06-2017 19:30 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  In around 12 hours time, polling stations across Croydon will open and thousands of residents will vote in this year's general election. Polling stations across the borough will open at 7am tomorrow (Thursday, June 8) and close at 10pm. If you are not in the building by 10pm, your vote will still be counted as long as you are in the queue at the deadline. If you intended to vote by post but are worried you have missed the deadline to post it, you can take it to any polling station or to Croydon.
  
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• ​1,800 new voters could swing Croydon Central vote, new data...

  07-06-2017 19:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  New voters could decide who the next MP will be in the race for the Croydon Central seat when they head to the polls tomorrow (Thursday). Data shared with the Advertiser shows how 1,880 new voters have registered for the 2017 general election in the Conservative-held seat, taking the number of voters to just over 80,000. Just 165 votes separated Conservative minster Gavin Barwell from Labour's Sarah Jones at the 2015 election, making it the tightest seat in London and the fourth most...
  
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• This is when the new Lidl in Upper Norwood will be opened

  07-06-2017 18:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Lidl has revealed that it will open its controversial new supermarket in Upper Norwood by the end of the year - and it hopes that it will be open for 16 hours a day. The store's arrival on Beulah Hill has been highly contentious as there are fears it will cause traffic chaos in the area. The plans were approved by the Planning Inspectorate last year after Croydon Council's planning committee turned down a planning application twice due to fears over the impact it would have on the local...
  
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• "Jeremy Corbyn is the man": can Momentum help Labour take ... - New Statesman

  07-06-2017 17:48
  
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  "Jeremy Corbyn is the man": can Momentum help Labour take ...
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  Tory incumbent Gavin Barwell won by just 165 votes in the 2015 general election.
  Where is my nearest polling station in Croydon for the 2017 general ...Croydon Advertiser
  Crisis, chaos, and utter Brexit complacencyThe Croydon Citizenall 12 news articles »
  
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• Two car accidents in a week leave 900-year-old Addington church's...

  07-06-2017 17:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two cars crashed into the wall of a historic Addington churchyard in the space of a week last month, leaving it badly damaged. A car smashed into the wall surrounding St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church, in Addington Village Road, on Monday, May 22, leaving a hole in the brickwork.Another vehicle then collided with the wall in the same place on the afternoon of Friday, May 26, "almost completely destroying it".READ MORE: Parade of shops to be bulldozed with Tesco and flats being build...
  
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• These are the cycling routes that could be built in Croydon over the next five years - Croydon Advertiser

  07-06-2017 17:21
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  These are the cycling routes that could be built in Croydon over the next five years
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  This map reveals what a new network of cycle routes, planned to be built in Croydon over the next five years, could look like. New routes will be built as part of Croydon Council's strategy to get more people cycling in a bid to boost public health and ...
  
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• These are the cycling routes that could be built in Croydon over...

  07-06-2017 16:58 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  This map reveals what a new network of cycle routes, planned to be built in Croydon over the next five years, could look like.New routes will be built as part of Croydon Council's strategy to get more people cycling in a bid to boost public health and reduce air pollution.By 2022, Croydon is likely to have a network of "quietway" cycle routes across the borough, and there are also plans for a segregated cycle "highway" along the route of the A23 between Purley and...
  
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• Croydon Cat Killer believed to have murdered squirrels in Croydon and Beckenham - Croydon Guardian

  07-06-2017 14:10
  
  Croydon Cat Killer believed to have murdered squirrels in Croydon and Beckenham
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  Two dead squirrels have been found in and around the heart of Croydon, leading to fears that the Croydon Cat Killer has struck once more. Animal welfare group South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL) were first called out to Lower Addiscombe ...
  
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• General election 2017: How political parties are trying to sway...

  07-06-2017 14:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Political campaigning is no longer just leaflets through the letterbox, a knock on the door or even emails.This general election, the extent to which parties target voters online through paid for "dark adverts" has begun to be revealed for the first time. Data provided to the Advertiser collected by Who Targets Me?, working with The Bureau Local, part of the The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, shows how the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Labour and the Green Party have been...
  
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• Vandals paint hateful graffiti on Islamic community centre after...

  07-06-2017 11:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An Islamic community centre was targeted by vandals following the terror attack in London Bridge and Borough Market on Saturday (June 3).Worshippers paying a visit to the Sutton Islamic Centre, on Oakhill Road, near Sutton town centre, on Sunday morning (June 4) discovered vandals had spray painted "terrorise your own country" on the building. The vandals also scrawled "go away" in black spray paint on the centre. Seven people were killed and a further 48 injured when three...
  
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• Home owner suffers tree falling through new extension in Warlingham - Croydon Advertiser

  07-06-2017 11:03
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  Home owner suffers tree falling through new extension in Warlingham
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  A tree collapsed through a home owner's new extension to their Warlingham house during the bad weather yesterday morning. Firefighters from Godstone station were at the scene for an hour from 8.10am after the tree fell into the rear of the Chelsham ...
  
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• Tree crashes through new extension during bad weather in...

  07-06-2017 10:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A tree collapsed through a home owner's new extension to their Warlingham house during the bad weather yesterday morning (Tuesday). Firefighters from Godstone station in Surrey were at the scene for an hour from 8.10am after the tree fell into the rear of the Chelsham Road house. It is believed that the extension to the property near to the Albert Road turnoff had only recently had the extension finished. Tree surgeons also attended the scene. READ MORE: Croydon hospital slammed for not...
  
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• Croydon hospital slammed for not giving patients TVs at the end of their beds - Croydon Advertiser

  07-06-2017 10:33
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  Croydon hospital slammed for not giving patients TVs at the end of their beds
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  Croydon University Hospital has been slammed for the "lack of entertainment" it offers its patients – by a South Croydon man who has called it "disgusting". Barry Street, of Cliffe Road, has visited the London Road hospital regularly in recent months ...
  
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• Croydon hospital slammed for not giving patients TVs at the end...

  07-06-2017 09:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon University Hospital has been slammed for the "lack of entertainment" it offers its patients – by a South Croydon man who has called it "disgusting".Barry Street, of Cliffe Road, has visited the London Road hospital regularly in recent months due to a family member who suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS) receiving treatment there. The 51-year-old, who last visited on May 26, says he has been shocked to see many patients "just lying there" with nothing...
  
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• Police officers endure banter from colleagues after getting...

  07-06-2017 08:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Surrey Police officers managed to lock themselves inside Kenley Aerodrome while investigating a suspected theft and drugs offence yesterday (Tuesday).A sergeant and a police constable were made fun of by their fellow law enforcement colleagues after getting themselves stuck on the site while on patrol.Police had performed a sweep of the aerodrome after reports that some of the buildings had been broken into and drugs were being taken inside.READ MORE: Campaign launched so seriously ill New...
  
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• Croydon man offered help and shelter following London Terror attack - Your Local Guardian

  07-06-2017 08:35
  
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  Croydon man offered help and shelter following London Terror attack
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  After the terror and chaos of the attacks on London Bridge and Borough Markets, Londoners have pulled together in a show defiance and resilience. On Saturday night, seven people lost their lives and 48 others were injured in a terrorist attack on ...
  
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• You won't believe how much money Croydon Council makes from parking fines - Croydon Advertiser

  07-06-2017 02:55
  
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  You won't believe how much money Croydon Council makes from parking fines
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  A recent study has revealed that Croydon Council raked in an astonishing £33.9 million from parking fines over a three-year period. Car lease company UK Carline has analysed the number of parking fines issued by 17 councils across the United Kingdom ...
  
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• People of Croydon called on to save the life of local boy and TV bailiff Delroy Anglin - Croydon Advertiser

  07-06-2017 02:55
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  People of Croydon called on to save the life of local boy and TV bailiff Delroy Anglin
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  Croydon residents are being called upon to attend an event this weekend which could help save the life of local dad and TV star Delroy Anglin after his "death sentence" blood cancer diagnosis. The star of Channel 5 reality show Can't Pay? We'll Take it ...
  
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• Parade of shops outside Sanderstead station to be bulldozed with...

  07-06-2017 02:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A parade of local businesses outside Sanderstead station is set to be bulldozed to make way for flats and a Tesco store.Planning permission was granted in January for five one-bedroom flats, one two-bedroom flat and one retail unit to be built on Station Approach, off Sanderstead Road.The flats will replace hairdressers' Maxibrown, Indian takeaway Ruchi, beauty salon Body Talk, minicab service Cuitcars and accountants' Atkins Financial Solutions. Body Talk manager Michaela Jones said that the...
  
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• People of Croydon called on to save the life of local boy and TV...

  07-06-2017 01:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon residents are being called upon to attend an event this weekend which could help save the life of local dad and TV star Delroy Anglin after his "death sentence" blood cancer diagnosis.The star of Channel 5 reality show Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away has been stricken with an aggressive form of leukaemia which will be "terminal" unless a donor can be found for a desperately needed transplant. The bailiff is "Croydon born and bred" and his heartbreaking...
  
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