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• FieldBox Opens Viewing Facility in Croydon - Daily Research News Online

  20-06-2017 21:25
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  FieldBox Opens Viewing Facility in Croydon
  Daily Research News Online
  Guildford, Surrey-based healthcare MR and fieldwork firm FieldBox has opened a new viewing facility in Croydon, South London. FieldBox Opens Viewing Facility in Croydon Launched in 2015 by a consortium of investors which includes principal ...
  
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• 'Inadequate' New Addington school to change academy trust to try...

  20-06-2017 21:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A struggling New Addington school will be transferring academy trust this year after its current trust failed to improve standards.REAch2 proposed to the Department for Education that Castle Hill Academy, in Dunley Drive, should join another trust after it was given an "inadequate" rating by Ofsted and placed into special measures. This will be the second REAch2 academy to transfer trusts since the start of the year, with Broadmead Academy, in Sydenham Road, Selhurst, moving to The...
  
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• All council tower blocks in Croydon could get sprinklers after Grenfell Tower fire - Croydon Advertiser

  20-06-2017 20:37
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  All council tower blocks in Croydon could get sprinklers after Grenfell Tower fire
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  Sprinklers could be installed in every single council-owned tower block in Croydon, to stop a tragedy similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster. Yesterday (Monday) Croydon Council vowed to spend £10 million so that sprinklers could be installed in the ...
  Croydon tower blocks higher than 10 storeys to get sprinklers in wake of Grenfell Tower tragedyEvening Standard
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• All council tower blocks in Croydon could get sprinklers after...

  20-06-2017 20:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Sprinklers could be installed in every single council-owned tower block in Croydon, to stop a tragedy similar to the Grenfell Tower disaster. Yesterday (Monday) Croydon Council vowed to spend £10 million so that sprinklers could be installed in the tallest 25 tower blocks it owns. Today (Tuesday) council leader Tony Newman, when giving more detail on the plans, said that the safety improvements may not end there. He has promised that the council will look at whether sprinklers should...
  
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• New Addington benefits fraudster who lied about her bad back to...

  20-06-2017 18:51 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A New Addington benefits cheat who lied about her health for nearly a decade to claim more than £50,000 in benefits which she wasn't entitled to has avoided jail.Candace Dellaway, 49, falsely claimed the money from 2006 until she was rumbled in 2015, twice lying on her Disability Living Allowance renewal forms to claim she could barely move thanks to a crippling back condition that meant she needed help to go to the toilet.In fact, she was working in a "physically demanding" role...
  
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• This car parked in Crystal Palace covered in Post-It notes has some tips that London drivers need to know

  20-06-2017 16:58
  
  Sick of the London traffic? Need somewhere to vent? Or do you think you’ve got a few hot tips that could help someone get from point A to Point B in a flash?
  
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• Content Editor - HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk

  20-06-2017 16:34
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  We have an exciting opportunity to join the content editing team behind the Croydon Advertiser and the Surrey Mirror, and their websites. You would be working in one of the best news patches in the country and the Croydon website is one of Trinity ...
  
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• Temperatures could peak at 34C as we're heading for the longest June heatwave in 20 years

  20-06-2017 15:39
  
  Temperatures are continuing to soar as the UK heads for its longest June heatwave in more than 20 years.
  
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• This American man is travelling the world to find a wife and has landed in Croydon

  20-06-2017 15:28
  
  A man with a mission to travel the world and find love has landed in South Croydon.
  
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• Road in Penge cordoned off and park shut while police investigate...

  20-06-2017 15:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police cordoned off part of a road in Penge today (Tuesday, June 20) after an unexploded bomb was discovered. The "small shell" from the Second World War was found on a building site, on Kingswood Road, which is just over a mile away from Crystal Palace, this lunchtime. The road was cordoned off to pedestrians and motorists for around an hour and a half after police were called at around 1pm. They evacuated the building site and the surrounding area.Unexploded WW2 Bomb discovered...
  
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• Cane Hill Park still has years to go before development is completed

  20-06-2017 13:47
  
  You may have noticed something a little different as you travel past where the Cane Hill hospital used to be.
  
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• Why the inspector should reject Croydon's Local Plan - The Croydon Citizen

  20-06-2017 13:00
  
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  Why the inspector should reject Croydon's Local Plan
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  Croydon Council's website describes the Local Plan as its 'vision for enabling future development in the borough from now until 2036, in terms of homes, shops, jobs, schools, hospitals, leisure and recreation'. The Local Plan is a framework of polices ...
  
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• School food charity celebrates tenth birthday with 500 children at huge picnic

  20-06-2017 12:47
  
  Five hundred children enjoyed a huge picnic in Westminster Abbey College Garden to celebrate a school food charity’s tenth birthday.
  
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• This is why your Tesco home delivery might be cancelled or delayed

  20-06-2017 12:40
  
  Thousands of Tesco customers have had their grocery deliveries cancelled or postponed following a computer glitch.
  
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• Croydon's tallest buildings will get fire sprinklers as a response the the Grenfell Tower block disaster

  20-06-2017 11:13
  
  Croydon’s tallest buildings will be fitted with fire sprinklers.
  
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• New street art inspired by Grenfell Tower fire appears on Crystal...

  20-06-2017 11:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  New street art inspired by the Grenfell Tower fire has appeared on the Crystal Palace Triangle.The black and white piece, by Artful Dodger, has appeared on Church Road, near to Crystal Palace station. READ MORE: Kind-hearted students fundraising for 'much-loved' Croydon lecturer who escaped Grenfell Tower fireAn image of Grenfell Tower on fire appears at the left hand side of the image, with a stack of dominoes in formation behind it.Implying a similar fire could happen again, the piece of art..
  
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• Should you break a window? This is what to do if you see a dog left in a hot car

  20-06-2017 11:00
  
  It should be obvious to all responsible owners that dogs should never be put in danger through being left unattended in vehicles during hot weather.
  
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• Croydon technology firm raises needed funds for charities far and wide

  20-06-2017 10:57
  
  Croydon-based Mortgage Brain has raised over £50,000 for nine charities.
  
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• Mini Edinburgh Comedy Festival coming to South Norwood in July

  20-06-2017 10:46
  
  London's newest comedy festival, Leave 'Em Laughing is coming to South Norwood's Stanley Halls.
  
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• Restaurateur wines and dines 140 people for FREE at fundraising night for cancer services at Croydon University Hospital

  20-06-2017 10:34
  
  Croydon University Hospital’s cancer services have received £4,200 of donations after Croydon restauranteur Farid Sanjoori wined and dined 140 charitable citizens.
  
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• Concerns for wildlife and dogs as Carshalton Ponds 'turn green...

  20-06-2017 10:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Algae growing in Carshalton Ponds has led to concern from residents who say the plant is causing a bad smell and problems for wildlife. In the first week of June members of the public reported that the water in the ponds had turned a "bright green colour" but concerns for animals grew on Saturday (June 17) when the hot weather caused the water level to drop. Elizabeth Kane, from Forget Me Not Wildlife Rescue, wants the algae to be tested to find out if it is toxic, as some types are...
  
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• New and improved Surrey Street to have reopening party to celebrate

  20-06-2017 10:19
  
  A dance and music extravaganza will take place in Surrey Street on Saturday 24 to celebrate the reopening of the market and the completion of the first phase of works.
  
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• When will the heatwave end? It's going to be hot and sticky for a...

  20-06-2017 10:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We spend most of the year moaning that we never get any decent weather and as soon as we do we struggle to cope and start longing for autumn. With Britain having been bathed in glorious sunshine for days we should be keeping our fingers crossed for more of the same. But it has been so hot and sticky over the last few days that many of us will be hoping it cools down just a little bit.Temperatures have topped a sweltering 30C in the borough as a heatwave has swept across the country.READ MORE:...
  
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• Fifth Grenfell Tower victim named, as death toll rises to 79

  20-06-2017 09:11
  
  Five victims of the Grenfell tower fire have now been formally identified, with the death toll after last Wednesday’s inferno rising to 79.
  
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• A 'troubled' man has been taken to hospital after threatening to...

  20-06-2017 09:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A "troubled" man was taken to hospital after threatening to harm himself on a Croydon street.The man was helped by police officers on Katharine Street last Friday afternoon (June 17).READ MORE: New plan to stop children causing trouble in Croydon town centreHe was taken to hospital following the incident at 12.40pm in which he was heard to shout that he was going to harm himself.A police van and a police car were sent to the scene where several officers detained the man close to...
  
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• Croydon's tallest council blocks to have sprinklers installed after Grenfell Tower tragedy - Croydon Advertiser

  20-06-2017 02:55
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  Croydon's tallest council blocks to have sprinklers installed after Grenfell Tower tragedy
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  Sprinklers will be installed at 25 of Croydon Council's tower blocks following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Regulations in England currently mean that only buildings constructed since 2007 and which are taller than 30 metres are required to have ...
  Croydon council to retrofit 25 towers with sprinklersConstruction Enquirer
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• How safe do Croydon residents feel living in tower blocks?

  20-06-2017 01:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  From the highest windows of the 12-storey blocks of flats in New Addington the glistening façades of The Shard and Canary Wharf can be seen on the horizon. Less glamorous but home to all those that live there, these two beige and maroon tower blocks have stood on the corner of Lodge Lane for decades. Similar council tower blocks sit around our borough, among the newer private developments, some cladded and refurbished.Although the New Addington tower blocks are half the size of the...
  
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