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• Love Island finale to be shown at Boxpark in Croydon on a big...

  22-07-2017 22:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  If Love Island has been the highlight of your summer and you just can't face the prospect of it coming to an end on your own, there is the opportunity to watch the finale with other devotees in Croydon. The surprise hit which has arguably been the most talked about TV series of the last few months is coming to an end after being on air for seven weeks.The ITV2 show raking has been a huge ratings hit, on occasions drawing in more than 2 million viewers a night.READ MORE: Croydon Beer Festival...
  
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• Crystal Palace midfelder admits to sleepless nights in the Far East - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 22:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Crystal Palace midfelder admits to sleepless nights in the Far East
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  Luka Milivojevic admits he has struggled for sleep in the past week since Crystal Palace have been playing in the Premier League Asia Trophy in the Far East. The Palace midfielder insisted that on the whole he enjoyed his first trip to to Hong Kong ...and more »
  
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• ​17 things you'll remember if you went clubbing in Croydon in the 2000s - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 21:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ​17 things you'll remember if you went clubbing in Croydon in the 2000s
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  The first decade of the 2000s might not be that long ago but so many clubs and pubs have been and gone or changed hands or names in that time. And now we are all grown up too, maybe with kids, a nine to five job, a place of our own perhaps. But however ...
  
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• Major disruption to Southern Rail trains following 'lightning strike' - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 17:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Major disruption to Southern Rail trains following 'lightning strike'
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  Southern Rail has warned Croydon commuters to expect severe disruption to its trains this evening, due to a "lightning strike" in the Norwood Junction area. Dozens of Southern Rail, London Overground and Thameslink services have already been cancelled ...
  
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• Major disruption to Southern Rail trains following 'lightning...

  22-07-2017 16:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Southern Rail has warned Croydon commuters to expect severe disruption to its trains this evening, due to a "lightning strike" in the Norwood Junction area.Dozens of Southern Rail, London Overground and Thameslink services have already been cancelled or delayed.At about 3.30pm Southern said all lines between Norwood Junction and East Croydon "are blocked" while engineers fix the problem.READ MORE: Train cancellations and delays: Southern's parent company performed the worst...
  
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• First class carriages are set to be scrapped on busy trains - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 15:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  First class carriages are set to be scrapped on busy trains
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  The Transport Secretary has pledged to scrap first class carriages on busy commuter trains so that overcrowding can be tackled. Chris Grayling says he no longer wants to see passengers "segregated". The Tory MP, who commutes to Whitehall every day ...
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• First class carriages are set to be scrapped on busy trains

  22-07-2017 15:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The Transport Secretary has pledged to scrap first class carriages on busy commuter trains so that overcrowding can be tackled. Chris Grayling says he no longer wants to see passengers "segregated".The Tory MP, who commutes to Whitehall every day, told the Daily Telegraph he understands the frustration commuters feel when they have to stand despite there being a first class carriage completely empty. READ MORE: How adding extra platforms at East Croydon station could help create 1,000...
  
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• Part of Purley Way closed after van crashes into traffic lights

  22-07-2017 14:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police have closed off part of one of Croydon's busiest roads after a van crashed into a set of traffic lights this afternoon (Saturday).At about 12.05pm officers and paramedics were called to Purley Way's junction with Edgehill Road.READ MORE: Devastated parent pays beautiful tribute to 'brilliant' teacher killed in Croydon hammer attackA spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said there were no reported injuries at this stage, although part of Purley Way remains closed while the emergency...
  
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• Print archive: June 2017 – The many festivals of Croydon - The Croydon Citizen

  22-07-2017 14:19 via thecroydoncitizen.com
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  Print archive: June 2017 – The many festivals of Croydon
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  The Croydon Citizen is a non-profit community news magazine for London's most populous borough. More Posts · Croydon Heritage Festival 2017 Croydon Summer of Love Festival London Tech Week. We were unable to load Disqus. If you are a moderator ...and more »
  
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• Four people left in hospital following crash involving bus in...

  22-07-2017 14:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  An investigation has been launched by Transport for London (TfL) after four people were rushed to hospital on Friday night following a crash in Coulsdon involving a bus and a car. At about 11.30pm officers from the Metropolitan Police and paramedics from the London Ambulance Service (LAS) were called to Coulsdon Road's junction with Byron Avenue. Part of Coulsdon Road was closed off by police for almost four hours while emergency services dealt with the crash which caused "severe"...
  
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• Devastated parent pays beautiful tribute to 'brilliant' teacher killed in ... - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 13:40 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A Thornton Heath parent has paid a glowing tribute to a primary school teacher who was killed in a hammer attack earlier this week. Florina Pastina, who was a ...and more »
  
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• Devastated parent pays beautiful tribute to 'brilliant' teacher...

  22-07-2017 13:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Thornton Heath parent has paid a glowing tribute to a primary school teacher who was killed in a hammer attack earlier this week. Florina Pastina, who was a Year 4 teacher at Kensington Avenue Primary School, suffered fatal head injuries at a home on Alpha Road, in Croydon, on Wednesday morning. The 36-year-old was rushed to hospital but died from her injuries in the early hours of Friday morning. The news of Ms Pastina's sudden death has come as a deep shock to teachers, parents and...
  
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• ​Croydon shoppers get the chance to experience how autistic people feel - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 13:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ​Croydon shoppers get the chance to experience how autistic people feel
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  Across this weekend, Croydon shoppers will be given the chance to experience how autistic people feel in busy places through a virtual reality headset. In order to understand how places like a shopping centre can feel overwhelming, a virtual reality ...
  
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• ​Croydon shoppers get the chance to experience how autistic...

  22-07-2017 12:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Across this weekend, Croydon shoppers will be given the chance to experience how autistic people feel in busy places through a virtual reality headset.In order to understand how places like a shopping centre can feel overwhelming, a virtual reality roadshow will be visiting Centrale shopping centre. The National Autistic Society (NAS) will be offering the experience on the ground floor, opposite House of Fraser, between 9am and 4pm today (Saturday, July 22) and between 11am and 5pm tomorrow...
  
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• The beautiful reason why this dad and daughter are climbing three...

  22-07-2017 12:23 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Warlingham dad and daughter are to climb the tallest mountains in England, Scotland and Wales in memory of a much-loved wife and mother. Charli Jarvis, 31, and her father, George Sweeting, 59, lost mum and wife Yvonne Sweeting six months ago after she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2015.Inspired by what Charli says was the "brilliant" work of St Catherine's Hospice, in Crawley, whose nurses helped care for her, the family are to take on the Three Peaks Challenge to...
  
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• Mum of murder victim Andre Aderemi questions role of violent song...

  22-07-2017 10:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The mum of murder victim Andre Aderemi has questioned the influence violent lyrics in music has on young men. Yemi Hughes, 38, says parents should monitor what their children are listening to, including some grime, after hearing one of her younger sons repeating some "negative" lyrics and hearing a track which talked about "shanking" someone. Her son Andre Aderemi, who was 19 and the eldest of three brothers, was killed by four youths on the Monks Hill estate in Selsdon...
  
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• Swimming teacher who has taught 'at least 30000' Croydon children how to swim retires - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 09:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Swimming teacher who has taught 'at least 30000' Croydon children how to swim retires
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  A swimming teacher who has taught "at least 30,000" schoolchildren how to swim is set to retire. Janet Einecker, 59, has been helping schoolchildren learn the valuable skill since 1985, spending most of her career at Hayes Primary School, in Kenley ...
  
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• Swimming teacher who has taught 'at least 30,000' Croydon...

  22-07-2017 09:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A swimming teacher who has taught "at least 30,000" schoolchildren how to swim is set to retire.Janet Einecker, 59, has been helping schoolchildren learn the valuable skill since 1985, spending most of her career at Hayes Primary School, in Kenley. Looking back over her long career, the mother-of-two said: "Swimming has been my career, but it has given me a life."Mrs Eineker started swimming at a very young age after she used to get brought along to watch her three older...
  
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• Croydon pre-school principal left in tears by brilliant Ofsted report - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 07:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon pre-school principal left in tears by brilliant Ofsted report
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  After teaching at Norwood Grove Pre-school for 25 years, principal Joan Runcorn admits she cried when the news came in. Despite always making the cut as "good", the Norbury pre-school had never been rated as "outstanding" by Ofsted. Until now - as ...
  
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• Croydon pre-school principal left in tears by brilliant Ofsted...

  22-07-2017 07:01 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  After teaching at Norwood Grove Pre-school for 25 years, principal Joan Runcorn admits she cried when the news came in.Despite always making the cut as "good", the Norbury pre-school had never been rated as "outstanding" by Ofsted. Until now - as after its latest inspection in June,the top rating was finally achieved. READ MORE: How a new head teacher turned around a once-failing Purley primary schoolMrs Runcorn said: "I cried when we found out, it was very emotional...
  
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• This Croydon woman is launching a very different kind of dating website - Croydon Advertiser

  22-07-2017 02:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  This Croydon woman is launching a very different kind of dating website
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  A Croydon businesswoman is to launch an old-fashioned dating service where "men are gentlemen and women are ladies". Unimpressed with the current dating scene, Dennie Smith, 55, who owns salon Vintage62 in Selsdon says she wants to offer ...
  
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• This Croydon woman is launching a very different kind of dating...

  22-07-2017 00:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon businesswoman is to launch an old-fashioned dating service where "men are gentlemen and women are ladies".Unimpressed with the current dating scene, Dennie Smith, 55, who owns salon Vintage62 in Selsdon says she wants to offer something new to singletons.As a self-confessed lover of "all things old-fashioned", Mrs Smith wants to offer an option to those who miss the traditional aspects of dating and romance. The website, Old Style Dating, will be targeted at...
  
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