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• 'The bounce of promotion could help Huddersfield Town against Crystal Palace' - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 21:43
  Croydon Advertiser
  'The bounce of promotion could help Huddersfield Town against Crystal Palace'
  Croydon Advertiser
  Crystal Palace face a tough test against newly-promoted Huddersfield Town this afternoon (Saturday), according to former Liverpool and Brighton defender Mark Lawrenson. The BBC Sport pundit has made his prediction for the first round of Premier League ...
  
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• Residents in one of Croydon's tallest tower blocks left without water for days - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 20:07
  Croydon Advertiser
  Residents in one of Croydon's tallest tower blocks left without water for days
  Croydon Advertiser
  Residents living in one of Croydon's tower blocks have been left without water for days – and this isn't the first time it's happened. Families living in what have been described as 'luxury' flats in the Island tower in West Croydon were left without ...
  
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• Young New Addington man cleared of child sex offences - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 17:53
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  Young New Addington man cleared of child sex offences
  Croydon Advertiser
  A young man from New Addington has been unanimously cleared of a number of child sex offences. William Graham, of Windham Avenue, was, though, placed on the Sex Offenders Register after admitting to having indecent images on his phone of a girl ...
  
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• Man pleads for help after being diagnosed with cancer

  11-08-2017 17:46
  A Croydon man is pleading for former colleagues to come forward after he was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.
  
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• Thornton Heath man jailed for stealing £90,000 from pensioner

  11-08-2017 17:36
  A fraudster who stole the majority of a pensioner's life savings has been jailed for 33 months.
  
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• A celestial fireworks display is expected this weekend during the Perseid meteor shower

  11-08-2017 17:03
  A spectacular display of celestial fireworks is promised this weekend as the Earth flies through a cloud of cometary dust.
  
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• Ready, teddy, go: Purley man helps fight mitochondrial disease by sailing around the world

  11-08-2017 16:42
  A Purley man and his trusted teddy are set to embark on a gruelling round-the-world yacht race.
  
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• East Croydon rush hour rail disruption expected after trespasser on the tracks at Norbury - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 16:32
  Croydon Advertiser
  East Croydon rush hour rail disruption expected after trespasser on the tracks at Norbury
  Croydon Advertiser
  Heavy disruption is to be expected to Southern Rail services between Croydon and London Victoria this evening after reports of a trespasser on the busy mainline through Croydon. Southern said train services are likely to be severely disrupted between ...and more »
  
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• Croydon drug dealer who tried to pretend to be Portuguese jailed for more than four years - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 14:46
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  Croydon drug dealer who tried to pretend to be Portuguese jailed for more than four years
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  A Croydon drug dealer who tried to pretend to be Portuguese when he was pulled over by police has been jailed for more than four years. Artinis Hajdarmataj, 20, of Windmill Road, Croydon was jailed for four years and six months at Guildford Crown Court ...
  Jailed: Croydon cocaine dealer who claimed he was Portuguese twice caught out by Surrey Police's on-the-spot ...Cr
  
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• Croydon drug dealer who tried to pretend to be Portuguese jailed for ... - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 14:46
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  Croydon drug dealer who tried to pretend to be Portuguese jailed for ...
  Croydon Advertiser
  A Croydon drug dealer who tried to pretend to be Portuguese when he was pulled over by police has been jailed for more than four years. Artinis Hajdarmataj ...
  Jailed: Croydon cocaine dealer who claimed he was Portuguese ...Croydon Guardianall 4 news articles »
  
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• Jailed: Drug dealer who claimed he was Portuguese twice caught out by on-the-spot language tests

  11-08-2017 14:09
  A drug dealer who pretended to be Portuguese but twice failed an on-the-spot language test has been jailed.
  
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• Fraudsters target households with Royal Mail 'missed delivery' card scam - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 14:06
  Croydon Advertiser
  Fraudsters target households with Royal Mail 'missed delivery' card scam
  Croydon Advertiser
  A warning has been issued by Action Fraud after fake missed delivery cards were posted through letterboxes across the country by suspected scammers. A number of households have been targeted by the scam, which sees unofficial Royal Mail "something ...and more »
  
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• Read all about it: Croydon's first literary festival is here - The Croydon Citizen

  11-08-2017 13:00
  The Croydon Citizen
  Read all about it: Croydon's first literary festival is here
  The Croydon Citizen
  Forget Hay-on-Wye. Your literary heritage will be celebrated on Saturday 9 September at the David Lean Cinema. Image author's own. If Stoke Newington and Balham can have a literary festival, then why not Croydon? That was the thinking back in April ...
  
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• Two people arrested in connection to Jermaine Goupall murder

  11-08-2017 12:40
  Two people have been arrested in relation to the murder of Croydon teenager Jermaine Goupall.
  
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• DJs Tim Westwood and Abrantee to play at Boxpark Croydon this weekend in Capital XTRA event - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 12:21
  Croydon Advertiser
  DJs Tim Westwood and Abrantee to play at Boxpark Croydon this weekend in Capital XTRA event
  Croydon Advertiser
  The Capital XTRA Brunch 'N' Beats event will seeCapital XTRA DJs Westwood, Manny Norte, Abrantee, Yinka, and Ras Kwame play hip-hop, grime and R&B tracks at Boxpark on Saturday (August 12) between midday and 11pm. The DJs will take to the ...
  
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• Emmanuel Church Hall hoping grant will help refurbish new building

  11-08-2017 11:03
  Emmanuel Church is in Croydon is in the running for a £25,000 award but they need help to pull it off.
  
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• Missing teenager could be hundreds of miles from home

  11-08-2017 10:43
  A missing 14-year-old boy could be hundreds of miles from home.
  
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• Croydon's adult learning and training service Calat was given The Matrix Standard tick of approval - Your Local Guardian

  11-08-2017 10:35
  Croydon's adult learning and training service Calat was given The Matrix Standard tick of approval
  Your Local Guardian
  Calat has received formal accreditation for the quality of information, advice, and careers guidance it provides to its learners. The 'Matrix Standard' seal of approval is a government requirement for services supported by the Skills Funding Agency. It ...and more »
  
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• Croydon training service get tick of approval

  11-08-2017 10:32
  Croydon’s adult learning and training service (Calat) has gotten the tick of approval.
  
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• Month of Warhol coming to Croydon

  11-08-2017 10:18
  Original artwork by Andy Warhol is coming to Croydon
  
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• Signalling fault between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon causes more delays for commuters - Croydon Advertiser

  11-08-2017 09:46
  Croydon Advertiser
  Signalling fault between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon causes more delays for commuters
  Croydon Advertiser
  A signalling fault between Gatwick Airport and East Croydon is expected to cause widespread delays to commuters' journeys until 12pm today (Friday). Three of six lines are blocked at Gatwick Airport due to the fault and it is causing delays of up to 15 ...
  Commuters facing train problems at East Croydon Station this morningCroydon Guardianall 4 news articles &raq
  
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• Supermarkets withdraw egg products over contamination fears

  11-08-2017 09:42
  Four supermarkets have taken products off their shelves in the wake of the egg contamination scare - as the Food Standards Agency says the scale of the problem is higher than previously thought.
  
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• Police launch witness appeal following fatal stabbing of Jermaine Goupall in Green Lane, Thornton Heath

  11-08-2017 09:06
  Detectives investigating the murder of 15-year-old Croydon teenager Jermaine Goupall are appealing for the public's help to trace his murderer.
  
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• Commuters facing train problems at East Croydon Station this morning

  11-08-2017 08:19
  Commuters are facing problems this morning as signal failures and a lack of train crew are causing delays at East Croydon.
  
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