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• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Hair: The barber trained in Croydon now cutting Will Smith's hair - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 23:03 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The Fresh Prince of Bel-Hair: The barber trained in Croydon now cutting Will Smith's hair
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  Seven years ago, when Carl Murray quit his nine to five temping job to become an apprentice barber, he doubted whether he had the skills to be successful. But cutting hair "tickled the fancy" of the then 22-year-old who was lucky enough to be taken ...
  
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• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Hair: The barber trained in Croydon now...

  25-08-2017 22:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Seven years ago, when Carl Murray quit his nine to five temping job to become an apprentice barber, he doubted whether he had the skills to be successful. But cutting hair "tickled the fancy" of the then 22-year-old who was lucky enough to be taken under the wing of Selhurst barber Raymond Robb, who taught him the skills of the trade.Back then he could never have imagined that by 2017 he would be trusted with trimming A-list star Will Smith's hair. "It's so surreal," said...
  
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• Man taken to hospital with neck injuries after Thornton Heath crash - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 21:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Man taken to hospital with neck injuries after Thornton Heath crash
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  A driver was taken to hospital after a car and a van crashed in Thornton Heath this evening. Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to Boswell Road, at the junction with Seneca Road, just before 6pm. Fire crews had to cut the roof off a Vauxhall ...
  
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• Man taken to hospital with neck injuries after Thornton Heath...

  25-08-2017 20:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A driver was taken to hospital after a car and a van crashed in Thornton Heath this evening.Police, ambulance and fire crews were called to Boswell Road, at the junction with Seneca Road, just before 6pm. Fire crews had to cut the roof off a Vauxhall Golf as a man in his late 20s was trapped suffering neck injuries, Watch Manager Frank McCarthy at Croydon Fire Station said. READ MORE: Campaign gathers pace to save arts hub Matthews Yard in Croydon which faces being demolished"He was...
  
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• Woman with history of depression took her own life at East Croydon station inquest hears - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 20:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Woman with history of depression took her own life at East Croydon station inquest hears
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  A woman who had a history of suffering from depression took her own life by jumping in front of a train at East Croydon station earlier this year, an inquest has heard. Samantha Wheeler, 44, was hit by a Gatwick Express train which was heading towards ...
  
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• Owner of Croydon shisha bars is given huge fine for allowing customers to smoke inside - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 19:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Owner of Croydon shisha bars is given huge fine for allowing customers to smoke inside
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  Croydon Council says ​Sohail Khan, who is the owner of a chain of Café Havana shisha bars in Croydon, was given... The Fresh Prince of Bel-Hair: The barber trained in Croydon now.. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Hair: The barber trained in Croydon... 1.
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• Owner of Croydon shisha bars is given huge fine for allowing...

  25-08-2017 19:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A Croydon man has been hit with a hefty court bill of more than £8,500 after he allowed customers to smoke the exotic pipes inside three of his Croydon shisha bars.At the start of this month Sohail Khan, proprietor of the Café Havana chain, was found guilty in his absence at Croydon Magistrates' Court of seven counts of allowing smoking in enclosed premises.Returning to the same court on Tuesday, August 22, Khan, of Oakfield Road, was fined £1,000 for each of the seven...
  
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• Woman with history of depression took her own life at East...

  25-08-2017 19:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A woman who had a history of suffering from depression took her own life by jumping in front of a train at East Croydon station earlier this year, an inquest has heard. Samantha Wheeler, 44, was hit by a Gatwick Express train which was heading towards London Victoria shortly before 9.30am on February 2. Platforms 1 and 2 were shut until 11.45am while police, paramedics and the fire brigade attended the scene but Miss Wheeler was pronounced dead on the tracks at around 9.45am. An inquest held...
  
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• Campaign gathers pace to save arts hub Matthews Yard in Croydon which faces being demolished - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 19:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Campaign gathers pace to save arts hub Matthews Yard in Croydon which faces being demolished
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  A petition to safeguard Matthews Yard has gathered over 1,000 signatures after being launched just over a day ago. The popular arts hub has an uncertain future as a developer wants to knock down the entire building on Surrey Street. South Croydon ...
  
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• GSCE results: There were tears of joy around Croydon as students were rewarded for their hard work

  25-08-2017 18:50 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  With a year full of changes to the system, schools and students alike were all a little worried heading into GCSE day.
  
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• Campaign gathers pace to save arts hub Matthews Yard in Croydon...

  25-08-2017 18:05 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A petition to safeguard Matthews Yard has gathered over 1,000 signatures after being launched just over a day ago.The popular arts hub has an uncertain future as a developer wants to knock down the entire building on Surrey Street. South Croydon company Regent Land and Developments submitted a pre-planning application to bulldoze 5 to 9 Surrey Street, and replace it with a four to seven or eight-storey development of 45 flats and commercial space. READ MORE: REVEALED: This is the artist behind..
  
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• Is this a breakthrough in the hunt for the Croydon Cat Killer ... - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 17:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Is this a breakthrough in the hunt for the Croydon Cat Killer ...
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  There are fears that the Croydon Cat Killer has struck again after a cat was found mutilated in Caterham this week - but it may have given police a new lead in ...and more »
  
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• Purley drug dealer jailed after cocaine is found hidden in carpet...

  25-08-2017 16:50 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man from Purley has been jailed after half a kilo of cocaine which was hidden in a carpet cleaner was found in a car he was driving in Brighton earlier this year.Shingayi Bayayi, of Bouverie Gardens, pleaded guilty to possession with the intent to supply a controlled Class A drug when he appeared at Guildford Crown Court on August 16. The 35-year-old also pleaded guilty to the use of a motor vehicle without third party insurance and driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance without.
  
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• Is this a breakthrough in the hunt for the Croydon Cat Killer?

  25-08-2017 16:32 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  There are fears that the Croydon Cat Killer has struck again after a cat was found mutilated in Caterham this week - but it may have given police a new lead in the case. Police and members of SNARL (South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty) were called out when the body of the dead pet was discovered on Wednesday morning (August 23).The road name where the cat was discovered is not being revealed by police as the family of the cat are so traumatised that they have requested it isn't...
  
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• A shisha bar owner’s good name goes up in smoke as he is fined more than £8,500

  25-08-2017 15:54 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  The owner of a chain of shisha bars has been fined more than £8,500 for allowing customers to smoke the exotic pipes inside three of his four premises on repeated occasions.
  
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• Croydon man Sabaradnam Sivaseelan found guilty of sexual assault in Balham - Wandsworth Guardian

  25-08-2017 15:53 via wandsworthguardian.co.uk
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  Croydon man Sabaradnam Sivaseelan found guilty of sexual assault in Balham
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  A Croydon man has been found guilty of sexual assault and indecently exposing himself in public. Sabaradnam Sivaseelan, 55, of Donald Road initially pleaded not guilty to sexually touching someone who did not consent and also exposing his genitals with ...
  
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• Met Police respond to Stormzy's criticisms that Catford raids connected to Notting Hill Carnival

  25-08-2017 14:27 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Following condemnation from Croydon’s grime star Stormzy, campaign groups have also come out in condemnation of the Met Police “targeting and smearing black Londoners”.
  
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• A Croydon man has been found guilty of sexual assault in Balham

  25-08-2017 14:19 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A Croydon man has been found guilty of sexual assault and indecently exposing himself in public.
  
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• This could be your dream job if you are a Crystal Palace fan who...

  25-08-2017 14:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  If you are a regular user of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat - and support Crystal Palace - then this could be the ideal job for you.Crystal Palace are on the search for a "social media reporter" who they say will be "at the heart of content creation".The salary is described as "competitive" and Crystal Palace add that the lucky candidate will work "with a great team of colleagues".The job advert says: "You will be responsible for helping...
  
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• ​Woman seriously ill after being stabbed multiple times at Warlingham home - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 13:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  ​Woman seriously ill after being stabbed multiple times at Warlingham home
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  Last night (Thursday, August 24) there was a major police presence on Boxwood Way following reports of a serious assault. Surrey Police, an ambulance and an air ambulance were all called to the address at about 7.10pm where a woman was found with ...and more »
  
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• ​Woman seriously ill after being stabbed multiple times at ... - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 13:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A woman is seriously ill after being stabbed multiple times inside a Warlingham Home. Last night (Thursday, August 24) there was a major police presence on ...and more »
  
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• ​Woman seriously ill after being stabbed multiple times at...

  25-08-2017 13:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A woman is seriously ill after being stabbed multiple times inside a Warlingham Home.Last night (Thursday, August 24) there was a major police presence on Boxwood Way following reports of a serious assault. Surrey Police, an ambulance and an air ambulance were all called to the address at about 7.10pm where a woman was found with stab wounds to her abdomen, arms and legs. READ MORE: Croydon man who burgled 16 homes jailed after police link him to crimes using phoneAccording to an eye-witness, a.
  
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• Thornton Heath brothers building a Caribbean food empire through facebook page Original Flava

  25-08-2017 13:11 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  From their home kitchen in Thornton Heath to the beginnings of a food empire, brothers Craig and Shaun McAnuff have certainly come along way.
  
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• Croydon orthodontists celebrates 45 years with generations of faithful patients - Your Local Guardian

  25-08-2017 12:42 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
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  Croydon orthodontists celebrates 45 years with generations of faithful patients
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  For nearly half a century, families have been coming to Croydon Orthodontic Practice for everything from straightening teens' teeth to cleaning parents' teeth. Now, after caring for more than 1 million teeth, the practice decided to give something back ...
  
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• Two teenagers charged with the robbery of an elderly victim

  25-08-2017 12:37 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Two teenagers have been charged in relation to an investigation into the robbery of a 73-year-old.
  
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• These were some of the best schools in Croydon for GCSE results - Croydon Advertiser

  25-08-2017 12:12 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  These were some of the best schools in Croydon for GCSE results
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  Thousands of teenagers in Croydon will still be celebrating this morning after receiving their long-awaited GCSE results yesterday (Thursday). Students in the borough and nationwide had to sit new, tougher exams in English literature, English language ...
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• Croydon parents urged to be aware of important changes to tax...

  25-08-2017 11:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Parents of children who go to school in Croydon have been urged by the Government to update their tax and benefit details following GCSE results day yesterday (Thursday, August 24).While you celebrate or commiserate your offspring's results, your tax status probably won't be the first thing on your mind.But those who claim child tax credits and child benefit are being warned that they must let officials know what their children's plans are, or they could miss out on payments or be charged.READ..
  
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• These were some of the best schools in Croydon for GCSE results

  25-08-2017 11:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Thousands of teenagers in Croydon will still be celebrating this morning after receiving their long-awaited GCSE results yesterday (Thursday).Students in the borough and nationwide had to sit new, tougher exams in English literature, English language and maths.Instead of being given an A* to G grade, these exams came back with scores of 1 to 9, with 9 being the highest. In the UK, there was a fall in the proportion of passes at A* and A (or the new equivalent grade 7 and above), from 20.2% to...
  
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• New vacuum cleaners part of £1.3m council investment to clean up Croydon streets

  25-08-2017 11:02 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Croydon Council is revolutionising the way it clean up the streets.
  
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• Wandle Beer Festival is nearly upon us

  25-08-2017 10:51 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Beer lovers rejoice. the 2nd annual Wandle Beer Festival is nearly here.
  
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• More details released about month long celebration of Andy Warhol

  25-08-2017 10:37 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Lectures and films to bring iconic artist to life during Warhol Croydon month.
  
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• New softplay business officially on the move to Coulsdon

  25-08-2017 10:25 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  It's official, Little Lambs Softplay is coming to Coulsdon.
  
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• Sun comes out this bank holiday as the weather looks set to remain bright and dry

  25-08-2017 09:40 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Good news for anyone who wants to enjoy this bank holiday outdoors as the British weather looks set to co-operate.
  
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• Up to 75 per cent of trains cut this bank holiday - here's what you need to know

  25-08-2017 08:41 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Up to 75 per cent of trains will not be running on many routes across London this bank holiday weekend as major improvement works begin at London Waterloo station.
  
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