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• Famous Arsenal fan laughs off Crystal Palace takeover talk - Croydon Advertiser

  30-08-2017 21:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Famous Arsenal fan laughs off Crystal Palace takeover talk
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  British basketball star Luol Deng has poured cold water on suggestions he could be interested in buying Crystal Palace. The NBA star, who plays for the LA Lakers, grew up in south London and said in January that it was his dream to buy the Eagles.and more »
  
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• Mum furious that parents won't be able to park outside Croydon schools from next week - Croydon Advertiser

  30-08-2017 20:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Mum furious that parents won't be able to park outside Croydon schools from next week
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  An angry parent has launched a petition calling on the council to scrap a new parking ban outside her children's school which is coming into force next week. Sumera Shamin is one of many parents at Woodcote Primary School, in Coulsdon, St Chads Primary ...
  
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• The timetable for Croydon trams is to change because of lower speed limits after fatal crash - Croydon Advertiser

  30-08-2017 18:06 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The timetable for Croydon trams is to change because of lower speed limits after fatal crash
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  Transport for London (TfL) is to change the tram timetable by the end of this year to take into account speed reductions introduced since the Croydon tram crash. The current top speed at 28 locations across the network of 80km/h (49.7mph) is being ...
  
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• Event review: the Riddlesdown wildflower walk, Saturday 29th July - The Croydon Citizen

  30-08-2017 18:00 via thecroydoncitizen.com
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  Event review: the Riddlesdown wildflower walk, Saturday 29th July
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  Anyone who knows me knows how keen I am on wildflowers and how impossible it is to go anywhere with me without having to stop every few minutes and wait while I examine and photograph some interesting plant I have found growing in a pavement ...
  
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• Here are the 39 restaurants and takeaways in Thornton Heath with food hygiene ratings of one out of five

  30-08-2017 16:31 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Everyone loves a good meal out or takeaway and it's always good to know the place you have chosen to eat takes hygiene seriously.
  
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• Two men jailed after machine gun and £125,000 worth of cannabis found outside a South Norwood home

  30-08-2017 14:37 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Two drug dealers who carried a machine gun and live ammunition have been jailed.
  
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• This is Croydon - The Croydon Citizen

  30-08-2017 13:07 via thecroydoncitizen.com
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  Posts on Instagram using #croydonis are being featured as part of an exhibition called 'What is Croydon?' at the Museum of Croydon. Photo by Zach Baker for the Croydon Citizen. A while ago I was sat in my classroom in Italy, telling my tutor about ...
  
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• BRIT school to showcase top filmmakers' works thanks to new partnership

  30-08-2017 11:58 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  The David Lean Cinema Campaign and the BRIT School are joining forces.
  
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• Timelapse video shows Waterloo Upgrade work from start to finish

  30-08-2017 10:54 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Commuters and travellers in south west London have suffered three and a half weeks of hardship, with the Waterloo Upgrade severely reducing the number of trains running.
  
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• A spectacular mural is going to painted under a Selhurst railway...

  30-08-2017 09:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Residents in Selhurst have been invited to come together to create a new mural for underneath a railway bridge.After concerns were expressed about the area becoming plagued by fly-tipping and the route under the bridge being unsafe for women, a desire has grown to "brighten up the area."Jenny Jones, who is leading the fight to paint a mural on a wall underneath the bridge, said: "The idea came from a mum who lives on a road nearby. READ MORE: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Hair: The...
  
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• Man taken to hospital after car crashes into lamppost in Addington - Croydon Advertiser

  30-08-2017 09:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Man taken to hospital after car crashes into lamppost in Addington
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  A young man was taken to hospital after the car he was driving crashed into a lamppost in Addington. Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to Spout Hill at about 1.40am on Wednesday to the car in collision with the lamppost. The driver, a man ...
  
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• Calls for more police to patrol Thornton Heath after stabbing...

  30-08-2017 08:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A community group is calling for more police officers to patrol Thornton Heath after a man was stabbed in broad daylight yesterday morning (Tuesday, August 29).Police and paramedics were called to reports of a stabbing on Thornton Heath High Street at 11.20am and discovered a man in his 20s had been knifed on The Drive.The man's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing. No arrests had been made in connection with the stabbing as of 6pm yesterday evening, a Met Police...
  
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• Man taken to hospital after car crashes into lamppost in...

  30-08-2017 08:44 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A young man was taken to hospital after the car he was driving crashed into a lamppost in Addington.Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to Spout Hill at about 1.40am on Wednesday to the car in collision with the lamppost. The driver, a man aged around 20, was taken to hospital suffering a shoulder injury, a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said.READ MORE: Cladding on recently built Croydon primary school is replaced after fire safety testsFire crews from Addington Fire Station attended.
  
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• Cladding on recently built Croydon primary school is replaced after fire safety tests - Croydon Advertiser

  30-08-2017 03:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Cladding on recently built Croydon primary school is replaced after fire safety tests
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  External cladding at a recently opened Croydon school has been replaced because some of the materials had similarities to products that have failed fire safety tests following the Grenfell Tower fire. Councils have been conducting fire safety reviews ...and more »
  
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