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• Meet the hairdresser from Crystal Palace who has entered the Love Island villa

  29-06-2018 17:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Grace Wardle is looking for a long term relationship
  
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• Croydon Council staff took 21000 days off sick last year - costing the council nearly £2m - Croydon Advertiser

  29-06-2018 17:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon Council staff took 21000 days off sick last year - costing the council nearly £2m
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  Croydon Council staff took more than 21,000 days off sick last year – costing the council nearly £2million in sick pay. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request made by the Advertiser has revealed employees at the council were off sick for a total of 21 ...
  
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• Croydon Council staff took 21,000 days off sick last year - costing the council nearly £2m

  29-06-2018 17:46 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  But the council says the figure only equates to six days per employee each year
  
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• 11 things you'll definitely see in Croydon now that it's summer - Croydon Advertiser

  29-06-2018 17:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  11 things you'll definitely see in Croydon now that it's summer
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  According to science, and therefore you know it's true, summer stars in England on June 21 and ends on September 23. Why would science lie to us like that? Anyone from Croydon knows summer is actually those three weeks at the end of June when ...
  
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• 11 things you'll definitely see in Croydon now that it's summer

  29-06-2018 17:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Make the most of it while it lasts!
  
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• This is how your children can swim for free in Croydon this summer - Croydon Advertiser

  29-06-2018 16:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  This is how your children can swim for free in Croydon this summer
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  The summer can be a tricky period for parents. Trying to plan things for your kids to do so you don't go mad! Well, luckily, Croydon Council may have just come up with an answer for some of those days, as children aged 16 and under can swim for free at ...
  
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• This is how your children can swim for free in Croydon this summer

  29-06-2018 16:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  If anyone needs a way of keeping the kids occupied this summer, look no further
  
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• Major Crystal Palace road closed after sinkhole opens up

  29-06-2018 15:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Road users and buses are being forced to use diverted routes as a result
  
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• The UK could see fewer crumpets in the shops as they become next victim of CO2 shortage

  29-06-2018 15:42 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Crumpets have become the latest casualty of the carbon dioxide (CO2) shortage which is hitting production throughout the UK's food and drink industry.
  
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• The 'one of a kind' £30million South Croydon secondary school set to open this year - Croydon Advertiser

  29-06-2018 14:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The 'one of a kind' £30million South Croydon secondary school set to open this year
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  A brand-new secondary school which will have a “relentless focus on health-related fitness” will be opening in South Croydon later this year. Coombe Wood School will be a comprehensive, mixed secondary school for children aged between 11 and 18, with ...
  
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• The 'one of a kind' £30million South Croydon secondary school set to open this year

  29-06-2018 14:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The school is set to employ professional sports coaches
  
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• Police searching for answers after man stabbed near nature reserve

  29-06-2018 14:41 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Police are appealing for information after a man was stabbed near a nature reserve.
  
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• Man rushed to hospital after stabbing in residential street in Croydon - Croydon Advertiser

  29-06-2018 14:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Man rushed to hospital after stabbing in residential street in Croydon
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  A man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in a residential street in Croydon - the second reported stabbing in one day. Emergency services were called to Markfield, off Court Wood Lane in Selsdon, at just before 6.30pm on Monday (June 25) to ...
  
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• Man rushed to hospital after stabbing in residential street in Croydon

  29-06-2018 14:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Police are yet to make any arrests in connection with the stabbing
  
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• Golf club plans given green light by Sadiq Khan

  29-06-2018 14:03 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Plans for a golf club to build a new clubhouse on green belt land have been given the go ahead by the Mayor of London.
  
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• A sinkhole has opened up in Crystal Palace causing traffic madness

  29-06-2018 13:49 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A sinkhole has opened up in Crystal Palace closing a main road and causing traffic chaos.
  
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• Police appeal for information more than two weeks after man goes missing

  29-06-2018 13:15 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Police are appealing for information more than two weeks after a man went missing.
  
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• Thornton Heath stencils aim to curb fly tipping

  29-06-2018 12:55 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A white squirrel, temples and the Thornton Heath clock tower have all been spray painted in a bid to curb fly tipping in the area.
  
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• Croydon school using music to raise money for charity

  29-06-2018 12:49 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A Croydon school is going all out for charity.
  
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• Coroner finds 'gross failures' at Croydon University Hospital led to South Croydon woman's death from choking on food - Croydon Advertiser

  29-06-2018 12:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Coroner finds 'gross failures' at Croydon University Hospital led to South Croydon woman's death from choking on food
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  The family of a South Croydon mother and housewife who died after choking to death on food she should not have been fed at Croydon University Hospital have said her death was “entirely avoidable”. South London Coroner's Court heard on Tuesday (June ...
  
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• Coroner finds 'gross failures' at Croydon University Hospital led to South Croydon woman's death from choking on food

  29-06-2018 12:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The family of Amanda House said her death was 'entirely avoidable' and that policies and procedures at the hospital were 'routinely ignored'
  
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• Teenager fighting for his life after being stabbed multiple times in south London attack

  29-06-2018 11:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A gang of nine males with their hoods up were spotted by a burning vehicle near to where the critically injured 19-year-old was found
  
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• Still no arrests after daylight stabbing in Croydon High Street - Croydon Advertiser

  29-06-2018 11:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Still no arrests after daylight stabbing in Croydon High Street
  Croydon Advertiser
  Police are yet to make any arrests after a broad daylight stabbing on Croydon High Street on Monday (June 25) afternoon which left one man in hospital. The attack took place just before 4pm on Monday, after which a police cordon was set up just outside ...
  
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• Still no arrests after daylight stabbing in Croydon High Street

  29-06-2018 10:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed on Monday (June 25) afternoon
  
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• Bensham Manor builder hid problems with depression from family before taking own life, inquest heard

  29-06-2018 10:35 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  South London Coroners Court hears how Sergiy Ben was found hanging at home by his family in January
  
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• Council gets £155,000 to help victims of modern slavery

  29-06-2018 10:32 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A little more than £155,000 has been given to Croydon Council to support victims of modern slavery.
  
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• Motorcyclist has leg amputated after crashing into south London bus stop

  29-06-2018 08:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 22-year-old man has had the lower part of one leg amputated
  
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• Crawley man jailed over plot to smuggle lethal automatic guns into the UK

  29-06-2018 08:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Another Crawley man was jailed after armed police stopped him on the M23 with weapons hidden on the underside of a van
  
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• Man dies after early-morning crash involving two motorbikes in south London

  29-06-2018 08:34 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 38-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene
  
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