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• Up to five animals a week are still being killed by the Croydon Cat Killer according to a local charity

  27-07-2018 20:09 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Up to five animals a week are still being killed by the Croydon Cat Killer according to a local charity. Boudicca Rising from South Norwood Animal Rescue League (SNARL) addressed the Croydon Safer Neighbourhood Board on Wednesday (July 25) to ask for £1,000 which would be spent on leaflets handed out after incidents in the area. “It’s not pretty, it’s nasty and it needs to end – and essentially we are trying to do that,” she said. “The police have been a
  
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• How the Croydon heatwaves of summers 1976 and 2018 compare - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 19:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  How the Croydon heatwaves of summers 1976 and 2018 compare
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  The much-talked-about heatwave of 1976 is the most memorable summer in many people's lifetimes, while for others summer 2018 will be their best experience of weeks of non-stop glorious sunshine. That long hot summer of more than 40 years ago will be ...and more »
  
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• How the Croydon heatwaves of summers 1976 and 2018 compare

  27-07-2018 19:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  In 1976 people were told to share baths while in 2018 firefighters were called to more than 50 grass fires in less than a month
  
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• Paedophile jailed for raping 12-year-old girl in his Croydon home ... - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 19:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Paedophile jailed for raping 12-year-old girl in his Croydon home ...
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  Colin Hudson convinced the victim he was her boyfriend in a "secret relationship" before he raped her.and more »
  
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• Paedophile jailed for raping 12-year-old girl in his Croydon home

  27-07-2018 19:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Colin Hudson convinced the victim he was her boyfriend in a "secret relationship" before he raped her
  
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• 'Prolific' south London thief jailed after seriously injuring female police officer while trying to avoid arrest

  27-07-2018 18:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Camberwell resident Christopher Haynes left a female officer needing long-term physiotherapy for a serious wrist injury
  
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• Man who raped 12-year-old girl 40 years ago is jailed

  27-07-2018 18:58 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A Wandsworth man found guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl in 1978 at his home in Croydon has been jailed.
  
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• 11 of the most exciting pieces of Croydon street art - including work by a famous LA artist - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 18:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  11 of the most exciting pieces of Croydon street art - including work by a famous LA artist
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  Marvelled between the busy shops, restaurants and bars of Croydon town centre there is labyrinth of street art nestled high on walls, hidden in alleyways and spread across buildings. The intriguing art works captures local and international artistry ...
  
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• 11 of the most exciting pieces of Croydon street art - including work by a famous LA artist

  27-07-2018 18:20 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon now has a reputation for being home to the best street art in Britain
  
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• Fury over new bins as people struggle to find space to put them

  27-07-2018 18:08 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Reaction to the arrival of new bins on doorsteps around the Croydon has been mixed, with many residents expressing anger about the new scheme.
  
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• 'What a beautiful sight': Reactions as south London gets its first rain in weeks

  27-07-2018 17:16 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Reports flood in that it is raining across south London
  
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• Live updates as south London gets its first rain in weeks

  27-07-2018 17:16 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Reports are flooding in that it is raining across south London
  
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• The fascinating story of Croydon's biggest ever earthquake - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 17:15 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  The fascinating story of Croydon's biggest ever earthquake
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  They are a devastating phenomenon that thankfully we rarely have to worry about in Britain. Compared to in places like Japan, Nepal and Mexico, when an earthquake does occur in the UK they are not normally serious. However, just a few miles down the ...
  
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• The fascinating story of Croydon's biggest ever earthquake

  27-07-2018 17:08 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  After a string of earthquakes in Surrey this year we take a look back at the biggest tremor ever to hit our town
  
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• Council buys dozens of homes to make them cheaper for Croydon families in need - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 16:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Council buys dozens of homes to make them cheaper for Croydon families in need
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  Nearly one hundred homes with the aim of being “genuinely affordable” for people to live in across Croydon have now been bought by the council. Croydon Council set up the Croydon Affordable Homes (CAH) scheme a year ago to provide homes for families ...
  
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• Council buys dozens of homes to make them cheaper for Croydon families in need

  27-07-2018 16:21 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon Council is set to have purchased its 100th home in the Croydon Affordable Homes (CAH) scheme by October
  
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• Visit this new Croydon café and you can help homeless people in the process - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 15:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Visit this new Croydon café and you can help homeless people in the process
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  You can sit down with a cup of freshly brewed coffee and a cake at a new charity shop and café in Croydon. Homeless charity Crisis opened its latest shop in Crown Hill, off Church Street, in the town centre, on Thursday, July 19. And its design and ...
  
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• Croydon mechanic rewarded for nearly four decades' worth of work

  27-07-2018 15:35 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  In an age where jumping jobs is becoming more and more common, one Croydon man is proving there is nothing wrong with dancing with the one that brought you.
  
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• Public warned not to approach this wanted man in south London

  27-07-2018 15:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A picture of a man wanted in connection with serious assault on a woman in Southwark has been released by police
  
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• 21 things we all hate about Surrey - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 15:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  21 things we all hate about Surrey
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  We have plenty to enjoy here in Croydon so why would we ever want to go and visit that posh countrified neighbour of ours, Surrey? Surrey just thinks it's so perfect but, the truth is, there is nothing there. What's the point of walking or cycling up ...
  
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• This Croydon school is absolutely smashing it just 3 years after ... - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 14:52 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  This Croydon school is absolutely smashing it just 3 years after ...
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  The school only opened in 2015 but already has the best Ofsted rating possible.and more »
  
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• This Croydon school is absolutely smashing it just 3 years after opening

  27-07-2018 14:37 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The school only opened in 2015 but already has the best Ofsted rating possible
  
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• Offices near East Croydon station to be demolished to help add extra train platforms - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 13:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Offices near East Croydon station to be demolished to help add extra train platforms
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  Buildings including offices near East Croydon station owned by Network Rail will be demolished as part of the major project to upgrade East Croydon station with two extra platforms. Plans for the demolition of Stonewest House, in Lambert's Place, were ...
  
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• Offices near East Croydon station to be demolished to help add extra train platforms

  27-07-2018 13:36 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The existing buildings are in 'poor condition', says Network Rail
  
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• Croydon stabbing: Man knifed in chest during unprovoked attack in ... - The Independent

  27-07-2018 13:32 via independent.co.uk
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  Croydon stabbing: Man knifed in chest during unprovoked attack in ...
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  Police are “desperately” hunting a knifeman who stabbed a man in the chest in an unprovoked attack in south London. Detectives investigating the incident in ...
  Croydon stabbing: Police launch urgent appeal after 'completely ...Evening Standardall 5 news articles »
  
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• The Reader's Shared Reading groups come to Croydon - The Croydon Citizen

  27-07-2018 13:07 via thecroydoncitizen.com
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  The Reader's Shared Reading groups come to Croydon
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  In September 2017, The Reader, an award-winning charitable enterprise, started a new project in Croydon. This three-year project funded by the City Bridge Trust aims to improve wellbeing, build community and reduce the social isolation of the older ...
  
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• First photo of teenager stabbed to death in south London

  27-07-2018 12:33 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Latwaan Griffiths was found with knife wounds in the street in Camberwell on Wednesday (July 25)
  
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• Council continues to withhold some vital contract details - Inside Croydon (satire) (blog)

  27-07-2018 12:15 via insidecroydon.com
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  Council continues to withhold some vital contract details
  Inside Croydon (satire) (blog)
  There's a democratic deficit in Croydon Council, with information about its contractors being withheld – or hidden. WALTER CRONXITE reports. Alison Butler: never declared family connections to The Campaign Company. Anyone who thought that maybe, just ...
  GOV.UK boss Williams to become Croydon's digital chiefPublicTechnologyall 2 news articles »
  
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• Weather forecast: This is when it will actually rain in Croydon this weekend - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 11:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Weather forecast: This is when it will actually rain in Croydon this weekend
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  It's been so long since we last saw any that the very existence of rain is beginning to become about as believable as the claim that there's a monster living at the bottom of Loch Ness. However, after weeks of blistering sunshine and record breaking ...
  
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• Weather forecast: This is when it will actually rain in Croydon this weekend

  27-07-2018 11:49 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  But the heatwave is far from over
  
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• Judge names teenager in stabbing case where 14-year-old nearly bled to death

  27-07-2018 11:32 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A judge has lifted an anonymity order on a 17-year-old who knifed another teenager three times to the face and neck, in a bid to tackle the "epidemic" levels of knife crime.
  
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• Calls to ban barbecues in parks as firefighters attend over 100 Croydon grass fires - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 10:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Calls to ban barbecues in parks as firefighters attend over 100 Croydon grass fires
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  Firefighters are calling for a temporary ban on barbecues being allowed in public parks as the number of grass fires occurring across London is at an all-time high. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) wants an urgent clamp down on barbecues in parks and open ...and more »
  
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• Calls to ban barbecues in parks as firefighters attend over 100 Croydon grass fires

  27-07-2018 10:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Croydon has had the third highest number of grass fires so far this year out of all the London boroughs
  
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• Boy who stabbed 14-year-old in the face in Croydon town centre is jailed - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 10:42 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Boy who stabbed 14-year-old in the face in Croydon town centre is jailed
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  A judge has lifted an anonymity order on a 17-year-old who knifed another teenager three times to the face and neck, in a bid to tackle the "epidemic" levels of knife crime in London. Rimel Hanchard's 14-year-old victim almost bled to death from a ...
  Gipsy Hill teenager jailed for trying to kill schoolboy in West Croydon – who was lucky to surviveLondon News Online (blog)all 3 n
  
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• Boy who stabbed 14-year-old in the face in Croydon town centre is jailed

  27-07-2018 10:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  He can be named for the first time after an order that stopped us from naming him was lifted by a judge
  
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• Boy who stabbed 14-year-old in the face in Croydon town centre is ... - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 10:39 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Boy who stabbed 14-year-old in the face in Croydon town centre is ...
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  A judge has lifted an anonymity order on a 17-year-old who knifed another teenager three times to the face and neck, in a bid to tackle the "epidemic" levels of ...
  Gipsy Hill teenager jailed for trying to kill schoolboy in West Croydon ...London News Online (blog)all 3 news articles »
  
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• Man found guilty of 'Hollywood film' style murder just yards from Croydon police station

  27-07-2018 10:25 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  The man who shot ‘Tino’ Makwanya in the head outside a Croydon police station last year has been jailed for murder.
  
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• Police don't believe young man was intended target in Croydon ... - Croydon Advertiser

  27-07-2018 09:59 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Police don't believe young man was intended target in Croydon ...
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  Detectives "strongly believe" expectant dad Tino Makwanya was not the intended target when he was shot in the head in a "hit-man" style murder in Croydon ...
  Tino Makwanya murder: Man jailed for Flyover shooting | Croydon ...Croydon Guardianall 2 news articles »
  
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• Shirley pub shut since horrific attack on asylum seeker set to reopen after name change

  27-07-2018 09:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The owner of the pub is planning a name change and refurbishment so it can appeal to a different market
  
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• Police don't believe young man was intended target in Croydon drive-by shooting

  27-07-2018 09:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Mahad Ibrahim was found guilty of murdering Tino Makwanya and sentenced to life in prison
  
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• Photo of man wanted in connection with 'unprovoked' stabbing in Croydon as public warned not to approach him

  27-07-2018 09:41 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Police have released a photo of a man they urgently want to find after an "unprovoked stabbing" in Croydon.
  
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• Police hunt for man who 'poses real risk to the public' after 26-year-old knifed in chest in 'unprovoked' Selsdon Road attack

  27-07-2018 08:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  If you see this man, contact police "as a matter of urgency"
  
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• Croydon plans to introduce community infrastructure levy - The MJ

  27-07-2018 03:29 via themj.co.uk
  Croydon plans to introduce community infrastructure levy
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  Croydon LBC could replace Section 106 agreements with a community infrastructure levy (CIL) charging scheme by the end of 2012. Want full article access? Receive The MJ magazine each week and gain access to all the content on this website with a ...
  
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