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• New tower block in Croydon town centre will offer 'affordable housing' to 'hard-working young people' - Croydon Advertiser

  31-07-2018 20:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  New tower block in Croydon town centre will offer 'affordable housing' to 'hard-working young people'
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  A new tower block due to be built in Croydon town centre will offer affordable housing for “hard-working young people”, developers have promised. Plans for 153 micro-flats to be built on Addiscombe Grove, near to East Croydon station, were given the ...and more »
  
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• 'Predatory sexual offender' who carried out sickening sex attack in south London is jailed

  31-07-2018 20:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  He posed as a taxi driver, offered the victim a lift home before taking her to a nearby park and attacking her
  
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• Man who killed his own gran removed her eyeballs, court hears

  31-07-2018 18:07 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A court has heard how the mentally ill 21-year-old had been released from a psychiatric hospital just two months earlier
  
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• Legal challenge against Croydon Council over developer Brick by Brick fails - Croydon Advertiser

  31-07-2018 18:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Legal challenge against Croydon Council over developer Brick by Brick fails
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  A legal challenge funded by a group of neighbours against Croydon Council has been unsuccessful. Back in May Alex Toogood from South Norwood started a CrowdJustice page to raise money for the legal challenge. She raised more than £5,000 as well as ...
  
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• June 2018 in brief - The Croydon Citizen

  31-07-2018 18:01 via thecroydoncitizen.com
  June 2018 in brief
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  A fire in Croham Hurst Woods is quickly extinguished. A fire broke out in Croham Hurst Woods on Saturday 30th June. Broken glass was left on dry vegetation, and exposure to the heat of the sun sparked flames. A rapid response from the London Fire ...
  
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• Legal challenge against Croydon Council over developer Brick by Brick fails

  31-07-2018 17:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A High Court challenge blocked the bid over the legality of the council's planning committee making decisions on Brick by Brick applications
  
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• Croydon bus driver died after playing drinking game to see who could drink the most without throwing up - Croydon Advertiser

  31-07-2018 16:57 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon bus driver died after playing drinking game to see who could drink the most without throwing up
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  A man from Croydon died on Christmas Eve last year shortly after taking part in a drinking game to see who could drink the most without throwing up. At an inquest held today (Tuesday, July 31), the court heard that Rohan Hanson, 42, of Whitehorse Lane ...
  
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• Teenager rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Croydon's Windmill Road - Croydon Advertiser

  31-07-2018 16:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Teenager rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Croydon's Windmill Road
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  A teenager was rushed to hospital at the weekend after being found with stab injuries in Croydon. Emergency services were called to Windmill Road at 5.37pm on Saturday (July 28) to reports of a stabbing. Metropolitan Police Service officers and ...
  
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• Croydon bus driver died after playing drinking game to see who could drink the most without throwing up

  31-07-2018 16:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  He has been described by a family member as a "good, good man"
  
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• Teenager rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Croydon's Windmill Road

  31-07-2018 16:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Witnesses reported seeing a police cordon at the scene
  
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• These men are wanted by police and could be in Croydon

  31-07-2018 15:56 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Abdulahi Mahamud and John Brotherton are being sought by police
  
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• Man furious after ticket inspector 'forced' young girl off bus and 'threatened to call police'

  31-07-2018 14:51 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A man was left stunned when he saw a ticket inspector "force" a young girl off a bus.
  
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• Two knives found on Purley Way by member of the public taken off the streets by Croydon police

  31-07-2018 14:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The knives were found in Waddon on Tuesday morning (July 31)
  
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• Here is what kind of house £795,000 buys you in Coulsdon

  31-07-2018 14:25 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The large kitchen in this home is one of its highlights
  
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• Thousands given to three Croydon schools to prevent 'deprived and disadvantaged' students turning to a life of crime

  31-07-2018 13:28 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  In an effort to keep some of the most "vulnerable and deprived" students from turning to a life of crime, three Croydon schools will be taking part in a new summer break project.
  
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• Builder died at Croydon University Hospital after being exposed to asbestos for 30 years - Croydon Advertiser

  31-07-2018 13:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Builder died at Croydon University Hospital after being exposed to asbestos for 30 years
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  A pensioner died at Croydon University Hospital after being heavily exposed throughout much of his life to asbestos including at the BBC's former Lime Grove TV and film studios in Shepherd's Bush. Cyril Augustine died on April 16 of metastatic ...
  
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• Crystal Palace restaurant manager 'found dead days after celebrating his birthday'

  31-07-2018 13:22 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The coroner recorded an open verdict after the death of Stuart Oldershaw after he gave no indication of wanting to take his own life
  
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• Builder died at Croydon University Hospital after being exposed to asbestos for 30 years

  31-07-2018 13:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Cyril Augustine had come to Britain in 1960 and spent much of his career working around asbestos
  
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• New 21-storey block of micro-flats WILL be 100 per cent affordable says developers

  31-07-2018 11:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  The developers behind a huge new tower block coming to East Croydon have said it will consist of "100 per cent genuinely affordable homes."
  
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• New 21-storey block of flats WILL be 100 per cent affordable says developers

  31-07-2018 11:21 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  The developers behind a huge new tower block coming to East Croydon have said it will consist of "100 per cent genuinely affordable homes."
  
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• Blue plaque unveiled in Coulsdon to remember 1910 rail crash

  31-07-2018 10:11 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A blue plaque has been unveiled in Coulsdon to commemorate a group of scouts who helped in the aftermath of a fatal train crash 108 years ago.
  
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• Police investigating murder of Latwaan Griffiths give major update

  31-07-2018 09:28 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A 17-year-old had previously been released under investigation after initially being arrested on suspicion on murder
  
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• Revealed: This is how much of your money is being spent fixing potholes in Croydon

  31-07-2018 09:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Since the start of 2015, more than 18,000 potholes have been reported to Croydon Council
  
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• Lorry crash causing 40 minute delays on M25

  31-07-2018 08:20 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A crash between a lorry and a car are causing huge delays on the M25 this morning.
  
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