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• A new soft play centre is about to open in Croydon's Whitgift shopping centre - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 17:53 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  A new soft play centre is about to open in Croydon's Whitgift shopping centre
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  The couple who own Priscilla's Tea Room, in Sanderstead, are reopening a soft play café in The Whitgift Centre, in Croydon town centre. Tim and Mandy Ashton have bought the soft play equipment from Project B, which used to own the soft play café on the ...
  
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• Person dies after suffering cardiac arrest at East Croydon station - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 17:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Person dies after suffering cardiac arrest at East Croydon station
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  A person has tragically died after suffering a cardiac arrest on board a train at East Croydon. Emergency services were called to the station at just before 2pm on Wednesday (August 1) to reports a passenger had been taken ill. British Transport Police ...
  
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• BREAKING: Person dies after 'being taken ill' on train at East Croydon station - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 17:13 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  BREAKING: Person dies after 'being taken ill' on train at East Croydon station
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  Trains running through East Croydon are being disrupted due to emergency services “dealing with an incident” at the station. National Rail has said some lines running through East Croydon are blocked because of the incident, with some trains being ...
  
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• Person dies after suffering cardiac arrest at East Croydon station

  01-08-2018 17:09 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Platform 1 at the station was closed while emergency services dealt with the incident
  
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• Delays at London train station after passenger dies suffering cardiac arrest - Daily Star

  01-08-2018 16:50 via dailystar.co.uk
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  Delays at London train station after passenger dies suffering cardiac arrest
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  Trains were disrupted at East Croydon as emergency services rushed to the scene. Thameslink and Southern told passengers to expect delays up until 4pm. Several lines through London are currently blocked. Officials confirmed someone was taken ill at the ...
  
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• Young New Addington man died in tragic accident while on holiday in India

  01-08-2018 16:27 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Craig Russell had gone for a swim when his friends suddenly realised they couldn't see him
  
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• What being a midwife at Croydon University Hospital is really like - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 16:14 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  What being a midwife at Croydon University Hospital is really like
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  Pregnancy and childbirth can be an extremely daunting prospect for everyone involved. If you are first time parents, it's the fear of the unknown, and for parents who have been through it all before there's the fear that it might not go as well as last ...
  
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• What being a midwife at Croydon University Hospital is really like

  01-08-2018 16:11 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We went behind the scenes to meet some of the midwives who bring Croydon's babies into the world
  
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• Woodcote Road in Purley closed for 4 hours after serious crash

  01-08-2018 14:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  One man had to be taken to hospital after the accident which involved three cars
  
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• Here's how you can go go-karting for just £1 near Croydon this summer - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 14:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Here's how you can go go-karting for just £1 near Croydon this summer
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  Children and adults can go go-karting for just a quid throughout the summer at an indoor track not far from Croydon. If you pay for one full-paying adult or child at TeamSport Indoor Karting, in Mitcham, you'll only pay £1 for a second driver. There is ...
  
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• New Addington handyman stole expensive Rolex watch from Croydon nightclub boss's home - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 13:29 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  New Addington handyman stole expensive Rolex watch from Croydon nightclub boss's home
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  A New Addington handyman has admitted stealing expensive watches from the home of the owner of a Croydon nightclub. Anthony Windless would carry out odd jobs for Aman Seda, who owns the Dice Bar on Croydon High Street. But he repaid the ...
  
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• New Addington handyman stole expensive Rolex watch from Croydon nightclub boss's home

  01-08-2018 13:24 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  The owner of the Dice Bar paid Anthony Windless to carry out jobs around the club
  
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• Man rushed to hospital after two-car crash in New Addington

  01-08-2018 13:04 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Two cars collided on King Henry's Drive
  
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• Bear Grylls welcomes Croydon scout to international event

  01-08-2018 12:28 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  It's not too often you find yourself being praised by tv star Bear Grylls.
  
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• Why is there no M24?

  01-08-2018 11:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  It isn't just a case that somebody forgot to build one!
  
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• How huge sums have to be spent protecting Croydon hospital staff from attacks by patients - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 10:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  How huge sums have to be spent protecting Croydon hospital staff from attacks by patients
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  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust spends £600,000 per year on private security as its staff are assaulted more than 100 times per year. The trust's annual bill for private security between 2014/15 and 2016/17 has been between £595,000 and £644,000 a ...
  
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• How huge sums have to be spent protecting Croydon hospital staff from attacks by patients

  01-08-2018 10:55 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Staff at Croydon hospitals are attacked more than 100 times a year, which means a small fortune has to be spent on private security to keep them safe
  
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• Croydon's next heatwave is almost here and it could last for weeks - Croydon Advertiser

  01-08-2018 10:17 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
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  Croydon's next heatwave is almost here and it could last for weeks
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  Everyone enjoy the last heatwave that only ended on the weekend? Well that's good, because another one is starting on Friday (August 3), and it looks to be hanging around for quite some time. If the Met Office and MeteoGroup are to be believed, there ...
  
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• Croydon's next heatwave is almost here and it could last for weeks

  01-08-2018 10:10 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Friday (August 3) could see temperatures hit 31C in Croydon
  
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• 'Vulnerable' missing teen not seen for months

  01-08-2018 10:05 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Police in Croydon are appealing for help in finding a missing teenager.
  
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• Mentally-ill Mitcham man removed his grandmothers eyeballs and 'almost obliterated' her head in horrific attack

  01-08-2018 09:38 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  A mentally-ill man killed his grandmother in a "frenzied and vicious" attack two months after he was released from a psychiatric hospital, a court has heard.
  
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• Police want to speak with this man after a woman was subjected to a 'very violent' attack

  01-08-2018 08:37 via yourlocalguardian.co.uk
  Police wish to speak with Unchenna Nwanokwu in connection with a serious assault which left a woman in a serious condition.
  
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• Desperate appeal to find relatives of former New Addington man who has tragically died

  01-08-2018 01:00 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Ronnie Easterbrook is known to have previously lived on the estate
  
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