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• Popular Crystal Palace restaurant forced to close due to ‘challenging economic conditions’

  05-10-2018 23:45 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  One upset customer said it was part of the reason they had moved to Crystal Palace
  
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• Croydon residents praised for their 'huge generosity' after helping refugees living in Calais and Dunkirk - Croydon Advertiser

  05-10-2018 16:54
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  Croydon residents praised for their 'huge generosity' after helping refugees living in Calais and Dunkirk
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  Hundreds of items donated by Croydon residents have been given to refugees living in Calais and Dunkirk by MP Sarah Jones. Essential items such as warm clothes, tents, sleeping bags and toiletries were given to the refugees living in appalling ...
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• Croydon residents praised for their ‘huge generosity’ after helping refugees living in Calais and Dunkirk

  05-10-2018 16:48 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Warm clothes, tents, sleeping bags and toiletries were donated
  
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• More than £800,000 worth of stress related sick pay has been paid out by Croydon Council since 2016

  05-10-2018 16:45
  Croydon Council employees have been paid more than £4 million for calling in sick since the start of 2016.
  
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• Mitcham Road crash: Woman rushed to hospital after 'Mini Cooper overturns in road'

  05-10-2018 16:41 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  Social media users reported a Mini Cooper overturned on the road after the dramatic crash
  
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• Drill music: from Chicago to Croydon and back - Financial Times

  05-10-2018 16:35
  Financial Times
  Drill music: from Chicago to Croydon and back
  Financial Times
  Many of the artists behind Chicago drill — a macabre style of hip-hop that emerged in the early 2010s and depicted young lives of violent criminality — are today dead, imprisoned or in career limbo. But drill has found an unexpected resurgence in a ...
  
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• The little-known trick that allows Thameslink passengers to travel first class without paying extra

  05-10-2018 16:26 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  We could be about to make your commute to and from work a lot more comfortable!
  
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• Govia Thameslink probed over passenger information during May timetable chaos

  05-10-2018 15:26
  Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) is being investigated over their communication with passengers before and after the new timetables which led to major disruption.
  
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• Two homeless men have been living in the Purley Cross underpass for three months

  05-10-2018 14:02 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  One local resident has called on the council to do more to help the men
  
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• Croydon residents' 'generous' Calais donation

  05-10-2018 13:14
  Croydon Central MP Sarah Jones has praised the “huge generosity” of the Croydon community after a visit to refugee camps in Calais and Dunkirk.
  
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• Police raid home in Upper Norwood and find cannabis factory - Croydon Advertiser

  05-10-2018 12:50
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  Police raid home in Upper Norwood and find cannabis factory
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  A cannabis factory has been discovered by police after officers raided a home in Upper Norwood. Metropolitan Police officers burst into a home near to Central Hill on Thursday (October 4) and inside the property found a stash of plants.
  
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• 'It's not good enough to see violent crime is stabilising, we need to see a decrease'

  05-10-2018 12:41
  “It is not good enough that violent crime is stabilising, we need to see a decrease.”
  
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• Police raid home in Upper Norwood and find cannabis factory

  05-10-2018 12:38 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  It's the second cannabis factory that's been discovered in Croydon this week
  
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• Coalition Brewing Company plans to open in Croydon - Your Local Guardian

  05-10-2018 12:37
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  Coalition Brewing Company plans to open in Croydon
  Your Local Guardian
  A craft beer shop and taproom offering live music and spoken word nights could soon open up in Croydon. 0 comment. Coalition Brewing Company wants to open a bar at 43 St George's Walk. The company was set up in 2016 and currently brews pale ales ...and more »
  
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• Coalition Brewing Company plans to open in Croydon

  05-10-2018 12:37
  A craft beer shop and taproom offering live music and spoken word nights could soon open up in Croydon.
  
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• Car 'flipped' in Croydon crash - Your Local Guardian

  05-10-2018 12:12
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  Car 'flipped' in Croydon crash
  Your Local Guardian
  A woman was taken to hospital after a car was 'flipped' in central Croydon this morning. 0 comment. The crash took place on Mitcham Road, at the junction of Therapia Lane. A mini was flipped over completely, according to reports. A London Ambulance ...
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• Car 'flipped' in Croydon crash

  05-10-2018 12:12
  A woman was taken to hospital after a car was 'flipped' in central Croydon this morning.
  
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• Unexploded WWII bomb disrupts Croydon business awards - Inside Croydon (satire) (blog)

  05-10-2018 10:42
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  Unexploded WWII bomb disrupts Croydon business awards
  Inside Croydon (satire) (blog)
  The annual festival of back-slapping, the Croydon Business Awards, came close to being cancelled last night. Police cordons went up on Imperial Way around 5pm. Shut out of their cars in Costco, members of the public sat down and had a cup of tea…
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• Hyperlocal editor shortlisted for award after autism coverage - HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk

  05-10-2018 10:35
  Hyperlocal editor shortlisted for award after autism coverage
  HoldTheFrontPage.co.uk
  A hyperlocal editor has been nominated for an award celebrating the reporting of autism. Autism charity Anna Kennedy Online has shortlisted Inside Croydon editor Steven Downes for the Top Journalist prize at its 2018 Autism Hero Awards. Steven ...
  
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• Krept and Konan's Crepes and Cones pops up at Boxpark Croydon - Hot Dinners (press release) (blog)

  05-10-2018 10:04
  Hot Dinners (press release) (blog)
  Krept and Konan's Crepes and Cones pops up at Boxpark Croydon
  Hot Dinners (press release) (blog)
  Ever since they opened their Croydon restaurant, business has been booming for rappers Krept and Konan. And now they're expanding. But before you get too excited at the prospect of them opening near you, they're just heading down the road to Boxpark ...
  
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• Dramatic police chase through Croydon town centre after vehicles fail to stop in Waddon - Croydon Advertiser

  05-10-2018 09:48
  Croydon Advertiser
  Dramatic police chase through Croydon town centre after vehicles fail to stop in Waddon
  Croydon Advertiser
  A dramatic police chase ensued through Croydon town centre because three vehicles failed to stop for officers in Waddon. Two motorcycles, which were reported as stolen, and one car were asked to pull over on Turners Way at around 1.30pm on Thursday ...
  
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• Dramatic police chase through Croydon town centre after vehicles fail to stop in Waddon

  05-10-2018 09:47 via croydonadvertiser.co.uk
  
  A police helicopter flew overhead after officers requested backup
  
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• Unexploded bomb found in Croydon

  05-10-2018 09:25
  An unexploded Second World War bomb was found in Purley yesterday evening.
  
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