New centres helping people in debt to open in Croydon

April 5, 2016, 12:31 am

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PEOPLE struggling to make ends meet will soon be able to seek help from two new debt centres opening in Croydon this month.Charity Christians Against Poverty (CAP) has partnered with two churches for the centres which will provide face-to-face advice supporting people struggling with personal debt.The centres, which will open in Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church and New Life Croydon on April 18, will visit people in need of help in their homes as well as negotiating with creditors on their...

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April 5, 2016, 3:33 am

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AN INNOVATIVE trike made by a Croydon inventor won a top prize at Gadget Show Live. Sumi Wang's eFOLDi was nominated for the British Inventors' Project at the exhibition in Birmingham and after being judged by industry professionals, beat 19 other entrepreneurial creations to the award. The invention hit headlines last month after asking Boris Johnson to consider it as another option for the capital's elderely alongside his 'Boris Bikes' at his last People's Question Time as Mayor of...

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April 5, 2016, 4:56 am

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The man who died in an road accident in Caterham on March 26 has been named as Thomas Farr.The 31-year-old from Caterham died on the A22 Caterham Bypass at around 11pm.A post-mortem has been carried out and his inquest is due to open tomorrow.Surrey Police said last week that they were linking the fatal incident with a stabbing minutes earlier in Croydon Road, Caterham, when a man in his 20s was injured.

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April 5, 2016, 7:13 am

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POLICE are appealing for help to find a missing 14-year-old girl last seen in Croydon.Muna Mohamud, from Merton, was reported missing on Thursday, March 31. Officers believe she was spotted in Croydon on Sunday, April 3.When Muna's family last saw her she was wearing a black dress, trousers, leather jacket and a hijab. She was carrying a blue Nike bag.Police said Muna is slim, 5ft 2ins tall and has dark brown hair and brown eyes.Anyone who knows of Muna's whereabouts is asked to contact officers...

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April 5, 2016, 7:24 am

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A TEENAGER from Thornton Heath has appeared in court accused of possessing child pornography showing a sex act between a dog and a three-year-old boy.Ahmed Samir Bakr, 18, is also accused of sending an image of two adults performing oral sex to a 15-year-old girl for his own sexual gratification.Another 12 images he is charged with possessing are said to depict children engaged in sexual activity.Bakr, of Northwood Road, appeared at Croydon Crown Court via a video link from HMP Thameside on...

Purley Way closed at Fiveways after two-car collision

April 5, 2016, 8:49 am

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PURLEY Way was closed at Fiveways due to a two-car collision. Emergency services were called at 4.35pm after a car went into the back of another car near the traffic lights. A man in his 40s was cut out by fire crews and taken to hospital by ambulance with non-serious back injuries. Transport for London said the road was closed in both directions but was due to partly reopen by 5.30pm. Police in South Croydon said southbound traffic was being diverted into Denning Avenue. Purley...

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April 5, 2016, 9:23 am

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THE CHAIRMAN of Addington Golf Club, where comedy legend Ronnie Corbett was a member, has paid tribute to the "lovely, courteous and kind" icon who passed away last week aged 85.Novello Noades, wife of late former Crystal Palace chairman Ron Noades, remembers her times spent with Corbett who had a home overlooking the Shirley Church Road golf course. "One time when Ron, Ronnie and I were playing golf together, I had been offering advice on lines of putts, that they hadn't asked...

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April 5, 2016, 9:46 am

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THE case against alleged con artist Neelam Desai has been rescheduled at Croydon Crown Court.Desai, 35, was due to appear at the court on Monday but the hearing has been rescheduled for April 12 after a judge accepted submissions from the defence stating "very good health reasons" would stop her from attending.The case against Desai, of Beulah Grove, Selhurst, was repeatedly adjourned since she was first summonsed to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on October 29 last year but did...

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April 5, 2016, 11:23 am

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A DRIVER hit a post in a car park on Purley Way on Tuesday, leaving his car this staggering position. The driver was still at the scene shortly after the accident on the playing fields car park on the A23. He told the Advertiser the incident happened when his "car felt like it was braking on water" as he turned in, smashing into the post which hoisted the vehicle in the air. Thankfully, the man was not injured. However, the car may need a bit of help. This follows a...

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April 6, 2016, 1:32 am

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JUNIOR doctors are taking industrial action for the fourth time over a contract dispute with the Government.In total, 387 non-urgent outpatient appointments and 27 routine operations have been cancelled between Croydon University Hospital and outpatient clinics in Purley ahead of the 48-hour strike which started at 8am this morning.Medics around the country are striking until 8am on Friday morning, providing emergency-care only, after health secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would be imposing a new...

More than 600 children at Shirley Oaks suffered 'industrial...

April 6, 2016, 2:11 am

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CHILDREN living at Shirley Oaks children's home suffered physical and sexual abuse on an "industrial scale", an independent inquiry has heard.Raymond Stevenson, who lived at the home as a child and set up the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association (SOSA), told the Goddard inquiry into child sexual abuse that what happened at the Lambeth council run home was an "institutional evil".Speaking at the preliminary hearing of the inquiry, which was led by Justice Lowell Goddard, Mr...

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April 6, 2016, 2:52 am

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A GIRL who went missing on Sunday has been found, police have confirmed.Martina Eastwood, and Epsom teenager with links to South Norwood, has been located, according to Surrey Police.A message posted on the official Surrey Police Twitter account on Wednesday read: "14-year-old Martina Eastwood from Epsom has now been located. Members of the public and the media are thanked for their help."

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April 6, 2016, 3:23 am

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A NEW Addington man who spent more than 60 years leading the estate's Boys' Brigade has been remembered as a "great encourager" who gave youngsters a place to belong.Peter Nash, who died aged 87 on March 11 this year, became a Brigade captain when he moved to the estate aged 22 after hearing a "call from God" while riding his bike.After that day Peter's step daughter Brenda Hunt said the Brigade "meant everything to him", and he spent more than 60 years as captain...

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April 6, 2016, 3:29 am

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A COMPANY has had an "unprecedented" number of enquiries from south London customers to install outdoor enclosures following fears over the "Croydon Cat Killer", said the firm's bosses.Simon and Eve Davies run ProtectaPet offering "cat containment solutions" in feline lovers' gardens preventing their pets from escaping while enjoying the outdoors.Simon, 33, said a quarter of their business is now concentrated on the south of the capital, where many of bodies of cats...

Fears grow that the 'Croydon Cat Killer' may have struck again

April 6, 2016, 3:53 am

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FEARS have been expressed that the so-called 'Croydon Cat Killer' may have struck again, as more mutilated bodies have been found this week.Two cats were found over the weekend leaving their owners heartbroken, according to South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL).Tortoiseshell Lulu, aged 20, was found decapitated outside her home in Kingston upon Thames, in Surrey, on Saturday.Late on Sunday, Bertie, a 12-year-old blue Persian, was found near Frimley, Surrey.Over the last six months,...

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April 6, 2016, 4:13 am

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A WOMAN who discovered her husband was a convicted paedophile a week after they took their wedding vows is still trying to divorce him five years later.Jazmin Cullen, 24, met Jason Cullen in a Croydon pub where he was working in 2010, and the pair married within months.But while the couple were on their honeymoon Jazmin's grandmother found Cullen, 31, had used her laptop to download horrifying child abuse pictures.Jazmin, from Carshalton, soon discovered Cullen had already spent a year in prison...

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April 6, 2016, 6:39 am

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A PIANO has been installed and decorated at Thornton Heath train station as part of ongoing plans to improve the area.Thornton Heath Community Action Team (THCAT) is working with Southern Rail to deliver the improvements.And the team are hoping to see MOBO award winners including Krept and Konan and Stormzy perform at the new musical hotspot. Linda Watson, a THCAT member, said: "The piano is the first step towards making the station become a more inviting place."Given Thornton Heath's...

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April 6, 2016, 7:26 am

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THE first designs have been released for a proposed new underground art gallery to be built alongside the redevelopment of Fairfield Halls and College Green.RISE Gallery is expected to run the 2000 square metre urban art space saying it will bring "world class exhibitions" to what could be one of the largest subterranean galleries in London.Kevin Zuchowski-Morrison, owner of the current gallery in St George's Walk, said he wants the community to remain the "beating heart" of...

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April 6, 2016, 10:44 am

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A MAN has been charged with murdering his 29-year-old girlfriend after she was found stabbed to death in their Addiscombe home.Pawel Sroka, 33, is accused of the murder of Joanna Trojniak who was found in the couple's house in Meadvale Road on March 23.Friends and family have remembered Ms Trojniak as a "dearest cousin", saying she will not be forgotten in tributes written in Polish on her Facebook page.Paulina Litwicka wrote: "I cannot believe it. Sleep in peace Asia [a Polish...

Drivers injured in two-car collision in Thornton Heath

April 6, 2016, 11:13 am

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A MAN sustained chest injuries in a two-car collision in Thornton Heath this evening.Emergency services were called after a Jeep Cherokee and a Peugeot 104 crashed at the junction of Kensington Avenue with Green Lane just before 6pm.An "older" man was treated by ambulance services at the scene for chest injuries, said Philip Goedluck, red watch manager at Norbury fire station.It is not yet known if he was taken to hospital.The younger male driver suffered minor injuries including...