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Travellers fight to make permanent home in Kenley field
TRAVELLERS who moved onto a Kenley field eight months ago are continuing to fight to make it their permanent home. The Doran family moved onto the land off Hawkhirst Road on the August bank holiday...
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Police bail man, 26, who was arrested after crash in Kenley which...
A MAN man who was arrested after a crash injured a seven-year-old girl in Kenley this week has been bailed.Officers were called to Godstone Road at 8.55am on Thursday after two cars and a bus collided....
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Three men arrested after 23-year-old man stabbed in South...
THREE men have been arrested after a 23-year-old man was stabbed in South Norwood. Police were called to reports of a "group of males causing a disturbance" in Parry Road on Sunday. Officers attended...
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BREAKING VIEWS: Voting is a duty, however pointless it may seem
THE voting season is upon us – voting for a mayor and assembly for London, which is struggling to get much air time compared with the referendum on membership of the EU. And for most people who intend...
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Man, 23, taken to hospital after car crash in Addiscombe
A MAN was taken to hospital this morning after the car he was driving crashed into parked vehicles in Addiscombe.Police, paramedics and fire crews were called to Davidson Road at 6.40am this morning to...
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Richard Edmonds from all-white party National Front standing for...
RICHARD Edmonds is standing in Croydon and Sutton for far-right party the National Front.The all-white party describes itself as a "radical racial nationalist movement" which is designed to "ensure the...
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'We need to address housing crisis', says Green GLA candidate...
THE Green candidate for Croydon and Sutton said she will work to introduce a rent cap if elected on May 5.Tracey Hague, who has lived in Addiscombe all her life, said she is worried the borough could...
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Croydon women's running club celebrates 30th birthday
A RUNNING club which has encouraged more than 400 women to lace up their trainers celebrated its 30th birthday at the weekend.Croydon Running Sisters was founded in 1986, as a result of a campaign by...
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DEBATE: Are Croydon town centre preachers too confrontational?
The Advertiser is looking for readers' opinions on how we should see a busy North End on a Saturday morning. It is frequently full of preachers, loudly broadcasting their message to the street. Is this...
View ArticleREADERS' LETTERS: Fairfield Halls 'travesty', hospital pressures...
FAIRFIELD HALLS'Vote' a travesty of democracyAh – the joys of Town Hall democracy in Croydon. On the day that some staff at Fairfield Halls were getting their redundancy notices from Fairfield – the...
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Taberner House plot to be turned into bee haven after saffron...
The whole borough is abuzz with the news that an area of the town centre is to bee transformed.After the success of the their pop-up saffron farm, Croydon Council has given a community group permission...
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WATCH: Fire brigade dog sniffs out tiny drop of lighter fluid at...
THE London Fire Brigade has three dogs trained to sniff out any substance which may have been involved in a blaze. Rosco and Murphy's official job titles are 'Hydrocarbon Detection Dogs' – but as...
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Restaurant owner 'absolutely thrilled' after double rosette...
A Croydon restaurant has been awarded two rosettes by the AA guide. Albert's Table, in South End, was mentioned in the Michelin Guide in 2012 and owner and head chef Joby Wells said the AA recognition...
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Youth football club on verge of folding saved by new sponsorship...
A YOUTH football club which was on the verge of folding has just secured a new sponsor and is about to set up a fourth team.Coulsdon Athletic Youth Football Club faced an uncertain future 18 months...
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Police appeal to find missing woman with links to Croydon
POLICE are appealing to find a missing 27-year-old woman.Suzanne Chikerema was last seen by her family in Hackney when she left for work in Richmond at about 7am on Thursday.She is described by police...
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YOUR VIEWS: Split opinions on new Westfield plans, BHS 'forgotten...
Westfield Croydon to be even bigger – with hundreds more homes, new M&S and IMAX cinemaGot_Any_QuoAll very interesting but with the car-centric society that we currently live in approach roads will...
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Disabled youngsters get chance for glory at national Boccia...
A GROUP of disabled youngsters from Croydon will travel to Sheffield next month for the finals of a Boccia championship.The team from St Giles School in South Croydon won the London final of the Lord's...
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PHOTOS: Families flock to Croydon fire station open day as part...
FAMILIES flocked in their hundreds to Croydon fire station yesterday to celebrate 150 years of the London Fire Brigade.The station opens its doors to welcome residents to meet the borough's team and...
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WATCH: How do fire crews cut casualties free in car crashes? We...
HUNDREDS of families attended the Croydon fire station open day this weekend. Little did I know quite how many would watch me cowering as skilled fire crews began to cut away at the scrapped car I was...
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Car collides with house leaving 'property unsafe' in Church Road,...
A CAR has collided with a house in Croydon this morning. Police were called to Church Road at the junction of Cranmer Road at 10.19am this morning to a car in collision with a house. The property has...
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