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Homebase and Matalan stores affected by Croydon floods
Homebase on Purley Way was closed for more than 24 hours due to flooding from this week's bad weather.The hardware store, near the Lombard Roundabout, had to close on Tuesday after torrential rains...
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Council pledges to build 1,000 new homes in Croydon by 2018
THE council has pledged it will build 1,000 new homes on land it owns throughout the borough by 2018.Alison Butler, the council's cabinet member for homes, said it was the council's "responsibility" to...
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Everything you didn't want to know about the Croydon Facelift
he town has been forced to live with this "catchy" term for women who like to wear their hair up in a tight ponytail for the best part of the new millennium. And whether we like it or not, Croydon will...
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Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell 'threatened by man' outside...
Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell has reportedly been threatened outside his constituency office.Mr Barwell was allegedly subjected to "racially-aggravated harassment" by a man who confronted the...
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Biggin Hill Festival of Flight will be stopped if people try and...
THE organisers of Biggin Hill's Festival of Flight have warned Saturday's display will be stopped if people try to watch for free outside.After the death of 11 people at last year's Shoreham Air Show,...
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'He said he was going to kill me': Man arrested after threatening...
A man has been arrested after threatening to kill Croydon MP Gavin Barwell at his constituency office.Mr Barwell, MP for Croydon Central, called the police after the man became aggressive and started...
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Police appeal for public's help to get injured elderly man home
Police are appealing for the public's help to identify an elderly man, possibly called Anthony, and get him home after he was found injured in Old Coulsdon. Officers in South Croydon tweeted at about...
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Who are Croydon's MEPs and what do they actually do?
With just weeks to go until the country goes to the polls in the EU referendum more and more focus is being placed on what the European Parliament actually does. To help you try to decide whether you...
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Elderly man found injured in Old Coulsdon reunited with carer
An elderly man found injured on a road in Old Coulsdon has been reunited with his carer. Police in South Croydon put out an appeal through Twitter at about 4.30pm yesterday asking for the public's help...
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Croydon Conservative MPs and residents launch campaign for town...
Conservative MPs Gavin Barwell and Chris Philp have launched a campaign for Croydon to have a directly elected mayor.The politicians have joined forces with 10 residents' associations - all from Tory...
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Should Croydon Council have painted over 'subversive' posters?
Posters critical of council and police policy in Croydon have been painted over by the local authority. The posters in St George's Walk referenced the town's lack of culture and the police banning a...
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Police arrest 'suspicious sleeping man' after finding drugs in...
A man is in custody after police found drugs in his car in Thornton Heath. Officers were called to Brigstock Road at 9.50am this morning after receiving reports of a suspicious man asleep in a parked...
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Police appeal after man steals purse and uses bank card to buy...
Police are appealing for information after a man stole a purse and used the bank cards in McDonald's in Croydon. A man entered an office in Lower Addiscombe Road, in Addsicombe, and stole the purse and...
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Heartless crook posed as carer of bedbound man before burgling...
A heartless crook posed as the carer of a bedbound man in Croydon and removed the victim's mobile phone out of reach before he burgled his home. Career criminal Martin Maughan, 38, has been jailed for...
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Trains delayed through Croydon due to broken down freight train...
A broken down freight train in is causing delays of up to 30 minutes through Croydon until at least 2pm. Due to the disruption caused by the train, which broke down at Redhill, Thameslink services...
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Date set for murder trial of teen accused of killing Thornton...
A date has been set for the murder trial of the teeanger accused of killing Thornton Heath 20-year-old Mujaahid Wilson.A 17-year-old boy appeared at the Old Bailey in London yesterday accused of...
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Croydon Labour Group brands Tory MPs' elected mayor campaign as...
LABOUR has described the Tory-led petition calling for Croydon to have a directly elected mayor as 'cynical, self-serving and undemocratic'. Conservative MPs Gavin Barwell and Chris Philp, backed by 10...
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The Croydon nurse behind a group helping children with cancer and...
A Croydon nurse started Croydon's first support group for children with cancer and their families after realising they had nowhere to turn.Alice Howard set about creating the new group after parents of...
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Will there be a big screen in Croydon for England's Euro 2016...
Croydon, and the nation, is on tenterhooks ahead of the start of Euro 2016, which kicks off tonight with home nation France taking on Romania.But will Croydon's authorities erect a big screen for the...
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Croydon Cycle Race: Tour hailed as a triumph by council
PROFESSIONAL cycling returned to Croydon this week, with spectators treated to the men's Pearl Izumi Tour Series and the women's Matrix Fitness Grand Prix through the town centre.The penultimate round...
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