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Palace defender: Heat played a part in Wembley first half

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CRYSTAL Palace defender Dean Moxey says Palace deserved to win their play-off final win against Watford yesterday and admitted the heat played a part in the first half of the contest. But he was delighted to hit back at a few critics and reach the top flight of English football. "It's a dream come true, the Premier League is where I want to be – we're there on merit," said Moxey. "We had a shaky end to the season, we beat Brighton and then beat a good Watford team. "It was so hot out there, unbelievable. Both teams probably couldn't get going to start with but in the second half we got into the game a bit more and relaxed. "We passed it better and Wilfried Zaha was tearing them up down the wings. "I think we deserved it on the balance of things." And Moxey revealed he had all of his family at Wembley to witness the greatest achievement in his career. "I was trying to spot them early on out there," he said. "My brother was over the far side with nieces, my mate was upstairs with my God children, and my wife, two kids and parents were also here – it was an amazing day. "I was looking over and I was pretty sure I could see my wife crying."For the full interview with Moxey, don't miss Friday's Croydon Advertiser for another fantastic pull-out edition.

EXCLUSIVE: Palace defender signs new deal to stay at Selhurst Park

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PALACE defender Peter Ramage has revealed he has signed a new two-year deal with the club, just weeks before his existing deal was set to run out. The 29-year-old was given a one-year contract last summer, but the former Newcastle United man exclusively told Advertiser Sport he was offered new terms two weeks ago, and he was delighted to get it sorted quickly. "I've got to thank the gaffer for that because he was instrumental in it," Ramage said. "He just wanted me to get it done, but whether I'm part of his Premier League plans I don't care, but I hope I am. "I love it down here."Read the exclusive interview with Ramage on his new deal and life down in the south east in Friday's Croydon Advertiser. The contents of this article must not be reproduced without the permission of the Croydon Advertiser.

"Filthy" South Norwood takeaway fined more than £20,000

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The owner of a filthy takeaway in South Norwood has been fined more than £20,000 by Croydon magistrates. Leroy Houslin, the owner of Yard Style Kitchen, on Portland Road, was found guilty of eight offences last Tuesday (May 21). Food safety officers, who were initially refused entry to inspect the kitchen, found fridges without power, candle lighting and a catalogue of food hygiene offences. Council food safety officers first visited the takeaway last April, finding several breaches of hygiene regulations. After sending a letter outlining the legal requirements, three more visits between May and October found no improvement in standards. Photos from the council show carrots thick with mould and grease-splattered plug sockets. Council officers found a fridge with an odour of rotting meat and containing congealed meat and food debris. They also found hand-washing basins with no soap or hand-drying facilities, while the basin was "bone-dry", which they said indicated staff were not washing their hands. Councillor Simon Hoar, cabinet member for community safety, said: "The conditions in the premises were truly awful and represented a genuine danger to anybody eating food bought from the place. "They were conditions that he knew were completely unacceptable and that he wished to keep from the public gaze." Houslin, who admitted to five of the eight offences personally and three against the company, was fined £21,614.

Eagles midfielder agrees new deal while loan duo depart Selhurst Park

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CRYSTAL Palace midfielder Owen Garvan has agreed a new two-year contract with the Eagles. The former Ipswich Town man played more 30 times for Palace this season but suffered a knee injury earlier this year before returning for the club's play-off push. The news comes on the back of defender Peter Ramage also agreeing a two-year deal, as Advertiser Sport broke to you first this morning. The full interview with Ramage on his new contract will be in this Friday's Croydon Advertiser. Meanwhile, loan pair Jazz Richards and Alex Nimely have both returned to their parent clubs Swansea City and Manchester City after their deals expired.

Disabled woman 'humiliated' by health assessor

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A DISABLED woman suffering from a degenerative disease who lost her benefits after government-appointed assessor Atos ruled she was fit to work has said: "I feel utterly humiliated."

Sally Stovell has chronic osteoarthritis and relies almost entirely on her wheelchair.

But the 50-year-old, from Nineacres Way in Coulsdon has been told she no longer qualifies for the financial support she uses to pay for food and hot water, after a medical assessment by Atos said her condition had improved.

Ms Stovell, who ran her own recruitment agency in central London until she was diagnosed in 2004, has been forced to go to the council asking for crisis money and vouchers to visit the Purley Foodbank.

"It is utterly humiliating," she said.

"I am a staunch Tory and support the cuts. However, the government has employed this company, Atos, who are not doing their job properly and taking away support from people who really need it.

"I live alone and if I did not have a few family members to help me my life would probably be in danger.

"Until I was made disabled, I put everything into the system. Now I am in need I am having everything taken away from me."

When Atos assessed Ms Stovell in October 2011, they rated her ability to work as seven, with 15 meaning the least able.

In May 2012 she was deemed unable to work after her condition deteriorated following major surgery.

However, in February this year, Atos reassessed her as qualifying for zero points.

They ruled she was as able to work as any person without a disability and stripped her of Employment Support Allowance.

"It means I now have nothing apart from £80 a month left to live on," said Ms Stovell, who was informed of the decision earlier this month.

"I receive Disability Living Allowance but most of it goes on my mobility scooter so I can get out of the house and fend for myself.

"It's truly heartbreaking. I am being made to feel like I have done something wrong by being disabled.

"I fully support the Government wheedling out those who cheat the system but I am clearly not one of those people."

As well as chronic osteoarthritis, Ms Stovell suffers from neuropathic pain and chronic clinical depression.

She said: "Does the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) think I would not work if I could?

"Sometimes my illness is so bad I can't do anything at all.

"Who is going to hire a 50-year-old disabled woman who cannot even guarantee when she can come into work?"

Ms Stovell claims the Atos assessor did not examine her during the session but referred to illnesses such as sciatica, which she does not have, in the report.

Croydon South MP Richard Ottaway has been involved in her case

Ms Stovell is also seeking legal advice.

"I am going to take this issue all the way to the top," she said.

Richard Ottaway said: "I am sorry Ms Stovell is experiencing so many difficulties."

After visiting Purley Jobcentre Plus, Ms Stovel is now receiving £310 per month until her appeal has been assessed.

Disabled woman 'humiliated' by health assessor

Jury sworn in for David Petch murder trial at Old Bailey

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THE jury has been sworn in for the trial of the couple accused of murdering a New Addington father of nine. Cherri Gilmartin, 36, and Jason Lodge, 38, of Uvedale Crescent in the estate, deny murdering David Petch, 55, last year. Mr Petch died on April 18 2012, four days after being found in a critical condition at his home in Wayside, Fieldway. The trial, at the Old Bailey, is expected to last until June 28. It had been due to start in December, but was postponed as Gilmartin was heavily pregnant. She has been remanded on bail and arrived at court this morning wearing a dark suit. Lodge is being held in custody. The couple did not appear to communicate with each other as they sat side by side in the dock this morning. The case has been adjourned until 2.15pm, when prosecutors will start setting out their case.

Jury sworn in for David Petch murder trial at Old Bailey

GP group describes downgrading Croydon University Hospital as 'crackpot' and 'undeliverable'

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A GP group has described the possibility of closing key services at Croydon University Hospital as "crackpot" and "undeliverable". Shutting the hospital's emergency, maternity and children's units is one of three options put forward by a controversial review of healthcare in south west London. Downgrading the hospital is the least preferred choice of the Better Service, Better Value (BSBV) reforms. Speaking at a public meeting of the governing body on Tuesday, a number of Croydon Clinical Commission Group (CCG) board members questioned why it has been suggested at all. David Hughes, a lay member of the board, said the plan would have a serious impact on trusts in south east London. He said: "King's College Hospital (in Camberwell) would have to cope with a lot of the A&E patients who are currently coming to Croydon. "They expressed concern that they already have insufficient number of beds, a situation which is likely to be exacerbated. "There's a very real concern that option three isn't actually deliverable because south east London would have a great deal of difficulty coping with the number of A&E patients that Croydon generates." Hannah Miller, board member and executive director of adult services and health at Croydon Council, said: "I can't see any evidence that any broad perspectives have been taken into consideration in putting the third option forward. "If Croydon were a city we would be the sixth largest population in the country. We're planning under the Local Development Plan to have another 20,000 new homes in Croydon in the next decade or so. "The idea that someone could put forward such a crackpot option for a city the size of Croydon to have a culled hospital site I think beggars belief." Option three would see St Helier, in Sutton, remain as a major acute hospital with Croydon downgraded, leading to increased travel times for emergency and maternity care affecting around 250,000 people. It is also the most expensive of the options, requiring a capital outlay of £442 million, of which the cost of redeveloping King's, including purchasing land in Brixton, would represent £137m. The BSBV board have agreed to review the option following "serious concerns" raised by the hospital. However, Rachel Tyndall, senior responsible officer for BSBV, defended the inclusion of closing services in Croydon because "clinically, it delivers the benefits". "In our methodology we were impartial," she told the meeting at Croydon & District Masonic Hall in Oakfield Road, West Croydon. "We looked at all five hospitals evenly. We had a set of criteria, non-financial and financial, on which they were assessed. "Out of that process the option where Croydon should be a local hospital remained on the table. "The view of the programme board is that it is a high risk option and is the least preferred of the three that have been put forward. "Given the concerns about deliverability which have been discussed by the programme board, and the comments from King's, we have agreed to do more work. "The last thing we should be doing, should the results of consultation favour that option, is to pursue something which actually turns out not to work well and isn't in the best interests of patients." The BSBV review covers Croydon, Kingston, St George's in Tooting, St Helier and Epsom hospitals. It aims to cut costs and drive up standards, increasing consultant cover at A&E and maternity units in the face of staff shortages by centralising those services at three expanded hospitals. The preferred option would see Croydon remain as one of the major acute sites, with £75 million of investment in order to cope with the additional pressure, including a 24 per cent increase in births, as a result of downgrading St Helier. A joint committee of the region's seven CCGs will decide whether the three options should go out to public consultation in June. Dr Brzezicki said: "None of the CCGs believe the no change option is practical. We would be unable to improve quality and safety, and indeed quality would likely go down. "Option three has the greatest impact on patients and families and will increase traveling times for about half a million people and will have a disproportionate impact on the most populous and deprived area of south west London." John Goulston, chief executive of Croydon Health Services, the trust which runs the hospital, said:"It is extremely good news for Croydon that the CCG is supportive of these proposed options. "The hospital is included in two of these as a major site, with A&E and maternity services. "Croydon is one of the most densely populated places in London - people should have access to a hospital with the staff and services to treat them when they need it most."

GP group describes downgrading Croydon University Hospital as 'crackpot' and 'undeliverable'

18-month-old girl rushed to hospital after falling from South Norwood window

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An 18-month-old girl has "no sign of any obvious injuries" after falling from a window in South Norwood this afternoon. Air ambulance and the London Ambulance Service were called to Farley Place at 1.05pm to reports of a young girl falling from a height. London Ambulance Service took the girl to St George's Hospital, Tooting, by road. Ambulance crew at the scene said the girl had no signs of any obvious injuries.

18-month-old girl rushed to hospital after falling from South Norwood window


Croydon CCG forecasts 'unprecedented' £20 million deficit for 2013/14

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THE GP group leading health commissioning in Croydon has taken the "unprecedented" step of posting a £20 million deficit budget two months after it officially came into existence. Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has told NHS England it will spend at least £19.9 million more than its £405 million budget in the current financial year. Its governing body has also admitted that a three year recovery plan to break even by 2015/16 will fall £17 million short. The CCG finds itself in a "significant financial challenge" even though £38 million has been saved from cutting or redesigning services over the last two years. Speaking at a public governing body meeting held on Tuesday, Agnelo Fernandes, assistant clinical chairman, said the problem could not be "understated". He added: "Posting a budget deficit is unprecedented in an NHS organisation but as a governing body it has to be said there isn't the money there. "We have to be honest with ourselves in ensuring NHS England doesn't intervene in any other way." Chairman Tony Brzezicki added: "We have had discussions with NHS England. It's a unique position in London and it's being taken into consideration as we speak. There's not much detail to add." Though the deficit was described as unprecedented, other GP groups in areas such as Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire face financial difficulty, though Croydon's deficit appears the largest of any CCG. Croydon CCG spent an hour and a half debating a review of healthcare in south west London and a fraction of the time discussing the deficit. A number of board members said Croydon had been "under-resourced", particularly in light of the population boom revealed by the 2011 Census. The borough, they said, is 0.5 per cent below capitation (the money paid to healthcare service providers) compared to its neighbours in south west London which are between 3.5 and 15 per cent above. If the same formula is applied to the 2011 Census, which showed that Croydon's population increased by 33,000 in ten years, then the borough would be six per cent below the funding it requires, the CCG said. David Hughes, a lay member of the board, added: "Our inherited debt position is an historical annual recurrent deficit. "In other words, this isn't something that went wrong. It's continuing into the future; we do not get enough money for the services we have to provide." Dr Brzezicki said the increase in population had not been factored in to Croydon's resource allocation, "adding to the problems of commissioning services in Croydon and providing social care". The CCG must save £47 million if it is to break even by 2015/16. It has identified £30 million of what the NHS calls QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention Plan) savings but Mike Sexton, chief financial officer, admitted: "The identified opportunity to improve efficiency and deliver savings is not sufficient to close the funding gap." To meet the saving requirements set by the Department of Health, the challenge is greater still, with £60 million of efficiencies needed to be found over the next three years. The CCG said it was unable to provide anyone to answer detailed questions about the deficit, including the potential impact on patient care, before the Advertiser went to press. It aims to deliver £14 million of savings over the next year, in part by schemes aimed at reducing the number of A&E attendances and admissions at Croydon University Hospital. It spent £20 million on delivering acute care in April, with overall costs at £35 million, almost £2 million over budget, suggesting the deficit could be far greater than forecast. The CCG said it would wait until May's report before drawing conclusions. NHS Croydon, the primary care trust which preceded the CCG, made £21.4 million of savings in 2012/13, in areas such as integrated care and reduced drug spend. In acute care, it "tackled and reversed" costly follow-up outpatient appointments by introducing a 'patient navigation service' to "ensure patients are only recalled for a face to face follow-up appointment where necessary". Where appropriate, patients have received either a telephone follow-up or have been discharged "safely back into the care of their GP". Efforts have also been made to have patients discharged from hospital earlier. A project officer spent two days a week in the anti-coagulation clinic at Croydon University Hospital to "assist the service in identifying patients who were eligible for discharge". The CCG's three-year action plan will see a redesign of services such as dermatology, sickle cell and haemophilia, and gynaecology. There will also be a review of the community bed policy and new urgent care, dementia and diabetes systems. In 2010/11 NHS Croydon posted a £27.8 million understatement of expenditure, which was corrected with a prior year adjustment, leading to decreased spending in 2011/12. Under current business rules, the £20 million overspend will need to be repaid next year. The recovery plan is subject to the approval of NHS England, which has not yet responded to the Advertiser's request for a comment. In a statement issued this afternoon, Croydon CCG said the "significant financial challenge" it faces is the result of increasing hospital based services, population growth and recovery from the overspend in Croydon PCT in 2010/11, directly contradicting NHS London's insistence that the scandal had no ongoing impact on the delivery of healthcare.

Croydon CCG forecasts 'unprecedented' £20 million deficit for 2013/14

BBC presenter Mary Beard backs campaign to stop Cambridge becoming "Croydon of the Fens"

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BBC presenter Mary Beard has backed a campaign described by a fellow Cambridge professor as stopping Cambridge becoming the "Croydon of the Fens".
The historian has joined efforts to stop the demolition of a Victorian terrace to make way for a modern development.
Wilton Terrace in Station Road is earmarked for demolition by developers who want to build what Professor Beard described as "brutalist" office blocks.
Professor Gavin Camp, an architectural historian at Cambridge University, has backed the campaign to halt the development, which he says is reminiscent of overdeveloped Croydon.
He told the Cambridge News: "They are good examples of High Victorian domestic architecture, are sound and serviceable and deserve to survive.
"Clearly they stand in the way of a campaign to make Cambridge the Croydon of the Fens."
Beard, a Professor of Classics at Cambridge, has presented programmes about the Romans, including life and death in Pompeii, on the BBC and appeared on Jamie's Dream School on Channel 4 in 2011.

BBC presenter Mary Beard backs campaign to stop Cambridge becoming

Murder accused said victim David Petch was selling cocaine to her sister, Old Bailey hears

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A MUM-OF-EIGHT and her boyfriend beat a 55-year-old man to death before telling police he had been dealing cocaine to her sister, jurors were told today. Cherri Gilmartin, 37, and her partner Jason Lodge, 39, of Uvedale Crescent in New Addington, both deny murdering David Petch at his home also in the estate last year. The pair had "gone looking" for Mr Petch on the evening of April 14 after getting "drunk" and becoming "angry," prosecutors told jurors at the first day of the couple's murder trial today. They were seen attacking Mr Petch on his doorstep in Wayside, Fieldway, jurors were told, Gilmartin hitting him with a baseball bat and Lodge repeatedly stamping on his head. Mr Petch was conscious when he was picked up by paramedics minutes later, but his condition rapidly deteriorated and he died in hospital on April 18 from severe head injuries, prosecutors said. Lodge and Gilmartin were both arrested after they attended Croydon police station the day before Mr Petch died, prosecutor Simon Denison QC said. He added: "In her interview, Gilmartin said that she and Lodge had gone to Mr Petch's flat on that night as he had been selling cocaine to her sister and they wanted to tell him to stop doing so. "And she claimed that Mr Petch had attacked Jason Lodge with the baseball bat and he had simply defended himself from attack. "She denied that she had hit Mr Petch with the baseball bat at all." The court was told the pair had turned up at around 11.30pm in Wayside, where Mr Petch lived, banging on peoples' doors and demanding to see him. Mr Denison added: "They then found his flat and found the door to be open and they went inside. "And at some point while they were inside the flat, these three together, one of them, either Mr Petch or one or other of the defendants, got hold of a baseball bat that Mr Petch kept there. "And it may be that there was some sort of scuffle inside the flat that was not seen by anyone except the three of them. "What people did see is what happened after that, when the three of them had come out to the front door of Mr Petch's flat. "And what people saw was the two defendants attacking Mr Petch." One witness heard Gilmartin shout "something along lines of 'That is what you get for giving my granddaughter cocaine'," Mr Denison aded. The court heard Gilmartin's sister, Laura Field, had previously bought cocaine from and taken the illegal drug with Mr Petch. At the time of the alleged attack, Ms Field was thought to be using the drug again after spending a few weeks in a psychiatric ward. Mr Denison said: "And it may well be that the defendant Cherri Gilmartin believed that Mr Petch was responsible for supplying her with drugs. "Whether he was or whether he was not, it may well be that is what she believed. "If she did of course it does in no way justify what she and Jason Lodge did to him, killing him in the violent way that they did." Mr Petch lived with another man, the court heard, who returned to the home with a friend at the end of the alleged attack and phoned an ambulance. The trial, at the Old Bailey, is expected to last until June 28.

Murder accused said victim David Petch was selling cocaine to her sister, Old Bailey hears

Schwartz raises bar

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HOLLAND Sports' Ocean Schwartz had an amazing Sunday afternoon at the Surrey Track & Field Championships at Kingston, winning bronze medals in the U17 high jump and 400m with personal bests and club records.

What was incredible was that Schwartz ran the heat of the 400m in a personal best of 53.19 seconds while his high jump competition was in the later stages.

When he came back he had missed his attempt at 1.70m.

With tired legs he summoned up the energy to make a third- time clearance at 1.75m, a season's best, before making a first-time clearance at 1.80m.

Less than two hours later he ran another PB in the 400m final, coming close to snatching second in 52.39.

It was a Herculean effort as Schwartz was also suffering from an ear infection, while he had also come fifth in the long jump with 5.74m.

Josh Watson was another medal winner as he twice broke his PB in the U13 high jump, winning silver with 1.36m.

Mark Andrews won the senior men's high jump with 1.75m and won silver in the triple jump with 11.31m.

Elsewhere, Tom Rady won silver in the senior men's pole vault with a jump of 3m, while Charlie Smith threw close to his best in winning the bronze in the U15 Shot with 11.23m.

In other performances, James Rady finished fourth in the U17 hurdles, in 68.81, while Josh Watson just missed out on a medal in the U13 75m hurdles, in 14.52m, and was fourth in his 200m heat, in 30.22.

Hugo Fowler and Troy Lee-Edmunds also competed in the 200m heats, coming fifth and sixth respectively, in 30.91 and 32.38. Lee-Edmunds also long jumped 3.56m for 13th in the heats of the U15 800m, while Tom Knight ran a PB of 2:32:31 for fourth.

Meanwhile, Mark Andrews also competed in the discus and long jump, coming fifth with 26.13m and sixth with 5.29m.

In the girls', Stephanie Fisher qualified from the heats of the U15 100m with fourth, in 13.82, into a strong wind.

In the semi-final she was sixth, in 13.88 secs – a time that would have qualified her for the final had she been competing in the other semi-final.

Top golfers at Walton Heath Golf Club for US Open qualifier

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SEVERAL top European golfing stars were in Surrey on Monday for the US Open qualifying tournament at Walton Heath Golf Club.

Among the stars on show were two-time Masters champion and last year's European Ryder Cup captain Jose Maria Olazabal (pictured above), another previous Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie and Englishmen Paul Casey and Simon Khan.

Khan was the winner of the 36-hole tournament, with rounds of 67 and 70 seeing him safely through to the US Open championship, which begins at Merion on June 13.

And he said he was pleased to get over the disappointment of losing in the fourth extra play-off hole of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth on Sunday so quickly.

He said: "Obviously if I'd won on Sunday I wouldn't have had to go which would have been nice.

"But they are tough days, especially when you've done well on the Sunday, there's the emotion of that and then having to get yourself off again.

"I was fortunate, I started the first round well, birdies on the second and third holes and you're in to it. I enjoy playing there, I like the course and it was a good test. I drove the ball well, a couple of little blips came in but I felt pretty confident all day."

Khan finished one shot clear of former world number three Casey and South African Jacob van Zyl, while Dane Morten Orum Madsen secured his place by finishing on five under.

Sweden's Peter Hedblom was one shot further back, along with England's Eddie Pepperell and Australian Marcus Fraser.

Olazabal, English pair John Parry and David Howell, Scotsman Chris Doak and Argentinian Estanislao Goya then progressed via a six-man play-off, with Swede Rikard Karlberg the unfortunate man to miss out.

Top golfers at Walton Heath Golf Club for US Open qualifier

Os face St Albans opener next season

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OXTED will face new boys St Albans on the first day of the 2013-14 men's Conference East season.

The Os will travel to Hertfordshire on Saturday, September 14 ,to face a St Albans side who are returning to the league after a two-year absence.

That is followed by a home match against Holcombe eight days later on Sunday, September 22, before a trip to face Bromley & Beckenham to round off the first month on Saturday, September 28.

Oxted will also face a couple of other newcomers this season, including Brighton & Hove, who have been promoted from the South league.

Oxted are due to end the season against Brighton & Hove on Saturday, March 23.

Meanwhile, Southgate have entered the Conference East this season having been relegated from the Premier Division.

Wimbledon have been promoted to the Premier Division via the promotion play-offs, while City of Peterborough were relegated from the division, but Cambridge City retained their place by winning a relegation play-off tournament.

Most British buyers of overseas property come from the South

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M ORE than a third of British people buying overseas property today come from the south of the UK, with the South East being home to the largest number of buyers.

Of the 1,255 people planning to buy property abroad that took part in The Overseas Guides Company's (OGC) online survey, 34.9 per cent lived in the south of the country. Breaking this down further, 16.2 per cent came from the South East, 11.6 per cent from the South West and 7.1 per cent from London.

All of the respondents were considering a property purchase in France, Spain, USA, Portugal, Cyprus, Italy, Greece or Turkey.

Richard Way, editor of The Overseas Guides Company, says: "Crucially, our survey showed that nearly a third of respondents – 31.7 per cent - will finance their overseas property purchase solely with the proceeds of the sale of a UK home, with a further quarter buying abroad with a mortgage combined with the sale of a UK home or other funding.

"The South and London continue to record the UK's highest average property prices so clearly homeowners in these parts can afford to move abroad more easily."

The OGC survey results also revealed regional differences between British people buying overseas property. For example, Italian property appears to be especially popular with Scottish people, who accounted for 10.9 per cent of respondents looking to buy in Italy, third only to the South East (14.3 per cent) and South West (13.4 per cent).

While buyers from the South East dominated results for the USA (23.4 per cent), the second largest group came from the East Midlands with 12.5 per cent.

The one country where buyers from the South East did not outnumber all other groups was Portugal, where people from the South West came out on top with 14.8 per cent, followed by those from the North West (12.3 per cent) and then the South East (11.1 per cent).

"Another factor influencing where people will buy overseas property is air access and transfer times both ends of their journey," Richard adds.

"For example, travel to the Continent from the South West has improved hugely in recent years as airports at Southampton, Bournemouth, Exeter and Bristol have taken on more flights. Not forgetting ferry services are easy from there too, for property-owners in France and even northern Spain."


Eagles midfielder: Football is a funny old game

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CRYSTAL Palace midfielder Stuart O'Keefe may not have expected to have played in Monday's game after spending most of the season on the substitutes' bench and in the U21 development side, but he certainly didn't look out of place at Wembley. The ball-winning midfielder came on after just 16 minutes following a calf injury to Kagisho Dikgacoi and immediately got in the thick of the action alongside skipper Mile Jedinak. "It is such an important role and to come on and be trusted in that role, I enjoyed it," said O'Keefe. "The manager said to me to go on and do my job, but all the lads know what they're doing. "It was hard to get used to the tempo but I came on and put in a tackle after the first few seconds so I got straight into it. "After that I just enjoyed it all. I would have liked to have played more this season but football is a funny old game."Don't miss our full interview with O'Keefe in Friday's victory pull-out in the Croydon Advertiser. Follow us on Twitter for the latest Palace news, exclusives and live match updates at www.twitter.com/AdvertiserSport Palace fans on Facebook, have your say on our page at www.facebook.com/AdvertiserSport Watch our exclusive away videos following Palace around the country on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/AdvertiserSport

Carshalton College Tutor runs successful workshop at The NFEC Conference

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On Wednesday 22 May 2013 Carshalton College electrical tutor, David Jaitly-McDonald ran a workshop at the NFEC Conference in Leicester.

 

The NFEC was formed in 1992 to provide support, advice and representation on any issues that may hinder the provision of a member's quality learning in Engineering and related Technologies. Today membership of the NFEC includes Colleges, Group Training Associations, Specialist Schools, Employers and Individuals with a broad representation within the 14-19 and post-16 sectors.

 

David held a workshop at The NFEC Conference covering the topic of dealing with challenging behaviour in the classroom. The session was well received by the delegates and was a popular session.

 

David said "I was delighted to be asked to run the session at conference. It is always an interesting discussion point and one that teachers want to be able to deal with in an effective and appropriate manner. I am glad the session had such a positive reaction."

Eagles defender "annoyed" with people writing Palace off

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DEAN Moxey has revealed the Palace players wanted to prove a point to the their critics, claiming they were particularly "annoyed" just before they began their play-off journey. He said: "We didn't concede a goal when everyone wrote us off. It annoyed us. "No one gave us a chance against Brighton but we turned them over. "The gaffer said he didn't have to do anything else and to go and show everyone what we can do. "We did it. We have done it. We were going for automatic promotion at one point of the season, we didn't get it, but we kept on playing."Don't miss our full interview with Moxey in Friday's victory pull-out in the Croydon Advertiser. Follow us on Twitter for the latest Palace news, exclusives and live match updates at www.twitter.com/AdvertiserSport Palace fans on Facebook, have your say on our page at www.facebook.com/AdvertiserSport Watch our exclusive away videos following Palace around the country on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/AdvertiserSport

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Jade Dernbach called up by England as cover for Tim Bresnan

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SURREY will be without Jade Dernbach for their County Championships game against Derbyshire after the bowler was called up by England. Twenty-seven-year-old Dernbach will be included in England one-day international squad against New Zealand tomorrow (Friday) as cover for Tim Bresnan, whose wife is expected to give birth any day. However, it means Surrey will be without one of their top players as they seek their first win in this season's County Championships. The game against Derbyshire is due to start at 12noon today (Thursday), weather permitting. Ricky Ponting is expected to make his debut for Surrey in the County Championship fixture after Chris Adams' team's YB40 game against Derbyshire was abandoned due to rain last night (Wednesday) with the visitors at 100-1. Steven Davies had reached 50 before he was caught was Derbyshire skipper Wayne Madsen, but the game was stopped with Jason Roy on 42 not out and Azhar Mahmood on two not out.

Jade Dernbach called up by England as cover for Tim Bresnan

Palace striker unhappy with Watford defender

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CRYSTAL Palace striker Aaron Wilbraham admits he was unhappy with Watford defender Joel Ekstrand during extra-time of Monday's Play-Off Final victory at Wembley. Having run the frontline throughout the match for the Eagles, former Milton Keynes Dons man was on the end of a challenge from the defender, who then left a further mark on the forward. "He stamped on me after the challenge and I wasn't happy about it," Wilbraham told Advertiser Sport. "Usually those sort of things get spotted when you're that close. I think the referee got told after the game but he can't do anything then. "It was annoying but it didn't matter in the end. We got the result we wanted – that's all I was bothered about. "It was a tough shift but I thought I did well for the team."Don't miss our full interview with Wilbraham in Friday's victory pull-out in the Croydon Advertiser. Follow us on Twitter for the latest Palace news, exclusives and live match updates at www.twitter.com/AdvertiserSport Palace fans on Facebook, have your say on our page at www.facebook.com/AdvertiserSport Watch our exclusive away videos following Palace around the country on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/AdvertiserSport
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