Young woman taken to hospital after collision between car and van in South...
A YOUNG woman was taken to hospital after her car was involved in a collision with a van in South Croydon this morning.Police were called at approximately 7.40am to reports of the collision in Coombe...
View ArticleScott Dann, Mile Jedinak and Wilfried Zaha named in Steve Parish's all-time...
Crystal Palace owner Steve Parish has named three players from the current squad in his best Eagles all-time XI.Parish was talking to Sky Sports' Fantasy Football Club television show when he named the...
View ArticleEx-Croydon schoolboy who had leg amputated appeals for £70k to fund...
A FORMER Riddlesdown High School pupil who had his leg amputated in life-saving cancer surgery needs £70,000 for a prosthetic limb so he can walk again.Billy Lee, who grew up in Sundale Avenue,...
View ArticleBlind, disabled Crystal Palace fan: 'Leicester City fan urinated on my...
A BLIND, disabled Crystal Palace fan who has had to sit in the away end for much of the season claims a Leicester fan urinated on her wheelchair.Mandy Maddock, 60, has had to sit at the back of the...
View ArticleNew Addington family centre staff crowned 'most knowledgeable' about safety...
STAFF from a family centre in New Addington have been crowned Croydon's most knowledgeable safety experts following a competition run by London Fire Brigade.Wolsey Family Centre proved it had what it...
View ArticleCar and motorbike crash in Selsdon
A CAR and a motorbike collided in Selsdon this morning causing a road closure.Police were called to reports of the collision in Addington Road at approximately 9.45am.London Ambulance Service attended...
View ArticleMarouane Chamakh and James McArthur not in Palace squad to face Arsenal
Crystal Palace duo James McArthur and Marouane Chamakh have not been included in this afternoon's game with Arsenal.McArthur still hasn't shaken off a recent injury and was expected to be back in time...
View ArticleCroydon Council leader: tax frozen, jobs to be cut at town hall in budget
THIS year's council budget will deliver the Labour administration's pledge to freeze council tax and keep frontline services intact, council leader Tony Newman said on Tuesday.He made the claim at the...
View ArticlePurley youth centre to lose all council funding
THE only youth centre in Purley will lose almost all of its funding at the end of March when the council pulls its services from the site taking £23,500 rent a year with them.The Purley Youth Project...
View ArticleCrystal Palace 1–2 Arsenal: Gunners lucky as Glenn Murray denied...
CRYSTAL Palace may have lost 2-1 to Arsenal this afternoon at Selhurst Park but they were certainly not embarrassed by the visitors.The Eagles can be fairly proud of their performance against Arsene...
View ArticleAlan Pardew defends Pape Souare and praises 'fantastic' Yannick Bolasie after...
CRYSTAL Palace boss Alan Pardew defended new signing Pape Souare, after his clumsy mistake inside the opening eight minutes gifted Arsenal a penalty.The Senegal international, making his first Premier...
View ArticleCrystal Palace boss: First Arsenal goal wasn't a penalty and the second was...
ALAN Pardew said Crystal Palace's performance in the narrow defeat to Arsenal was the "best we've played."Palace came inches from snatching a draw when Glenn Murray's header struck a post in injury...
View ArticleCrystal Palace fans' banner slams 'Premier Greed' after £5 billion TV deal
THE Holmesdale Fanatics made their feelings about the latest Premier League TV deal very clear before kick off against Arsenal.Supporters behind the goal held up one of the HF'S renowned banners, this...
View ArticleCroydon knife crime campaigners hoping to get more young people into work
ELIZA Rebeiro's decision, after a close friend was stabbed, to launch a campaign seven years ago warning children about the dangers of knife crime hit the headlines.Today, that work continues to play a...
View ArticleNew wheelie bins in Croydon 'will keep streets cleaner'
IN A bid to increase recycling and make life easier for residents, new green wheelie bins are being introduced across the borough.A total of £4million is included in the Clean Green Croydon capital...
View ArticleThornton Heath carer jailed for attacking vulnerable man in wheelchair she...
A CARER from Thornton Heath has been jailed for attacking a man in a wheelchair she was paid to look after.Claudine Ingabire, 31, of Stanley Road, slapped her 55-year-old victim twice on the back and...
View ArticleCocktail barman who had testicular cancer and whose mum survived breast...
MEMBERS of a Coulsdon family doubly hit by cancer are running the London Marathon to raise funds for the hospital that helped them with "absolutely incredible" treatment.Louann Heale was treated at the...
View ArticleSouth Norwood residents want to form community-run pub
SOUTH Norwood residents are looking to open their own completely community-run pub to help push regeneration forward.A newly formed community group has been meeting to discuss the possibility of...
View ArticleBaby number two prompts business venture for Croydon mum
WHEN Sharon McLean had her second baby, it dawned on her that holding down a full-time job and bringing up a child was going to get a bit too much.She decided the answer would be to use her business...
View ArticleSouth Croydon student launches tutoring business after A-Level success
A STUDENT has established a pupil to pupil tutoring business after his friends helped him pass his A levels.Wasim Hassanali, a 21-year-old pharmacy Masters student at Kingston University and St...
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