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Croydon Council to pay £1,475 to homeless family kept in bed and breakfast...
THE council has agreed to pay compensation to a homeless family kept in a bed and breakfast for more than seven months. In a yet to be published ruling, the local government ombudsman has found Croydon...
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Fraudsters pose as Coulsdon Lottery winner Neil Trotter in money scam attempt
FRAUDSTERS are impersonating Coulsdon Lottery multi-millionaire Neil Trotter in order to con victims out of cash and personal details.Scam e-mails pretending to be from the EuroMillions jackpot winner...
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Crystal Palace boss: I talked about signing Eagles skipper Mile Jedinak for...
CRYSTAL Palace boss Tony Pulis has revealed he was keen on signing Eagles skipper Mile Jedinak when he was manager at Stoke City. Pulis has praised his captain, who he says leads by example at Selhurst...
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Croydon school West Thornton Primary Academy to help train next generation of...
AN ACADEMY in Croydon has been selected to help train the next generation of teachers. West Thornton Primary Academy, in Rosecourt Road, has been chosen to become a teaching school. The school has been...
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Crystal Palace stars present awards to Croydon University Hospital lifesavers
HOSPITAL staff deal with life-threatening emergencies every day, but rarely are their colleagues the ones at risk.But that was the situation facing Mellisa Gavin at Croydon University Hospital, when a...
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Tony Pulis: I will only bring right characters to Crystal Palace
TONY PULIS says he will only bring players to Crystal Palace who he feels are the right characters to improve the squad. With the Eagles assured of another season in the Premier League, Pulis is facing...
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Exclusive: I want to be at Crystal Palace next season despite offers...
PALACE legend Julian Speroni has revealed he will snub interest from other clubs if the Eagles offer him a new deal to stay. The custodian's current contract runs out in two months and he is being...
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Croydon talent factory the BRIT School downgraded by Ofsted
THE famous BRIT School has been downgraded from 'outstanding' to 'good' in its latest Ofsted report. The school is well-known for nurturing some of the biggest names in pop music such as Adele and the...
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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho loves Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL Palace have won many new fans this season - and can now count Jose Mourinho among them. The Chelsea boss praised the Eagles during his pre-match press conference ahead of his team's clash with...
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Ofsted gives Peppermint Children's Centre food for thought after climbing...
A CHILDREN'S centre in Waddon has been criticised after a child had an accident on a climbing frame. Ofsted were called into Peppermint Children's Centre, in Franklin Way, in March after a child was...
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Croydon toddler recovering after lifesaving transplant made possible by...
A TODDLER has been given a successful bone marrow transplant after his six-year-old brother donated life-saving cells. Two-year-old J'Ssiah Brown, from Kenley, has been fighting leukaemia since June...
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How is he Ghana explain this? Labour councillor in Croydon avoids being...
A LABOUR councillor has avoided being deselected from standing in this month's elections, despite being exposed as a member of a conservative party.An emergency meeting of Labour members in Thornton...
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Toilet pervert who pretended to be in Turkey to skip sentencing avoids jail
A PERVERT who pretended he was in Turkey to skip his sentencing when he was actually at home in Thornton Heath was spared jail this morning. The Metropolitan Police's Wanted Offenders Unit today...
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Spring Lane bridge works to cause Croydon tram chaos
A LARGE section of the tram network will be out of action for more than a week later this month. There will be no trams from between Addiscombe and Elmers End or Beckenham Junction from Saturday, May...
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Student assaulted at bus stop outside college
A STUDENT was taken to hospital with head injuries after being assaulted at the bus stop next to his college. The Coulsdon Sixth Form College 17-year-old has been discharged from hospital since the...
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South Norwood man ready for charity bike ride after double lung transplant
NEXT month, 25-year-old James Collins will cycle 15 miles to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.But what may seem a standard story of a young man raising money for charity will actually be the...
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CRYSTAL PALACE FAN VIEW: It'll be a crime if Joel Ward and Jason Puncheon...
OUR columnist ALEX WHITE thinks two Crystal Palace players should be on the plane to Brazil for the World Cup this summer... NOW safety is assured, I would like to see some of the fringe players get a...
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Andrew Else: Selsdon stab victim was 'knifed 100 times'
A FATHER of three knifed to death in Selsdon last week was stabbed around 100 times, the Advertiser understands.Andrew Else, 52, was killed in a sustained and frenzied attack at around 10.30pm last...
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Close shave helps to raise funds for New Addington boy Aaran Arslan
IAN Hopcraft looks a fright as he prepares to have his locks shorn off for charity.Mr Hopcraft is raising money for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity in honour of his shaver-wielding friend Aaran...
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GEOFF THOMAS: Crystal Palace keeper Julian Speroni must be offered a new deal
EAGLES legend and former Palace skipper Geoff Thomas gives us his views ... LIVERPOOL will be going for it on Monday but Palace must be full of confidence with their own run they've been on. Liverpool...
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