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Police appeal for help in finding missing 25-year-old woman Lisa Gadsby who...
POLICE are appealing for help in finding a 25-year-old missing woman who they think could be in Croydon. Lisa Gadsby went missing from Beckenham on May 1 and is known to frequent the Bromley and...
View ArticleCRYSTAL PALACE POETRY: Dwight's Gayle force stuns Liverpool
THE latest Friday slice of poetry from Crystal Palace fan James Miller, aka the Bard of Selhurst Park... Some Fans Fickle, Some hide, some snide, Eagles wear their shirts with pride. Third goal scored,...
View ArticleAnthony Billy 'died by his own hand' says Croydon coroner after inquest into...
A MAN who burned to death in a South Croydon wood "died by his own hand", a coroner has said. An inquest had heard that, in the days before his death in January 2011, Anthony Billy, 32, told care...
View ArticleHeroin dealer Kwame Gyanfi from Waddon Road, Croydon, jailed for seven and a...
A HEROIN dealer from Croydon has been jailed for seven and a half years today. Kwame Gyanfi, 31, of Waddon Road, Croydon, was given the sentence at Croydon Crown Court after pleading guilty to...
View ArticleCrystal Palace defender: It doesn't matter who we play, we're going to Fulham...
SCOTT Dann says Crystal Palace's performance against Liverpool on Monday night proved they didn't want to let their season "fizzle out" despite securing survival nearly three weeks ago. The Eagles head...
View ArticleFly-tipping epidemic blights Croydon, with a TEN-FOLD increase in some places...
THERE is almost ten times more fly-tipping in some Croydon wards than five years ago, new figures show.Fairfield has had the sharpest rise with a 970 per cent increase, followed by Woodside with 800...
View ArticleAddington residents voice fears at loss of green belt land
A NATIONAL house-builder is eyeing green belt fields next to the Kent Gate Way for a new development, sparking mounting opposition.Persimmon Homes wants to build on the land next to Addington Village...
View ArticleCroydon regeneration chief says town is nearing its 'Olympic' moment
THIS is Croydon's Olympics. That's the message from Jo Negrini, as she settles into her role overseeing the borough's £3 billion regeneration.Croydon's new executive director of development and...
View ArticleFrom the gutter to the stars, the rise and rise of Crystal Palace
AFTER a season to remember, Five Year Plan fanzine editor ROBERT SUTHERLAND explains why this campaign has meant so much to Crystal Palace fans, after years of pain...TIME marches on, never ending. Our...
View ArticleCROYDON TWEETS OF THE WEEK: The 'road to hell', Eddie Izzard, and Stephen Hendry
THE latest musings and ramblings from Croydon's Twitter users...@SaulArtPhoto: Just helped an old woman off the train with a massive suitcase. "Its full of wine," she says. #Croydon@MarkyBunny: Memo to...
View ArticleFulham v Crystal Palace: Eagles aim to rub salt into the relegated Cottagers...
THE final game of the season is here – and what a campaign it has been.No final-day scrap and no relying on other clubs for help, Palace have been comfortable for three weeks and certainly produced an...
View ArticleGEOFF THOMAS: The Crystal Palace fans have helped turn this campaign around
Eagles legend and former Palace skipper Geoff Thomas gives us his views ...MONDAY night shows why the Premier League is so special.It was incredible to see Palace come back from 3-0 down and I have to...
View ArticleFulham v Crystal Palace: Cottagers are shell-shocked by relegation, but...
WE caught up with Lyall Thomas, the Fulham reporter for West London Sport, to take a look at Sunday's final game of the season…Thirteen years in the top flight has come to an end. It's certainly been...
View ArticleCOUNCILLOR WHO? Advertiser poll fails to find a single person who knows full...
AN ADVERTISER survey suggests few people in Croydon know the identity of their elected councillors – just two weeks before voters are set to go to the polls.We asked 75 residents in four corners of the...
View ArticleJulian Speroni 'emotional' after Crystal Palace player of the year honour
PALACE'S end-of-season awards ceremony was a huge success at Fairfield Halls on Tuesday night, with goalkeeper Julian Speroni scooping the fans' player of the year award.It has certainly been a season...
View ArticleMove over Nigella Lawson - new cookery bible is inspired by ingredients from...
MOST kitchens are full of cookery bibles from the likes of Delia, Jamie, and Nigella.Now a Croydon woman has produced a food book of her own, but one with a difference – as the ingredients are all...
View ArticleHomes will not be built after felling of trees at Purley Beeches
THE felled trees at Purley Beeches will not mean the site is turned into a housing development, despite fears.The mature trees were cut down in April after experts discovered they were riddled with...
View ArticleRoyal seal of approval for Sanderstead church volunteer
A Sanderstead mum who started volunteering for the Mothers' Union in her village church has risen through the Christian organisation to be appointed a CBE.Rosemary Kempsell, 70, began her work with the...
View ArticleCrystal Palace star Julian Speroni expected to sit out Fulham test
CRYSTAL Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni is expected to sit out of this afternoon's game at Fulham. The Advertiser has been told that the number one and player of the season will stand aside so that...
View ArticleCrystal Palace Team News: Wayne Hennessey starts at Fulham
CRYSTAL Palace have named Wayne Hennessey in their starting XI at Fulham this afternoon. Julian Speroni drops to the bench. Tom Ince and Dwight Gayles also start for Tony Pulis' side. In defence starts...
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