Croydon council leader pledges to keep up fight against domestic violence
To mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Croydon Advertiser published a series of features examining the state of violence in the home within the borough of Croydon. In a follow-up piece penned...
View ArticleCROYDON TWEETS OF THE WEEK: Parole dates, sheep, 60p hot dogs, and buzz about...
OUR latest round-up of what Croydon's Twitter users have been saying on the social media site...@tomblackuk: Very excited about this: a new art gallery, right in the heart of Croydon. The shape of...
View ArticleFAN PREVIEW: Sunderland game for Crystal Palace is a must-win
Palace fan and online columnist for the Advertiser, Benjamin Watts, preview tonight's clash with Sunderland at Selhurst Park...Monday night is a huge game for both sides.Palace come into the match...
View ArticleUpper Norwood library to open for five days a week after £50k council pledge
UPPER Norwood Library will be able to open for five days a week again after receiving a funding boost of almost £50,000 for this year.Croydon Council has pledged an additional £47,500 for the past six...
View ArticleSheffield United plan talks with Crystal Palace defender
CRYSTAL Palace club captain Paddy McCarthy has been urged to stay with loan club Sheffield United after his loan expired last weekend.Blades boss Nigel Clough is expected to hold takes with the player...
View ArticleAll white on the night! Sunderland kit clash with Palace sees new strip revealed
Sunderland are set to wear a one-off strip for tonight's game with Crystal Palace, after both their home and away kits clashed with the Eagles.Palace play in red and blue - which is the same as the...
View ArticleUpdated: Contingency firefighters tackle large fire above South Norwood Tesco...
A LARGE fire broke out in flats above the Tesco Express in South Norwood Hill this morning. London Ambulance Service and contingency fire crews attended the scene at around 9.10am and had the fire...
View ArticleCrystal Palace supremo updates fans on takeover speculation
By Mark Ritson (Twitter @MR_LWMedia)CRYSTAL Palace co-chairman Steve Parish has, ahead of tonight's game with Sunderland, reiterated the Eagles are not close to being taken over by new owners.Reports...
View ArticleBusiness owners slam £3m refurbishment of Croydon Restaurant Quarter
BUSINESS owners in South End have criticised the £3 million refurbishment of the Restaurant Quarter as a poorly finished flood risk.The works started in March with disruption causing businesses to...
View ArticleHead chef wants South Croydon Indian restaurant 'to be the best in the world'
THE owner and head chef of an Indian restaurant in South Croydon, voted tenth best in the UK, has vowed to make it the best in the world.Manoj Karnavar, of Karnavar, said "we are on our way", after the...
View ArticleBoy burglar, 13, becomes borough's youngest person to get an ASBO
A 13-year-old boy who burgled a family home has become Sutton's youngest person to get an ASBO.Croydon Youth Court handed out the punishment on October 21, after the youth was found guilty of burgling...
View ArticleScrap metal dealer who cut up stolen crematorium plaques handed 15 month jail...
A "BRAZEN" scrap metal dealer found guilty of taking in stolen metal, including crematorium plaques which he cut up into pieces to disguise them, has been sentenced to 15 months in jail.Joseph Collier,...
View ArticleFAN VIEW: Crystal Palace don't need an American owner - we're south London...
CRYSTAL Palace fanzine editor and Advertiser columnist ROBERT SUTHERLAND isn't keen on the recent takeover talk in SE25...Speculation is rife that Crystal Palace are subject to a takeover bid from...
View ArticleCrystal Palace 1-3 Sunderland: Eagles downed by Fletcher and Gomez
By Mark Ritson at Selhurst ParkCRYSTAL Palace fell to a disappointing 3-1 defeat at home to Sunderland this evening and now sit one place above the relegation zone on goal difference after ten games...
View ArticleCrystal Palace boss Neil Warnock hits out at referee Phil Dowd after...
CRYSTAL Palace manager Neil Warnock was again left frustrated with the performance of a top flight referee, after his side lost 3-1 to Sunderland.TV pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher on Sky both...
View ArticleCrystal Palace skipper on Sunderland defeat: The better team lost
By Mark Ritson (Twitter @MR_LWMedia)CRYSTAL Palace skipper Mile Jedinak insists the better team lost on Monday night at Selhurst Park.The Eagles fell to a 3-1 defeat against Sunderland but did have...
View ArticleFAN VIEW: Crystal Palace need to bring back Glenn Murray, drop Yannick...
IN AN extended column, ALEX WHITE lists the steps Crystal Palace need to take in order to climb up the Premier League table...BRING BACK MURRAY Goals change games in football and that's no more true...
View ArticleSunderland came for a fight but we were dominant, says Crystal Palace captain
By Mark Ritson MILE Jedinak is refusing to be too downbeat following Monday's 3-1 defeat to Sunderland and says there were positives to take from the game. Palace had the visitors pinned back for...
View ArticleBus 'explodes' in Wallington
A BUS has this afternoon 'exploded' after it caught fire at a busy junction. A police officer on patrol at around 1.55pm today (Tuesday) reported seeing smoke coming from a 157 bus at the junction of...
View ArticleSemi-pro footballer and student robbed pensioner before spending the money on...
A STUDENT and a semi-professional footballer have been jailed for a total of 10 years for robbing a 75-year-old man of £5,000 cash before going to buy designer clothes. Rishi Nankani, 25 of Edith Road,...
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