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Crystal Palace academy product Nathaniel Clyne wins first England cap
A MAN who learned his full-back trade in the Crystal Palace academy will make his England debut this evening. Nathaniel Clyne has been selected by Roy Hodgson, to start at right-back in the Euro 2016...
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Stag and Hounds landlord says Croydon's pubs cannot be saved as he prepares...
A LANDLORD forced to close his pub has said Croydon's watering holes cannot be saved because of low Wetherspoon prices and supermarket deals.Michael Weeden has been a publican since he was 18 and...
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Girl's school collection to replace stolen Poppy money
WHEN eight-year-old Millie Timmins learned that Poppy Appeal money had been stolen from her favourite fish and chip shop, she decided to help put things right.Her solution was to go to her school...
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Ben Haenow X Factor blog: 'My nan thinks I should be prime minister next'
Croydon's Ben Haenow gives Advertiser readers an exclusive sneak peak behind the doors of the X Factor house in his weekly blog about life on the show...IT'S getting stressier and stressier by the...
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Brother of South Norwood house fire victim says she was let down by the...
THE care worker brother of a schizophrenic woman who died in a house fire in South Norwood says the care system has failed his sister.Janet Ramsey, 63, was found dead in the back lounge of her house in...
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Campaigner undeterred as judge refuses permission for Beddington Lane...
A JUDGE has refused Shasha Khan leave to appeal her decision to reject his legal challenge against the Beddington Lane incinerator - saying he has "no realistic prospect of success". The Green Party...
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What is Ben Haenow singing on the X Factor this Saturday?
CROYDON'S X Factor hope will be performing a Whitney Houston classic on tomorrow night's show.The 29-year-old will sing I Will Always Love You, the theme from smash-hit movie The Body Guard, which...
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Family launch online fundraising appeal to Help Get Melody Home
A SPECIALLY adapted car is all that stands between a little girl and returning home from hospital.Seriously ill Melody Driscoll, 7, has been spending short periods of time with her family in New...
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Croydon Advertiser Toys for Joy: Please give generously to our Christmas appeal
CHRISTMAS means mince pies, Santa Claus, Morecambe and Wise on the TV and Cliff Richard on the radio.But, as loyal Advertiser readers will by now know, it also means something else.Our Toys for Joy...
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James McArthur: My former club Hamilton Academical have big character
SCOTLAND international midfielder James McArthur is delighted to see former club Hamilton Academical flying high in the Scottish Premier League.And he believes the club have got the right blend of...
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Doctor who was once struck off said teenager was 'obese' and 'stank of...
A DOCTOR who was once struck off is under investigation, after claims she called a teenage girl "obnoxious", "grossly obese" and complained she "stank of cigarettes" after treating her for suspected...
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Work starts at East Croydon site which has stood derelict for 40 years
A "MOMENTOUS" leap forward in Croydon's regeneration began this week as work started on redeveloping a key site which has stood derelict for more than 40 years.Tuesday's official groundbreaking...
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Opposition View: Selhurst Park was a night to forget in May
The Advertiser caught up with MSN Senior Sport Editor and Liverpool fan Rob Jones to preview Sunday's match at Selhurst Park…and he's predicting a Reds victory, but only just.It's been an inconsistent...
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Former England cricket star attacks Croydon Council over school playing...
FORMER England cricketer and Croydon schoolboy Mark Butcher says the council should forget about building on school playing fields.The batsman, one of the borough's best-known sporting exports,...
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Cashback! Alan Partridge roles for Croydon College students
COMEDIAN Steve Coogan said 'A-ha!' to Croydon College students as they took a trip to perform in his new Alan Partridge series.The Norwich radio presenter is producing a new series of Mid-Morning...
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Man appears in court charged with murder of Shaun McSweeny as friends pay...
A MAN has appeared in court charged with the murder of a young dad in Thornton Heath following the discovery of a body near the River Thames.Colin McSweeny, 58, appeared at Bromley Magistrates' Court...
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South Norwood man charged with murder of young dad Shaun McSweeny following...
A MAN has been charged with the murder of a young dad which is believed to have taken place in Thornton Heath.Colin McSweeny, 58, of Parry Road, South Norwood, has been charged with the murder of Shaun...
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Thornton Heath mum swindled the benefits system and sent her kids to private...
A BENEFITS cheat who drove around in a new top-of-the-range BMW and sent her children to private school has been jailed.Angella Brown, of Silverleigh Road, Thornton Heath, was found guilty of nine...
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Gloria Hunniford launches Purley cancer charity's new service
TV presenter Gloria Hunniford, who lost her daughter to breast cancer, visited a Purley charity to launch its new telephone counselling service.Ms Hunniford went to the South East Cancer Help Centre...
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The George wins top gong at council's Best Bar None awards
A WETHERSPOON pub was crowned the overall winner at an awards ceremony recognising Croydon's most responsibly run bars.The George, in George Street, took home the spoils at the Best Bar None awards,...
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