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MBE for Croydon councillor Margaret Mead in New Year Honours
A VETERAN Croydon councillor has been recognised for her contribution to the borough in the New Year Honours.Margaret Mead, who is about to embark on her 25th year as a councillor, has been appointed...
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Croydon review of the year - July
THE Advertiser's review of the highs and lows of 2014 continues with a look back at the headlines from July...AN AWARD-WINNING author spoke publicly for the first time about being abused at a...
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Elderly woman missing in Croydon returns home
AN ELDERLY missing woman with dementia has returned home, police have said. The Met issued an appeal yesterday in order to trace 79-year-old Yianni Stella, who had last been seen at 11am on Monday...
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Motorcyclist killed in London Road crash was student hoping to give family a...
A MOTORCYCLIST killed in an alleged hit and run on London Road was a student who came to Croydon in search of a better life for his family.Kamrul Hasan, of Cameron Road, was killed when his Yamaha bike...
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Man charged with death by dangerous driving after motorcyclist killed in...
A MAN has been charged with death by dangerous driving and failing to stop after a motorcyclist was killed in an alleged hit and run on London Road.Kamrul Hasan, 23, of Cameron Road, was killed when...
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Crystal Palace and Aston Villa to draw 1-1 priced at 6/1
An excellent point for managerless Crystal Palace at Loftus Road last weekend with Newcastle United manager Alan Pardew, seemingly, on the verge of a return to Selhurst Park.Keith Millen looks likely...
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Former Hammer sticks the boot into Alan Pardew ahead of Palace move
FORMER midfielder Don Hutchison says Alan Pardew was difficult to work for during his time at West Ham.Hutchinson told talkSPORT on Wednesday morning that many of the senior players at the Hammers...
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Croydon review of the year - August
UPHEAVAL at Selhurst Park dominated the headlines in August, along with heartwarming tales of a local hero and an incredible, one-in-a-million event at Croydon University Hospital...CRYSTAL Palace were...
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Former Crystal Palace manager Peter Taylor sacked by Gillingham
FORMER Crystal Palace player and manager Peter Taylor has been sacked by League One Gillingham.The Kent club today announced on the club website that Taylor, 61, had been "relieved of his duties with...
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Croydon has 4,000 tonnes of salt ready for the big freeze
GRITTING lorries were out in force at the beginning of the week as the borough experienced its first real cold snap of the winter.Roads and pavements were covered with morning frost as overnight...
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Is Peter Taylor in line to be Pardew's assistant at Crystal Palace?
Could Peter Taylor be in line for a shock return to Crystal Palace?The 61-year-old, who played for Palace in the 1970s before returning for an ill-fated spell as manager in 2006, was sacked as...
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UPDATED: Elderly woman dies in South Croydon flat fire
AN ELDERLY woman has died in a fire at a block of flats in South Croydon.Firefighters found the woman while tackling flames in a flat in Oakfield Court in Pampisford Road, South Croydon, at 10.18am...
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THE ADVERTISER SAYS: Alan Pardew 'gets' Crystal Palace, which makes him the...
ANYTIME now, it is likely that Alan Pardew will be named the new manager of Crystal Palace. Let's get it right – this is a very, very good appointment.There are some reservations about the former West...
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Tony Pulis set to take charge of West Brom
REPORTS suggest former Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis is on the verge of agreeing a deal to take over at struggling West Brom.The Welshman, who has been out of work since leaving Palace two days before...
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Croydon review of the year - September
AN EXTRAORDINARY story which made national news led the headlines in September...IN ONE of the most shocking stories of 2014, the Advertiser exclusively revealed that apparent "exorcisms" of children...
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Palace striker could face Dover Athletic but not Aston Villa
CRYSTAL Palace striker Glenn Murray has return to the club following his loan spell at Reading.However, he will not be available for the New Year's Day clash at Aston Villa.It has been confirmed to the...
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Croydon review of the year - October
A HOLLYWOOD A-lister brought some star quality to Croydon town centre in October, a month where the plght of a gravely ill young father led to heated scenes at Croydon University Hospital...FAMILY and...
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Friends' shock at death of John and Enya Maguire in Purley Way crash
A TEENAGE girl and her father killed in a Boxing Day crash have been remembered by friends as kind, funny and always happy.Enya Maguire, 15, from Kenley, and her dad John, 53, who lived in Streatham,...
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Croydon review of the year - November
OUR look back at 2014 in Croydon continues with a review of the main headlines in November...THIS was the month of the great Croydon Council playing fields hokey cokey. A report put before the...
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Where in Croydon can I get my Christmas tree recycled?
CHRISTMAS trees will be recycled by the council if residents drop them at designated recycling collection points in the new year.Almost a million of the trees are thrown away each year in London alone,...
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