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Croydon bids farewell to PC Robert Brown, as country's longest serving police...
A CROYDON police officer hung up his hat and truncheon today as the country's longest serving police officer of 47 years in the Met.PC Robert 'Bob' Brown, 64, was surprised by friends, family and...
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MP brands Croydon Council poster campaign 'propaganda' which is 'blatantly'...
A COUNCIL has been accused of using public money to print election "propaganda" after paying for a poster campaign about a cut in government funding. The posters, on billboards in prominent locations...
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Ledley could hold the key for Crystal Palace against Liverpool
JOE LEDLEY could be key to Crystal Palace's hopes of winning their FA Cup tie with Liverpool, if the statistics are anything to go by. Since Mile Jedinak left for the Asian Cup at the turn of the year...
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Mahmood back at Surrey for T20 Blast
SURREY County Cricket Club have announced that all-rounder Azhar Mahmood has re-signed with the club for this summer's Natwest T20 Blast. Mahmood, who rejoined the club in 2013 having previously played...
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Croydon College submits plan for 'state-of-the-art' £3 million expansion
CROYDON College has submitted a plan for a major £3 million expansion project to transform the Park Lane end of its campus.The college submitted an expression of interest to the Derpartment for...
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Croydon was deadliest area of London for road collisions between 2010 and 2013
CROYDON recorded the highest number of road deaths in London between 2010 and 2013, an Advertiser study has found. Thirty-three people died on the borough's roads in that four-year period, with the...
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Palace handed defensive boost as new signing granted work permit ahead of...
CRYSTAL Palace will have new signing Pape Souare in their squad for Saturday's FA Cup tie with Liverpool.The Senegal international completed a move to SE25 at the end of January and has been waiting...
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New injury blow for Crystal Palace ahead of Liverpool FA Cup tie with Adlene...
CRYSTAL Palace midfielder James McArthur is a doubt for Saturday's FA Cup game with Liverpool.The Scottish international has a thigh problem following Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Newcastle United.Palace...
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DATA BLOG: People in Croydon speak at least 85 different languages
THERE are at least 85 different languages spoken in homes across Croydon.Despite what people of a certain political persuasion might think, English remains by far the borough's most spoken main...
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Crystal Palace will not rest players and 'not just concentrating on league'...
CRYSTAL Palace will not rest players for tomorrow's game against Liverpool.Palace assistant boss Millen, who was standing in for a poorly Alan Pardew at his pre-match press conference, confirmed...
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Crystal Palace assistant boss says squad is 'strongest he's ever known'
CRYSTAL Palace assistant manager Keith Millen says the current Palace squad is 'the strongest he's ever known'.Millen believes after the transfer activity in January and Alan Pardew's arrival as boss...
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Crystal Palace manager loses voice before Liverpool game but will regain it...
ALAN Pardew has lost his voice before tomorrow's FA Cup game but will find it again to remind the players of his exploits against Liverpool in 1990, according to his assistant boss.The Palace manager,...
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Thornton Heath mum to climb Kilimanjaro for Marie Curie
A MUM of four will take on the highest mountain in Africa this weekend as she climbs Mount Kilimanjaro for charity.Jacqui Smith, a teaching assistant from Thornton Heath, takes on a charity challenge...
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'We want to turn Croydon into a great place' - development chief
TURNING Croydon into "a great place" is at the heart of the council vision to regenerate the town, executive director of development and environment Jo Negrini told the inquiry on Tuesday.Time and...
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Ephraim Norman admits killing Andrew Else in frenzied Selsdon attack which...
A MAN has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act after admitting stabbing a father-of-three to death in a frenzied attack in Selsdon. Ephraim Norman, 24, pleaded guilty to the...
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Whitgift Trust loses fight against Westfield/Hammerson redevelopment as...
THE Whitgift Trust has lost its fight against redeveloping the Whitgift shopping centre to make way for the £1.5 billion Westfield/Hammerson redevelopmentThe Court of Appeal has stopped the Trust from...
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Horrific X-Ray shows how close Ephraim Norman came to killing teenager weeks...
THIS chilling X-Ray shows how close Ephraim Norman - who stabbed Andrew Else to death in an unprovoked attack in Selsdon - came to killing a 15-year-old boy several weeks earlier. Norman, of Kensington...
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Opposition View: Liverpool fan says Reds will forget 2014 at Selhurst Park...
The Advertiser spoke to Liverpool fan and sports journalist Stuart Ballard about this Saturday's FA Cup clash…Liverpool don't like Selhurst Park, do they? Bad memories in 2014.I saw we haven't beat...
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Man appears in court accused of raping a 12-year-old boy in Croydon
A 43-YEAR-OLD man appeared at Croydon Magistrates' Court today (February 13) charged with two counts of raping a 12-year-old boy.Marlon Llerena, of Yeldham Road, Hammersmith, entered no plea to the two...
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'Forgotten' council estate residents vow to take on careless mess-making...
A GROUP of residents who say they live on the "forgotten council estate of the borough" have formed an action group to improve their area – and tackle motorists who are ruining it.Parts of Tollers Lane...
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