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Ofsted report expected to judge Coulsdon College 'good'
COULSDON Sixth Form College has been graded "good" in its latest Ofsted report, the Advertiser understands. Education inspectors visited the college after half-term and gave it their second-best rating...
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Crystal Palace star in bid to lend a hand to brave Purley girl
CRYSTAL Palace's goalkeeping star has said he wants to do "everything in his power" to help Georgia Strudwick – the Purley girl with chronic Rett syndrome.After reading an article in the Advertiser a...
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Glenn Murray, Dean Moxey and Jason Puncheon all start for Crystal Palace
CRYSTAL Palace have named Dean Moxey, Jason Puncheon and Glenn Murray in their starting XI for this afternoon's clash with Southampton. Julian Speroni starts in goal and has a back four of Joel Ward,...
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Strictly star reveals childhood abuse during talk at Croydon school
CROYDON has become the first London borough to start teaching schoolchildren about domestic violence.It comes a week after a report found more than 22,000 people in the borough are victims of the crime...
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UK premiere of The Addams Family coming to Sutton
HIT Broadway musical The Addams Family will have its UK premiere in Sutton this week. The award-winning show, which ran on Broadway from 2010-2011 and is now on tour in the US, has never been shown...
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Macho, moves and Maria: Whitgift school does West Side Story
WHITGIFT boys' school has been buzzing to the sounds of 'Mari-aa' all week as it stages the classic American musical West Side Story. It is the biggest show at the private South Croydon school for...
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Crystal Palace boss: Glenn Murray and Joe Ledley weren't offside
TONY Pulis was left disappointed that his Crystal Palace side failed to create more chances in their 1-0 defeat to Southampton, but praised his side's performance. Jay Rodriguez capitalised on a poor...
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Palace boss remains encouraged despite defeat to Southampton
CRYSTAL Palace boss Tony Pulis says he is staying positive, despite a home defeat against Southampton today (Saturday). The Eagles lost out to a Jay Rodriguez goal in the first half at Selhurst Park,...
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SPECIAL REPORT: The inside story of Ruskin Private Hire's downfall
Transport firm Ruskin Private Hire went under last month, costing hundreds of people their jobs and causing disruption to school services for special needs children across London. Chief reporter...
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Croydon Olympian: 'If Akabusi gets a road then why can't I?'
WHEN Olympic medal-winning race walker Paul Nihill read the Croydon Advertiser a few weeks ago, it is fair to say he was a bit miffed.The Addiscombe-born retired athlete, 74, saw our celebration of the...
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Jimi Manuwa weighs up options after first UFC loss against Alexander Gustafsson
JIMI Manuwa's hopes of a world title shot have been left in tatters after his second round defeat at the hands (or rather knee) of Alexander Gustafsson. Speculation began hours after last night's UFC...
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Planning issues loom large as Coulsdon gears up for May election
In the first of our weekly profiles of wards ahead of May's Croydon Council elections, Rachel Millard checks the political pulse of Coulsdon West and East... WITH Coulsdon in the midst of four major...
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Grieving husband says hospital let his beloved starve to death
A SECOND World War veteran has claimed his elderly wife died of starvation after she went into hospital with a chest infection.Don Penny, 87, has demanded Croydon University Hospital look into the...
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Thornton Heath teacher who worked with Leona Lewis releases single
A MUSIC teacher in Thornton Heath who once collaborated with Leona Lewis has released his own single.Marlon Wills, 40, known as Marley J Wills in the music scene, is a teacher at a number of schools,...
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FANS VIEW: My doubt with Mile Jedinak as Crystal Palace captain
Palace columnist for the Croydon Advertiser Alisdair Kemp on Mile Jedinak as captain… AFTER an indisputably apathetic start to his Palace career, Mile Jedinak's sterling performances in the red and...
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VOTE: Crystal Palace vs Southampton man of the match
IT MAY not have been the performance of the season but who was your man of the match against Southampton? Solid performances from Joel Ward and Scott Dann sparked praise from fans' after the match,...
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Explosive new revelations link Daniel Morgan's case to Stephen Lawrence's on...
ON THE 27th anniversary of private investigator Daniel Morgan's murder in a pub car park, explosive new revelations linking the case to the Stephen Lawrence investigation have come to light. Daniel...
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Rough Copy star kicked off X Factor tour after 'backstage incident'
ROUGH Copy will have to complete the X Factor tour as a duo after band member Kazeem Ajobe was asked to leave following a 'backstage incident'. Kazeem, 25, from Addiscombe, was asked to leave after...
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Council to invest £10m in property fund to buy homes for homeless
THE council is to pump millions of pounds into a property fund in order to buy housing for homeless families. The initial outlay will see £10 million invested in Real Lettings to secure 94 one and two...
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Croydon's Fairfield Halls gets award for apprentice scheme
THE team at Fairfield Halls have won an award for their part in pioneering a new apprenticeship programme. The theatre was praised for the scope and delivery of its new Technical Theatre Apprenticeship...
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