Transfer talk: Crystal Palace close in £16m triple swoop
Could Crystal Palace be set to launch their summer spending this week with a triple swoop worth up to £16m? The Palace Fanzine, Five Year Plan, is reporting Tony Pulis has had an £8m offer accepted for...
View ArticleTwo taken to hospital after Addington bus crash
TWO passengers were taken to hospital after the bus they were travelling in collided with a wall at Addington Interchange yesterday evening (Saturday). Police, paramedics and fire crews attended the...
View ArticleKenley Young Reporters Club visit the BBC
ON JULY 3, we travelled up to Broadcasting House in central London to visit the new, modern base of BBC News after it moved from the old TV Centre in Shepherds Bush. It was also a chance to celebrate...
View ArticlePolice search Croydon and surrounding areas for Kent woman missing since Sunday
POLICE are searching the borders of Croydon and Bromley for a missing woman. Jane Sylvia Dale, 40, failed to return home to Maritime Gate, in Gravesend, Kent, on Sunday (July 13) after travelling to...
View ArticleI turned down other Premier League clubs to stay at Crystal Palace, says...
CRYSTAL Palace striker Marouane Chamakh has revealed he turned down offers from "three or four" other Premier League clubs before signing a two-year deal at Selhurst Park. The Moroccan's contract ran...
View ArticleMan in hospital after Land Rover crashes into railings and overturns in Coulsdon
A MAN was taken to hospital as a priority after his Land Rover crashed into railings and overturned in Coulsdon last night (Tuesday). Fire crews were called to Stoats Nest Road at about 11.45pm to...
View ArticleThornton Heath man charged with murder of Afyon Saint-Hilaire, 22, in...
A THORNTON Heath man has been charged with the murder of a 22-year-old man in Downham on Sunday (July 13). Afyon Saint-Hilaire, 22, was found in Coniston Road, Downham, Bromley, at approximately 8.54pm...
View ArticleMan accused of selling ecstasy to schoolboy Daniel Spargo-Mabbs claims he was...
A MAN accused of selling ecstasy to a schoolboy who later collapsed and died denied the offence and said he was at home playing X-Box at the time. Ryan Kirk, 21, is accused of selling 2.5 grammes of...
View ArticlePolice searching for missing woman say she was last seen in Purley
POLICE searching for a missing woman on the borders of Croydon and Bromley say she was last seen in Purley. Jane Sylvia Dale, 40, was seen in the town at 5.45pm on Sunday (July 13). Her car, a silver...
View ArticleAcademy in Croydon refuses to pay staff who taught revision classes over...
AN ACADEMY is refusing to pay staff who taught revision classes over the Easter holiday. Five teachers at Winterbourne Boys' Academy, in Thornton Heath, gave up a week of the school break to help...
View ArticleLerone Boye, murderer of New Addington teenager, says escape from mental...
THE convicted murderer of a New Addington teenager who went on the run from a mental health unit said his escape had been the "best three months of my life". Lerone Boye, 28, of no fixed address,...
View ArticleGAK Graz 1-13 Crystal Palace: Eagles smash Austrian part-timers
CRYSTAL Palace kicked off their pre-season campaign with a stunning 13-1 victory against GAK Graz in Austria on Wednesday evening. Stephen Dobbie grabbed four goals, while Jonny Williams and Glenn...
View ArticleDo Crystal Palace have a player called Joniesta? Sky Sports News seem to...
CRYSTAL Palace thumped Austrian minnows GAK Graz 13-1 in a pre-season friendly on Wednesday night, and the list of goalscorers seemed to bamboozle a few people. Count Sky Sports News as one of those,...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle 'grass fire' at Cane Hill through the night
FIREFIGHTERS spent hours tackling a grass fire at Cane Hill last night and into the early hours of this morning (Thursday). A pile of logs, 40m by 10m was destroyed by the fire, though no-one was...
View ArticleCarnival of Cultures set to light up West Croydon this weekend
LONDON Road will come alive this weekend for the third West Croydon Carnival of Cultures. The annual event was first launched in 2011 as a response to that summer's riots. It aims to celebrate the best...
View ArticleDiamond New Addington couple ring in 60 years of married bliss
A HUSBAND who lost both his legs to diabetes is celebrating his 60th wedding anniversary and says he wouldn't change his wife "for the world". Ray Burgess, 82, met Eileen Burgess, 79, more than 60...
View ArticleCrystal Palace trio Owen Garvan, Sullay KaiKai and Reise Allassani to face...
A CRYSTAL Palace XI will make the short trip to face Beckenham Town in a pre-season friendly on Friday. The Advertiser has been told that midfielder Owen Garvan, who spent time on loan with Millwall...
View ArticleCoroner asks Croydon Council to take action after double Coulsdon road tragedy
A CORONER has asked the council to take action after two pedestrians were killed in almost exactly the same spot in Coulsdon last year. The inquests into the deaths of Julie Maudsley, 51, and Robert...
View ArticleCrystal Palace bids for Tottenham and Cardiff stars accepted?
CRYSTAL Palace could be on the verge of agreeing terms with Tottenham midfielder Gyfli Sigurdsson and Cardiff City striker Frazier Campbell. According to various media reports, the Eagles have had bids...
View ArticleCrystal Palace set for Germany trip a week before Arsenal
Crystal Palace have announced they are to play FC Augsburg in their final friendly match of pre-season. The match in Germany will take place on Friday, August 8. Augsburg had an impressive season in...
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