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Owen Garvan set for Crystal Palace first team return
OWEN GARVAN is set to resume full training with the rest of the Crystal Palace squad on Sunday and he has targeted a return to first-team action by April 27.The midfielder has been out of action...
View ArticleBuilders cleared of pressuring elderly man over roof work
A FATHER and son building team have been cleared of pressuring an elderly man into having expensive building work done on his roof. Maurice Cole, 45, and Sean Cole, 20, were found not guilty of making...
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COMPETITION: Your chance to name Croydon's newest beer
SINCE becoming Croydon's first new commercial brewery for 60 years, the Cronx has gone from strength to strength. As they prepare to launch their latest ales, Cronx duo Simon Dale and Mark Russell...
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This week's Croydon Advertiser - on sale now!
THIS week's Croydon Advertiser has hit the shops today - and it's an edition packed with local news and sport.We have been made aware that a malicious third party has been calling newsagents, urging...
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Croydon Advertiser sabotaged by "Joanna Lumley" in Margaret Thatcher story...
A CRANK caller using the name of actress Joanna Lumley has been sabotaging sales of today's Croydon Advertiser.The seemingly unemployed prankster found time between episodes of Jeremy Kyle and Loose...
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Upper Norwood Library will open for just three days a week
UPPER Norwood Library will have its opening hours cut down to just three days a week, it has been revealed.Funding cuts have meant that libraries will now only be open to the public on Tuesdays,...
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Croydon police chief slams courts for letting repeat offenders off the hook
PROGRESS made in tackling a sharp rise in robberies is being hampered by a criminal justice system which is failing to send those responsible to prison, a senior police officer has said.Detective...
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PREVIEW: Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town
PALACE may have a rare Saturday off tomorrow, but preparations for Tuesday's trip to Ipswich Town are well under way.The Eagles' original fixture against Millwall was cancelled after the Lions reached...
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Sir Bernard Ingham: My life with Margaret Thatcher
AN INSIGHT into what the Iron Lady was really like behind closed doors has been given by her chief press secretary, who has lived in Purley for decades.Sir Bernard Ingham worked for Margaret Thatcher...
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Hiram Boateng: I'm ready to step up to Crystal Palace's first team
HE MADE his Crystal Palace first-team debut against Premier League opponents in the FA Cup in January and did not look out of place in the slightest.And now, young Hiram Boateng has targeted a regular...
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Renewed appeal for missing teen with links to Croydon
POLICE have released new images of missing 15-year-old Sophie Nynan from Westcott who has been missing for two weeks. Sophie has links with Croydon and police think she was in Thornton Heath on...
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Van 'set on fire' in Purley woods
A VAN was dumped in the woods and set on fire in Purley on Friday night. Croydon crews had to scramble through the woods behind the shops at Old Lodge Lane to reach the vehicle. A spokesman at Croydon...
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ANALYSIS: Margaret Thatcher - good or evil?
MARGARET Thatcher was possibly the most divisive politician of the 20th century - but was she good or bad for Britain? Here the Advertiser presents two opposing points of view; the Croydon councillor...
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George Tappenden wheelchair appeal nears its target
THANKS to the donations of generous Advertiser readers and Croydon businesses, little George Tappenden is just £2,000 away from getting a special wheelchair.George Tappenden was diagnosed with a muscle...
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Patience pays off for Crystal Palace defender Joel Ward
PALACE defender Joel Ward wants to take the performance from last weekend's 0-0 draw against Barnsley and turn it into three points away at Ipswich Town on Tuesday night.The right-back returned to the...
View ArticleLabour councillors call for inquiry into Tories' £3m furniture spending
TWENTY members of Croydon Council have called in last week's decision by the Conservative administration to spend more than £3 million on new furniture rather than £2 million moving old furniture to...
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South Croydon granny welcomes a fifth generation into her family
A "GLAMOROUS" great-great-grandmother from South Croydon has welcomed a fifth generation of girls into her family.Encarna Pilipczuk, 93, of Haling Park Road, was thrilled to hear that her...
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'Food fight' involving 20 men began after racial abuse claim
A RACIALLY abused shopper threw eggs at a butcher, sparking a mass street brawl.Calvin Fairweather, 48, pleaded guilty to affray over the incident at J and J Halal Butcher, in High Street, Thornton...
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Dogs set to fall victim to Croydon Council cuts
HEROIC dogs which guarded the town centre during the riots may, along with their handlers, become the latest victim of council cuts.Croydon Council wants to axe ten dog handlers, two kennel hands and a...
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Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle's former home to be turned into...
IT WAS once the home of one the country's greatest detective novelists – but now Conan Doyle House is to be turned into bedsits.The imposing property in Tennison Road, South Norwood, was lived in by...
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