Police thank residents for their patience during funeral of Margaret Thatcher
METROPOLITAN Police officers have thanked Londoners for their patience during the funeral of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher yesterday. Thousands lined the streets of the capital to pay their...
View ArticleOkoye: Whitgift School are right behind my NFL decision
LAWRENCE Okoye believes "the sky's the limit" as he looks to make a huge impression as an American footballer in the NFL. The Croydon star revealed at an official press launch in London on Wednesday...
View ArticlePalace boss: I may freshen things up for Leicester City
CRYSTAL Palace boss Ian Holloway is staying positive ahead of the Championship run-in despite seeing his side go six games without a win. "We're still in the play-offs, totally, and I bet a lot of...
View ArticlePalace duo: Jules and Rambo mistakes could have happened to any of us
CRYSTAL Palace forward Aaron Wilbraham and midfielder Andre Moritz have leapt to the defence of Julian Speroni and Peter Ramage after both players contributed to two of Ipwich Town's goals on Tuesday...
View ArticleEagles defender: I just wanted reasonable fans on Twitter
CRYSTAL Palace defender Damien Delaney has spoken of his decision to leave social networking site Twitter on the back of abuse received from certain supporters. "I feel a lot happier I've come off...
View ArticleMan dies after collapsing in Central Parade New Addington
A MAN has died after collapsing in Central Parade in New Addington yesterday afternoon. Ambulance crews desperately tried to revive the man, in his 60s,after he suffered a cardiac arrest near Fingers...
View ArticleAFC Croydon 5-2 Farleigh Rovers: Penfold on the mark for Rams
AFC Croydon Athletic brought the curtain down on their home season with a win against Farleigh Rovers last night. After three successive home defeats ,The Rams started determined to put this behind...
View ArticleAFC Croydon 5-2 Farleigh Rovers: Penfold on the mark for Rams
AFC Croydon Athletic brought the curtain down on their home season with a win against Farleigh Rovers last night. After three successive home defeats ,The Rams started determined to put this behind...
View ArticleAFC Croydon 5-2 Farleigh Rovers: Penfold on the mark for Rams
AFC Croydon Athletic brought the curtain down on their home season with a win against Farleigh Rovers last night. After three successive home defeats ,The Rams started determined to put this behind...
View ArticleIYLO owner markets unfinished building to Hong Kong investors
THE secretive owner of a notorious block of flats which has stood unfinished for five years is a businessman who owns three hotels and two golf courses.An Advertiser investigation has unravelled the...
View ArticleCroydon Freemasons launch a search for young blood
THEY are famous for closely guarding their mysterious rituals, but now Croydon's aging Freemasons are on a publicity drive in a desperate search for young blood.In an unprecedented move, one of the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Brother of drive-by shooting victim Umar Tufail blames himself in song
THE brother of a rapper murdered in a drive-by shooting has recorded a song in which he blames himself for what happened.Amir Tufail's feud with rival gangster Sanchez Thomas led his innocent older...
View ArticleIAN HOLLOWAY: Fans can help Crystal Palace break run of poor form
THE shock is, this run we're on is all happening right now after a decent season.You never know how a group is going to handle it, but we need to start handling it because that's all that matters.We...
View ArticleFlanagan sets personal best
ATHLETICS: Lee Flanagan, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish 33rd out of more than 9,000 runners in the Brighton Marathon last Sunday, recording a personal best of two hours,...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Croydon Tram song - "It's like riding in a giant Scalextric"
TRAMLINK already has something of a cult following and now Croydon's iconic network is the subject of a song declaring: "The future's plastic, the future's electric. It's like riding in a giant...
View ArticleGALLERY: Police release images of fans wanted in connection with Millwall vs...
DETECTIVES have released photos of several people they want to trace in connection with crowd trouble at the Millwall vs Wigan FA Cup semi-final. Police have made the photos public this morning, with...
View ArticleVIDEO: Thieves caught on camera stealing sound desk from Croydon Conference...
THREE men have been caught on camera carrying away an expensive sound desk from Croydon Conference Centre. The thieves were unwittingly let into the building in Surrey Street at 3.30pm last Saturday...
View ArticleHarris Federation send out Roke Primary headteacher advert
Just days after the resignation of Roke Primary's headteacher, the group in line to turn the school into an academy has put up an advert for the post, despite strong opposition to the change from...
View ArticleWoman dies after being hit by train in South Croydon
A WOMAN has died after being hit by a train at South Croydon station. It is the second time someone has been hit and killed at the station in the last week. The woman, believed to be in her late 20s,...
View ArticleUMAR TUFAIL MURDER: Father says - "don't blame my son"
A FATHER whose eldest son was "executed" because of a gangland feud involving his brother has told the Advertiser: "My boy is not to blame."Umar Tufail, 25, was shot in the head outside his home in...
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