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PALACE POETRY: A few stanzas on Stoke from the Bard of Selhurst Park
Here is the latest verse from our new Crystal Palace poet James Miller. Inspired by this weekend's clash with Tony Pulis' former club it is entitled 'Stoke the fire'. Enjoy..... Frustrating week,...
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Masterplan sets out Croydon's Old Town as "cultural destination"
LIGHTING displays, a rooftop bar on a car park, temporary restaurants and a brewery in the historic pumping station.....These are among the suggestions to make Old Town a "cultural destination for...
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Crystal Palace boss held penalty meeting with Jason Puncheon
TONY Pulis held a meeting with Jason Puncheon on Monday following his penalty miss at Tottenham last weekend. The Southampton loan man was a major talking point among fans up and down the country...
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Tony Pulis frustrated as Crystal Palace rivals splash cash
CRYSTAL Palace boss Tony Pulis is desperately trying to land some of his transfer targets in the current transfer window but has had to watch one of his rival managers splash the cash in 24 hours. Hull...
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Gary Hayward gives his first interview since brutal gang attack
GARY Hayward has given his first interview since being beaten unconscious in a vicious gang attack in October 2011. He tells chief reporter Gareth Davies he is determined to make a full recovery but...
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Baby born in Croydon University Hospital car park
A MOTHER has called her partner a "hero" after he demanded that paramedics delivered her baby in a hospital car park.Carly Mitchell, 38, from Mitchley Avenue in Sanderstead, gave birth to her son Beau...
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Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis opens up about Stoke City chairman
CRYSTAL Palace boss Tony Pulis has hailed Stoke City chairman Peter Coates ahead of facing his former club at Selhurst Park on Saturday. Pulis spent ten years at the Britannia Stadium, guiding them to...
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Hooded robbers attack staff in raid on Coulsdon shop
HOODED robbers stole £400 from a convenience store after attacking staff and ordering them to hand over cash.Police are investigating the robbery at Londis in Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, last...
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Comedian Mark Steel on performing a show all about Croydon
COMEDIAN Mark Steel has made his name pointing out the silly and the sublime surrounding audiences in their home town.But when the comic performs at Fairfield Halls next month he faces a unique...
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Fears sex trafficking is still rife in Croydon despite prosecutions
THE jailing of the international sex trafficking gang which operated out of a Croydon internet cafe is only the "thin edge of the wedge", according to one of the investigators on the case.Last week,...
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Crystal Palace 1–0 Stoke City: Eagles winger bounces back from penalty...
CRYSTAL Palace are out of the relegation zone tonight after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Stoke City at Selhurst Park. It was a gritty display from the Eagles in a match that was a lot to be left desired...
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Governors dismissed at failing South Croydon primary
AN INTERIM body has now stepped in to run a troubled primary school in South Croydon after its board of governors was fired.Regina Coeli Catholic Primary in Pampisford Road was put into special...
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Tony Pulis happy Crystal Palace winger has started peddling again
AFTER seeing his side beat Stoke City on Saturday afernoon, Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis admitted he was pleased match-winner Jason Puncheon managed to "get back on the bike" to shake off the demons...
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New betting shop 'will corrupt Coulsdon College students'
A PLAN to replace an empty off-licence with a betting shop is being hotly opposed on the grounds that it might corrupt nearby students.Coral's bid to open a bookie's around the corner from Coulsdon...
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Rabbit-mad mum turns home into bunny bed and breakfast
SOME people might think she is hopping mad but Sarah MacRonald has made her rabbit habit into a living.The 35-year-old not only has 11 as pets – two of which have their own Facebook pages – but has...
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New Addington Royal British Legion chair appealing suspension
THE chair of the Royal British Legion's New Addington branch is appealing against a head office decision to uphold a complaint against him.Michael Lyons was suspended from his post in June while the...
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All Croydon primaries will be academies within five years, education chief...
A NINETEENTH primary school looks set to convert to academy status, with Croydon's education chief admitting he would "not be surprised" if all the council's primaries were academies within five...
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East Croydon man who lost leg in cliff fall becomes cycling teacher
AN EAST Croydon cyclist who lost his leg when he fell from a cliff is now teaching adults and teenagers with mental disabilities how to ride a bike.Jim Bush was on a work secondment in New Zealand with...
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Man hit with a £75 fine - for walking his dog
A DOG walker was given a £75 fine for walking his well-behaved pet through a Croydon park - despite there being no signs to indicate the ban.Roy Barnes was walking his 10-year-old black American cocker...
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Tree surgery company and timber merchants in South Norwood burgled on same night
A TREE surgery business and a timber merchants were burgled in South Norwood last night. A N Rowland tree surgeons, on Clifford Road, and Woodside Timber Merchants, on Spring Lane, were broken into...
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