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Team title is won by Harriers
CROYDON Harriers' U20s men enjoyed a golden Surrey Cross-Country Championships at Lloyd Park last weekend by clinching the team title for the first time in the event's history.The team were led home by...
View ArticleSurrey pair at the races
WALKING: The walking and running races at Preston Park had two Surrey Walking Club members in the walk over Christmas. Steyning's Ian Richards led off from the start and won in 44 minutes and four...
View ArticleLennard first in thick fog
ATHLETICS: Kristian Lennard of South London Harriers won the annual Tadworth 10-mile race in very foggy conditions at Epsom Downs last Sunday.Backed up by Andy Collins and Phil Gaul, the team also took...
View ArticleLoyal fans buy tickets
THE Eagles have announced that more than 2,000 season tickets for the 2013-14 season have been sold after just a month.Deals currently include a new 12-month instalment plan and a free season ticket...
View ArticleRetail warehouse proposers lodge planning application
PROPOSALS for an online shopping warehouse creating 400 jobs have advanced with the submission of a planning application.Indigo Planning added that discussions "are advanced" with a prospective tenant...
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Honour for college administrator
A MEMBER of staff at a Selsdon college has been presented with the British Empire Medal for her work in the community.Jean Marsden has worked in a variety of roles at John Ruskin College for more than...
View ArticleRepairs to bridge cause traffic worry
RESIDENTS have complained that planned bridge works will take too long and disrupt their day-to-day lives.Coombe Road, in South Croydon, is set for months of chaos while the bridge has its steel beams...
View ArticleWallington station set to be shut by the Met
ONE of the borough's three police stations is set to close, under budget cuts announced by the Met on Wednesday.The front counter at Wallington Police Station, in Crosspoints House, Stafford Road, is...
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Nurse Janelle Duncan-Bailey found dead in Thornton Heath car boot was looking...
THE devastated mother of a nurse whose body was found in the boot of a car in Thornton Heath has said her daughter had been "looking forward to the future".Mother-of-two Janelle Duncan-Bailey was...
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Snow forecast for Croydon
SNOW is forecast for Croydon early next week. The Met Office is warning the cold front which set in yesterday is due to send temperatures continuing to plummet, bringing widespread ice and the...
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Great Croydon Bake Off launched by Christo Matthews
CROYDON could soon be seeing plenty of great bakes - but hopefully not so many soggy bottoms.The town is set to play host its own version of hit TV series The Great British Bake Off.Five million people...
View ArticleMan in gloves and balaclava sexually assaults woman in New Addington
A SEX attacker who wore gloves and a balaclava when he assaulted a woman in New Addington on New Year's Eve is being hunted by police.The attack took place in Brierley at about 4.30pm and came five...
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Former Croydon Athletic clubhouse fire 'was deliberate'
ARSON is the suspected cause of a fire which tore through the derelict clubhouse at the former home of Croydon Athletic FC.A blaze broke out at the Keith Tuckey Stadium off Mayfield Road in Thornton...
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Croydon weather forecast shows less rain and more sun in 2013, says Coulsdon...
THE Advertiser's weatherman, Ian Currie, has once again stuck his neck out to make a year-long prediction.Mr Currie, of Rickman Hill, Coulsdon, said his forecast for 2012, issued last January, went to...
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Brawl involving Croydon Athletic and Warlingham players and fans dismissed as...
A LOCAL derby football match stopped for ten minutes after players weighed into a terrace brawl.The fracas broke out 27 minutes into Warlingham v Croydon Athletic match on Saturday, held at Whyteleafe...
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Back to the day job for Crystal Palace as they take on Burnley away
BEFORE you can all look forward to next Tuesday's FA Cup third round replay at Stoke City, there is the other important matter of Burnley in the Championship for Palace to deal with.Despite a rocky...
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Youths brandishing machetes and truncheons target Kenley home in 'violent'...
A KENLEY couple have spoken of their horror after machete-wielding thugs ransacked their home and made off with thousands of pounds worth of valuables and cash during a "violent" overnight burglary.The...
View ArticleJames Daly: 'I love graceful Andre Moritz more than I do my girlfriend'
James Daly's Crystal Palace column, published every Friday in the Croydon Advertiser HAPPY New Year, readers. And what a happy start to 2013 it was for Palace as they brushed aside Wolves 3-1 at...
View ArticlePalace midfielder has contract cancelled and joins League One side
CRYSTAL Palace midfielder David Wright has had his contract cancelled with the Eagles by mutual consent this afternoon.The utility man looked set for a loan move back to League Two side Gillingham in...
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Lillian Groves' family named campaigners of the year by Brake
THE dedicated family of Lillian Groves have been presented with an award by a national road safety charity.The Groves family have been named Brake's Road Safety Campaigner of the Year for their...
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