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South Norwood gangster facing years behind bars

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A gangster who gunned down a woman outside a nightclub is facing a lengthy jail term.

Bhamian Gayle, 23, of Ferndale Road, South Norwood, shot 32-year-old Sarah Johnson as she spoke with intended target Jermaine Broughton – a DJ known as Hurricane Jermaine.

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Heartless owners put these Croydon cats out to die

SALT AND PEPPER: These two kittens are looking for a home after being dumped in a cardboard box in Norwood Park

Monday, August 18, 2008

When the Advertiser told last week how scores of kittens were being abandoned by heartless owners it was in the hope that homes could be found...

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Tea-light in pub sets punter on fire

spark: Fred Fuell's sleeve caught fire in The George pub Photo No: CCRPM130808F-0-2 by Paul Martyniuk

Saturday, August 16, 2008

A punter popping into the pub for a quiet lunchtime drink was put off his pint when his sleeve went up in flames. When Fred Fuell sat down at a...

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Croydon friends react to diver Blake Aldridge's Olympic disappointment

YOUNG TALENT: Blake Aldridge aged 15 after he won medals at the European Diving Championships

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Here's an early photograph of Croydon diver Blake Aldridge who made international news this week after blaming his teenage partner for their...

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Gasworkmen blamed for South Norwood evacuation

EVACUATION: More than 30 homes had to be abandoned while emergency services secured the area Pic by David Berman

Friday, August 15, 2008

Gasworks contractors have been blamed for sparking an incident which saw dozens of people evacuated. More than 30 homes in Whitehorse Lane,...

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Mayday Hospital A&E runs out of toilet roll

UPSET: Sandra Baleera is refusing to go to the hospital again

Friday, August 15, 2008

The woes of patients in Mayday Hospital's accident and emergency were added to on Tuesday morning - when the department ran out of toilet roll...

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The gardener still tending his allotment at the age of 102

STILL GROWING STRONG: Bill Hayman, who is 102, visits his allotment every day

Friday, August 15, 2008

Meet Croydon's most dedicated gardener - Bill Hayman, who at the age of 102, has been tending to his allotment since 1939. The president of...

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African store opens in South Norwood

BRIGHT TIMES: : Henrietta Newman hopes her new shop will help breathe new life into the area Photo No:CCRKS110808A43 by Kevin Shaw

Friday, August 15, 2008

Opening an African clothing store in the centre of South Norwood is, Henrietta Newman admits, something of gamble. But she hopes it is a gamble...

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Update: Man rushed to hospital after South Norwood crash

Thursday, August 14, 2008

A man has been taken to hospital following a crash on a quiet residential road in South Norwood. The man, believed to be in his late 40s, was...

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Update: Croydon diver blames 14-year-old partner for Olympic failure

DREAM DASHED: Olympic hopeful Blake Aldridge, along with 14-year-old partner Tom Daley, came last in the 10-metre synchronised diving competition

Monday, August 11, 2008

Croydon's Blake Aldridge has blamed his 14-year-old diving partner Tom Daley after the pair missed out on a medal at the Olympic games. The duo...

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