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Heads you lose
Writing a blog affords me the opportunity to get a few things off my chest. The first of these is not a terrifically pressing issue. It’s unlikely to challenge the minds of the world’s greatest thinkers, but I think it deserves some attention. It’s spiky
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Paunchy pooch fights the flab at pet fit club
A chunky Croydon dog who has embarked on national weight loss programme for pets has lost nearly three pounds since starting his healthy regime. Chip the Labrador went for his fortnightly weigh-in at the PDSA PetAid hospital in Hurst Road last week,
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Residents’ doubts over Gateway saga solution
Five residents' associations are opposing the East Croydon Gateway scheme because they do not believe transport infrastructure could cater for the thousands of people an arena would bring to the area. The associations, which represent 4,300 households
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Warehouse condemns ‘underhand’ budget cut
A campaign to overturn the council's decision to stop the Warehouse Theatre's funding started in earnest this week. The under-threat arts venue had its £125,000 per year funding slashed as part of a string of council budget cuts to make up a £37m black
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Jobs market is buoyant
Employment rates in Croydon could be on the up with companies across London more confident about expanding their workforce in 2006 than they have done in the last five years. The figures come from a survey carried out by Manpower, whose Croydon branch
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Spot of rain doesn’t stop charity golf day
The parents of an eight-year-old Croydon boy, who is the only British person to have been diagnosed with a rare disease, stepped up their fundraising last week with a charity golf day. Jake Flint has aromatic amino-acid decarboxylase (AADC) a genetically
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Body of jet ski death PC flown back from Kenya
The body of a popular Croydon PC who was killed in a jet ski accident was flown back from Kenya on Monday. Sally Claire Roberts, 28, was on holiday with her boyfriend Andrew Freeman in Mombassa when she died after a collision on September 30. Since
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Crackdown on travel crime
More than 70 people have been arrested following a joint policing operation aimed at targeting crime hotspots on travel routes between Croydon and Lambeth. Of the 73 arrests made in total, nearly all were made in the borough during Operation Chicago
