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Waste charge hike
A 40 per cent increase in waste management charges for the borough's businesses was agreed this week as part of the cuts to fill the £37million black hole in the council budget. Small businesses are likely to be hit by the massive rise, effective from
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Online grocery store sees a profit boost for Tesco
A Tesco.com test store in Croydon has helped the supermarket chain up its sales by 30 per cent in the last year to hit £1bn for 2006. The Factory Lane store, which exists solely to fulfill online grocery orders made by customers, is one of only a few
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Boy crushed under double decker bus
A Croydon schoolboy was left in agony after being crushed beneath the wheels of a double decker bus in Thornton Heath last week. As rush hour commuters made their way from work last Tuesday evening (October 3), 13-year-old Luke Murtagh became trapped
