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Brave Linda shows her star quality
Linda Nolan put so much heart, soul and emotion into her role in Blood Brothers at the New Wimbledon Theatre this week that she was reduced to tears at the end. That warrants the highest praise possible, but what is all the more remarkable is that the
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New leader for crisis-hit Robins
Carshalton Athletic manager Dave Garland has hit the panic button after Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Staines Town left them without a league win in more than a month. The Robins boss pulled in his players for an emergency Sunday morning training session,
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Sutton looking to kick on
Sutton United manager Ian Hazel has challenged his players to break new ground by winning two games on the bounce. After a stuttering start, Hazel's new-look side clicked on Saturday and breezed past Bognor Regis Town 4-0. It wasn't the first time Sutton
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Consistency is aim
Staines Town, without a game on Saturday due to their earlier elimination from the FA Trophy, are hoping to at last find some consistency after getting back to winning form with a 3-1 victory at home over Carshalton Athletic last weekend. Manager Steve
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Youngsters take the plaudits
NEC Harlequins full-back Mike Brown believes he is ready to stake a claim to a regular Guinness Premiership starting slot after notching his first hat-trick in Quins first team colours. The 21-year-old starred in Saturday's 57-10 rout of French side
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Smith warns off the vultures
Tooting & Mitcham boss Billy Smith has labelled Craig Tanner's decision to join Sutton United a big mistake before warning off other clubs interested in his star players. The 20-year-old signed for the Conference South outfit after making more than 100
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Borough desperate to break league hoodoo
Hounslow Borough boss Dennis Bainborough was this week trying to bring in players on loan after failing to gain an Hellenic League win since September. Borough were fortunate to draw 2-2 draw at Shrivenham on Saturday, when player/assistant manager
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Care worker, 24, hanged himself
A father returned home from work to find his troubled son had hanged himself from a loft hatch at their home in Carshalton, an inquest was told this week. Robert Wright, a care worker with Mencap, had left a note saying "I'm sorry. That's all I can say
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Dramatic late winner sends Tanners into cup dreamland
Captain marvel Dave Stevens struck an injury-time winner to send Leatherhead into dreamland and an FA Cup tie against league opposition for the first time in 26 years. The 27-year-old Tanners skipper netted from close range to put his side into the first
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Pirates with panache
The very model of a modern style directorial, Hounslow Light Operatic Company's Pirates of Penzance sailed away from traditional waters out on a bold course of glorious anachronisms. Director Ian Nethersell's production at the Hampton Hill Playhouse
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Honk is a peck of a show
What a quacker of a show! Woops, sorry, mustn't do that! For puns per square inch, Honk is already top of the pecking order. And as librettist Anthony Drewe's musical is based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic, The Ugly Duckling, the puns are awfully
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Happy as a Sandbag
Isleworth Actors Company is back again with Ken Lee's joyous, yet poignant and often moving musical recollection of the second world war, writes Michael Daintry. Churchill, Hitler, Max Miller, Carmen Miranda, Tommy Handley, Vera Lynn, and Lord Haw Haw
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Elaine’s heart-felt desire to promote recycling bears fruit
Many of us may try to do our bit to help save the planet, but a Croydon woman has made being green a way of life. Winner of the Croydon Green Household of the Year award, Elaine Insua-Cao's house in Brighton Road, South Croydon, contains a plethora of
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Pupils’ hard work pays off
This Friday higher education students from Croydon College will officially mark the end of their courses at a graduation ceremony at Fairfield Halls. If you want to follow in their footsteps, why not check out the higher education courses on offer at
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Take your hats off to young students
A Croydon nursery held a university-style graduation ceremony last week. Children from Head Start Nursery in West Croydon took part in their first graduation ceremony last Wednesday. The four-year-olds donned traditional graduation gowns and collected
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Work leads to play for youths
A shabby play pavilion in South Croydon Recreation Ground will be given a revamp with help from pupils from one of the borough's primary schools. Pupils from Purley Oaks Primary in Bynes Road have teamed up with the local Police Safer Neighbourhood Team
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Growing up made easier for groups of teenagers
A group of Croydon teenagers is among the first in the UK to take part in a new project which explores the transition from youth to adulthood. The six youngsters will take part in a prototype of the new Youth Adult Trust (Yat) programme - created by
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Get in running for business awards
South London Business has revealed the categories for the inaugural South London Business Awards. The awards, which are sponsored by the Croydon Guardian, will be officially launched next month and will include gongs for best company, small business,
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Tax streamlining to help small businesses
The chairman of the Croydon branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has welcomed proposals by the Tax Reform Commission to simplify business taxes. The commission, which is chaired by Lord Forsyth, has proposed reductions in business tax rates
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Future’s burning bright
The future of popular Croydon nightspot Tiger Tiger is in safe hands, according to its new boss. Richard Underwood has taken over one of Croydon's top bars and is vowing to continue its success. The new general manager has also worked at Tiger Tiger's
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Taylor pulls out of U21 duty
Crystal Palace boss Peter Taylor has asked not to manage the England U21s in their game against Holland in two weeks time in order to concentrate on the current crisis at Selhurst Park. The Eagles have lost four out of the last five games, which has
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Property Overseas
Property prices in much of Great Britain have skyrocketed in recent years. Between 1995 and 2005 the cost of the average English property has doubled in many parts of the country. This is bad news for young people looking to get onto the property
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Discount London Hotels
London is the largest city in Europe and the capital city of the UK. It is by far the most popular tourist destination in Britain, although visitor numbers in recent years have suffered as a result of exchange rate movement making London one of the most
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Hertiage Cities
Living in England, history is all around us. The landscape we see now is very similar to that found by the Romans, Vikings and Normans when they came to visit hundreds of years ago. Indeed, many of the cities we inhabit now have been urban centres
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Learn English in London with Answer English
Students come in their droves to study English in London each year. The city has a reputation for great cultural life and some of the wildest nightlife in the world. Since the introduction of 24 hour licensing in 2005, the capital's clubs and bars
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Frozenshoulder.com
It is estimated that between 2-5% of the population will suffer from the painful and debilitating condition known as frozen shoulder at some point. The majority of sufferers are women (60%) and the age group most likely to be affected is 40-65.
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Harry’s knockout boxing memories
Croydon brothers Harry and Herbie Spencer spent so much of their time fighting each other that their father paid for them to learn how to fight professionally. Taken under the wing of 1913 Croydon heavyweight boxing champion Jim Elliott, the brothers
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Lato at play
A Croydon band hoping to secure a lucrative recording contract through an online music lottery performed at a Croydon Green Party charity fundraiser last week. Lato - formed by Shirley man Alex Lato - is in fifth place in the Rock Star Lottery, an online
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Borough Commander points out police improvements
Croydon Borough Commander Mark Gore this week hit back at criticisms made in a damning Government inspection report. Chief Superintendent Gore said "enormous strides" had been taken by his senior management team to tackle the list of shortcomings highlighted
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London 32 Nottingham 47
London Welsh's fine second-half display could not prevent them losing 47-32 to Nottingham in the National League Division One at Old Deer Park on Saturday, but they hope to make amends this Saturday against Sedgley Park, writes Vicky Cheevers. At least
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Corinthian Casuals 2 Kingstonian 1
Surrey Senior Cup holders Kingstonian let the trophy slips from their hands in their first defence against a struggling but determined Corinthian Casuals side. The first half was predictable with the Ks increasingly in control and the game sparked into
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Corinthian Casuals 2 Kingstonian 1
Surrey Senior Cup holders Kingstonian let the trophy slips from their hands in their first defence against a struggling but determined Corinthian Casuals side. The first half was predictable with the Ks increasingly in control and the game sparked into
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Big effort in Big Apple
Four Croydon women are flying to the Big Apple this week to run the New York Marathon to raise money for cancer sufferers. Alexa Cook, Jennifer Crudgington, Hannah Treadwell and Kimmy Crudginton decided to compete in the race after Jennifer was diagnosed
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Ashley at bottom of pile
Croydon's The X Factor star Ashley McKenzie narrowly escaped eviction from the ITV talent show after fluffing his lines. Simon Cowell told Ashley that he had let the public down after forgetting a few words in his first performance of Moon Dance. The
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Music video prop plan lands man in jail for fake fifties
A man who bought fake £50 notes told police he was going to use them as a prop in a music video, Croydon Crown Court heard. But Daniel Williamson was still jailed for five months after admitting possession of counterfeit currency. The court was told
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Swimming club could go under without pool to use
Old Coulsdon Swimming Club is struggling to stay afloat because its members have no pool to use. The 21-year-old organisation is on the verge of folding after the pool they use at Coulsdon College in Placehouse Lane, Old Coulsdon, was closed. The club
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Tesco attack
A 33-year-old man is facing charges of theft, GBH, aggravated vehicle taking, affray and failure to provide a drugs test following his arrest over an attack on a security guard at Tesco in Purley Cross. Mark Payne, of no fixed abode, was arrested on
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Fine time for parking penalties
Last year Croydon Council made almost £180,000 in parking fines from just one road in the town centre. Scarbrook Road was named as one of London's parking fine hot spots in an investigation carried out by Channel 4 News. New figures reveal that a total
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Home help
Hard-up homeowners are being invited to apply for council grants to carry out essential repairs such as re-wiring and roof repairs Applicants need to be on a low income, receiving benefits, over retirement age or have little or no savings. Call the Croydon
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Insurance first
PC Mike Turner, from Waddon's safer neighbourhood team, became the first non-traffic police officer in Croydon to issue a fixed penalty notice for the offence of driving with no insurance last Wednesday, October 25. New Home Office guidelines changed
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Brain-damaged boy wins £4m damages
Mayday Hospital has agreed to pay more than £4million in compensation to the family of a seven-year-old boy left severely disabled by medical blunders. Joshua Hillard was born severely brain damaged at Mayday in June 1999 due to a delay in his delivery
