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Out-of-hours Croydon GP took 'hours to answer urgent calls' - BBC News
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
BBC News
Out-of-hours Croydon GP took 'hours to answer urgent calls'
BBC News
NHS South West London's report accused Dr Ravi Sondhi, who was responsible for patients in Croydon, Merton, Sutton and Kingston, of "serious failings". He answered out-of-hours calls from his Norfolk home and "claimed payment" for work he did not do, ...
Dodgy Croydon doctor Ravi Sondhi conned patients out of £260000This is Croydon
NHS bosses deny surplus will be used to "bail out" CroydonWandsworth Guardian
NHS trust looking at neighbours to fill £27m black holeKingston Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk -This is Local London -Daily Mail
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Police: Croydon Store Robbed At Gunpoint - Patch.com
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Police: Croydon Store Robbed At Gunpoint
Patch.com
By D. Henson Police said a Croydon store was robbed at gunpoint. It happened at Bristol Pike at 6:09 pm on Jan. 24. A man entered the store, approached the counter and pulled a handgun from his pocket. He then fled the store with cigarettes and cash.
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Croydon Athletic founder upset by its demise - Richmond and Twickenham Times
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Croydon Athletic founder upset by its demise
Richmond and Twickenham Times
By Graham Moody » One of the men that helped build Croydon Athletic from the ground up saw 28 years of his hard work wiped out this week. The club has officially gone bust after appearing in the London Gazette last Monday and telling the Ryman League ...
Charting the end of Croydon AthleticSurrey Comet
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Teen who stabbed Croydon cop has sentenced overturned - Your Local Guardian
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Teen who stabbed Croydon cop has sentenced overturned
Your Local Guardian
Alastair Gregson, 19, launched the vicious knife attack on Croydon PC Nigel Albuery as the officer attempted to search him in the street. Gregson, of Whitfield Avenue, Purley, was caged indefinitely for public protection - which is almost identical to ...
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Top Gun-ge: Croydon-based oven cleaner tackles Wallington jet engines - Croydon Guardian
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Top Gun-ge: Croydon-based oven cleaner tackles Wallington jet engines
Croydon Guardian
Jonathan Chambers, of Croydon-based Magicleen, was called to clean the ovens of Mustafa Azim who lives in Wallington. While talking, Mr Azim revealed he had bought a jet fighter plane and needed the engines cleaned. Seeing Mr Chambers at work, ...
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Fine for store which sold out-of-date sausages - Croydon Guardian
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
EastLondonLines
Fine for store which sold out-of-date sausages
Croydon Guardian
A Croydon shopkeeper who sold out of date sausages and ham has to fork out £2000 in fines and costs. Sinnah Sivasankar, of Portland Wines, in Portland Road, pleaded guilty to selling the food and failing to have a system in place to keep food safe.
Guilty grocer fined for out-of-date sausagesEastLondonLines
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Cocaine traces found in 12 of 15 Croydon pubs tested - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Cocaine traces found in 12 of 15 Croydon pubs tested
This is Croydon
"We never really see police in Coulsdon, they are more needed in Croydon, but I suppose they are doing what they can with the resources available. "But if I find anyone carrying or supplying it not only will I ban them I will report them to the local ...
Landslide at Coulsdon South delays trains through East Croydon and RedhillThis is Surreytoday
Trains cancelled to Coulsdon after landslideCroydon Guardian
Landslip causes rail disruptionWest Sussex County Times
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Rise in exclusions from Croydon schools dismissed as 'small blip' - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Rise in exclusions from Croydon schools dismissed as 'small blip'
This is Croydon
TOUGH policies at one school have resulted in the total number of pupils excluded from Croydon schools rising for the first time in five years. The increase is being reported to the council's cabinet on Monday, but was dismissed as a "small blip" by ...
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Croydon Council applies for grant to help social recovery following riots - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 26/01/2012
Croydon Council applies for grant to help social recovery following riots
This is Croydon
BIDS to the Government are being prepared by Croydon Council to help social recovery in the borough on the back of last August's riots. Since August the council has been working to rebuild the infrastructure of the parts of the town worst affected by ...
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Clinic stops late-term abortions - Herald Sun
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Clinic stops late-term abortions
Herald Sun
The Croydon clinic will no longer give abortions to women post 24 weeks. Health Services Commissioner Beth Wilson said she was concerned it could lead some women to pursue unsafe solutions. "The worst-case scenario is that it will lead to backyard ...
Clinic will cease late-term abortionThe Age
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Croydon North MP Malcolm Wicks is calling for an urgent investigation into the ... - Surrey Comet
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Croydon North MP Malcolm Wicks is calling for an urgent investigation into the ...
Surrey Comet
Mr Wicks has called on Andrew Lansley, the Secretary of State for Health, to undertake an investigation into a service he says was run as a "personal fiefdom". He said: "With the publication of this report we now have chapter and verse about a major ...
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Investigation finds disgraced doctor took £100000 from out-of-hours GP service - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Daily Mail
Investigation finds disgraced doctor took £100000 from out-of-hours GP service
This is Croydon
A DISGRACED Croydon doctor took £100000 from an out-of-hours GP service, a report published today has found. Dr Ravi Sondhi abused his position as chairman and finance director of Croydoc, failing to answer telephone calls when on duty and ran the ...
Out-of-hours doctor Ravi Sondhi took 3 hours to respond to urgent callsDaily Mail
GP 'slow to act on urgent calls'The Press Association
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St Giles School chef named London's best school cook - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
St Giles School chef named London's best school cook
This is Croydon
Sharon Taylor, from St Giles Special School, in South Croydon, devised a wacky, yet healthy menu and cooked up a storm in the kitchen to bag the coveted award on Tuesday. She was among five finalists from across the capital who battled it out in a ...
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Croydon is 99p Store capital of the UK, says chain - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Croydon is 99p Store capital of the UK, says chain
This is Croydon
"WELCOME to the city of Croydon" is how those promoting the town would like to welcome future visitors. But, if the city status bid doesn't come off, there's always an alternative – "Welcome to the 99p capital of the UK". The opening of Croydon's third ...
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Looked after children in Croydon less likely to commit crime, figures show - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Looked after children in Croydon less likely to commit crime, figures show
This is Croydon
YOUNGSTERS in care in Croydon are less than half as likely to commit a crime than "looked after" children elsewhere in the country. Despite the borough having the highest number of young people in care in the capital at 640, compared to 190 in ...
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Baker announces her comeback with strong display - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 25/01/2012
Baker announces her comeback with strong display
This is Croydon
A FORMER Croydon High School pupil is celebrating after finishing third in the recent 6km senior women's race at the BUPA Great Edinburgh Cross Country run. Elle Baker, a former South London Harrier, was competing in only her second race since having ...
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UPDATED: Body found in Coulsdon thought to be missing Purley chef Kevin Boyle - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 24/01/2012
BBC News
UPDATED: Body found in Coulsdon thought to be missing Purley chef Kevin Boyle
This is Croydon
A Croydon Police statement released at 4.20pm today (Monday) read: "Police were called at 12.49pm on Sunday, 22 January to reports of a body found in the rear garden of a residential address in Chaldon Way, Coulsdon. "The death is being treated as ...
Jamie Oliver chef found dead in garden after three monthsTNT Magazine
Jamie Oliver star lay dead in garden for three monthsThe Sun
London: Missing Jamie Oliver's chef found deadallvoices
Daily Mail -Mirror.co.uk
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Croydon University Hospital spends least on patient food, statistics show - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 24/01/2012
EastLondonLines
Croydon University Hospital spends least on patient food, statistics show
This is Croydon
PATIENTS had a meagre £1.73 spent, on average, on every meal they were given while recovering in Croydon University Hospital last year – the lowest spending per head of hospitals used by Croydon residents. Figures released last week show the hospital's ...
Croydon hospital food spend lowest in areaEastLondonLines
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Labour's London Assembly hopeful for Croydon and Sutton disqualified as school ... - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
Labour's London Assembly hopeful for Croydon and Sutton disqualified as school ...
This is Croydon
LABOUR'S London Assembly candidate for Croydon and Sutton has been disqualified as a primary school governor, the Advertiser can reveal. Louisa Woodley, who is also a councillor for Thornton Heath, had been a local authority appointed governor at ...
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Body found in Coulsdon thought to be missing Purley chef Kevin Boyle - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
The Sun
Body found in Coulsdon thought to be missing Purley chef Kevin Boyle
This is Croydon
A Croydon Police statement released at 4.20pm today (Monday) read: "Police were called at 12.49pm on Sunday, 22 January to reports of a body found in the rear garden of a residential address in Chaldon Way, Coulsdon. "The death is being treated as ...
Body found in Coulsdon believed to be missing Purley chefCroydon Guardian
Jamie Oliver 'Fifteen' apprentice found dead in gardenMirror.co.uk
Jamie Oliver star lay dead in garden for three monthsThe Sun
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Croydon man jailed after £450k drugs heist - EastLondonLines
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
EastLondonLines
Croydon man jailed after £450k drugs heist
EastLondonLines
A man from Croydon has been jailed for seven years after Sussex Police seized a package of high-purity cocaine worth an estimated £450000. Albert Mouhtiseb, 28, from Pampisford Road in South Croydon, was one of four men jailed for conspiracy to supply ...
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Croydon Advertiser editor to meet readers in Selsdon - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
Croydon Advertiser editor to meet readers in Selsdon
This is Croydon
Croydon Advertiser editor Glenn Ebrey will be at Sainsbury's in Selsdon this Friday (January 27) to answer your questions and explain more about future plans for our coverage of the south of the borough. If you have any news or upcoming events you ...
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A&B successfully unearths £4m of Croydon gold - Professional Jeweller
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
A&B successfully unearths £4m of Croydon gold
Professional Jeweller
By Rachael Taylor Albermarle and Bond had tried to keep the blaze at its Croydon store under wraps but criminals soon found out about the buried safes. (Getty) Albermarle & Bond (A&B) has managed to retrieve £4 million-worth of pawned jewellery from ...
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Council in top ten for complaints to watchdog - Croydon Guardian
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
Council in top ten for complaints to watchdog
Croydon Guardian
Croydon Council was in the top 10 most complained about authorities in the country last year. The Local Government Ombudsman received 121 complaints about the council in 2011. It was ninth in the list of most complaints to the watchdog, with Birmingham ...
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'Croydon beauty salon's bikini wax was more painful than childbirth' - This is Croydon
Last Updated - 23/01/2012
'Croydon beauty salon's bikini wax was more painful than childbirth'
This is Croydon
The mum-of-two says she cannot face sex with her partner after the treatment at the Eva Hair and Beauty Salon in Derby Road, West Croydon, in August. Mrs Dampreh is seeking compensation from the salon and has instructed solicitors to take up her case.
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