• Crystal Palace fans can't wait for Wembley date

  By hollowhead2

  Fingers crossed...

            

   

  By Croydon Advertiser at 05:15 on 20/05/13

  

  CRYSTAL Palace fans have described their play-off humiliation of Brighton as being "up there" with beating Liverpool in the FA Cup semi-final in 1990. The Eagles beat the Seagulls 2-0 on Monday, to win the tie by the same score on aggregate and secure a place in the Wembley final against Watford. Manchester United-bound Wilfried Zaha scored both goals to send the 2,000 travelling fans into raptures. And while not...

• Croydon police chief slams courts for letting repeat offenders off the hook

  By roomster

  Our courts often fail the public and the police I often wonder is it because the Judge's have become...

            

   

  By Croydon Advertiser at 05:30 on 13/04/13

  

  PROGRESS made in tackling a sharp rise in robberies is being hampered by a criminal justice system which is failing to send those responsible to prison, a senior police officer has said. Detective Inspector Brian Hobbs says his officers often have to arrest and charge the same people two or three times before they are given a custodial sentence, and they then go on to re-offend. He told the Advertiser: "We've had to tell victims...

• Croydon's IYLO tower: What happened to the borough's flagship housing development?

  By fontoak

  Council. Go to court. Get an order to Seize the building and refurbish it as council tenant homes....

            

   

  By Croydon Advertiser at 05:00 on 20/02/13

  

  FOR nearly two years the IYLO tower has stood unfinished in the middle of a roundabout on a major Croydon route. This week reporter Gareth Davies explored the site and found it to be unsecured, litter-strewn, and covered in graffiti… THE graffiti above a crudely drawn swastika reads "KKK" or at least it did until being scribbled out and replaced with "bi*****s". On a stairwell below, a Chelsea fan has...

• South Norwood Tourist Board prepare for festival in honour of dog who found World Cup trophy in bush

  By filthycop

  don't be negative... there is a south norwood tourist board website.......

            

   

  By Croydon Advertiser at 05:00 on 06/03/13

  

  IN THE week when footballer Bobby Moore was remembered on the 20th anniversary of his death, the people of South Norwood are about to celebrate another World Cup legend. South Norwood Tourist Board has major plans for Picklesfest 2013 and events kick-off on March 20 with a re-enactment of the canine's discovery of the Jules Rimet Trophy. Aptly-named Ian Bone, organiser and South Norwood Tourist Board associate, now wants to see a...

• Police officer tells mother of autistic schoolgirl to take her family out for the day if Crystal Palace are at home

  By PollyKorrect

  I assume the damage caused to Jacqui's car will be taken care of by the Palace? They, after all,...

            

   

  By Croydon Advertiser at 05:00 on 09/03/13

  

  THE mother of an autistic schoolgirl whose car was vandalised when police escorted Brighton fans down her road has been told how to avoid further problems in future – take her children out for the day. More than £1,000 of damage was caused when Jacqui Higginbottom's wing mirrors were smashed and a key was used to carve a mark along her car following the Crystal Palace match in December. The mother-of-five is one of a...

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