Croydon musicians in fight for London busker of the year crown

July 21, 2015, 3:38 am

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FOUR Croydon musicians are going up against over 100 of youngsters to be crowned London's busker of the year.Winners of Gigs, a competition by the Mayor of London, could win a licence to busk on the London Underground, a busking trip to Paris or time in a professional recording studio.Lilo Ansen, Zac Fynn, Sara Vieira and Nicole Stella from Croydon will perform on a circuit of Gigs busking pitches over three weeks, starting on Saturday July 18 and running until Saturday August 8, along with just...

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July 21, 2015, 4:37 am

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A MUM who beat her 11-year-old daughter bloody with a belt for getting ice cream stains on her clothes will now be sentenced at Crown Court.The Thornton Heath woman, 47, was due to be sentenced yesterday at Croydon Magistrates' Court but the bench decided the case was too serious for their powers and declined jurisdiction.Magistrates' courts can only hand out a maximum jail sentence, including suspended sentences, of six months and a £5,000 fine for any individual offence.The woman, who...

PHOTOS: 'Luxurious' home in Purley

July 21, 2015, 5:45 am

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July 21, 2015, 6:30 am

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A JOBS brokerage which the council hopes to set up to help young people benefit from regeneration has been backed by Westfield and Hammerson.The retail giants behind the £1.5 billion redevelopment of The Whitgift Centre have thrown their support behind First Step Croydon, a campaign to ensure young people have access to high-quality work experience and leave education ready for their first job.The campaign, led by Bensham Manor councillor Jamie Audsley and youth campaigning group Croydon...

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July 21, 2015, 7:50 am

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BRIT School students rescued a tiny Yorkshire terrier from a filthy bin after they heard it barking on their way to class.The pupils heard whining noises coming from a closed bin in Edith Road, South Norwood last Friday morning (July 17).When they opened the bin's lid to investigate they found the terrier, who has since become known as Ed, inside. The RSPCA has today launched an appeal for more information about the incident.A spokesman for the society said the bin was "filthy and...

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July 22, 2015, 1:02 am

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AN ONLINE fraudster has been found guilty of making more than £1.3 million trading in stolen bank details to fund his extravagant wedding in Hawaii.Sean Benson, 26, set up an online identity – using a cartoon character he created – to buy card details from a Russian cyber criminal network.He then formed a company called Identity Music, which claimed to sell audio material to DJs and musicians but in fact was just used for him to use the card details to make false purchases...

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July 22, 2015, 3:04 am

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POUNDMART has been left with a near £7,000 bill for selling a £1 knife to an under-age child.The London Road branch sold an eight-inch blade to two teenagers, aged 14 and 15, during a Croydon Council trading standards sting operation in October last year. They selected a knife from a display along with other items and took them to the cashpoint to make a payment, only for the sales assistant to fail to ask the customers to prove how old they were. Croydon Magistrates' Court heard...

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July 22, 2015, 4:43 am

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TWIN songsters were crowned Croydon's number one stars at a talent competition on Saturday (July 18).Yemisin and Carine Okoloba, 15, beat off seven other finalists in Croydon's Search for a Star contest after impressing judges with their rendition of Christina Aguilera's 'You Lost Me'.The pair won a session at a professional recording studio, a chance to perform at Selhurst Park, a £300 Centrale gift card, a photo shoot and tickets to BRIT school's summer performance.The competition was...

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July 22, 2015, 6:01 am

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THE teenage pregnancy rate in Croydon is on the rise - and the council does not know why.The conception rate among under 18s has increased for the fifth quarter in a row, prompting calls for an investigation. Louisa Woodley, cabinet member for families, health and social care, described the increase as a "huge concern" but said she was unsure as to the cause. Croydon had very high teenage pregnancy rates in the late-Nineties, peaking at 59.1 per 1,000 women in 1998. By mid-2012 that...

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July 22, 2015, 6:49 am

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A PRIMARY school due to open in Croydon in September has been delayed by a year after "very low" application numbers rendered it "unviable".Oasis Community Learning was selected to run a three forms of entry academy in Fiveways, Waddon, as part of the council's latest attempt to address a shortage of reception places. The opening has now been put back to September 2016 after only 12 children out of a possible 90 accepted a place for the coming academic year. "It is with...

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July 22, 2015, 7:33 am

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CROYDON'S politicians are to launch a bid to bring the London Underground to the borough.The council is to make a case for the planned £3billion Bakerloo Tube extension to come to Croydon after the idea received a frosty reception from the Conservative-run Bromley council.Croydon Council leader Tony Newman this week said Croydon should take the chance to capitalise on Bromley's reluctance and announced his intention to lobby the Mayor of London and Transport for London to consider Croydon...

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July 22, 2015, 9:57 am

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A PLAN to convert offices used by one of Croydon's biggest employers into flats without planning permission was submitted one day before a deadline preventing such proposals. Developer Dr Anwar Ansari wants to use permitted development to turn Lunar House, which houses the country's only asylum seeker screening unit, and Apollo House, both in Wellesley Road, into up to 1,500 one-bedroom flats. Croydon Council is opting out of the power, which allows office-to-residential conversions without the...

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July 23, 2015, 2:47 am

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A THEATRICAL married couple are opening a coffee shop in the dramatic Stanley Halls as an antidote to chicken shops in South Norwood.Costume maker Michelle Shaw, 31, always wanted to run her own coffee shop, but never put her ambitions to the test until she and actor husband Nick moved to South Norwood from north London two years ago.Spotting a gap in the market, they approached the Stanley People's Initative – which runs the halls – about the possibility of a ten-week pop-up stint...

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July 23, 2015, 2:48 am

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THE number of complaints lodged with Croydon Council about missed rubbish collections has soared more than 600 per cent in the past month.Rubbish problems have hit Croydon again as residents endured a second month of missed collections.In June more than 8,000 rubbish collections were missed - up from 1,322 in May - after Croydon Council and contractors Veolia changed the way the borough's waste is collected to a new 'village' system, which splits the borough into eight patches with specific...

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July 23, 2015, 4:04 am

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IKEA has issued a safety warning on its chests of drawers and dressers after two children were crushed to death by falling furniture. The Swedish furniture giant, which has 301 stores in 37 countries, including a store in Purley Way, Croydon, is now offering free wall anchoring kits to prevent any other children being injured. It follows the deaths of two children in the US, one where a two-year-old boy from Pennsylvania died after a MALM 6-drawer chest tipped over and pinned him against his...

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July 23, 2015, 9:35 am

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Work finally begins on 675-home Cane Hill site

July 24, 2015, 12:40 am

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AFTER lying derelict for more than 20 years, work to redevelop the long-abandoned Cane Hill site finally got under way this week.Ground was broken on the Coulsdon site – which is now to be known as Cane Hill Park – during a ceremony on Wednesday morning (July 22).Altogether, around 675 homes are to be built on the 200 acre site at a cost of just over £200 million.In a written statement, Alison Butler, Croydon Council's cabinet member for homes, regeneration and planning, said...

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July 24, 2015, 1:38 am

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POLICE have launched an appeal for help to find a man with links to Croydon who is wanted on recall to prison.Phillip Mensah, 31, was jailed for an assault in June 2014, but officers say he has breached the terms of his licence after being released from prison.Mensah was last known to live in Lambeth but he is also said to have links to Croydon and Greenwich.Anyone with information can call Lambeth CID on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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July 24, 2015, 2:12 am

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A CROYDON University Hospital doctor has been cleared of attempting to rape one of his patients. Urologist Kwame Somuah-Boateng, 41, had been accused of pursuing the woman after diagnosing her with a serious condition, calling her and visiting her at home.He was found not guilty of attempted rape and assault by penetration following a three-day trial at Croydon Crown Court. The allegations related to contact between Somuah-Boateng and the woman after they met at Croydon University Hospital. She...

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July 24, 2015, 2:48 am

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BOXPARK Croydon will be entirely made up of food and drink outlets, the founder of the scheme announced yesterday.The 'food and drink only' concept will see the 80 unit retail park taken over by '30-40' outlets, with bigger chains taking up to five of the shipping containers.Boxpark held a glitzy VIP launch at Platform in Ruskin Square yesterday, at which founder Roger Wade made the surprise announcement.It had been thought by most in attendance the scheme would include a traditional retail...