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Fewer than half of children in Croydon have been to an NHS dentist in the past year.Latest figures show that 52.6 per cent of children - or approximately 44,000 - did not visit an NHS dentist at least once in 2016.This was much higher than the national average of 42.2 per cent.A similar share of adults in Croydon - some 53.3 per cent - didn't go to an NHS dentist in 2015 or 2016.The areas with the lowest rates of visiting NHS dentists were mostly in London - both well-off areas such as...

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April 17, 2017, 5:14 am

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Most of us might not give a thought to coat hooks in ladies' toilets or dressing rooms.But if you see a coat hanger that looks similar to this, you are advised to leave straight away.Women are being urged to pay closer attention when in public toilets and dressing rooms, as a discrete looking hook which contains a small camera could be there.READ MORE: Police searching for man accused of exposing and touching himself on a Southern Rail trainThe hook looks just like an ordinary coat hook, and...

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April 17, 2017, 8:06 am

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Thorpe Park's owner Merlin Entertainments says it will take legal action against four "foolish" youths who broke into the theme park after dark last night and then climbed to the top of a giant rollercoaster. Four youths were caught on the Chertsey-based venue's CCTV footage breaking in before they were seen clambering to the top of Stealth, which is the second highest rollercoaster in the UK, at around 10pm.Staff at the theme park, which closes at 6pm across the Easter holidays,...

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April 17, 2017, 10:31 am

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Network Rail have warned that delays and cancelled trains between London Bridge and East Croydon could last until 9pm tonight. The disruption is said to be the result of a "fault on a train" between the two stations, and as a result some lines are blocked. This fault is reported to have happened in the Norwood Junction area and could impact commuters' journeys until 9pm, the train company has warned. READ MORE: How many stops on the Croydon tram network can you name? Southern Rail...

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April 17, 2017, 11:42 am

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Hundreds of travellers have visited a church in Ashtead for the funeral of TV personality Paddy Doherty's father. More than a dozen Rolls Royces, all bearing the Irish flag, were parked outside St Michael's Church as the large group came to pay respects to the Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star's father, Simon Doherty. Paddy Doherty, 58, found fame on the hit Channel 4 show and went on to appear in Celebrity Big Brother. Simon Doherty's coffin read: "Simon Doherty - blacksmith, King of all...

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April 30, 2017, 6:15 am

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Graffiti has been sprayed on one of the Crystal Palace Park sphinxes.Carol Keenan-pillai, 51, who lives in Anerly and walks through the park every morning, noticed the graffiti on one of the two sphinxes at 8am on Friday (April 28)."I was horrified as they had just cleaned graffiti off another one the weekend before," she said."I watched these beautiful sphinxes being restored for months to have them defaced in five minutes by kids with no respect for things of beauty. "For...

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May 1, 2017, 2:17 am

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Is today the day when you can no longer put off the DIY tasks such as painting the spare room, or venturing out to start shopping for a new kitchen or replacing the annoyingly squeaky windscreen wiper on your car? To make sure you don't get left empty-handed to carry out spring time home improvements this May Day Bank Holiday, we've compiled a list of when all the major DIY retailers in Croydon such as IKEA, Homebase B&Q and Wickes will open.Fingers crossed the Purley Way isn't one long...

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May 1, 2017, 3:17 am

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A paedophile who raped and sexually abused a four-year-old girl, making her promise not to tell anyone "their secret", has been jailed.Mark Mansell, 43, would sneak into the girl's bedroom at night and would rape her and get her to perform sexual acts while he was staying with her mother at a family friend's house in Mitcham.Mansell, who was in a relationship with the family friend, committed the sex attacks between July 1 and 16, 1998, but it took nearly two decades for the girl to...

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May 1, 2017, 4:13 am

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A NHS group is encouraging parents to stop using stop terms such as "willy" and "front bottom" when referring to their children's private parts — because it is too confusing for toddlers to understand all of the different phrases.Willy, winkle, tinkle, front bottom and woo woo are all no-nos, according to a NHS sexual health service.The same goes for wee man, minnie, moo moo, haa haa and chuff chuff.Instead, parents should be using the correct technical terms - penis...

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May 1, 2017, 7:25 am

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The contest for Croydon Central in the 2017 General Election will be a rematch of the battle between the same Labour and Conservative candidates as two years ago, it has been confirmed. Labour has announced Sarah Jones - who came just 165 votes short of unseating incumbent Conservative Gavin Barwell in 2015 - as its prospective candidate for the fourth tightest seat in the country. Her campaign was formally launched on Monday (May 1) at Ruskin House with Heidi Alexander MP, with her focus...

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May 1, 2017, 7:45 am

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New smoking laws are being introduced this month in a bid to cut down on the number of smokers.By the end of May a number of new rules and changes will have come into effect.As part of this result you will not be able to buy smaller packs of cigarettes and roll up tobacco, menthols will start to be gradually phased out and packaging will change.Some flavoured cigarettes and tobaccos will also be made illegal and the cost of packets are also set to rise, The Hull Daily Mail reports.READ MORE: Are...

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May 1, 2017, 8:38 am

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It's May Day - or International Day of the Worker, depending on your politics - but did you know that the distress call of the same name, "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday" was actually invented in Croydon?The term - which is now 94 years old - is always repeated three times, and used internationally when an aircraft, or ship, is in distress.Previously, the internationally recognised distress call when using Morse code had been SOS - but with the move to radio telephon, transmitting speech, a...

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May 1, 2017, 8:38 am

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Fans of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror are likely to recognise similarities in how a hospice has taken on a new approach to caring for terminally ill patients to an episode of the famous sci-fi series. In similar fashion to the San Junipero episode of the show on Netflix, where terminally ill patients are given the chance to enter a virtual reality where they are in a different location, patients at a Leicester hospice can wear a headset to be transported virtually to a location they are fond...

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May 1, 2017, 9:08 am

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The family of a teenage boy from New Addington with special needs who went missing two days ago are "very worried" for his safety because he left home with very little money and no phone to get back in touch with his loved ones.Bailey Warda, 19, disappeared after he left the family home in Claygate Crescent, in New Addington, on Saturday afternoon (April 29).He left from home with a freedom pass, £2.50 in cash and without a mobile phone.READ MORE: The amazing legacy left by New...

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May 1, 2017, 11:50 pm

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Trains running through East Croydon and Gatwick Airport will be delayed or cancelled until 4pm today (May 1) due to engineering works not being finished on time.Planned overnight engineering work in the Horley area has not been completed so one of the southbound lines is closed - meaning a reduced service is operating. Gatwick Express and Southern Rail services running through East Croydon and Gatwick may be cancelled or delayed by up to 45 minutes until 4pm as a result. READ MORE: Police hunt...

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May 2, 2017, 2:14 am

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Ambulances had to be turned away from Croydon University Hospital on Monday night, due to a power failure at the hospital.Emergency generators had to be used in parts of the London Road hospital, and a spokesman for Croydon Health Services NHS Trust explained that the incident did not have an effect on patients.READ MORE: Union and Labour activists to hold protest against Croydon University Hospital 'closure'He said: "We had a power failure which affected parts of the hospital.READ MORE:...

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May 2, 2017, 2:23 am

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Police are searching for the driver of a car which hit a young woman riding her horse just outside New Addington on Sunday morning (April 30), injuring both horse and rider.Zoë Bullas, 21, was riding her horse on Layhams Road, between New Addington and Keston, at about 7.50am, when she was "sent flying" by what she describes as a blue "box car" or van pulling a trailer full of tyres.She said her horse Daisy was hit on the back side when she turned round in reaction to...

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May 2, 2017, 4:48 am

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Work on a £15 million expansion to nearly double the size of Purley Way superstore Wing Yip has begun.As part of the work, a new cold warehouse, entrance lobby, larger shop floor and extra parking will be constructed.The owner and founder of the Oriental grocery store, Woon Wing Yip, ceremonially broke ground on the site last week.The additional space will provide room for a new wholesale cold store area, an extended small goods floor area, including a new butcher's and fresh fish counter,...

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May 2, 2017, 5:43 am

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A tram driver arrested after a tram derailed and killed seven people in Croydon last year has been rebailed by police.Alfred Dorris, 43, was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter when the tram he was driving from New Addington overturned on the Sandilands bend on November 9 at about 6.07am.Dorris, from Beckenham, has been rebailed for four months and is due to answer bail on September 20, pending further enquiries. The British Transport Police (BTP) said in a statement: "A dedicated team of...

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May 2, 2017, 6:22 am

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Up to 50 people were evacuated from the job centre in Dingwall Road this morning after reports of a nearby gas leak.Staff and visitors to the town centre job centre filed into the street after being asked to leave the building. Although reported to be because of a gas leak, the cause of the evacuation has not yet been confirmed. READ MORE: Croydon Park Hotel evacuated after reports of a fire in kitchenColin Hillman, 47, was passing through Dingwall Road and initially saw a crowd of people at...