Daily Archives: July 5, 2012

There will be no Olympic crime spree here, says Musker

Posted on July 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

Dave Musker, the borough police commander, today sought to reassure the Croydon public that there would be no reduction in service in the coming month because of the Olympic Games. “Anybody out there who thinks that there will be opportunities … Continue reading →

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Unconnected Croydon and the £20m footbridge to nowhere

Posted on July 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

The incompetence of Croydon’s planners and politicians means that our council has been turned over by developers once more, hoodwinked into spending about £20 million of public money on what an official report this week concedes could become “a walkway … Continue reading →

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Ibis re-opens Norfolk Hotel on London Road

Posted on July 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

At least there’s one new business opened in the north of Croydon, with the overhaul and re-branding of the Norfolk Hotel, opposite Mayday Hospital near Thornton Heath. Multi-national French hotel chain Accor, which runs more than 4,400 hotels in 92 … Continue reading →

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