Monthly Archives: October 2012
Croydon 11-year-old gets to lead England at Twickenham
On the day that Chris Robshaw, the former Warlingham rugby club youth player, was named as England captain for the forthcoming autumn internationals, the RFU also announced that to strengthen the bond between the international game and its grassroots, a … Continue reading
Incinerator should be Croydon North’s burning issue
BRENDAN WALSH is a Green party member from Croydon North who is disappointed, but unsurprised, that the issue of a £1 billion waste incinerator to be built on the boundary of the constituency has barely been mentioned by most of … Continue reading
Europe features low on agenda for UKIP’s candidate
Winston McKenzie’s latest candidature – this time as UKIP’s nominee to stand in the Croydon North parliamentary by-election which is expected to be held on November 29 – coincides with his party opening a branch office for Croydon North and … Continue reading
Community group takes Crystal Palace Park appeal to court
Crystal Palace Community Association is to get its day in (the High) Court tomorrow morning, as its rearguard battle to prevent housing being built on parkland continues. CPCA is seeking to challenge the approval given to a London Development Agency … Continue reading
Tech City ought to be foundation of every party’s manifesto
JONNY ROSE believes that his alternative vision for regeneration, the Silicon Valley of South London, ought be to be front and centre of all the Croydon North by-election candidates’ campaigns It’s election season in Croydon. Rarely seen politicos are coming … Continue reading
Croydon North will be a “two-horse race” says Umunna
Chuka Umunna, Labour’s business spokesman, used a visit to a youth training business in Croydon this morning to dismiss Respect’s entry into the Croydon North by-electioncampaign. “We regard this as likely to be a two-horse race,” said Umunna, the MP … Continue reading
CODA makes a song and dance about Sondheim
Tickets for Croydon Operatic and Dramatic Association’s autumn show – Side by Side by Sondheim, which is being staged at the Charles Cryer studio theatre this week – are now on sale.
Respect names Lee Jasper as candidate for Croydon North
Respect, the party set up by the controversial George Galloway, yesterday named black activist Lee Jasper as its candidate in the Croydon North by-election, expected to be held on November 29. That date is six months to the day since … Continue reading
Near-death experience gave candidate taste for life in Croydon
Bill Clinton was nicknamed “the comeback kid”, yet even in the US President’s roller-coaster career, he can never lay claim to having been once at the levers of power, to try to return after breaking his neck and almost losing … Continue reading
Installation that puts the guf into Ruskin Square
As you’ve stood on the platforms at East Croydon lately, have you wondered what the eclectic collection of random fixtures on the vacant site that was supposed to be “the gateway” to Croydon might be? There’s some explanation in this … Continue reading
Council faces massive legal bill over discrimination claims
Croydon Council is facing claims potentially running into hundreds of thousands of pounds, and legal bills of much more, over claims of discrimination in the workplace from 50 former employees, all but one of them women. The claims over missed … Continue reading
Norwood down to its last SNT police sergeant, Labour claims
The Labour group on the council says it is “disgusted” over a “behind closed doors” decision that leaves two Croydon wards, Upper Norwood and South Norwood, with just a single safer neighbourhood team police sergeant between them, down from three, … Continue reading
