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Daily Archives: January 15, 2013
Newman will “blow open the books” on £140m council HQ
Tony Newman, the leader of the opposition group on Croydon Council, has pledged that if Labour wins control of the Town Hall in the 2014 local elections, he “will blow open the books” to expose the hundreds of million pounds … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Radio, Housing, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Tony Newman, URV, Waste incinerator, Woodside
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Google, Labour, Labour Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman
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Vandals thwarted as PJF march into promotion places
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Purley-John Fisher are on the march. A week after thrashing Old Paulines 52-10 for a bonus-point win to go to fourth in the London 3SW division, PJF thumped Weybridge Vandals, the division’s early pace-setters, 33-3 at the Pightle … Continue reading
Thorn in taxman’s side is named in accountancy power list
Mention of the council’s woebegone attempts to get the Croydon Gateway site developed with at least a little style and some substance prompted recollection of another local campaigner, Ken Frost, who this month has been named in Accountancy Age‘s Financial … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Planning, Ruskin Square, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Google, Ken Frost, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Get £5 just for counting the birds in your garden
The RSPB – the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds – is again staging a backyard wildlife safari that naturalists aged from four to 94 can take part in at the end of this month. And anyone who registers … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Education, Environment, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Gardening, Wildlife
Tagged Big Garden Birdwatch, Bird, Birdwatch, Gardens, Protection of Birds, Recreation, Royal Society, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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Twelve hours to try to save what’s left of Croydon culture
Today sees the deadline for submissions to a Croydon Council consultation on spending cuts over the next two years. What do you mean, you were not aware of Croydon Council running such a consultation? After all, our council – motto: … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Education, Environment, History, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Margaret Mead, Parking, Tim Pollard
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Integrated services, London, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Mead, Seat of local government, Taberner House
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