Category Archives: Ashburton

Countdown to council elections begins in Toy Town gowns

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is one year until the council elections, and for some, they have everything to lose, writes STEVEN DOWNES Last night’s instalment of a new Mayor of Croydon, Sanderstead councillor Yvette Hopley, marked the firing of the starter’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Richard Ottaway MP, Boris Johnson, Crime, New Addington, Croydon Council, Whitgift Centre, Mike Fisher, Environment, Tony Newman, Purley, Margaret Mead, Simon Hoar, Waddon, Centrale, Clare Hilley, Badsha Quadir, Health, Sanderstead, Dudley Mead, Addiscombe, Alison Butler, Waste incinerator, Croydon 8/8, Louisa Woodley, Coulsdon East, Eddy Arram, Selsdon & Ballards, Policing, Tony Harris, Whitgift Foundation, Yvette Hopley, 2012 by-election, "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: John Cartwright

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Inside Croydon puts great store in “doing the right thing”, and our local hero (cue Knopfler guitar music) for the past week is therefore John Cartwright. A relatively new member of the Croydon Conservative party, Cartwright did the right thing … Continue reading →

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Tory calls for de-selection of “contemptible” councillor Arram

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Local Conservatives’ new recruit John Cartwright has called for the de-selection of Croydon Mayor Eddy Arram ahead of next year’s council elections, alleging that the Ashburton councillor bullied a member of the public at last Monday’s Town Hall meeting. Arram’s … Continue reading →

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Attention-seeking mayor deserves the Advertiser’s criticism

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Eddy Arram, presiding over a full council meeting for the last time, this week managed to do something which many believed was impossible: getting the editors of Inside Croydon and the Croydon Sadvertiser to agree, at least on … Continue reading →

Posted in David Callam, Eddy Arram, Local media | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya won’t like this. Like that’s ever stopped us in the past. But the Shirley resident is Inside Croydon’s “Hero of the Week”, because she took a stand – or rather a seat – against a jumped-up little tyrant. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Eddy Arram, Shirley, Shirley Community Centre Association | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council extends consultation deadline over Arena academy

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

After protests from locals that too little time had been offered to respond, Croydon Council has extended the consultation period on its controversial proposals (aka “determined plan”) to build a large secondary school at Croydon Arena in South Norwood. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Kellett, CALAT, Croydon North, Education, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tory councillor opposes council’s plan for Arena Academy

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

Another split has opened among the fracturing local Conservatives group. Adam Kellett, the councillor for Ashburton ward, took to the floor of a packed public meeting at South Norwood’s Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation on Wednesday night to tell the deputy … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Education, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Mayor of London, Planning, Schools, Sport, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Council newspaper forgets to mention mayor’s Arnhem trip

Posted on December 27, 2012 by

Croydon Council is “sexing up” its official record of public meetings, apparently in a vain effort to make its controversial and inept mayor, Eddy Arram, look like less of a plonker than everyone knows him to be. Yet even the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Croydon Council, Eddy Arram, Graham Cadle, Hayley Lewis, History, Local media, Mike Fisher | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Sanderstead’s Hopley expected to be Croydon’s next mayor

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Yvette Hopley, a councillor for Sanderstead, is to be the borough’s next Mayoress, Inside Croydon understands. Hopley, a Purley Oaks resident, has a background in public relations and antiques – some reckon the perfect training for working with Croydon’s Conservatives. … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Eddy Arram, Sanderstead, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Croydon’s Nero tendency: fiddling over the election figures

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

The few visitors to the public gallery for this week’s council meeting at the Town Hall were treated to a couple of innovations. With the assistance of council officials, Conservative councillor Lynne Hale was able to intersperse her speech with … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Eddy Arram, Gavin Barwell MP, Lynne Hale, Sara Bashford, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Bah humbug! Tory councillor complains at ‘too early’ Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

One of Croydon’s Conservative councillors wants to stop the town’s retailers from starting their Christmas sales campaigns too early. Ashburton councillor Adam Kellett put forward his own forthright views in a question to the council leader Mike Fisher at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Kellett, Allders, Avril Slipper, Business, Centrale, Mike Fisher, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Bashford admits Laings not best value in £30m library deal

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

This is one for filing under the heading “This could only happen in Croydon”. Last night in the public question time element of the council meeting at the Town Hall, we had the Alice in Wonderland situation where a question … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Eddy Arram, Gavin Barwell MP, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Sara Bashford | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

£6.6m – but Croydon councillors refuse to record meetings

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

This evening, Croydon Town Hall is the venue for one of those infrequent events for which our 70 councillors cost us £6.6 million – a council meeting. But if you are not able to be there, don’t expect to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Eddy Arram, Mike Fisher | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Reed victory sends danger signals to Croydon’s Tories for 2014

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: There was a reason for Steve Reed’s campaign to focus so much on the state of our streets. It was because Labour are planning to clean-up at the next council elections, say ANDREW PELLING Eddy Arram, the neutral … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 by-election, Andrew Stranack, Ashburton, Clare Hilley, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Eddy Arram, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell MP, Lee Jasper, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Shirley, Simon Hoar, Steve Reed MP, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Education project’s legal challenge gets backing from Jasper

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

If elected as MP, Lee Jasper has promised to provide support and advice for a legal challenge to Croydon Council’s recent decision to cut a £78,000 grant to the Croydon Supplementary Education Project. Jasper, the black rights campaigner who is … Continue reading →

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