Category Archives: Broad Green

Blue-rinsed Sutton shows real reasons for boundary changes

ANDREW PELLING’s expertise as a polling tipster saw him call correctly the outcome of voting in Croydon this month, by a margin of 484 votes out of almost 80,000 cast for Labour and the Tories. So Ladbrokes will be reading … Continue reading

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Ward by ward: How Croydon voted on May 3

The full breakdown of voting results from the London Mayoral and Assembly elections on May 3 are now available through the London Elects website (you need to scroll well down the page for the link to the ward scores). But … Continue reading

Posted in Abigail Lock, Addiscombe, Ashburton, Broad Green, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croham, Fairfield, Fieldway, Heathfield, Kenley, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Bob a Job! Hilley volunteers for a garden shift in Waddon

Croydon is getting its own Bob a Job Week activity on Saturday with the people of Waddon invited to take part in what the council is calling a “community clean-up” event, centred around Houlder Crescent, “for all residents to come … Continue reading

Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Gardening, Gavin Barwell MP, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Selhurst, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Labour’s Newman names his team for council election build-up

The Labour group on Croydon Council is becoming a bit like the Conservatives. Well, at least in just one small, but important, way, writes ANDREW PELLING In parliament, Labour dropped the election of its shadow cabinet by its MPs, leaving … Continue reading

Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Gerry Ryan, Libraries, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Norbury, Selhurst, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wayne Lawlor | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Protesters to take Croydon’s burning issue to the streets

A wide-ranging alliance of Croydon and Sutton residents and businesses will march on Croydon Town Hall next Sunday, May 13, to oppose the council’s £1billion plan to build a waste incinerator in Beddington Lane. The demonstration will start at 11am … Continue reading

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Tory activist Creatura’s efforts rewarded with Westminster job

And lo, it came to pass… This website is not in the habit of saying “I told you so”, but on this occasion we think we will indulge ourselves for a little prediction which, had we put a tenner on … Continue reading

Posted in Ashburton, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Eddy Arram, Education, Gavin Barwell MP, Sara Bashford, Schools, Selsdon & Ballards | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

MP Barwell says he got it wrong over group’s racist incident

Gavin Barwell has been forced to issue an apology after he admitted he was at fault for a lack of organisation and proper supervision that led to several police officers being called out to an incident of reported racist abuse … Continue reading

Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Education, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Oasis Academy, Policing, Sara Bashford, Schools, Selsdon & Ballards, West Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Police called out for “racist” incident with Barwell’s work gang

Police had to be called to a potentially inflammatory incident on London Road yesterday afternoon, when members of a youth work gang organised by Croydon Central Conservative MP Gavin Barwell were accused of racially abusing a local resident and threatening … Continue reading

Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Gardening, Gavin Barwell MP, London-wide issues, Malcolm Wicks MP, Policing, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, Thornton Heath, West Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Sutton LibDem councillor switches to Labour over incinerator

For the first time since 2006, the Labour party has representation on Sutton Council. John Keys has represented the Beddington North ward as a LibDem councillor since 1998, but has this week opted to change parties because of his concerns … Continue reading

Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Environment, Health, Kenley, Steve O'Connell, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Council leader Fisher in denial over policing the riots

Questions about Croydon council’s leadership’s role in protecting the borough from riots last August are left unanswered after a Town Hall debate, says ANDREW PELLING Mike Fisher, the leader of the ruling Conservative group on Croydon Council, has washed his … Continue reading

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Musker, Gavin Barwell MP, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments