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Category Archives: Broad Green
£1.5m gym opens offering easy rates for exercise
Bit by bit, some things are coming together. Thus, opening on London Road, West Croydon, in the past couple of weeks, is easyGym, where £1.5 million has been spent on refurbishment and equipment at the site of the Fitness First … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Business, Croydon 8/8, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, easyJet, Fitness First, iPod, London, London Road, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, West Croydon
Sutton official tried to influence vote at incinerator meeting
An audio clip, obtained from the official Sutton Council recording of last week’s controversial planning meeting for the £1 billion incinerator scheme at Beddington Lane, shows that a council official intervened with the meeting chairman to try to force a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Simon Hoar, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Cheam, Conservatives, Croydon, Incineration, John Leach, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton
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Burnt: incinerator scheme fails to get planning permission
A Sutton Council planning meeting last night refused to approve plans to build a waste incinerator on its border with Croydon, at Beddington Lane, a stunning reversal for the powers of big business. Ahead of the meeting, with the Sutton … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, England, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrats, London Wildlife Trust, Viridor, Worcester Park
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Infant death rates on the rise where incinerators operate
Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader has climbed the 47 storeys of Inside Croydon Towers to shove a copy of this week’s Sutton Guardian through our digital letterbox, with a pink Post-It note stuck on the outside, directing us to the letters … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Berwickshire, Croydon, East Lothian, Labour, London, SELCHP, Viridor, Waddon
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Stop the search: here’s a phone app to protect public rights
SEAN CREIGHTON was impressed by a presentation at the latest meeting of Croydon’s tech community, which offered a smartphone solution to a community policing issue that is decades old There were more than 40 people at the latest Croydon TechCity … Continue reading
Croydon, Christmas 2012: poverty must be Reed’s priority
CROYDON COMMENTARY: For too many impoverished families, it promises to be a cruel Christmas this year. SEAN CREIGHTON highlights the social challenges that face the borough’s newest MP The statistic that 1 in 4 Croydon children are in the poverty … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Charity, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Fieldway, Health, Housing, London-wide issues, New Addington, Norbury, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Waddon, Wandsworth Council, West Thornton, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon North, London, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Steve Reed, Thornton Heath
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Boris says he’s using riots funding to cover-up police cuts
London Road businesses and residents are to have a massive insult heaped upon the injury that many of them suffered in the Croydon riots last year, with Mayor Boris Johnson admitting that the Riots Recovery Fund he promised the area … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, London Assembly, London Road Traders Association, Mayor of London, Policing, Val Shawcross, West Croydon Community Forum
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Police, West Croydon, West Croydon station