Category Archives: Local media
Channel 5 looking to pull fast one on Croydon’s petty thieves
How others see us… Earlier this week, there was a visit to Inside Croydon Towers by a television producer who had dared venture forth from his trendy offices in one of those fashionable “quarters” of east London in order to … Continue reading
Attention-seeking mayor deserves the Advertiser’s criticism
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
Ooo errr, missus: Music Hall jokes return to Streatham
Up the A23 in Streatham, the bill-writer for the South London Press must have been on a Frankie Howerd fan club weekend.
Bishop says he will always defend the poorest in society
Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon, says that the government is “placing an additional and unfair burden on the poorest members of our society”. In an interview to be aired on local radio this weekend, Bishop Clark explains why he … Continue reading
Laings quit £30m Croydon libraries privatisation deal
Croydon Council’s plan to privatise our public libraries was in ruins tonight, as its hand-picked partners were revealed to have walked away from the £30 million, eight-year deal. And Eddy Arram, the Tory mayor in charge of tonight’s meeting at … Continue reading
Fisher goes radio ga-ga over council’s broadcast promises
Croydon’s secretive Conservative-run council scrapped the broadcasting of official meetings in 2009, on the pretext of saving money. Last week, more than a year after Croydon Radio offered to record and podcast council meetings for no charge, council leader Mike … Continue reading
Council’s Ministry of Truth spends record amounts on staff
Hayley Lewis, the trained psychologist who Croydon employs as its “Head of customer communications and strategy”, once suggested that a council communications department is “an unnecessary burden”. How prescient. On her personal blog, Lewis added a convenient “?” to present … Continue reading
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
By-election candidate relying on Twitter to reach voters
In an exclusive interview for Croydon Radio to be broadcast on Sunday, one of the candidates for the Croydon North by-election admits that his campaign is relying on social media – Twitter and Facebook primarily – to get his message … Continue reading
Tune-in for business advice in Global Enterprise Week
You might not have noticed, but it is Global Entrepreneurship Week, this year with a focus on passing on practical help for start-ups and those thinking about launching into business. Croydon Radio is playing its part on Sunday with a … Continue reading
Did Mead mislead Town Hall over Newsnight interview?
Did Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council, deliberately mislead a full council meeting last night? Croydon’s shameful record on providing emergency housing for the borough’s homeless was highlighted by BBC Newsnight two weeks … Continue reading
Don’t be a heel: take a long walk to help fight sex slavery
Men of Croydon: tomorrow is your chance to do something you’ve probably not dared to consider since before you first went to school, the last time you tried on your mother’s high heels. Croydon Community Against Trafficking – CCAT – … Continue reading
