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Tag Archives: Thornton Heath
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 Croydon, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrat, London, London Assembly, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath
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Croydon questions: Louisa Woodley, Labour
Inside Croydon has put a set of questions, mostly on policy, to all the candidates to become Sutton and Croydon’s GLA member. Here we have the final candidate’s responses on the record, publishing their responses in full, unedited, and without … Continue reading
Posted in Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, Commuting, London-wide issues, Crime, Ken Livingstone, Steve O'Connell, Health, Mayday Hospital, Thornton Heath, Waste incinerator, Croydon 8/8, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Tramlink, Policing, Sutton Council
Tagged Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Labour, Thornton Heath, Liberal Democrat, Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Greater London Authority
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Woodley backs protest at Justice Centre on Women’s Day
Today is the 101st International Women’s Day. We asked Louisa Woodley, the Labour candidate for the London Assembly seat in Croydon and Sutton, for her thoughts on the local significance of this global happening. Woodley works as a local councillor, … Continue reading
Croydon in 2012: the Garbage Gallery
Mar 1: UPDATE 7: We’ll let this picture, of Croydon in 2012, tell a thousand words. And this example of side-street dumping, remember, is before the council starts raising charges for disposing of large waste items. Out of shot are … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, South Croydon, Thornton Heath
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Back of the net! Croydon FC offers Athletic fans free entry
By Andrew Pelling Croydon FC is reaching out in solidarity to Croydon Athletic fans to offer free entry to all its home matches in January to anyone wearing Athletic colours. Croydon Athletic looks to be doomed to drop out of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Isthmian League, Mazhar Majeed, News of the World, Thornton Heath
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End of an era sees Streatham Redskins put on ice
Another local amenity closed down last week, after 80 years of delighting the people of Croydon, whether they enjoyed ice skating or seeing what was once Britain’s leading ice hockey team. ANDREW PELLING witnessed a piece of sad history Another … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon North, History, Local media, Outside Croydon
Tagged Croydon, London, London Arena, Streatham, Streatham Redskins, Tesco, Thornton Heath
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Sadvertiser flees from Croydon in latest round of cut-backs
The venerable satirical magazine Private Eye has for many years had a “Curse of Gnome” feature, reserved for those occasions when ill-fortune affects any who might have crossed the title, perhaps by stooping to engage Messrs Sue, Grabbit and Runne … Continue reading
Posted in Local media
Tagged Croydon, Ian Carter, Medway News, Newspaper, Northcliffe Media, Sadvertiser, South London Press, Thornton Heath
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“Don’t mention the riots”: Croydon’s Fawlty tendency
The powers that be at the Town Hall look like they are making serious efforts to stifle open discussion of Croydon issues, with politically naive legal threats being bandied about in some quarters, and senior councillors from the ruling Conservative … Continue reading
Posted in City status, Croydon 8/8, David Fitze, Thornton Heath
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Fawlty Towers, London, London Borough of Croydon, Riot, Thornton Heath
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Croydon 8/8: Now the council press team swings into action
Finally, in to the email inbox at Inside Croydon Towers, arrives an email from the council. More than 36 hours after Monday night’s disturbances, just after 3pm on Wednesday, and the council has managed to send out an email to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House, Thornton Heath
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Elderly care done on the cheap at couldn’t care-less Croydon
Yet another example of how our local council, in off-loading its social care responsibilities, is opting for the lowest cost option rather than acting in the best interests of Croydon’s most vulnerable people. It is less than a month since … Continue reading
