CROYDON IN CRISIS: Figures from the council show that it has issued refunds to fewer than 1-in-10 of the motorists who were fined for driving through Low Traffic Neighbourhoods which the High Court ruled as ‘unlawful’.
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES
Almost three months since Croydon Mayor Jason Perry was ordered by a High Court judge to remove six unlawful Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes from the borough’s streets, and council officials have so far managed to issue refunds to just 4,182 motorists who were wrongly fined.
That’s fewer than 1-in-10 of the 45,000 Penalty Charge Notices that the council admits to issuing during the period that Perry’s money-spinning LTNs were in place, between March 2024 and their removal by order of the High Court in March 2026. Continue reading
Schools in Croydon and Sutton are among nearly 1,000 across England and Wales which have decided to close today and tomorrow, or adjust their hours to cope with the Red heat warning that has been issued by the Met Office.
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters attended a fire on Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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