Even by Croydon’s standards as the “fly-tip capital of London”, this latest example excels all previous dumps.
Fridge magnet: the dump spotted in the Norwood Junction underpass has not, yet, attracted other rubbish
A discarded fridge had been left in the foot tunnel beneath the platforms of Norwood Junction railway station, just by the stairs up to Platform 4.
But just how did it get there?
The achievement of getting it there was greeted with disbelief by South Norwood locals on social media, with one even asking if it was another art installation by Banksy.
There was an average of more than 1,000 fly-tips reported every week around Croydon last year, according to official figures published in February – at a time when the Croydon Council had no enforcement staff. The data published by DEFRA, the environment department, made Croydon officially the worst place in the country for fly-tipping.
The Norwood Junction fridge just adds to those sorry statistics. Continue reading
So just how did Perry, the incompetent Mayor who hiked your Council Tax by 33% and still managed to increase council debt to £1.7billion, manage to scramble together enough votes to get re-elected last week?
It’s the eighth year that Transport for London has staged such an awareness week, and this year it has Turner Prize-winning artist Tracey Emin providing specially recorded announcements for Tube and bus stations.
TV and radio politics pundit ANDREW FISHER, right, looks at Croydon’s local election results in the context of the seismic elections that took place across Britain
It was just as bad for the Conservatives, who slumped to fifth place in Scotland, fourth place in Wales and lost 563 councillors in England, leaving them in fourth place in England, too.
Ellie Sandover, niece of Labour PM Keir Starmer, elected to council for Bensham Manor ward
ELECTION COMMENTARY: Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, may have been handed another four years in office, but the voting numbers declared yesterday spell trouble for the borough’s other Conservatives.
INSIDE SUTTON: Labour now have more council seats in Sutton than the Conservatives, after a local election wipeout 
Extended business travel has changed quite a bit in recent years. More professionals are spending weeks or even months in one city, and where they choose to stay has started to change.
In a special edition of the Croydon Chronicles as the borough goes to the polls, DAVID MORGAN has trawled through the Minster archive to take a look at how local elections were run more than 70 years ago
EXCLUSIVE: A three-day election count, and a pause between the polls closing tonight and ballot verification tomorrow morning, has raised serious questions over arrangements for the count, which is taking place at the Fairfield Halls.
Sources from different political parties have raised serious concerns over a lack of security in a public building for such a prolonged period.
Twelve months after the biggest game in the club’s history, comes the biggest game in the club’s history, with a European semi-final at Selhurst Park tomorrow night. PETER GILLMAN gets off the Eagles’ fans’ emotional rollercoaster to talk about the ride they’ve been on
