Daily Archives: May 22, 2011

Do you Fink Tory millionaire banker should run a state school?

Jon Ellacott, a parent with three children attending Oval Primary, has uncovered some disturbing information about the background, qualifications and achievements – or lack of them – of ARK, the educational organisation which is about to be handed valuable public … Continue reading

Posted in Addiscombe West, Charity, Education, Schools, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Birdwoman of Shirley is being dragged back to court

Christine Foreman, notorious as the Birdwoman of Shirley after her neighbours in Wickham Road lodged so many complaints that she was served with an ASBO ordering her not to feed pigeons in her own garden, is due to be back … Continue reading

Posted in Environment, Gardening, Gavin Barwell, Ken Livingstone, Shirley North, Steve O'Connell, Wildlife | 1 Comment

Gavin Barwell MP, political websites, funding and our apology

In an article posted on this website in the early hours of Friday morning (May 20), we reported the inter-connected funding of local Tory MPs, the Conservative group on Croydon council and the publicly funded, party political jobs of some … Continue reading

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Richard Ottaway MP, Sara Bashford, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments