Daily Archives: November 11, 2015

£85m Boris Flyover scheme might yet be overtaken by events

Transport for London’s plans for more and wider roads around the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way may be delayed so long that the £85 million Boris Flyover to the Croydon Flyover might yet fail to be built, with any final … Continue reading

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Little orphan Annie with Strictly judge is not a drag

DIANA ECCLESTON waltzed over to Wimbledon to witness a fab-u-lous musical performance I don’t actually approve of men taking women’s plum roles on stage – as David Suchet has done with Lady Bracknell – since there are so few decent … Continue reading

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Tory MPs grandstand after voting through 40% council cuts

STEVEN DOWNES on the abject politicking of Croydon’s Tory MPs over the application of council cuts that they have supported at Westminster Even by Tory standards, the rank hypocrisy of Croydon’s Conservatives over Chancellor Gideon Osborne’s austerity cuts is staggering. … Continue reading

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