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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Following in the Crystal Palace footsteps of Camille Pissarro
WANDLE WANDERINGS: This week, KEN TOWL has headed for the high ground and tries to retrace the steps of one of the world’s most famous impressionist painters If you are as boring as I am (and you might be, but … Continue reading
Skipper gets selected with Henson for Addiscombe East
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the first two councillor de-selections as a Momentum candidate gets picked for next May’s Town Hall elections Labour will field an all-woman slate in Addiscombe East at next May’s local elections, after a ward selection … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Caragh Skipper, David Wood, Maddie Henson, Paul Scott, Selhurst, Stephen Mann, Timothy Godfrey, Toni Letts
Tagged Abu Khan, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Momentum, Janet Campbell, Labour, Maddie Henson, Paul Scott, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman
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Sign up now for OBV’s civic leadership programme
Operation Black Vote and Croydon Council are inviting applications for the Gee Bernard Civic Leadership Programme. This is designed to encourage people from black and minority ethnic communities to get more involved in civic and political leadership. You will have … Continue reading
TfL admits need to consult over New Addington tram changes
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on how the regional transport authority has been caught out by reports on this website, and has been forced to consult over its tram proposals Transport for London has been forced to postpone its proposed changes … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Ikea, Stuart King, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon Tramlink, East Croydon station, New Addington, TfL, Tram, Transport for London
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The Godfather (part 2): Residents’ data ‘at risk’ by off-shoring
The personal data of everyone paying Council Tax in Croydon may have been put at risk by the council’s decision to off-shore parts of its IT development programme to India, according to Town Hall whistle-blowers. STEVEN DOWNES reports The decision … Continue reading
The Godfather: Croydon official hired friend on £787 per day
A two-month investigation into Croydon Council’s IT operation has uncovered major concerns over procurement and payments. STEVEN DOWNES reports Croydon Council is undertaking its second internal investigation this year into the conduct of its assistant chief executive. Graham Cadle is … Continue reading
Delays on track for TfL over proposals to change tram service
Could Transport for London be about to back down over its proposed changes to the tram network? JEREMY CLACKSON reports Transport for London’s plan to radically alter the tram service from New Addington and Elmers End to Wimbledon, due to … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Fieldway, New Addington, Simon Hall, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Fieldway, New Addington, Simon Hall, TfL, Transport for London
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Church-linked academy chain denies having ‘religious ethos’
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, has found a new website which has discovered the Oasis academy chain, led by a Baptist minister, saying that they really have very little to do with churches or religion There have been calls for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Scott, Ryelands Primary and Nursery, Schools, Woodside
Tagged Chris Wright, Conservative, Croydon, Gareth Streeter, London Borough of Croydon, Oasis Academy Arena, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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Jenkins’ Armed Man provides a test for Philharmonic Choir
One of the country’s most acclaimed classical musicians is having his work performed in Croydon next month by The Croydon Philharmonic Choir. Sir Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man will be sung at St John the Evangelist’s in Sylvan Road, SE19, … Continue reading
Godfrey becomes third senior Labour councillor to quit
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest senior council figure to announce that they won’t be seeking selection for May’s local elections Timothy Godfrey last night became the third Croydon Council cabinet member or deputy to announce that they are to … Continue reading
Noxious Brake and the burning questions over red diesel
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on the latest bit of cant and crass hypocrisy from that borough’s most senior FibDem Having achieved the dubious accolade of being the answer to a Pointless question, MP Tom Brake seems determined to demonstrate … Continue reading
Council sneaks out announcement of Westfield’s planning date
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the modest little announcement about what is supposed to be the biggest thing in the borough for half a century Anyone would think that they were smuggling it out when they hoped no one might notice, … Continue reading
Trakas-Lawlor votes down Queen’s Hotel expansion plan
Has Croydon’s planning worm turned? KEN LEE reports from the Town Hall chamber, where two developments of little merit were both rejected last night Residents in Crystal Palace are preparing themselves for a long-term battle over the future of the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Wright, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jamie Audsley, Parking, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Conservative, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Purley, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor
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Council’s experts warned hotel scheme must be rejected
The council’s planning department not only left out an MP’s objections to the Queen’s Hotel scheme, they tried to ignore entirely the findings of their own panel of conservation experts. KEN LEE reports Serious questions continue to be raised over … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Humayun Kabir, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, Member of parliament, North Croydon Conservation Area Advisory Panel, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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Bramley Bank is magical, especially off the beaten track
NATURE NOTES: MOIRA O’DONNELL this week takes you on a guided tour of one of her favourite parts of Croydon Bramley Bank Nature Reserve. Just its name is enough to conjure up the image of an enchanted place, full of … Continue reading
