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Yearly Archives: 2024
Striking tram engineers return to work as TfL settles dispute
Strike action by engineers working on the Croydon tram network has been called off after Transport for London and the Unite union reached a settlement. The engineers downed tools for their latest strike action on Monday, and were due to … Continue reading
It’s not about my personal power or glory. It’s about principles
CROYDON ELECTION QUESTIONS For this General Election, Inside Croydon has been offering a platform to candidates from across the political spectrum, from across the borough’s four constituencies. Much the same questions, their answers published at length. Here, we speak with … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Peter Underwood
Tagged 2024 General Election, Brexit, Carla Denyer, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Tory
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People power! Reed’s ‘sinister’ complaint is dropped by police
EXCLUSIVE: Zionist-supporting Labour front-bencher claimed he feared for his life when a small group of grannies and mums staged a protest calling for an end of the killing in Gaza. By STEVEN DOWNES Two pensioners from Croydon who were called … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, David White, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon North, David White, Gaza, General Election, General Election 2024, Israel, London, Marian Carty, Metropolitan Police, Palestine, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Zionist
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People power! Roden Gardens residents hail planning victory
Residents in a council estate in Selhurst are claiming a victory after an application to erect a massive telephone mast, half the height of Nelson’s Column, which a commercial developer wants to plonk right in their backyards, was rejected by … Continue reading
Council official: 50% of postal votes have not been returned
EXCLUSIVE: Croydon election officials worry that thousands of voters won’t be able to use their postal ballots before the July 4 deadline because of issues with Royal Mail. By STEVEN DOWNES Senior council officials in charge of overseeing this week’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Katherine Kerswell, Royal Mail, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Katherine Kerswell, postal votes, Royal Mail, Seth Aker, Streatham and Croydon North
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LibDem Taylor rattled as questions of religion won’t go away
Hustings? What hustings? Across the two constituencies in Sutton, there has been only one public meeting organised ahead of Thursday’s General Election, in the hotly-contested Sutton and Cheam constituency, where it all kicked off when someone posed a question of … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Luke Taylor MP, Outside Croydon, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond
Tagged 2024 General Election, Chrishni Reshekaron, Conservative, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Paul Scully, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Drummond, Tory, Tracey Hague
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Council scheme offers kids summer play clubs at 71 venues
By ELSIE GOWERS Thousands of free spaces at holiday clubs are available this summer for children and young people in Croydon who are in receipt of benefits-related free school meals. Croydon Council is working with 56 organisations across 71 sites … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, HAF, Holiday Activities and Food
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Job Centres are hit by week-long strike by G4S security guards
Hundreds of Job Centre security guards from Croydon and across London began a week-long walkout this morning as part of an ongoing pay dispute. While working at the government offices run by the Department for Work and Pensions, the security … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged Croydon, Department for Work and Pensions, DWP, G4S, GMB, GMB Union, London, Security guards strike
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Capturing the bustle of Victorian Croydon’s busy High Street
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The Minster archives are not just about the rich and famous, with documents relating to one family managing to describe life and business in Croydon 150 years ago, as DAVID MORGAN explains The archives of Croydon Minster contain … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon High Street, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, FRancis Tanner, High Street, History
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St James the Great school summer fair, Windsor Road, July 7
Posted in Activities, Schools, St James the Great, Thornton Heath
Tagged St James the Great, Thornton Heath
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Banstead Rotary Village Fair, Banstead High Street, July 6
Posted in Activities, Charity, Reigate and Banstead Council, Surrey
Tagged Banstead, Banstead Village Fair
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‘All I see is a divided country, with more racism and more upset’
First-time voter CAITLIN CLIFFORD speaks to other General Election first-time voters about whether they will vote next Thursday, and about what issues really matter to them, discovering just how unpopular the son of a tool-maker is with sixth-formers After weeks … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2024 General Election, Alastair Campbell, Caitlin Clifford, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Rory Stewart, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Rejoice The Lamb by Britten, Croydon Minster, June 30
Posted in Croydon Minster, Music
Tagged Benjamin Britten, Choral Evensong, Croydon Minster
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Fire at Ponte Nuovo restaurant forces High Street closure
Croydon High Street either side of the Flyover was closed off for hours last night, as fire crews from several stations battled a blaze in out-buildings connected to one of Croydon’s top restaurants, Ponte Nuovo, and its Fun House nightclub … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, Restaurants
Tagged Croydon Flyover, Croydon High Street, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Ponte Nuovo
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More than 100 Croydon under-5s hospitalised by toxic air
Official figures show that Croydon’s air quality is so poor, 106 children aged five years old or younger had to be admitted to Croydon University Hospital with respiratory difficulties in 2023. The details were obtained through a Freedom of Information … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mums for Lungs, Nitrogen dioxide, Toxic air, ULEZ, Viridor
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The fundamental dishonesty around this dog-whistle election
With Labour seeming certain to form the next government, with one week to go before the General Election, our columnist ANDREW FISHER argues that political engagement after July 4 is going to be even more important If this was a … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher
Tagged 2024 General Election, Andrew Fisher, Apsana Begum, Bangladesh, Conservative, Croydon, Dog-whistle, General Election, General Election 2024, Jonathan Ashworth, Keir Starmer, Labour, National Front, Nigel Farage, Reform UK, Rishi Sunak, Tory
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Flat fire in Milton Road caused by cigarette, Brigade says
A second-floor balcony was destroyed in a flat fire on Milton Road, central Croydon last night, which the London Fire Brigade believes was caused by the unsafe disposal of smoking materials. There were no reports of any injuries. A London … Continue reading
Posted in Fairfield, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Croydon, LFB, London Fire Brigade, MIlton Road
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NHS junior doctors walk out at start of latest five-day strike
Junior doctors working at hospitals across the NHS walked out this morning, at the start of their latest five-day strike in the ongoing pay dispute with the government. Junior doctors make up around 50% of doctors in the NHS and, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital, Purley Hospital
Tagged Croydon, London, Mayday Hospital, NHS London
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This is Tory Britain in 2024: ‘Sometimes you’ve got to be cruel’
ELECTION SKETCH: Beyond a Boundary is not only an excellent cricket book, but is what KEN TOWL did last night, going beyond Croydon, and beyond London, to see whether Labour’s candidate in Reigate really does have a sporting chance on … Continue reading
CronxWatch returns asking: ‘Where are Croydon’s police?’
CronxWatch is back with its latest YouTube report, this time on the trail of Croydon’s low-profile police force. It’s another recommended, excellent video report – although we would say that, since much of it is based on previous news coverage … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Business, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Inside Croydon, Local media, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Rowenna Davis, Waddon
Tagged Burglaries, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Crime, CronxWatch, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, David Weir, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Raggio di Sole, Rowenna Davis, Superintendent Mitch Carr, Waddon
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