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Spoons skips the World Cup with refurb at their George pub
It promises to be a summer of bumper business for the borough’s pubs, with licensing hours extended late into the night for football fans to gather to watch World Cup matches from north America. So Wetherspoons, whose pubs make a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Pubs, Sport
Tagged 2026 World Cup, Arsenal, Boozepark, Champions League final, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Dog and Bull, George Street, JD Wetherspoons, Spoons, The Dog and Bull, The George, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Conference League final, Wetherspoons, World Cup
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None hurt as Thornton Heath blaze spreads across two houses
There were no reports of any injuries after a fire spread across two neighbouring residential properties on Lenham Road, just off Grangewood Park, in the early hours of this morning. Thornton Heath locals spoke of the smell of smoke still … Continue reading
Common Ground workshops, South Norwood, May 27 & Jun 3
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Touch rugby taster day at Warlingham RFC, Sat Jun 6
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Rugby Union, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, rugby, Sanderstead, Touch rugby, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Croydon’s GIGO ‘economy’ stops people paying Council Tax
Our cash-strapped council has squandered millions on its failed Croydon Digital department, and then wasted millions more on outside consultants who pressed on with the ‘Digital First’ policy. Yet we now have a council website which makes it more difficult … Continue reading
Leslie Arms timeline: sad 25-year decline of heritage building
Between 2000 and 2025, the owner of the Grade II-listed Leslie Arms on Lower Addiscombe Road submitted 13 separate planning applications for the building – 14 if you include his 2009 appeal against a refusal of a planning application. Ten … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, History, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Anwar Ansari, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dr Anwar Ansari, Leslie Arms, Planning, pubs, Upper Addiscombe Road
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Addiscombe’s listed pub building put up for auction at £1.45m
The Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian pub building on the corner of Cherry Orchard Road and Lower Addiscombe Road, has been placed for sale by auction next month. The auctioneers’ guide price is £1.45million. Built in 1900, the Leslie … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Victorian Society, Turkish Kangal
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Carshalton infants’ school digs in with garden centre’s help
Dobbies Garden Centres is supporting 53 local charities and community groups across the country through its Community Gardens initiative. And from hundreds of nominations received, their Woodcote Green store has chosen to support Victor Seymour Infants School in Carshalton. The … Continue reading
Sing and Stroll, St Peter’s churchyard, S Croydon, Sat May 23
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Police chief dragged into Surrey Street trader’s latest vendetta
Repeated allegations posted across social media platforms by Jose Joseph could yet be the subject of legal action, as Met officer requires the stall-holder to alter one recent, misleading message. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jose Joseph, the eccentric Surrey Street … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Croydon Business Association, Jose Joseph, Surrey Street
Tagged asylum seeker, CBA, Croydon, Croydon Business Association, Croydon Council, Home Office, immigration, Jose Joseph, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Great British Railways trains getting on track through Croydon
Transport secretary greets the unveiling of GBR liveried train: ‘This isn’t just a paint job – it’s an important step towards building a more joined‑up, publicly owned railway that puts passengers first’ The first trains in the new Great British … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport
Tagged Brighton, Coulsdon, Croydon, Department for Transport, East Croydon station, Gatwick, Gatwick Express, GBR, Govia Thameslink, Govia Thameslink Railway, Great British Railways, GTR, Heidi Alexander, Purley, Southern Rail, Victoria
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Sorry Surrey look in need of a Blast of new energy at The Oval
HOOK’S SHOT: A disappointing start to the four-day season has had members at The Oval poring over their Wisdens to check the ages of their home heroes. MARCUS HOOK previews the quick-fire T20 season This summer’s T20 Blast gets underway … Continue reading
Council Commissioner Warren set to retire from Greenwich job
Debbie Warren, one of the £1,000 per day Commissioners appointed by the government last year to oversee the financial management of crisis-hit Croydon Council, has announced that she is to step down from her “day job” as chief executive at … Continue reading
Croydon nanny wins £71,000 Porsche – but she can’t drive!
It must have been Sarah Japuz’s lucky day, as the nanny from Croydon won big in an online competition, scooping a £71,000 Porsche Cayenne supercar. The only snag is that Japuz can’t drive. Japuz, 32, has worked as a nanny … Continue reading
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Tagged BOTB, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Porsche, Sarah Japuz
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We Run Croydon, meeting Addiscombe, every Wednesday
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Posted in Addiscombe East, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Athletics, Health
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, We Run Croydon
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Get planting, growing and cooking with Hugh’s latest book
Special reader offer! We have packs of organic veg seeds to GIVEAWAY to Inside Croydon subscribers. See below for details of how to claim your packet Award-winning broadcaster, writer and food campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has published his latest book, which … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Health, Inside Croydon
Tagged Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Organic, Organic seeds, Reader offer, River Cottage, Seed Revolution
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Vote-rigging accused Bonner tried to shut down this news site
Four Labour activists have been charged over events surrounding the party’s controversial 2023 Croydon East parliamentary selection. Evidence has emerged of how one of them had been part of a concerted campaign to close Inside Croydon Croydon’s “Infamous Four” – … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Addiscombe East, Carole Bonner, Crime, Croydon East, Natasha Irons
Tagged Anonyvoter, Bodger Bodmer, Carole Bonner, Crown Prosecution Service, Croydon, Croydon East, Jack Buck, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Metropolitan Police, Natasha Irons, Paul Scott, Pearleen Sangha, Tony Newman
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Rubbish councillor Roche finally sacked from Mayor’s cabinet
Jason Perry’s ‘top team’ for his second term in charge of the Town Hall sees a belated call-up for a 76-year-old pensioner, and an overdue axing for a work-shy colleague. KEN LEE reports Scott Roche, the Conservative councillor for Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Luke Shortland, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, Refuse collection, Richard Chatterjee, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley South, Simon Brew, Veolia, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Jason Cummings, Cllr Robert Ward, Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Council Cabinet, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Veolia
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BWC Community Pop-up, Croydon Smile Hub, Sat May 23
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Broad Green, Business
Tagged Broad Green, Businesswomen Circle, Croydon, Smile Hub
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Renovating a Croydon flat to let: here’s what’s worth doing
SPONSORED CONTENT Here’s some advice on which upgrades provide the best return on investment and attract long-term tenants in south London Croydon is a unique market. Many tenants work in central London and they want a home that feels fresh … Continue reading
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Eggshell artworks to see the light of day for first time in decade
“Intuitive artist” Sara Hayfa has an exhibition of her work next month at Turf Projects in the Whitgift Centre.
Posted in Art, Turf Projects, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Morocco, Sara Hayfa, Turf Projects, Whitgift Centre
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Winnie The Pooh Story Time, Norbury Library, Sat May 30
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Libraries, Norbury
Tagged Croydon, Norbury, Norbury Library, Winnie The Pooh
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