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Council’s rubbish director is set to take early retirement
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on an announcement which has been greeted warmly by many of the council’s frontline staff Steve Iles, one of the most controversial senior figures working for Croydon Council, is taking early retirement and leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Veolia
Tagged #Binmageddon, Croydon, Croydon Council, FM Conway, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Iles, Veolia
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Now German shoe retailer decides to give Croydon the boot
Shoe retailer Deichmann is the latest business to decide to close their store in central Croydon. As Inside Croydon reported exclusively earlier this week, the Sainsbury’s supermarket in the Whitgift Centre, which has traded there ever since the shopping mall … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Deichmann, North End, Sainsbury's, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Police seek witnesses in Thornton Heath murder investigation
The Metropolitan Police are appealing for witnesses to a stabbing in Thornton Heath on Tuesday which left a 20-year-old man with fatal injuries. It is the fourth murder investigation launched in the Croydon area in less than three months. The … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Thornton Heath
Tagged knife crime, Metropolitan Police, Sandfield Road, Thornton Heath, youth knife crime
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Q&A with Dean Headley, Beddington Cricket Club, Jul 12
Posted in Activities, Cricket
Tagged Ashes cricket, Beddington, Beddington Cricket Club, Dean Headley, Huw Tuberville, The Ashes
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‘Heartbroken’ Hallam Court residents in call for urgent action
Selhurst residents who saw their homes on fire last week say that they have known since 2020 that the materials used on the building’s exterior were unsafe. Today, the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell disaster, they said: ‘We cannot risk … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Housing, London Fire Brigade, Selhurst
Tagged Grenfell, Grenfell Tower, Hallam Court, Selhurst, Southern Housing
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Grenfell six years on: 80% of social blocks still lack sprinklers
Research published by Inside Housing shows that, six years since the Grenfell Tower fire, fewer than 1-in-5 high-rise social housing blocks have been fitted with sprinklers and only 1-in-8 with fire alarms, key pieces of equipment which the fire services … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London Fire Brigade, Property, Selhurst
Tagged Grenfell, Grenfell Tower, Hallam Court, Inside Housing, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Peter Apps, Selhurst
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Mayday Hospital issues A&E advice as NHS feels the heat
Croydon’s NHS hospitals are having to cope with a “perfect storm” this week of hot weather, dangerously toxic air pollution and a junior doctors’ strike, with NHS London issuing a reminder: “No one wants an avoidable trip to A&E”. Matthew … Continue reading
Perry abandons Tory election promise to reopen Purley Pool
Our swimming correspondent, ANITA LOSTBOROUGH, on how a detail-lite announcement for lots more flats has been dressed up by the prospect of a new leisure centre… if we’re lucky, ready before 2028 Ever felt you’ve been conned? Jason Perry, the … Continue reading
Sainsbury’s confirms it is to close Whitgift Centre store
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Supermarket chain says it was a ‘difficult decision’ to close flagship shop – but at least they have five higher-profit ‘Local’ shops nearby. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Britain’s second-largest chain of supermarkets has admitted that it can … Continue reading
First-floor flat near Wandle Park is destroyed by blaze
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters were called to a fire at a block of flats on Cabot Close, off the Purley Way, near Wandle Park, yesterday evening. Part of a first-floor flat was destroyed by fire, according to … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, Waddon
Tagged Cabot Close, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Purley Way, Wandle Park
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Scientists put London on ‘high’ alert for dangerous air pollution
London has been placed on “high” alert for air pollution today – the 14th time the capital’s toxic air has reached dangerous levels in just five years. Those with lung or heart problems should reduce strenuous physical exertion, particularly outdoors. … Continue reading
Posted in London-wide issues, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Air pollution, City Hall, Imperial College, Mayor of London
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Youth theatre is taking on new role as local community hub
Croydon Council has this month granted Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation – CYTO to its friends – a long lease of its premises in South Norwood with a Community Asset Transfer. The asset transfer effectively hands over the responsibility for the … Continue reading
St Paul’s Summer Fete, Croham Park Avenue, Jun 24
Posted in Activities, Church and religions, South Croydon
Tagged Croham, St Paul's Croham Park Avenue
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Man charged with attempted murder over Grenaby stabbings
A man appeared at Croydon Magistrates Court today charged with the attempted murder of a woman in a violent knife attack at Grenaby Avenue on Friday. Hussain Haron, 22, of London Road, Mitcham, was charged in connection with the incident, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Selhurst
Tagged Croydon, Grenaby Avenue, Hussain Haron, knife crime, Metropolitan Police
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Disbelief as Scully is left out of Conservatives’ mayor race
With the Express describing the decision as a ‘clusterfuck’, Sutton and Cheam MP’s thwarted bid to become Mayor of London is early casualty of the Tory party’s psychodrama over law-breaking, lying and philandering Boris Johnson, reports CARL SHILTON Red faces … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 London elections, Boris Johnson, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scully MP, Susan Hall, Sutton Council
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Daniel Korski, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mozammel Hossain, Paul Scully MP, Rishi Sunak, Susan Hall, Tory
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Whitgift Centre ever-present Sainsbury’s opts to shut up shop
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Latest exit of flagship store will be a hammer blow to the town centre. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The exodus of major stores from the blighted Whitgift Centre is about to get worse still, with Sainsbury’s to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Marks and Spencer, NatWest Bank, Sainsbury's, Sainsbury's Local, Waitrose, Westfield, WH Smith, Whitgift Centre
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NHS London primes patients ahead of junior doctors’ strike
Londoners are being urged to look after themselves and check in on loved ones ahead of the industrial action by junior doctors this week. The 72-hour walk out by junior doctors across London will start at 7am on Wednesday 14 … Continue reading
Millionaire Mayor who made sacrifices for others and an ideal
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: One of the borough’s most-revered figures from the Edwardian era lost everything when he declared himself bankrupt. DAVID MORGAN recounts the noble story of Howard Houlder With Heathfield House and its gardens falling steadily into a state of … Continue reading
Croydon Youth Theatre seeks volunteers for its refurb project
Posted in Art, CYTO, South Norwood, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation, CYTO, South Norwood
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Croydon School of Art presents Time Travels, Jun 15-28
Posted in Art, Croydon College, Croydon School of Art
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon School of Art
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Perry enters new plea to government to write-off council debts
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘This is not something we will be able to fix alone,’ the borough’s Mayor conceded in a recent letter to the Tory government – who haven’t bothered replying to his request. By our Town Hall correspondent, KEN … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Tony McArdle
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Panel, Jane West, Labour, Lee Rowley, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Slough, Thurrock, Tony McArdle, Tory, Woking
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