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£20,000 reward offered to solve 33-year Lee Boxell mystery
Crimestoppers have today offered a £20,000 reward for information which could finally solve a missing person’s case that goes back 33 years. Lee Boxell was 15 years old when he disappeared from near his home in Cheam in 1988, never … Continue reading
Vet’s 10 tips to help keep your pet’s teeth in top order
Having healthy teeth and gums is essential for a happy pet dog or cat. However, sadly more than 80per cent of our pets suffer from dental disease, with the majority of these cases being so easily preventable. That’s why Croydon-based … Continue reading
Coffee shop and Information hub launch, St Andrew’s, Feb 17
Posted in Activities, Church and religions, Community associations, Fairfield
Tagged St Andrew's Church
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Fisher’s ‘strawberry daiquiri’ Dombrandt on a World Cup path
RUGBY ROUND-UP: After two blighted seasons, the past fortnight has demonstrated how resilient the area’s clubs are, with a first Six Nations start for one of their former youth players and two hard-fought derby games which between them were settled … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Croydon RFC, Elliot Daly, John Fisher School, Old Mid-Whitgiftians/Trinity RFC, Old Walcountians, Old Whitgiftians, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union, Sport, Streatham-Croydon RFC, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Alex Dombrandt, Chris Robshaw, Old Walcountians, Purley-John Fisher, rugby, Trinity RFC, Warlingham RFC
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Coulsdon RAs reject council planners’ charter for developers
Two of the borough’s biggest residents’ associations have joined forces to reject council proposals which would allow profit-hungry developers to build even more blocks of “overpriced executive shoeboxes” in their leafy suburban part of Croydon. The East Coulsdon RA and … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Cane Hill Park Residents' Association, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Heather Cheesbrough, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning
Tagged Cane Hill, Cane Hill Park Residents' Association, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, CWRA, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, HADRA, Hartley and District Residents' Association, OCRA, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
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Charity that supports NHS Trust gets Valentine’s Day makeover
Croydon’s only dedicated NHS charity used Valentine’s Day to relaunch with a new brand and a pledge to continue to increase support for the borough’s NHS staff and patients. The somewhat more snappily named Croydon Health Charity – what was … Continue reading
‘People will die’: Dombey accused of Viridor ‘Faustian pact’
Beddington North councillor NICK MATTEY, in a stinging open letter to the council leader, accuses the Liberal Democrats who control Sutton of putting the health of the public at serious risk Councillor Dombey, I find it totally sickening that this … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Health, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Hackbridge, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sutton, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Countryside charity slams Local Plan threat to green spaces
One of England’s biggest conservation and countryside charities has accused Croydon Council’s revised Local Plan of “lacking ambition” and once again putting the borough’s green spaces under threat of development. What the council is calling a “review” of the Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Lloyd Park, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Planning, Shirley North, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Coombe Farm, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, Heather Cheesbrough, Labour, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Purley, Shirley, Waddon
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Tram passengers face 6.5% fare rise as TfL feels the squeeze
London’s Tube, bus and tram fares are to be increased by an average of almost 5per cent, the biggest annual jump in Transport for London fares since 2012, when Boris Johnson was London Mayor. The daily tram and bus cap … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Christian Wolmar, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Department for Transport, DfT, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Under-fire repairs contractors Axis quit before they can be axed
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The housing repairs contractors who were at the centre of the Regina Road council flats scandal are walking away from their new £21m per year deal two years early. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Less than a year … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing
Tagged Alison Butler, Axis, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, South Norwood
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South Croydon 6-year-old feeds the homeless and raises £600
A Year 1 pupil at a South Croydon primary has used her pocket money, and ingenuity, to raise more than £600 to fund meals for 22 homeless people. The Parents and Friends Association of Regina Coeli Catholic Primary School in … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Regina Coeli, South Croydon
Tagged Lee Townsend, Naomi Townsend, Regina Coeli School, South Croydon
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Lost at sea: the selfless sacrifice of a young Croydon life-saver
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Many of the fixtures and memorials in Croydon Minster often get overlooked. One, once seen, is rarely forgotten. Here, DAVID MORGAN charts the tragic story of John Cambridge Just inside the entrance to Croydon Minster, on the west … Continue reading
Who Killed The Vicar? A Downsview Players mystery, Mar 3-5
Posted in Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Theatre
Tagged Downsview Players, Upper Norwood
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Heard before they’re seen, skylarks soar back over Roundshaw
NATURE NOTES/FEB 2022: Our year-long photostory continues with some welcome arrivals and the first signs of spring. PLUS: Join us for a gentle ramble next month They’re back. I saw my first skylark of 2022 a week earlier. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Nature Notes
Tagged Nature Notes, Roundshaw, Roundshaw Downs, The Paddock
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Thousands of girls’ school teachers fear Trust’s ‘fire and rehire’
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, reports from the picket line at Croydon High, where dozens of teachers fear that they will lose their jobs in a dispute with what some have called a ‘petty and vindictive’ schools trust Croydon High … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon High, Education, Schools
Tagged Croydon High, Croydon High School, GDST, Girls Day School Trust, Hamida Ali, Selsdon
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Hibberd handed key economic job as exec hiring continues
One of the directors recruited at Croydon this week has a track record that saw him blamed by the trades unions in Brighton for his part in causing a damaging bins strike last year While most of what’s left of … Continue reading
#Macarnage: Formal complaint over planners’ too-close links
EXCLUSIVE: The council has approved a scheme for another block of flats which is to be built by a firm with close links to a senior member of the planning staff, and where another planner appears to have helped draw … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Heather Cheesbrough, Nicola Townsend, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning
Tagged #Macarnage, Alex MacDonald, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, London Borough of Croydon, Macar Developments, Natalie Gentry, New Place Associates, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Ross Gentry
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Hospital launches competition to name its new children’s unit
Croydon’s youngsters are being offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to name the local hospital’s new, state-of-the-art children’s care unit. The unit, at Mayday Hospital, is due to open in May. It will include medical wards, a surgical ward and a short … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged Croydon NHS Trust, Mayday Children's Unit, Mayday Hospital
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‘Our needs are being ignored’ say 86% of unpaid carers
Findings from a Carers Trust survey, published today, provide alarming evidence of a deep-rooted failure by successive governments to understand and meet the basic support needs of millions of people struggling to provide unpaid care for a family member or … Continue reading
Bellway have a message for 57 apprentices: You’re hired!
It is National Apprenticeship Week and Bellway Homes is offering roles for 57 youngsters to step into the building business. Bellway’s South London division will take on two apprentices at its office in Redhill. One vacancy is for a Level2 … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education
Tagged Apprenticeship, Apprenticeship Week, Bellway Homes, Redhill
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Free lunchtime concerts put back music in heart of Croydon
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, has not been so excited since she had tickets to the opening of the Fairfield Halls. The first opening, that is… But now the Minster lunchtime recitals are back I called my old school friend, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Music
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Jure Smirnov Ostir, Yoojin Kim
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