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Singapore-based firm buys up Whyteleafe’s football ground
Whyteleafe Football Club’s ground has been bought by a Singapore-based company in a half-million-pound deal which could see the Isthmian League side have to leave their Church Road home. “This could end up finishing the club,” a sports website has … Continue reading
Posted in Property, Sport, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged Church Road, Ian Rush, Irama Sport, Whyteleafe FC
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Croydon’s ‘crime capital’ to get share of Mayor’s £6m fund
London Road, which one council-appointed official described today as “Croydon’s crime capital”, is one of eight areas in the capital to receive a share of £6million-worth of new funding from the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. The Violence Reduction … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, CVA, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Steve Phaure, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon CVA, London, London Road, Mayor, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, West Croydon
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Lip-service webinars fail to consider libraries’ community future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As the council pays lip-service to a legally required consultation process, there’s a sense of inevitability about proposed closures for up to five of the borough’s public libraries. After sitting in on one of the council’s virtual Q&A … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Sarah Hayward, Section 114 notice
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Shirley Library, South Norwood, South Norwood Library
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Tenants of 44-storey tower told they might move in in April
After taking just 35 weeks from the first module being installed to complete “the world’s tallest prefab”, it now seems likely that it will be at least 36 weeks since completion before the first tenants will move in. Greystar, the … Continue reading
We can all deal with lockdown if we put our minds to it
CROYDON COMMENTARY: It has still been possible to lead a ‘mentally healthy lifestyle’, even under pandemic conditions. RICHARD PACITTI offers some helpful advice Like so much else concerned with covid-19, we are “learning as we go” as far as the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Health, Mind in Croydon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Mental Health, Mind in Croydon, Richard Pacitti
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‘It was extremely scary. I’ve had a lot of sleepless nights’
Croydon businesses tell MARY LITCHFIELD how they have struggled to survive through lockdown with their government-funded grant aid Croydon firms looking to get back to business after lockdown could apply to the council for grants of up to £10,000 under … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged Coco & Nut, coronavirus, Covid-19, Ludoquist, Mary Litchfield, Sanderstead
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Non-league clubs left to count costs of season-that-never-was
The borough’s grassroots football clubs have had a second season abandoned because of coronavirus, reports ANDREW SINCLAIR It was seemingly inevitable, but last night the Football Association declared the non-league season below the National League null and void. It is … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Balham FC, Croydon FC, Football, Paul Smith, Sport, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged AFC Croydon Athletic, Andrew Sinclair, Croydon FC, Liam Giles, Paul Smith, Whyteleafe FC
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Council rebrands low traffic streets scheme in latest U-turn
As traffic U-turns goes, Croydon’s latest has the look of a screeching handbrake turn. The Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Crystal Palace and South Norwood are no more. In their place is a not-too-subtly rebranded “healthy streets scheme”. Gone are the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Stephen Mann, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Calls for Beddington incinerator to be shut down over CO2
Viridor’s figures show that their south London plant is pumping out three times as much CO2 as other, similar facilities. By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent The Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane, operated on behalf of Croydon and three other south … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, London-wide issues, Merton, Peter Underwood, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Environment Agency, Kingston Council, London, Merton Council, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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London resilience funds look for capital recovery by design
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the capital’s economic and social recovery from the covid-19 pandemic to be led by design and innovation. His £1million Resilience Fund, announced last year and with grants of up to £50,000 each, will … Continue reading
Posted in Business, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Design Council, London, Mayor, Sadiq Khan
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Mayor Khan asks ‘heroic’ Londoners to stick to the covid rules
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, today urged all Londoners to continue to follow the lockdown rules in order to ensure that all restrictions in the capital can be lifted by June 21, as outlined last night by the Prime … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Fieldway, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Schools
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, London, Mayor, New Addington, Sadiq Khan
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Relic of Newman regime to face Labour confidence vote
Pat Ryan, the veteran councillor for Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, tonight faces a confidence motion at a meeting of his Labour Party branch. Ryan is a relic of the Labour regime under Tony Newman which bankrupted the borough. He … Continue reading
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Listed Sandrock pub under threat again from ‘hideous’ scheme
A “hideous” development proposal for the site of a locally listed Victorian pub in Shirley which has already been rejected twice is being brought forward to the council’s planning committee again this week, with the planning department recommending that the … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Planning, Pubs, Shirley North
Tagged Jason Cummings, Shirley, The Sandrock
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Gate Expectations: park swiftly reopened for Selhurst families
Less than 48 hours after Inside Croydon reported on the concern of Selhurst families over the closure of a local open space, today the gates of Boulogne Road Recreation Ground had been reopened, the padlocks removed. A community group had … Continue reading
Posted in Bolougne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Selhurst
Tagged Boulogne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Selhurst
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South African variant of covid-19 identified in New Addington
Additional covid-19 “surge testing” is being launched in New Addington and Fieldway from tomorrow, after Public Health England found evidence of a covid-19 case with the South African variant that cannot be linked back to international travel. The need for … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fieldway, Health, New Addington, Rachel Flowers
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Council, Fieldway, New Addington, Public Health England, Rachel Flowers
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Leader says she has no idea who approved BxB loans
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The £224m in loans and unpaid interest owed to the council by Brick by Brick may have broken EU and British state aid and competition laws. But after nearly six months in her job, Hamida Ali claims … Continue reading
Residents worried after the council padlocks Selhurst park*
Locked park gates and a dismissive and “insulting” response from the local authority have caused concern among a community group in Selhurst that the cash-strapped council might try to flog off their children’s playground. The Selhurst park which has been … Continue reading
Posted in Bolougne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Selhurst
Tagged Boulogne Road Recreation Ground, CASSA - Community Action for Selhurst and Surrounding Areas, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Selhurst
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MP Reed is all together in Electoral Commission funds probe
An influential Labour group, which has Croydon North MP Steve Reed OBE among its directors, is under investigation by the Electoral Commission after failing to declare more than £800,000 in donations within the time required by law. Business Insider has … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, David Evans, Labour, Labour Together, Morgan McSweeney, Steve Reed OBE, The Campaign Company
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Exec director resigned week before suspension was announced
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Minutes from another council’s meeting shows that Guy Van Dichele was offered a job in Southampton eight days before he was ‘suspended’ from his post as executive director ‘health, well-being and adults’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Documents … Continue reading
Brick by Brick needs £10m loan to avoid going bankrupt
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Consultants’ salvage plan for failed house-builder is accepted, including the council paying a second time for 190 flats which will be used as social housing. But the full extent of potential losses is kept under wraps. By … Continue reading
Council starts the biggest fire-sale ever seen in south London
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Last night’s cabinet meeting agreed to flog off 15 sites around the borough, as the council seeks to pay down its £1.5bn debt. But they will struggle to recoup the £35.7m paid for a hotel just three … Continue reading
Developer digs in to keep planning consent for £500m tower
After already suffering a decade of development blight in the town centre because of the on-off-on-off-again aborted Westfield scheme, now a key site off Wellesley Road is about to be turned into a hole in the ground for an indefinite … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, David Hudson, Guildhouse Rosepride, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road, Sean Fitzsimons, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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‘Disposable labour’: Amazon workers describe life at the depot
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Insecure terms, unpaid wages and cancelled shifts are among the problems facing some of the low-paid workers at Amazon’s Croydon depots, as CLARA MURRAY reports A nationwide investigation into working conditions at Amazon warehouses, including two in Croydon, … Continue reading
