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Memorial event for tram crash to be held at New Addington
The second anniversary of the Sandilands tram derailment will be marked at a civic ceremony in New Addington next week. Croydon Council has organised a short event at Central Parade in New Addington at 11am on Friday November 9. The … Continue reading
Dombey gets Sutton in the Eye over Incinerator Academy
Ruth Dombey’s relentless drive to have Sutton regarded as the rottenest borough in south London got another boost today, as her Liberal Democrat-run council got yet another dishonourable mention in Private Eye magazine. The scurrilous satirical fortnightly features on its … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London-wide issues, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Schools, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Hackbridge, Hackbridge Primary School, Liberal Democrats, Private Eye, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor
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We are many, they are few, and battles still to be won
The David Lean Cinema is finishing 2018 with a flourish, with a selection of screenings through to the end of the year and into 2019, which are certain to ensure that the arthouse movie auditorium in the Croydon Clocktower will … Continue reading
There’s a real art to life drawing in a draughty church hall
For a borough whose politicians claim that ‘art is at the heart of regeneration’, it seems that the world’s biggest drawing festival has passed Croydon by. But KEN TOWL managed to track down a well-established group of artists who show … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Art, East Croydon, Ken Towl
Tagged Addiscombe West, East Croydon station, Ken Towl
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Half of tram crash safety recommendations remain undone
Half the safety recommendations put forward after the 2016 Croydon tram crash have not been put in place, it is being reported today. Next month marks two years since the worst tram crash in this country for more than half … Continue reading
Norbury Juniors Chess Club, Cassandra Centre, from Nov 19
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Norbury
Tagged Cassandra Centre, Norbury
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Beauty And The Beast, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon, Dec 8-16
Posted in Comedy, Theatre, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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The Coulsdon family who lost three of their four sons to war
As we approach the centenary of the Armistice that finally ended World War I, real-life stories of the sacrifices of local people continue to emerge. This year’s Remembrance Sunday is on November 11. The latest edition of the Old Coulsdon … Continue reading
Sign up today as an iC patron and save £5 on concert tickets
Inside Croydon is delighted to team up with the Croydon Bach Choir to announce another great, money-saving offer – exclusive for supporters of this award-winning news site. Registered Inside Croydon supporters can get £5 off each ticket booked for the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Bach Choir, Inside Croydon
Tagged Croydon Bach Choir, Inside Croydon
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More retailers in peril as Green scandal hits the High Street
It may yet become known among retailers as “Black Thursday”, the day when the doomed fate of Britain’s High Street was sealed. It was certainly a day when the business case for the long-delayed £1.4billion redevelopment of the Whitgift and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Debenhams, House of Fraser, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Debenhams, Hammersfield, Hammerson, House of Fraser, Kate Moss, Philip Green, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Belmont election shock #1: ‘I didn’t want to quit as councillor’
Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a stunning admission which fuels speculation that some of the borough’s Tories were keen to find a way to get their deputy leader back on the council In a remarkable admission made to Inside … Continue reading
Posted in Neil Garratt, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
Tagged Belmont, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Neil Garratt, Patrick McManus, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley
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Croydon social workers ‘demoralised’, say Ofsted inspectors
One year on and Ofsted inspectors are still seriously dissatisfied with the pace of improvement in Croydon’s children’s services department. Croydon’s children’s services were declared “inadequate” in an Ofsted inspectors’ report in September 2017, and today the inspectors have issued … Continue reading
Fare rises and jerk chicken: Tory Bailey hasn’t much to offer
Shaun Bailey, recently named as the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, was in Croydon last night for what the local Tories tried to bill as a Black History Month event. KEN TOWL went along to see what Bailey had to … Continue reading
Southern could have acted to avoid £2 cash machine charges
Southern Rail, possibly the world’s least popular train operators, could have taken steps to ensure that their passengers would not be subject to £2 transaction charges at the cash machines by East Croydon and other stations – but they chose … Continue reading
Tories retain Belmont council seat after needless by-election
CARL SHILTON, our Sutton reporter, on the outcome of a council by-election which was entirely unnecessary After a six-month absence, Neil “Father Jack” Garratt is back as a councillor in Sutton. Garratt, the deputy leader of the Conservatives in Sutton … Continue reading
Posted in Neil Garratt, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council
Tagged Belmont, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Neil Garratt, Sutton Council, Tory
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Dinner winners look to move into Portland Road building
After 18 months of serving up thousands of delicious meals, using what would otherwise be unwanted and surplus food, the South Norwood Community Kitchen could soon be on the move. But rest assured, they won’t be going far… The community … Continue reading
