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Mayor pledges to build bridges with Addiscombe businesses
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan this morning promised to intervene personally with Transport for London in an effort to end the lengthy delays in re-opening Blackhorse Lane bridge in Addiscombe. The 120-year-old bridge, which crosses the tram tracks, had become … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Transport, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Can there really be a happy ending to the Fairfield fairy tale?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Building delays, budget-busting over-runs, the inexplicable changes of the names of long-established venues… The council’s £30million refurbishment of the borough’s largest arts complex has been a Pantomime from the start, and says DAVID WICKENS, it is Fairfield Halls’ … Continue reading
Croydon Literary Festival 2018, Oct 27
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City Commons Funghi Walk, Farthing Downs, Nov 11
Posted in City Commons, Environment, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Farthing Downs
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Newman and Philp ignore air quality to welcome Gatwick news
PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, on how Croydon’s politicians have a Trump-like capacity for ignoring the rapidly impending threat of Global Warming The Croydon political duopoly had some cross-party consensus this morning, as senior Labour and Tory figures almost knocked … Continue reading
‘Dreams do come true’ as Crystal Palace gets its cinema back
After a 50-year absence, and a nine-year battle by local residents, Crystal Palace is finally getting its own cinema again. Everyman Cinemas have announced that the venue on Church Road will re-open its doors as a picture house next month. … Continue reading
South Croydon artist wins year-long Somerset House bursary
An artist from South Croydon, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, has today been announced as the winner of the London Fields Brewery bursary scheme. The scheme aims to “support artists pushing the boundaries of established practice”, and Din-Gabisi will now have a year-long … Continue reading
Poetry performers embark on Inspiration tour of south London
Momtaza Mehri, the Young People’s Laureate for London, is calling on 13- to 25-year-olds in Kingston, Sutton and Bromley to be part of her Be My Next Inspiration campaign. During the school half-term week, Mehri will headline Spread the Word’s … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bromley Council, Outside Croydon, Poetry, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Kingston, Sutton
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Halloween Pumpkin Carving, Coulsdon Common, Oct 26
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Environment
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common
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Discover Hedgehogs at Coulsdon Common, Oct 23
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Environment, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon Common
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Police chief says drop in knife crime is ‘just the beginning’
Croydon’s borough commander backs the use of stop and search to help continue reductions in levels of knife crime, and invites residents to join the police in swoops on ‘hotspot areas’ Chief Superintendent Jeff Boothe, the Metropolitan Police’s borough commander, … Continue reading
Butt-plug art ‘Not everyone’s cup of tea’, says councillor
A month since Inside Croydon revealed how the Arts Council and Croydon Council had jointly put up £48,000 of public money in grants for an arts festival which included an act that sought to “demystify the anus” and another where … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Oliver Lewis, Tony Newman
Tagged Joseph Ravens, Oliver Lewis, Tempting Failure
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Norbury Brook clean-up, Manor Farm Nature Space, Oct 27
Posted in Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, Selhurst, Wildlife
Tagged Manor Farm Nature Space, Norbury Brook
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Now Fairfield operators want to re-name the Ashcroft Theatre
Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, on the latest piece of meddling going on around the much-delayed arts venue’s refurbishment Neil Chandler, the former cruise ship entertainments officer who has been placed in charge of the Fairfield Halls’ artistic programme has … Continue reading
Whoops! Road works wreck High Street’s ‘bold’ ground art
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, digs up another embarrassing piece of public money wasted by the council The council’s ability for not quite thinking things through was highlighted again last week, as the pneumatic drills and JCB diggers were … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Council, Fairfield
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Watson
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This year’s Croydon 10K road race just got even Better
Greenwich Leisure, the council’s leisure centre managers, under their trading name of Better, have joined the headline sponsors of this Sunday’s Croydon 10K road race. The charity run – one of the most popular road races in south London – … Continue reading
Help support Paint Purley Purple week, Oct 19-26
Posted in Charity, Purley, South East Cancer Help Centre
Tagged Purley, South East Cancer Help Centre
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Tales of an Indian epic movie which was decades in the making
BERNARD WINCHESTER on the special event staged at the David Lean Cinema on Saturday, which provided previously unheard secrets of the director’s final film Saturday’s screening and special Q&A at the arthouse cinema in the Croydon Clocktower was introduced by … Continue reading
National charity names Inside Croydon among autism heroes
Steven Downes, the editor of Inside Croydon, was honoured by a national charity last night when named Journalist of the Year at the Anna Kennedy Online Autism Hero Awards. According to the official citation, Downes was nominated for the award … Continue reading
