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Southern Failways: Timetable cuts are ‘act of desperation’
As Southern starts its new timetable this morning, operating only 85 per cent of the service it agreed to provide, JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, reports that taxpayers will be footing the huge compensation bill arising from the cancelled services … Continue reading
Council continues to use ‘despicable’ law firm in SEN cases
Baker Small, the controversial law firm which has made millions of pounds from local authorities by fighting tribunal cases to block families from getting educational and other support for their disabled children, is working for Croydon Council again. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Rendle, Croydon Council, Education, Tony Newman
Tagged Baker Small, Croydon Council, Labour, SEN, Tony Newman
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Trawling the previews and festivals for the films worth watching
As its August schedule is announced, the David Lean Cinema’s programmer, PHILIP HOWARD, explains the process that he and his fellow campaigners go through to select the films each month Being the David Lean Cinema’s film programmer involves watching quite … Continue reading
Double champion Rooney proves a point and relays a message
Martyn Rooney ensured his place among the greats in British athletics history last night when he retained his European 400 metres title in Amsterdam, and promptly stirred another row with officials over selections for the relay squads this weekend. The … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, John Fisher School, Martyn Rooney, Sport, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Harriers, Martyn Rooney, Thornton Heath
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In Crystal Palace Park, sphinx ain’t wot they used to be
They are painting the town – or at least the sphinxes – red in Crystal Palace this week. For the first time in more than a century, some of the statues on the terracing in Crystal Palace Park are getting … Continue reading
Surrey Street residents stage meeting over Sunday market
Residents of Surrey Street and Church Street and the immediate area around Croydon’s 750-year-old street market are planning on holding an emergency meeting this weekend to discuss the council’s plans, announced this week, to introduce Sunday trading in September. “Sunday’s … Continue reading
Official says Underpass could be closed until next week
The Croydon Underpass, surely something worthy of any National Trust tour of the glorious mistakes of the 1960s, remained partially closed for a third day today, causing long delays on Wellesley Road in the town centre, after a five-foot hole … Continue reading
Council backing for tour launch that calls Croydon a ‘crap town’
Croydon Council Tax-payers have spent at least £3 million over the past five years for an official press office which as well as churning out the latest news from the council, also has the responsibility for “moulding” and improving the … Continue reading
Tories’ ‘secret housing list’ was published on council website
Croydon’s bungling Conservative opposition councillors have dropped another bollock, this time being caught out protesting over a “top secret” list of sites for housing development when the list was available on the council website, while residents in properties neighbouring the … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Brick by Brick, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Labour, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Brexit means ‘business as usual’. Which may be not so good
Could Croydon Council be getting the jitters over the post-referendum prospects for the town centre’s redevelopment? WALTER CRONXITE looks at a cabinet report which tries to look on the bright side, but cannot disguise the uncertainties Croydon faces “significant challenges … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brexit, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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London Fire Brigade 150th anniversary open day, Sep 10
Addington Fire Station Saturday, September 10 11am–4pm Come and celebrate 150 years of London Fire Brigade at our family open day.
Chilcot Report findings on Iraq War are damning for Blair
DAVID WHITE on the main findings of the Chilcot Report, published today, into the circumstances which led to the disastrous second Iraq War “I will be with you, whatever”: Tony Blair to George Bush in July 2002, months before the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White
Tagged Bliar, Chilcot Report, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Tony Blair
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Labour members investigate how to oust Blairite MP Reed
More details have emerged from the Croydon North Labour annual meeting a fortnight ago which demonstrate that the power struggle in the party nationally between Blairites and supporters of Jeremy Corbyn is also being played out fiercely at local level. … Continue reading
Surrey Street stall-holders banned from Sunday trading plan
Surrey Street’s long-suffering and loyal traders are to be banned by Croydon Council from the opportunity of selling their wares when regular Sunday trading is introduced to the market for the first time in its 750-year history in September. The … Continue reading
Southern Failways: Tory Government backs rail operator
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on how the Department of Transport’s idea of stepping in to improve commuter services is to axe 350 trains per day Chris Philp, the Croydon South MP who has spent more than a year playing … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Croydon, Purley, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, East Croydon station, Govia Thameslink, Purley, Southern Railway, Tory
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Views of Croydon on display in Addiscombe art exhibition
Cafe Adagio, the music and arts-themed cafe in Addiscombe, is hosting an exhibition of the work of Matt Bannister, who has put together a series of eye-catching images of Croydon life in his distinctive style.
Posted in Art, Restaurants, South Norwood
Tagged Matt Bannister, South Norwood, Yeha Noha
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Tenancy law change causing more women to be homeless
The number of homeless women in Croydon, many of them forced to sleep rough, is on the increase according to the annual report from Nightwatch, the charity which provides food and support for some of the borough’s most vulnerable people. … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Nightwatch, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Assured Shorthold Tenancies, Croydon Nightwatch, Homelessness, Housing
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