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Lally defies Olympic selectors to realise her lifelong dream
IAN LAMONT interviews a south London athlete who has overcome illness, depression and disappointment to drive her into becoming one of the world’s best discus throwers. Main photograph by IAN STRATTON Jade Lally can put four years of hurt behind … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, Sport
Tagged athletics, Jade Lally, Olympic Games
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Council was paying £110,000 per year to ‘despicable’ legal firm
Parents of children with special educational needs who have been forced to fight stressful and demanding legal cases to seek proper support from Croydon Council have won a small victory by getting the Town Hall to cancel arrangements for legal … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Jon Rouse, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Baker Small, Croydon Council, Education, Nathan Elvery
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Wandle Park to feature on live TV for launch of Rivers Week
Friends of Wandle Park are seeking your help on Monday to help play a part in London Rivers Week. The official launch of the week’s activities is being staged in Wandle Park and is to be featured on London Live.
Posted in Friends of Wandle Park, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, River Wandle, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Fight back against pollution with your own air monitor
How polluted is the air that you and your family breathe? Air pollution is the biggest cause of early deaths in Britain, after smoking. It’s an invisible killer, so you aren’t even aware that you’re breathing it in. Croydon, with … Continue reading
Male Voice Choir’s Patrons’ concert, Croydon High, Jul 9
The Croydon Male Voice Choir is rehearsing hard for its final concert of the 2015-2016 season – its annual Patrons’ Concert, to be held this year at Croydon High School on Saturday July 9. The choir considers the concert, so-named … Continue reading
Warlingham car show’s driving force for cancer charities
The Classic Car and Motor Bike Show returns to Warlingham rugby club on Limpsfield Road on July 17, confident of bettering the £4,000 raised for cancer charities in 2015. More than 350 classic cars and 100 motor bikes turned up … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Sanderstead, The Lily Foundation, Transport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Cancer Research, Sanderstead, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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St Peter’s Primary Summer Fair, South Croydon, Jun 25
Posted in Activities, Charity, Schools
Tagged South Croydon, St Peter's Primary School
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London Mozart Players make the move to Upper Norwood
The London Mozart Players are moving offices next month to St John the Evangelist in Upper Norwood. With the temporary closure of the Fairfield Halls, the current location of their administration office, “this move will see the LMP become a … Continue reading
Europe vote is proof we have reached an inflection point
Still undecided about how to vote in tomorrow’s EU Referendum? Don’t know who to believe? How about taking a step back and getting a dispassionate, independent view? Inside Croydon asked three American academics, in London to observe the process, JOHN … Continue reading
#FindRobbie: Police are ‘growing increasingly concerned’
3pm UPDATE: It is now more than a week since Robbie Gibson left his Crystal Palace home to “walk off the adrenaline”, and has not been back since, leaving his family and friends increasingly anxious about his well-being. At lunchtime … Continue reading
Wandle Wander heritage walk, Wandle Park, Jun 25
Posted in Friends of Wandle Park, History, Walks, Wandle Park
Tagged Broad Green, Friends of Wandle Park, River Wandle, Waddon, Wandle Park
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Rugby club helps new players keep their tackles safe
“Safety first” is perhaps not the “sexiest” message for a publicity drive, but down on the fringes of Croydon, Warlingham rugby club has adopted exactly that approach by ordering a job lot of branded condoms to hand out to new … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Robshaw, Rugby Union, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Sanderstead, Warlingham, Warlingham RFC
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Charity walk is our chance to make a difference, says Day
Kevin Day, the stand-up comedian, scriptwriter and football pundit, is calling on the people of Croydon to turn up in force on Sunday to help raise as much money as possible for Mind in Croydon, the local mental health charity. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Mind in Croydon
Tagged Kevin Day, Lloyd Park, Mind in Croydon
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Council leader complains to Surrey over its rubbish ‘exports’
Croydon Tories are campaigning against the Conservative Government’s austerity cuts, in particular those which have seen this borough importing rubbish in the back of wealthy Surrey residents’ 4x4s, causing long queues and inconvenience at our local dumps. Surrey, which has … Continue reading
Sutton LibDem councillor resigns over financial allegations
A Liberal Democrat councillor in Sutton has resigned his seat after allegations of misappropriating client funds were made against him. According to the leader of Sutton council, the matter is being considered by the police. Alan Salter, elected as a … Continue reading
Bolshoi Ballet, Amy Johnson and mammoth teeth all on display
The Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society is staging a series of events this week, its contribution to the Croydon Heritage Festival. On Tuesday, June 21, there is a talk by Carole Roberts, starting at 7.30pm at Fairfield Halls, and … Continue reading
NHS patient and public involvement forum, Jul 6
The next NHS Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group Patient and Public Involvement Forum on Wednesday July 6. The Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Forum is an opportunity for NHS Croydon CCG to share ideas with the public and learn from residents’ … Continue reading
Minster tours that offer a journey back in American history
John Singleton Copley, arguably the greatest Colonial American portrait painter, who died in 1815, is buried in Croydon Minster churchyard. His son, who became Lord Lyndhurst, was a successful British politician becoming Chancellor of the Exchequer three times. This, and … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon Minster, Education, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Whitgift Foundation
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Morgan goes ahead with Brexit event despite killing of Cox
Across the country, with less than a week to go before the EU Referendum, and all political campaigning has been shut down since Thursday’s shocking killing of Labour MP Jo Cox. Except in Coulsdon, where a community hall event organised … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 EU referendum, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Steve O'Connell, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, EU Referendum, Jo Cox MP, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Morgan, Steve O'Connell, Thomas Mair, Tory, UKIP
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#FindRobbie: Search groups organise to look for Gibson
Community groups and friends of Robbie Gibson, the popular local figure in the Crystal Palace area who went missing on Monday, are organising volunteer search parties and leafleting teams tomorrow, Saturday June 18, to try to locate him. The 45-year-old … Continue reading
Kenley, Old Coulsdon and Purley placed on flooding alert
The Government’s Flood Information Service has issued a flood alert for large parts of Croydon, including areas of Kenley and Purley which were under water for weeks in early 2014. Issued just after 10am today, the alerts for the Caterham … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Norbury, Purley, Selhurst, Waddon
Tagged Caterham Bourne, flooding, Kenley, Norbury Brook, Purley, Selhurst, Waddon
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Central Hill’s open weekend to show the estate they are in
A much-admired housing estate in Crystal Palace which is under threat of demolition by the local council is open to public view this weekend, to dispel Tory-driven myths of “sink estates”, as part of something called the Open Garden Estates … Continue reading
