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Serwotka calls for resistance to the onslaught of cuts
The people of south London need to “organise resistance” to further Government cuts being imposed in the name of “austerity”, according to a national trades union leader who will be opening the second Croydon Assembly at Ruskin House next Saturday. … Continue reading
Greens’ housing spokesman takes Chance as London Mayor
While local Labour groups go through the motions of “nominating” Dame Tessa Jowell towards becoming the party’s candidate for London Mayor next year, and the Tories – with the exception of Michael Gove’s former flatmate Ivan Massow – feign disinterest, … Continue reading
Town Hall withdraws all councillors from Fairfield Halls board
Wonders will never cease. For the first time in its 50-plus-year history, the Fairfield Halls management board has no members imposed upon it by Croydon Council. The decision was announced by the Labour-run council last week, in among its various … Continue reading
Police arrest Croydon man over burglary from Visitor Centre
Croydon police have made an arrest in the investigation of the tens of thousands of pounds that went missing from the Croydon Visitor Centre in the days (or, more specifically, one afternoon) after its closure earlier this month. As we … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon BID, Policing
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon BID, East Croydon station, Metropolitan Police, Ruskin Square
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Book launch for a tale of love, emails and Nigerian scams
Janet Kelly, a local journalist and businesswoman, has just had her first novel, Dear Beneficiary, published, and she will be signing copies and talking to potential readers at Dales on The Green in Warlingham tomorrow, May 30, between 2pm and … Continue reading
Carers’ Information Day, Arnhem Gallery, June 3
Posted in Activities, Charity, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Whitgift Foundation
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Coe’s Olympic legacy promises left in ruins at Crystal Palace
In all the furore surrounding corruption at FIFA, the world governing body of football, one name that has barely been mentioned is Sebastian Coe. Lord Coe spent almost two years as the chairman of FIFA’s ethics committee. He was appointed … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Education, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Sport, Stephen Carr, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Sebastian Coe, Tory
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Newman rescues food festival with £7,500 of council cash
The next time Croydon’s Labour-run council belly aches about grant cuts from central Government – after all, another 150-or-so council staff are expected to be made redundant in the coming 12 months under Tory “austerity” measures – just remind them … Continue reading
Wolmar: Choose a Mayor for real Londoners and London
The selection of candidates to stand for election as the next Mayor of London is under way in earnest this week, at least within the Labour Party, where the various constituencies are each asked to nominate a candidate. Here, one … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Cycling, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon South, GLA, Greater London Authority, Labour, Mayor, Tramlink, Trams
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UnConnected Croydon where cycle lanes become dead ends
CROYDON COMMENTARY: AUSTEN COOPER, of Croydon Cyclists, responds to our exclusive report last week that a single night’s bike racing in the town centre is receiving £148,000 of public cash The £50 million spent by Connected Croydon on ripping up … Continue reading
North Wood Morris Men are Croydon’s lords of the dance
It was just a typical Saturday in London’s most diverse borough. A Polish film at the David Lean Cinema, Japanese food at Yo! Sushi, and then on a stroll back, there on the street outside the Royal Standard (a gem … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Dance, Music, Pubs
Tagged North Wood Morris Men, Royal Standard, South Croydon, The Oval Tavern
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From Waterloo to VE Day exhibition, St Peter’s, May 25-29
Posted in Activities, Church and religions, Education, History
Tagged South Croydon, St Peter's Church
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LibDem’s visit to Sutton is a case of Lamb to the incinerator
Norman Lamb, the full-time Paul O’Grady impersonator and some time MP for North Norfolk, is visiting Wallington today to recruit Tom Brake’s support and so ensure that he will have the backing of at least one-quarter of the Liberal Democrat’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, Liberal Democrats, London, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tom Brake, Tory, Waddon
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Night of the short knives as Newman sacks chief whip Ryan
WALTER CRONXITE, our man in the public gallery with a Twix bar and a copy of the Racing Post, offers the inside information on what passes for a reshuffle at the Town Hall It was the sort of “hit” that … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Hamida Ali, Humayun Kabir, Manju Shahul Hameed, Oliver Lewis, Pat Ryan, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sherwan Chowdhury, Simon Hall, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman, Waddon, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, Member of parliament, New Addington, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Police called in as £18,000 vanishes from Visitor Centre
Scotland Yard’s finest have been called in to investigate a theft of nearly £20,000 from the Croydon Visitor Centre in the days immediately after its closure. The Croydon Visitor Centre, alongside East Croydon Station, was operated by Croydon BID – the … Continue reading
Is it jobs for the boys as Shawcross stands down at City Hall?
Amid all the fuss this time last week about the withdrawal from the Labour leadership contest of the only south London candidate, Chuka Umunna, the news of another leading figure from the same party standing down from the political fray … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 by-election, 2016 London elections, Andrew Pelling, Croydon North, Housing, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, Matthew Bennett, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Valerie Shawcross
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Labour council spends £148,000 for one night of cycle racing
Austerity? Government grant cuts? Front-line council jobs under threat? On yer bike! Here in Croydon, under our flip-flopping Labour-lite council, we are spending nearly £150,000 of public cash for a couple of hours of sport next month. Croydon town centre … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2012 Olympics, Activities, Boris Johnson, Business, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Mayor of London, Nathan Elvery, Skanska, Sport, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, TfL, Tony Newman, Tory, Transport for London, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Summer Madness sees Lean times return to arthouse cinema
It is hardly summer madness for the David Lean Cinema to go back in time. But that’s exactly what the Clocktower’s arthouse cinema will be doing in June, with a screening of the eponymous Oscar-winning director’s Summer Madness, and doing … Continue reading
Our Kylie’s Gettin’ Wed at the Spread Eagle Theatre, May 29-30
May 28-30 at the Spread Eagle Theatre. Bookings open here.
Posted in Activities, Art, Spread Eagle Theatre, Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Spread Eagle Theatre
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