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Public rejects any moves to undermine Upper Norwood library
89% That is the massive majority surveyed who object to any suggestion that Croydon Council could abandon the 112-year-old joint agreement for funding and management of the Upper Norwood Joint Library. Even with a council consultation which was accused of … Continue reading
Split edition Sadvertiser hit by 44% circulation crash
Circulation of the Croydon Advertiser has nose-dived by more than 40 per cent in just 12 months, according to independently audited figures published today. The paper’s sales bill last week said “Free cup of coffee for every reader”. Judging by … Continue reading
Money down the drain? Croydon tops the table for potholes
Credit where credit’s due: Croydon Council does top at least one league table. Croydon has been forced to fork out more compensation to motorists for damage caused by potholes on the borough’s roads than any other London council. According to … Continue reading
David Lean Cinema Campaign announces latest free season
Croydon volunteers are showing council-inspired initiatives the right way of doing things on the big screen as well as with summer fairs. Last year, Croydon Council hi-jacked the name of the David Lean Cinema and transferred its use from an … Continue reading
Be careful what you wish for in the football sack race
Heard this joke in a Palace pub at lunchtime on Saturday: First football fan: “What’s the difference between Dougie Freedman and Alex Ferguson?” Second football fan: “No one was calling for Alex Ferguson to be sacked after United lost their … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Alex Ferguson, Darcy Blake, Dean Moxey, Dougie Freedman, Freedman, Palace, Selhurst Park, Twitter
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Do you Have a Dream? Anniversary will be time to march again
Tomorrow, August 28, marks the 49th anniversary of the march on Washington DC and Martin Luther King’s I Have A Dream speech delivered from the Lincoln Memorial to 200,000 followers. Lester Holloway, a leading councillor on the LibDem-controlled Sutton Council, … Continue reading
Sutton shows its neighbours the power of volunteering
With Croydon Council failing to back any local summer fairs or concerts, ANDREW PELLING joined thousands of other residents from the borough at yesterday’s environmental fair in Carshalton Croydon used to be blessed with large community events in its parks, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Charity, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Education, Environment, Gardening, Health, Jon Rouse, Music, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Walks, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Cancer Research UK, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Sutton
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Wildlife and fire puts the heat on Beddington incinerator plans
Tuesday’s massive fire at the Beddington Lane sewage works and some rare migrating birds are to be used by campaigners to strengthen their arguments against plans for a £1billion waste incinerator scheme on the site. The London Fire Brigade warned … Continue reading
Council changes Twitter profile at Inside Croydon suggestion
Are things really changing? Inside Croydon claims a minor victory for openness and transparency, via Twitter. The council’s new Twitter account, @CROYdemocracy, has taken on board our observation and revised its online profile and picture to make it absolutely clear … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House, Twitter
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Lidl encounters strong opposition after paying £2m for pub site
Lidl could have paid three times the market rate to purchase the Good Companions pub site on Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, and look like they could be left with a £2.2 million real estate bill for a store that few locals … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Lynne Hale, Outside Croydon, Planning, Property, Pubs, Richard Ottaway MP, Sanderstead, Schools, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Waddon, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Hamsey Green, Lidl, Public house, Richard Ottaway, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Tesco, Warlingham
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Council gets all a’Twitter about something called… democracy
A letter arrives at Inside Croydon Towers. It is addressed from Taberner House. What could it be? An invite to join Jon Rouse for cocktails on his return from his summer sojourn to Tuscany, perhaps? A substantial discount on our … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hayley Lewis, Jon Rouse
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External auditor appointment has all the look of an inside job
Croydon Council is to appoint Grant Thornton as its new “external auditor“, even though the accountancy firm already has such strong links inside the council in various other roles as consultants that it makes the risks of serious conflicts of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, URV
Tagged Audit Commission, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grant Thornton, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell
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Worrying signs of neglect in Croydon’s under-threat libraries
Croydon’s public libraries are under-staffed, under-stocked and being deliberately run-down ahead of privatisation. And few library users are even aware of what is going on. That’s the stark assessment of a professional library worker and campaigner following a visit to … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Sara Bashford, Thornton Heath
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Thornton Heath, Tory
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South Vale Play Street rejected – there’s a park on the doorstep
Calls to trial a Play Street scheme in South Vale, Upper Norwood, have been rejected by Croydon Council – because there is a large park close to the street. The council has stated that it is not opposed to street … Continue reading
Travelodge’s Croydon hotels set to survive in rescue package
Travelodge, which has two of its budget hotels in Croydon, has entered into a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) as part of a financial re-structuring to reduce an overwhelming debt burden taken on during the boom years. Travelodge is seeking a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon South, Fairfield
Tagged Croydon, CVA, Goldman Sachs, London, South Croydon, Trading while insolvent, Travelodge
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A Song for Croydon and festival offer for riot victims
South Londoners are invited to write “A Song for Croydon” in a music competition staged as part of a month-long Full Flavoured Folk festival being staged in South Norwood, which is offering free entry to those who lost their homes … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Education, Music, Selhurst, South Norwood
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Go with Mo: Croydon takes part in world record attempt
A week on from Mo Farah winning his second Olympic gold medal in the 5,000 metres, Croydon’s runners have been playing their part in a world record attempt 5km run. ParkRun is an outstanding, nil-cost series of weekly races staged … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Addiscombe West, Athletics, Health, Purley, Purley Pool, Sport, Swimming, Thornton Heath
Tagged Michael Gove, Mo Farah, Olympic, Olympic Games, ParkRun, Thornton Heath
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Waddon residents land a coo with Thomas’s promises
Waddon has a big pigeon problem, apparently. But the area’s bird shit-lined, often flooded, dark and threateningly unpassable pedestrian underpasses, the scene of at least two mugging attacks in recent weeks, are to get a council-run makeover. “And that’s a … Continue reading
Tabula Rasa youth group stages fund-raiser in Shirley
Tabula Rasa Youth Project is holding a free event at the Shirley Community Centre this Saturday, August 18, from noon to 4pm, in order to raise money for the project. The event will give TRP a chance to showcase all … Continue reading
