Category Archives: Broad Green

Easter family event, Peppermint Children’s Centre, Apr 13

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

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Citiscape residents hit with £2m bill to remove Grenfell cladding

Posted on March 13, 2018 by

Residents in a town centre tower block could face financial ruin after a tribunal ruled today that they must meet the costs of replacing the Grenfell-style flammable cladding that encompasses their homes. The leaseholders in the 95-apartment Citiscape complex on … Continue reading →

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Council agrees reintroduction of free collections for bulk waste

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

The reintroduction of bulky waste collections free of charge from Croydon Council, announced at this week’s Town Hall cabinet meeting, comes after lobbying from Inside Croydon. The decision reverses a penny-wise, pound-foolish austerity cut applied by the previous Conservative administration. … Continue reading →

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London Road is about to be transformed into a Green Mile

Posted on February 16, 2018 by

West Croydon is about to get its own Green Mile, though this has nothing to do with a book by Stephen King nor the movie starring Tom Hanks. The Our Green Mile launch event on March 4 seeks to build … Continue reading →

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Veolia are set to sweep away nearly 40 street-cleaning jobs

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Croydon’s rubbish contractors, Veolia, want to axe almost half of the street cleaners it employs in the borough, according to a report from a Guildford-based newspaper. Nearly 40 jobs could go, if proposals included in a staff consultation discussed at … Continue reading →

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Khan or Quadir: the parties name their Mayor candidates

Posted on January 29, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the private deliberations of the political party duopoly at the Town Hall as to who gets to wear the Trumptonesque outfits for the next year The next Mayor of Croydon will be Bernadette Khan. Or it … Continue reading →

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Fieldway’s Hall launches attack on ‘unacceptable’ Veolia

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the widening splits within the leadership of the Labour group on the council, with local elections less than four months away One of Croydon council leader Tony Newman’s most trusted lieutenants has this week … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Carole Bonner, Felicity Flynn, Fieldway, Fly tipping, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, New Addington North, Oliver Lewis, Refuse collection, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments