Category Archives: Broad Green

Craft brewers in £500,000 expansion to Croydon’s Valley Park

Posted on November 17, 2019 by

Croydon is about to get a new brewery. Craft ale brewers Anspach and Hobday, currently based under a Bermondsey railway arch and with a bar in Camberwell, have a £500,000 expansion plan and they are looking to set up a … Continue reading →

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After two-year delay, TfL fits automatic brakes to trams

Posted on October 23, 2019 by

As we approach the third anniversary of the Sandilands tram crash, Transport for London has announced that the fleet of trams operating on the Croydon network are to be fitted with an automatic braking system. Seven people were killed and … Continue reading →

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Council ‘improves’ its recycling rates by burning more rubbish

Posted on October 22, 2019 by

It was trebles all-round at Croydon Town Hall last night, as councillors slapped themselves on the back for significantly improved recycling rates, after they imposed Binmageddon on residents across the borough last year. But an unintended slip by a council … Continue reading →

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Don’t mention the war! Tories flounce out of Town Hall meeting

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on what passes for high drama at the latest council meeting Croydon’s Conservative leadership flounced out of last night’s council cabinet meeting midway through a discussion on the borough’s preparedness – or otherwise – for … Continue reading →

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Councillors ‘gagged’ from questioning incinerator operators

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how what is supposed to be a public meeting at Croydon Town Hall tonight has banned questions about the fire at the Beddington Lane incinerator Councillors elected to represent people living across four boroughs … Continue reading →

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Pants on fire! Viridor continue to lie over incinerator blaze

Posted on September 16, 2019 by

Environmental polluters Viridor continue to lie about the extent of the major blaze at their Beddington Lane waste plant in July. In an official report submitted ahead of a meeting of the South London Waste Partnership to be held at … Continue reading →

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Sutton backs scheme to route 60,000 lorries through Croydon

Posted on September 4, 2019 by

BELLE MONT on how the environmental vandals running Sutton Council are pushing a scheme for another industrial plant on Beddington Lane Just a matter of weeks since declaring a climate emergency, Sutton Council is tonight backing a Beddington Lane waste … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments