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Category Archives: Muhammad Ali
Confused councillor in roads row after he ‘likes’ vandalism
The council’s traffic management committee meeting tonight has provoked a row between Labour politicians, some of whom have been associating with questionable characters in their opposition to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports The intervention of MPs … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Muhammad Ali, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, TfL, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Ellie Reeves MP, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood
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MP Reed tells ‘disingenuous’ council to remove LTN scheme
Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP for Croydon North, has accused the Labour-run council of being “disingenuous” over its handling of the results of a public consultation for what he describes as the “controversial” Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme in Crystal … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Muhammad Ali, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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Upper Norwood’s street battle could be settled this week
After a rushed consultation, the council’s Traffic Management Advisory Committee meets next week to discuss two of the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Our environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION reports on the gathering storm When Councillor Muhammad Ali was promoted to the … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, Muhammad Ali, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, TfL, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Muhammad Ali, Open Our Roads, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
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Council applies emergency brake on New Year parking hike
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on how Fisher’s Folly officials have been forced into a sudden U-turn over their money-spinning ’emissions-based’ parking charges New car parking charges, due to come into force at council-run car parks and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Parking, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Selsdon & Ballards, Shifa Mustafa, Shirley, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Emmissions-based parking charges, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Shifa Mustafa, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Viridor going for the burn: will councillors stand up to them?
The government watchdog, the Environment Agency, is actively encouraging incinerator operators to pollute more and so bank more cash, at the expense of south London residents’ health. By our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT Any chance that Croydon or Sutton might … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Muhammad Ali, Nick Mattey, Nina Degrads, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Environment Agency, Kingston Council, Merton Council, Muhammad Ali, Nick Mattey, Nina Degrads, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Scott and Butler sacked from cabinet as Tories get their way
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on what passed for a ‘night of the long knives’ at the council’s extraordinary meeting Hamida Ali’s first act as the leader of the council last night was to sack three of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Callton Young, Croydon Council, David Wood, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Jason Perry, Muhammad Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Wood, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Muhammad Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Tory
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Broad Green roads to become a Low Traffic Neighbourhood
Four streets in Broad Green, close to West Croydon Station and bus garage, are to have traffic restrictions installed at the end of this month in the latest phase of the government-funded Streetspace scheme. The council announced today that it … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Muhammad Ali, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon, West Croydon Bus Station, West Croydon station
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‘A once in a generation opportunity to shape a new Croydon’
We’ve had red Labour. There’s been “Blue Labour”. Now, a handful of councillors from the north of the borough want to see a truly “Green” Labour in Croydon. Learning from many of the environmental benefits of the coronavirus lockdown, and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, Health, Jamie Audsley, Muhammad Ali, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Croydon XR, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Transition Town, Green Recovery Plan, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Muhammad Ali
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‘Green Labour’ letter throws down challenge to leader Newman
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the first signs of revolt against the leadership among unhappy Labour councillors In what appears to be a barely-disguised challenge to the authority of the council leader, five Labour councillors have today signed … Continue reading
£120m Brick by Brick scheme to get ‘virtual’ planning meeting
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how Croydon Council is using the pandemic lockdown to lock out the public from the planning process Council leader Tony Newman has ignored calls from residents’ groups, his own Labour councillors and a local MP … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Muhammad Ali, Paul Scott, Planning, Toni Letts, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Heather Cheesbrough, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Toni Letts
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After two-year delay, TfL fits automatic brakes to trams
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
Planning chair votes twice to thwart Sunny Bank residents
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE watched last night’s council planning committee, so you wouldn’t have to… Paul Scott, the Labour-run council’s chair of the planning committee, last night allowed himself to vote twice to push through a housing scheme in … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jane Avis, Jason Perry, Jo Negrini, Muhammad Ali, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Pubs, Ruskin House, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Planning, Planning Committee, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tory, Welcome Inn
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‘Invisible’ Selva suffers knock-out blow from Muhammad Ali
Seconds out! Round four… Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest twists in Labour’s selection saga Alison Butler, the deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, survived a re-selection scare when members in Bensham Manor this week duly … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Karen Jewitt, Manju Shahul Hameed, Matthew Kyeremeh, Mike Selva, Muhammad Ali, Pat Clouder, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath
Tagged Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Muhammad Ali, Thornton Heath
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