Category Archives: Stuart Collins

What a load of rubbish: guilty fly-tipper gets fined… £110

Posted on July 11, 2017 by

What Croydon Council was today claiming to be the latest example of success for their campaign against fly-tipping might, when looked at through less-rosy-spectacles, simply demonstrate what a thorough-going, long-term slog the local authority faces in bringing even the most … Continue reading →

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Appeal for witnesses to Upper Norwood’s midnight tipper

Posted on June 26, 2017 by

Keeping Croydon’s streets clean and free of fly-tips continues to be a constant battle, as demonstrated by one illegal dumper last week when they left a lorry-load of their old crap that blocked a road in Upper Norwood. The council … Continue reading →

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Incinerator operator sends threatening letter to bird watcher

Posted on May 29, 2017 by

An environmentalist who has worked for more than a decade on the Beddington Farmlands site, monitoring the wildlife in an area which was supposed to be transformed into a nature reserve, has been sent a threatening letter by incinerator operators … Continue reading →

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Negrini bans use of words ‘Tory’, ‘Barwell’ and ‘May’ at council

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

Croydon, where a constituency Labour meeting last summer banned the use of the word “Blairite”, this week saw the words and phrases “Tory government”, “Barwell”, “Conservative”, “Labour”, “Reed” and “May” all proscribed from use by councillors at a full council … Continue reading →

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Arrogant fly-tipper dumps legal appeal and gets £5,670 charge

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

A fly-tipper who dumped waste twice in the same Croydon street abandoned his court appeal when confronted with pictures showing him caught in the act taken on a resident’s mobile phone. Shirley resident Nuhur Mulindwa incurred £5,670 costs and 250 … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Shirley, Stuart Collins | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Watson’s moving speech homes in on a Labour weakness

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE on what could turn out to be another boost for local estate agents, unwittingly provided by Croydon Council Mark Watson is going nowhere – and that’s official. Well, at least that’s what the under-pressure Addiscombe councillor told a … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Bernadette Khan, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croham, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Paul Scott, Purley, Shirley, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

You’ve bin done: is council paying over the odds for solar bins?

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

It’s looking like Croydon’s Council Tax-payers are paying over the odds – again – for a set of rubbish bins, showing once more that the borough’s procurement practices don’t seem to  work very well for the borough. Stuart Collins, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments