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MP Jones ‘gravely concerned’ over closure of her old school
Local MP claims she is ‘picking up information from a standing start’ over plans to close 600-pupil girls’ private school, but says she has obtained guarantees from the property Foundation that runs the site. By STEVEN DOWNES Sarah Jones, the … Continue reading
Whitgift Foundation decides to close Old Palace School in 2025
Pupils at a £20,000 per year independent school in Old Town which is operated by the borough’s biggest land-owners will be told at assembly on Friday morning that it is to close after ‘many years’ of financial struggles EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
‘Cynical’ Sunak helps the pro-pollution vandals in crisis denial
A year since Liz Truss trashed the British economy, Rishi Sunak is setting about wrecking the environment, and the nation’s international reputation as well. ANDREW FISHER on the business backlash against the Tory Prime Minister’s ‘meat tax’ and ‘seven bins’ … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, Environment
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Climate Crisis, Conservative, Croydon, Ford, John Gummer, Meat Tax, Rishi Sunak, Seven bins, Tory, Zac Goldsmith
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Royal Mail struggling to deliver 3rd class service in Croydon
The cost of a first-class stamp may have recently been increased to £1.25 – or £1.95 for a “large” letter – but the service delivered by the Royal Mail for households across much of Croydon has deteriorated to the point … Continue reading
Squatters do a bunk as bailiffs smash Brick by Brick’s doors
Seven bailiffs, acting as “Representatives of the Owner”, wasted no time in descending on Brick by Brick’s former offices in George Street on Saturday afternoon to evict the squatters who had been occupying the building for almost two weeks. A … Continue reading
Defiant squatters are ordered to leave Brick by Brick’s offices
While security guards peered from the windows of the empty Croydon Park Hotel on Altyre Road, squatters and their supporters were erecting banners in the forecourt of Croydon County Court this morning. The group of squatters calling themselves Reclaim Croydon … Continue reading
Croydon’s canaries down a coal mine warn of fossil fuel danger
Environmental protesters in Croydon today joined demonstrations across the country to oppose plans to open a coal mine in Cumbria, claiming an early victory as five major insurers gave guarantees that they will not provide cover for the controversial planned … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Extinction Rebellion
Tagged Coal Action Network, London, Markel, West Croydon, West Cumbria Mining Ltd, XR Croydon
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Sky-high rents revealed in Croydon’s tallest tower’s micro-flats
The town centre’s latest high-rise development has started marketing its properties, with micro-flats near East Croydon Station that will cost prospective tenants as much as £26,000 in annual rent. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, reports That there is a housing crisis … Continue reading
Free money! Trust for London offering racial justice grants
The Trust for London, with funding from the City Bridge Trust, is offering grants to black Londoners from its racial justice fund. Black Londoners are more than twice as likely to be in poverty than their white counterparts. “We want … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations
Tagged City Bridge Trust, Racial justice fund, Trust for London
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Planning Inspector gives green light to another 28-storey tower
The NLA Tower, the Richard Seifert and Partners-designed “50p Building” that has come to symbolise central Croydon, is to be overlooked by a 28-storey block (another one), after the council lost yet another case at the Planning Inspectorate. Wittington Investments … Continue reading
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Dealership donates £100,000-worth of vehicles to Ukraine
Kingham’s, the long-established, family-run car dealership based in South Croydon, has made donations of seven vehicles for humanitarian aid in war-torn Ukraine over the past 18 months worth at least £100,000. “You can’t quantify the value of someone’s life,” according … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Nick Mattey
Tagged Croydon, Kinghams, Nick Mattey, South Croydon, Ukraine
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Pub makeover seeks to deliver more than the Bear necessities
For almost 120 years, nestling between two farms in the hamlet of Fickleshole, a White Bear has stood proudly outside the inn that takes his name. The original wooden bear was acquired at auction in 1905 from a London coaching … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs
Tagged Brakspear, Fickleshole, Jordan Gregory-Astle, The White Bear
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Incinerator protestors accuse Viridor of lies over toxic pollution
With just days to go before the Environment Agency closes its latest consultation over whether to allow Viridor to increase their profits by upping the amount of toxic pollution that they pump into the atmosphere of south London, a large … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Peter Underwood, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Dave Tchil, Elliot Colburn MP, Environment Agency, Jim Duffy, Kingston, Merton, Peter Underwood, Sutton, Verity Thompson, Viridor
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Squatters take over Brick by Brick’s abandoned office building
Perhaps this is the start of a people’s fightback against the Croydon Establishment. A group of squatters calling themselves “Reclaim Croydon” has moved in to the abandoned offices of Brick by Brick in the town centre, to show the high … Continue reading
Infant death rates were up by 233% after incinerator fired up
Official figures from the ONS for the year after Viridor began its operations at Beddington showed a sharp increase in infant deaths in Selhurst, Broad Green and Waddon wards. STEVEN DOWNES reports Infant mortality rates in one part of Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, London-wide issues, Merton, Planning, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment Agency, Jim Duffy, Kingston Council, KKR, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Michael Ryan, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Council’s debt costs could hit £70m next year warns Mayor
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Jason Perry says he’s still hoping to get a Government write-off of a chunk of the borough’s borrowing, but otherwise he’s short on ideas or solutions. KEN LEE endured the latest ‘Question Time’ at Norbury, so that … Continue reading
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MP accuses Aldi of ‘unacceptable’ U-turn on Coulsdon parking
Coulsdon residents are preparing for another battle over parking provision in their district centre, fighting against a scheme which the local MP has described as an “unacceptable proposal”. Just four years ago, Aldi was granted planning permission for their large … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, Parking, Planning
Tagged Aldi, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Planning, Tory
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Jason Perry’s Croydon: a place with all the wrong priorities
Inside Croydon’s loyal reader was strolling along the High Street in the town centre this morning and captured this wonderful scene Our reader dropped us a note in which they say, “Think this illustrates nicely Jason Perry’s Croydon. “Two workers, … Continue reading
Fires at two central Croydon pubs raise widespread suspicions
The Crooked House Pub in the Midlands burns to the ground under highly suspicious circumstances and creates national headlines. Croydon’s response? “Hold my beer”. Two closed pubs in Croydon town centre were ablaze this morning, having caught fire within an … Continue reading
Perry is director of company handed £50,000 culture grant
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES One of the biggest single grants handed out by Croydon Council for Borough of Culture projects has gone to a company where Mayor Jason Perry is a director. While several long-established, recognised community arts groups had … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Borough of Culture, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, giraffes, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Tory
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