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Bussetti found guilty over his ‘disgusting’ Grenfell video
Paul Bussetti, the South Norwood man who posted a “disgusting” and “abhorrent” video of a Grenfell Tower model on social media, has been given a 10-week suspended jail sentence after admitting his crime. Bussetti, 49, pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board
Tagged Grenfell Tower, Paul Bussetti, South Norwood
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Labour council’s ‘slumlords’ can’t face Regina Road tenants
The difference between the realities of life for council tenants in Croydon and the public statements from the Labour-controlled council demonstrate that the lessons of the Regina Road housing scandal have not been learned by those in power. By STEVEN … Continue reading
Trams’ New Year game hits back of the net for local community
Croydon FC might have lost their first game of 2022 to an unlucky injury-time goal at the Arena yesterday, but the people of South Norwood turned out as the real winners after an impressively generous donations day held for the … Continue reading
Wheatley is appointed as chair of housing improvement panel
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Nine months after the conditions in council flats in South Norwood caused a national scandal, and after spending £104,000 on one director who never bothered meeting the Regina Road Residents’ Support Group, the council has got around … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board
Tagged Alison Knight, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Labour, Martin Wheatley, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
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‘Croydon Council! Shame on you!’: protesters make their point
SANJANA IDNANI reports from South Norwood on the latest efforts by council tenants to secure decent living conditions for their families Residents from across the borough took to the streets of South Norwood last night for a march and rally … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Louis Carserides, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board
Tagged Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board
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Magic! Bodged repair gets fixed after Inside Croydon report
It was almost as if by magic. Within a couple of hours of Inside Croydon approaching senior council figures about the latest “bodged” repairs jobs carried out by contractors in the residential blocks on Regina Road, suddenly workmen appeared in … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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Renters Union calls on its members to join Regina Road demo
The London Renters Union has called on all its members and supporters from across the capital to join a protest outside Croydon Town Hall this evening to show solidarity for the long-ignored council tenants at Regina Road. The flooded, mouldy … Continue reading
£104,000: astronomical pay deal for housing troubleshooter
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE says that the controversy surrounding the squalid conditions in council homes in South Norwood seems likely to be stoked further tonight over disputed claims that the council leader, Hamida Ali, has met with residents in … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Knight, Community associations, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Sarah Hayward, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison Knight, Croydon North, Hamida Ali, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, Sarah Hayward, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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MP Reed in possible data breach over South Norwood flats
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Starmer’s front-bench spokesman on local government is accused of trying to exploit the Regina Road council flats scandal to boost the election chances of his Westminster assistant. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Housing, Louis Carserides, Patsy Cummings, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jane Nicholl, Labour, Louis Carserides, Regina Road, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman
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Will South Norwood and Woodside ask the sensible question?
KEN TOWL takes to the campaign trail and discovers that in a couple of the more contentious ward by-elections being held on May 6, community mutual aid is getting more of a hearing Let’s be honest – if the Daily … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Jane Avis, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Call The Midwife, Captain Sensible, Croydon Council, Ian Bone, Jane Nicholl, Labour, Pickles, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tony Newman, Woodside
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‘Cynical’ Tories face backlash over bogus links to food bank
Genuine community activists who have been tirelessly providing food to the vulnerable and needy in their neighbourhood for nearly five years have turned on a couple of Conservative Party election candidates for trying to piggy-back their hard work. “It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Ian Bone, Jane Nicholl, Labour, Laura Whittall, Michelle Kazi, Sonia Marinello, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tory, Woodside
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Ali accused of cover-up over findings on council flats scandal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: What was supposed to be an ‘urgent’ report into the appalling living conditions endured by council tenants in South Norwood is being withheld ahead of local elections. STEVEN DOWNES reports Hamida Ali, the leader of the council, … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South Norwood Tourist Board, Woodside
Tagged Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Jane Nicholl, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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‘Council flats crisis has been heartbreaking, and cruel’
The scandal over the appalling conditions in South Norwood flats rolls on, as the council evacuated some of its tenants into poor conditions – in one case, placing a mother with a two-year-old toddler into what appeared to be a … Continue reading
‘Most dangerous man in Britain’ to stand in council election
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on a startling development over two ward by-elections on May 6 A lifelong political activist laughably described by the Daily Mail as “the most dangerous man in Britain” has become the first to declare that … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Paul Scott, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Ian Bone, Jane Nicholl, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Organisers cancel South Norwood ‘Reclaim These Streets’ vigil
Organisers of a vigil this evening at Norwood Junction say they have abandoned their plans “with a heavy heart”, following yesterday’s High Court ruling that banned an event being held at Clapham Common to protest against violence, following the abduction … Continue reading
Reclaim these streets vigil, Norwood Junction, Mar 13
NOTE: This vigil has now been cancelled.
Tory councillors object to anarchists’ solstice sacrifice video
Croydon’s largest group of anarchists have expressed outrage that a video they had prepared to celebrate the winter solstice has been removed from a community Facebook page – because Tory councillors claimed that the short movie was “partisan” and “too … Continue reading
