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Allders in administration; concessions fear for their future
For the second time in seven years, Allders has gone into administration, putting nearly 1,000 jobs at risk and pushing small businesses to the brink. The concessions which operate inside Croydon’s landmark department store may be forced to fold, since … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Croydon 8/8, Mike Fisher, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Christmas, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department store, Harold Tillman, London Borough of Croydon
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Allders chief blames council for lack of help since August riots
Croydon Council “has not done what they should have done” for local businesses since last August’s riots, according to the fashion entrepreneur who has a major share-holding in Allders, the town’s 150-year-old department store which could be just days away … Continue reading
Generosity shows money can work for good in New Addington
The trouble with Secret Millionaire, says STEVEN DOWNES, is it’s a bit like Christmas when you know how the presents get placed under the tree Channel 4 was once innovative and exciting, a fresh new channel that offered a true … Continue reading
Posted in Carole Bonner, Charity, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Education, Fieldway, New Addington South, Pubs
Tagged Croydon, Fieldway, Jamie Oliver, Labour, London, New Addington, Secret Millionaire, Steven Downes
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Croydon Radio is looking for local broadcasting talent
Croydon Radio, the borough’s own online audio news and entertainment channel, is seeking would-be presenters and DJs to help produce varied and entertaining shows for those who live, work, study or simply visit Croydon. On Saturday June 30 and Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Croydon 8/8, Local media, Music
Tagged BBC, Broadcasting, Croydon, Disc jockey, Internet radio, Radio, Radio broadcasting, Surrey Street Market
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Pollard agrees to extend consultation at Question Time event
The deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council has given an undertaking that the consultation period for the Upper Norwood Joint Library will be extended. Councillor Tim Pollard told residents at Tuesday evening’s council Question Time staged … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Clare Hilley, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Leisure services, Libraries, Sara Bashford, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London, London Borough of Croydon, Question Time, Viridor, Waddon
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Croydon Council and the cuts: playing a numbers game
There is a myth perpetuated by Croydon Council, especially since May 2010 to justify its dogmatic policies of cutting staff, services and grants, be they weekly rubbish collections, timely road repairs, street lights, the summer music festival and Mela, David … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Libraries, Nathan Elvery, Sara Bashford, Theatre, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House, Warehouse Theatre
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It’s official: Croydon appoints shrink to be council spindoctor
Our loyal reader may remember that back in December, we published a report stating that Jon Rouse, Croydon’s £248,000 per year chief executive, was about to appoint a trained psychologist with no media experience to head up the council’s communications. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Hayley Lewis, Jon Rouse
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Lewis, LinkedIn, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House, Twitter
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South Norwood youth scheme that offers a clean slate
“It means clean slate.” A true youth scheme, organised and paid for out of their own pockets by half a dozen young people, is launched in South Norwood tonight, with the first session of the Tabula Rasa Youth Project being … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, Education, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Croydon, London, South Norwood, Tabula Rasa, Youth
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Cuts put public at “unnecessary risk” says serving policeman
Swingeing police budget cuts introduced by the government are putting the Croydon public “at unnecessary risk”, Inside Croydon has been told by a serving officer. It is fair to say that the Conservative party has long cherished its reputation as … Continue reading
Croydon questions: Louisa Woodley, Labour
Inside Croydon has put a set of questions, mostly on policy, to all the candidates to become Sutton and Croydon’s GLA member. Here we have the final candidate’s responses on the record, publishing their responses in full, unedited, and without … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Health, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Tramlink, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Greater London Authority, Labour, Liberal Democrat, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton, Thornton Heath
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Racist article by councillor’s husband is widely condemned
STEVEN DOWNES, the editor of Inside Croydon, reports on a disturbing story that a leading Croydon councillor did not want you to see Community and political leaders in Croydon have today called on London Mayor Boris Johnson and the Tory … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon South, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, George-Hilley, London, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon
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Council paid interim’s £1,650 invoices for work on riots report
An “interim” at Croydon Council was invoicing up to £1,650 a time during the period he was working on Croydon’s “independent” report into last August’s riots, Inside Croydon has discovered. An invoice paid by Croydon Council, uncovered by Inside Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Dudley Mead, London-wide issues, Malcolm Wicks MP, Margaret Mead, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Sean Fitzsimons, West Croydon
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks, Taberner House, Whitgift Foundation
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Folly of a debate sees dour O’Connell bat out his innings
Croydon got its own version of the election hustings this week for its London Assembly candidates. ANDREW PELLING was one of the few who went along to Folly’s End Sixty-five assorted political activists, journalists and council officers rather rattled around … Continue reading
Posted in Abigail Lock, Activities, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Dudley Mead, Gordon Ross, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Margaret Mead, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, London, O'Connell, Steve O'Connell, Winston McKenzie
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Jon Rouse, Croydon riots, and the crucial missing hours
Jon Rouse, Croydon Council’s £248,000 per year chief executive, was out of his office for a crucial four hours in the late afternoon and early evening of Monday, August 8 last year, just at the time that parts of the … Continue reading
Croydon questions: Winston McKenzie, UKIP
Ahead of the London Assembly elections on May 3, we have circulated all the Sutton and Croydon candidates with the intention of publishing their responses in full, unedited, and without the artifice, interruptions and grandstanding of the usual hustings. Winston … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Crime, Croydon 8/8
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London, London Assembly, UK Independence Party, UKIP, Winston McKenzie
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Croydon questions: Steve O’Connell, Conservatives
Steve O’Connell has been the Conservative Assembly Member for Sutton and Croydon since 2008. The former mortgage salesman is now a full-time politician, according to the Daily Mail “Britain’s best-paid councillor”, collecting £115,000 in 2011 in publicly funded allowances from … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Schools, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Kenley, London, London Assembly, Steve O'Connell, Sutton
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Assembly candidate O’Connell doesn’t care who runs libraries
ANDREW PELLING gets some conflicting answers from candidates at Croydon and Sutton election hustings Steve O’Connell, the Conservatives’ London Assembly candidate, shocked a Croydon election hustings meeting when he told them that he does not care who runs public libraries. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Commuting, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Gordon Ross, Libraries, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, O'Connell, Steve O'Connell
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Croydon questions: Gordon Ross, Green Party
Inside Croydon has circulated all the Sutton and Croydon candidates standing for election to the London Assembly with a set of questions. Over the coming days, we will be publishing the candidates’ responses in full, unedited, and without the artifice, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Environment, Gordon Ross, Health, Housing, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Parking, Policing, Purley Hospital, Selsdon & Ballards, Tramlink, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Croydon, Gordon Ross, Greens, Harpenden, London, University of Dundee, University of Tennessee
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A tale of sound and fury: Shakespeare’s Croydon facelift
BELLA BARTOCK’s big night out this week was in Carshalton, to see Macbeth re-set amid the flames of last year’s riots. She found much to admire Dubstep remixes of Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky are not what you’d expect in the auditorium … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Croydon 8/8, Outside Croydon, Theatre
Tagged Adidas, Lady Macbeth, London, Macbeth, Scottish Play, Shakespeare, South London, William Shakespeare
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