Category Archives: Croydon Central

Now Guido Fawkes is catching up with Barwell’s cronies

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how Westminster political blog Guido Fawkes is following up on Croydon news – six months after it was first published on Inside Croydon On the morning after his boss had taken the nation to … Continue reading →

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They’re wild about Harry. But Harry’s not wild about Croydon

Posted on March 25, 2018 by

Red faces all round at a small-circulation newspaper based in Guildford, after they ran a story about Prince Harry planning to attend a charity dinner at Croydon Town Hall last night. Problem is, the charity doesn’t exist. And there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Croydon Advertiser, Gavin Barwell, Local media | Tagged , | 6 Comments

MP Jones renews call for action after South Norwood murder

Posted on March 6, 2018 by

Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon Central, renewed her calls for more police on our streets after the latest shocking murder in the borough, when a 20-year-old man was stabbed and killed in broad daylight yesterday, outside the Albert Tavern … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Barwell accused of trying to ‘kneecap’ Boris over Brexit

Posted on March 5, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on claims that the Prime Minister is getting gaffe-prone Gav to do her dirty work for her For the second time in a few months, fingers within Conservative High Command are pointing at Gavin Barwell … Continue reading →

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Nine months on, and Labour still selecting election candidates

Posted on March 3, 2018 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on how the ruling party in Croydon is struggling to find candidates for all the borough’s wards Today marks 60 days until the Town Hall elections on May 3. Yet Croydon Labour still hasn’t managed … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley South, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

First residential tower block in borough gets sprinkler system

Posted on March 2, 2018 by

If the contractors who this week finished retro-fitting sprinklers on a residential block in Upper Norwood continue their work at a similar pace, it would be 2035 before all of Croydon’s towers have the fire safety system fitted. Fortunately, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Housing, London Fire Brigade, Property, Upper Norwood | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ex-MP Barwell caught in Downing Street Twitter porn storm

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

Gavin Barwell, the former Whitgift Foundation board member and sometime Conservative MP for Croydon Central, has had his online incompetence caught out again, as he has been shown to have shared links to porn sites with the 22,000 people who … Continue reading →

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