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Community housing trust awards pupils prizes for new logo
Back in the good old days – you may remember them when kids went to school, adults went down the pub, and you could buy an almost inexhaustible supply of bog roll in the shops – some people were making … Continue reading
Neighbours rally round to help in coronavirus emergency
As supermarkets decide to ration some products in their stores after panic-buying over the weekend, and the first Croydon school announces a partial closure, meanwhile hundreds of good neighbours have been mobilising to help others through the pandemic crisis, as … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Coombe Wood School, Fairfield Halls, Health, Mayday Hospital, Schools, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, New Addington, Norwood Junction, South Norwood
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‘Pupil Power’ forces Brick by Brick to cave in over flats
Brick by Brick has caved in to “Pupil Power”, abandoning plans to build a block of flats in New Addington on an open space close to the Green Belt, after hundreds of primary-aged children wrote to the Town Hall pleading … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Environment, Fairchildes Primary, New Addington, New Addington North, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairchildes primary, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, New Addington Residents' Association, Paul Scott
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Buzz off: Extinction Rebellion to protest against idling drivers
A swarm of bees will land in Wallington high street on Saturday morning to demand reducing emissions by eliminating unnecessary car journeys and idling. The bees, who are actually friendly rebels from Sutton’s Extinction Rebellion group, have been roused from … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Schools, Sutton Council
Tagged Extinction Rebellion, Sutton Extinction Rebellion, Wallington
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Outstanding Norbury choir wins prize at national competition
An acapella choir formed of pupils from a Norbury secondary school walked away with a £1,000 prize and the acclaim of judges and the audience after the grand final of the Jack Petchey Perfect Pitch Champions competition held at the … Continue reading
Builders go with the (over)flow in rush to finish £30m school
Residents in South Croydon have had their road closed off and streams of muddy water flowing down their street, as the construction of Coombe Wood School has created another flood of complaints. GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports “I suppose … Continue reading
Posted in Coombe Wood School, Croydon Council, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Coombe Wood School, Croydon, Croydon Council, Melville Avenue, Paul Scott
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