Category Archives: Mayday Hospital

Local businesses get on their trikes to help Mayday workers

Posted on April 7, 2020 by

As the pandemic crisis heads into its second month in London, even under the toughest economic conditions for generations small businesses rooted in their communities are going out of their way to help, with special offers for NHS staff. Jose … Continue reading →

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Croydon in area with country’s highest coronavirus death rate

Posted on March 30, 2020 by

The vital need for Croydon residents to follow government advice to stay at home except for essential travel in order to save lives – including their own – has been underlined by data published by the Health Service Journal. The … Continue reading →

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Council ordered to use public buildings as emergency shelters

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

Parts of the Fairfield Halls, the borough’s leisure centres and even Fisher’s Folly could be transformed over the weekend into emergency shelters for rough sleepers, under the latest government edict in an effort to limit the spread of the deadly … Continue reading →

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Neighbours rally round to help in coronavirus emergency

Posted on March 16, 2020 by

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 →

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‘A time to prepare, not panic’ MP Jones says over coronavirus

Posted on March 13, 2020 by

Croydon, London and much of the country was going into a self-imposed lockdown today, as sports events, concerts and other public gatherings, large and small, were being postponed or called off to try to avoid the spread of coronavirus. In … Continue reading →

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What the election means for Croydon, Westfield and St Helier

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

After a long and sleepless night, our political editor WALTER CONXITE sifts through the wreckage of the General Election, and what it might mean for Croydon, and Sutton The fourth General Election since 2010 is significant because it is the … Continue reading →

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Hospital staff bid to break fund-raising records for Macmillan

Posted on September 24, 2019 by

Staff at Mayday Hospital are bidding to beat their record-breaking best when they host a “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” for Macmillan Cancer Support this Friday. Last year, big-hearted borough residents donated £77,000 at Macmillan Coffee Mornings across Croydon. Macmillan Cancer … Continue reading →

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