Category Archives: Kenley

National Reserve status granted for Coulsdon’s Farthing Downs

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

Croydon will get its own National Nature Reserve later this month, as more than 1,000 acres of chalk downland across Riddlesdown, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, through to Kenley Common, Sanderstead and Whyteleafe will be formally declared by Natural England as … Continue reading →

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Only five Croydon Tory councillors listed as ‘Backing Boris’

Posted on July 8, 2019 by

Croydon Town Hall’s Conservatives are not backing Boris. That’s according to a listing published today by the Boris Johnson leadership campaign which includes just five of Croydon’s 29 Tory councillors, from among 1,000 Conservative elected representatives at local authorities around … Continue reading →

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Tory Bailey manages just a single question for Mayor Khan

Posted on July 4, 2019 by

Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party candidate in next year’s London Mayor elections, is so hard-working that he managed to put up just a single question for last month’s session of Mayor’s Question Time. Bailey, who has been a London Assembly … Continue reading →

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City Hall to debate Mayor investigation of TfL role in tram crash

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

The role of Transport for London officials in the withholding of “critical safety evidence” from the official investigation into the causes of the 2016 Sandilands tram crash is to be debated at City Hall this week. Mayor Sadiq Khan is … Continue reading →

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It’s Sun Day on Saturday at Kenley for Croydon’s star gazers

Posted on June 28, 2019 by

Tomorrow, Saturday June 29, the Croydon Astronomical Society is holding its annual Solar Day, from 11am until 3pm.

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O’Connell’s threat to Ken Clarke displays his ignorance again

Posted on June 26, 2019 by

Silent Steve O’Connell, the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, is cutting an increasingly ludicrous figure around City Hall as he winds down towards his retirement to dozy Dorset. O’Connell, who is also a Tory councillor for Kenley ward, … Continue reading →

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Taxi for O’Connell! Tory councillor thinks Tube runs to Croydon

Posted on June 20, 2019 by

There’s an old saying that you get what you pay for. It seems that these days, you can’t expect a great deal for £67,733. That’s the amount, in pay and council allowances, still being pocketed by “Silent” Steve O’Connell, the … Continue reading →

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