Category Archives: Local media

Where in Croydon would you include on a special guided tour?

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

WIN! We have an exclusive South Norwood Tourist Board T-shirt to give away – the fashion item to be seen wearing in south London this festival season – in our free-to-enter competition Next month, the South Norwood Tourist Board, the … Continue reading →

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Leaflets target Labour leaders to halt Brick by Brick schemes

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

Guerilla leafleting has been carried out across three south London boroughs in protest against the councils’ leaderships, and in one case the police have been called in. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports Residents’ groups have been flyering their neighbourhoods to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Brick by Brick, Housing, Local media, Merton, Outside Croydon, Paul Scott, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

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

‘Bogus Ben’ and freesheet’s lead story prompt complaints

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

Sutton reporter BELLE MONT on how a LibDem election candidate has been caught out trying to take credit for a community campaign Sutton’s polluting, thieving and cage-fighting LibDem councillors and ex-councillors, despite having been caught out trying to use tax-payers’ … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Croydon Guardian, Local media, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Newman move to ban councillors who speak to Inside Croydon

Posted on February 18, 2018 by

With the borough’s children’s services deep in crisis, a pre-election Council Tax hike on the way and amid growing discontent over a scandal involving three senior council employees, Croydon’s council leader has taken to issuing threats to his own Labour … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Inside Croydon, Local media, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , | 17 Comments

Trains, trams and bicycles: get your tickets now for Wolmar talk

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

With less than a week to go, there’s just a few tickets remaining for the first Talking Inside Croydon event of 2018, when transport expert Christian Wolmar will be discussing his latest book, Railways & The Raj, and taking questions … Continue reading →

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Standard practice: tram extension story goes off the rails

Posted on September 28, 2017 by

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the difference between what is really happening, and what an advertising feature in the rag edited by trainee journalist Gideon Osborne says Transport for London has spent the past 24 hours trying to calmly damp … Continue reading →

Posted in Evening Boris, Merton, Sutton Council, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments