Category Archives: Local media

Inside Croydon editor nominated for charity’s prestigious award

Posted on September 20, 2018 by

Steven Downes, the editor of Inside Croydon, has been nominated for a prestigious award for this website’s campaigning journalism over the provision, or lack of it, for young Croydon residents with autism and special educational needs. Anna Kennedy Online, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anna Kennedy Online, Charity, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Inside Croydon, Local media, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

House prices are falling just as Brick by Brick comes to market

Posted on September 1, 2018 by

A collapse in house prices, even in London and the south-east, could put more pressure on the Town Hall’s creaking finances, thanks to chief exec Jo “We’re Not Stupid” Negrini’s cunning plan of spending public money on building 1,000 homes … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Evening Boris, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Information Commissioner orders Sussex Police to come clean over ‘knives and knuckle-duster’ claims

Posted on August 23, 2018 by

The editorial team of a Crystal Palace fanzine are today being congratulated by football supporters across the country for managing to hold to account the police, after the Information Commissioner’s Office ruled that Sussex Police’s had broken the Freedom of … Continue reading →

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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 →

Posted in Inside Croydon, Local media, South Norwood Tourist Board | Tagged , | 6 Comments

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