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Category Archives: Bromley Council
Crystal Palace film festival under threat over council licences
The founder of one of the country’s most popular film festivals has branded Lambeth and Bromley councils “pathetic” and “short-sighted” over the threat to lumber his organisation with thousands of pounds of additional costs which could force the event to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bromley Council, Cinema, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace International Film Festival, Everyman Crystal Palace, Lambeth Council, Stanley Halls
Tagged Bromley Council, cinema, CPIFF, Crystal Palace International Film Festival, Everyman Crystal Palace, Johnny Vegas, Kerry Godliman, Lambeth council, Mark Steel, Neill Roy, Paul Weller, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, West Norwood Picturehouse
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SuperLoop route to Heathrow will continue to serve Croydon
The SL7 SuperLoop bus that runs the near-marathon length route from West Croydon to Heathrow Airport has been given a reprieve. Draft proposals to reduce the route, and have it start only from Sutton, with the SL5 extended from Bromley … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Commuting, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, East Croydon station, Heathrow Airport, London Mayor, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, SL5, SL6, SL7, Superloop, Sutton, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon
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Mayor Khan fires starting pistol for £130m sports centre refurb
‘There’s no downside to redeveloping Crystal Palace’ says Khan as work finally begins to bring the former National Sports Centre back into working order – perhaps even as part of a bid for London to host the 2040 Olympics Plans … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Basketball, Bromley Council, Cricket, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Football, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming
Tagged 2012 Olympics, 2040 Olympic Games, Bromley, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, GLC, Greater London Council, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Morgan Sindall, Paula Radcliffe, Steve Ovett
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Complaints against Perry’s council on rise, Ombudsman says
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on another year where our council is close to the top of a league table – for most upheld complaints Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s £204,000 per year chief executive, if she bothered … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth Council, Planning, Southwark Council, Surrey, Sutton Council
Tagged Amerdeep Somal, Bromley, Children's Care, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth, LGO, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, Local Government Ombudsman, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ombudsman, Planning, social care, Southwark, Surrey County Council, Sutton, Tory
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Beckenham drug-dealer given 28 years over cocaine imports
A drug-dealer from Beckenham has been convicted for supplying cocaine and jailed after evidence gathered from his encrypted phone showed he had imported more than half a tonne of the Class A drug – estimated to have a street value … Continue reading
Crystal Palace Subway shortlisted for restoration project award
The Crystal Palace Subway has been shortlisted for “Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year” at the National Museums and Heritage Awards. Of course, the Subway is in fact a restoration project 15 years in the making, finally opening to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, History
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Crystal Palace Subway, Friends of Crystal Palace Subway
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Rape-shamer Slator gets elected to Tories’ top job in Bromley
They are a forgiving lot in the Conservative Party under Kemi BadEnoch. The Tories have not only taken a “scumbag rape apologist” back into the party fold, they’ve even restored him to a senior position in the Bromley and Biggin … Continue reading
TfL dusts off plan for £10bn Bakerloo line extension to Bromley
Transport for London’s Christmas present to south-east London was to announce that it is dusting off its plans for an extension of the Bakerloo line to Lewisham, and potentially beyond to Beckenham Junction and Elmers End. The capital’s transport authority … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Commuting, Lewisham, Outside Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Bakerloo Line, Bakerloo line extension, Beckenham Junction, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, DLR, Docklands Light Railway, Elmers End, Lewisham, London, London Tramlink, Mayor, TfL, Transport for London
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Bromley does developer deal to secure Churchill Theatre
The future of the Churchill Theatre in Bromley has been “secured”, after discussions between the council, which owns the building, and operators Trafalgar Theatres, with a third-party bidder agreeing to come on board. There had been growing uncertainty over the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Bromley Council, Theatre
Tagged Bromley, Churchill Theatre, Trafalgar Theatres
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Veolia backs down over road sweeper’s holiday to Portugal
Veolia, who operate the street cleaning and bin emptying contracts in Croydon, have been forced to back down over a decision to ban one of their employees in neighbouring Bromley from taking a £3,000 trip of a lifetime to Portugal, … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Veolia
Tagged Beckenham, Bromey Council, Bromley, On The Beach, Paul Spiers, Portugal, Portugal holiday, Road sweeper, Road sweeper holiday, Veolia
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Ombudsman creates league table of London’s failing councils
The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into Lewisham Council, which is guilty of “repeated failings”. The watchdog said it would carry out the probe into the south London council after issuing it with 16 “severe maladministration” findings in … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bexley, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lewisham, London-wide issues, Merton, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Alison Butler, Bexley, Brick by Brick, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing Ombudsman, Labour, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richard Blakeway, Southwark, Sutton
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Bromley green lights John Lewis’s 24-storey housing scheme
Bromley’s Conservative-controlled council has granted planning permission to John Lewis for the “Waitrose Tower” which, at 24 storeys, is much taller than any development given the green light in any Croydon district centre. The £500million project will take until 2029 … Continue reading
Poor councils make bad situations worse says Ombudsman
People who have been treated poorly by their local council are all too often having their situations made worse when their council delays putting things right. That’s the view of the Local Government Ombudsman in her annual review of all … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Lambeth Council, Merton, SEND, Southwark Council, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Lambeth, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Ombudsman, SEND, Southwark, Sutton
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#GeneralElection2024: Through-the-night results coverage
#GE2024: HERE WE GO Welcome to Inside Croydon’s unmatched coverage of the 2024 General Election results night for south London. Working with our colleagues at GreenwichWire, we have reporters and citizen journalists at the counts in Croydon (natch), Sutton, Brixton … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Bexley, Bromley Council, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elliot Colburn, Lambeth Council, Luke Taylor MP, Natasha Irons, Outside Croydon, Peter Underwood, Reigate and Banstead Council, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Scott Ainslie, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council
Tagged 2024 General Election, Ben Taylor, Carshalton and Wallington, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Katherine Kerswell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons, Peter Underwood, Rishi Sunak, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Sutton and Cheam, Tory
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South Croydon, Bromley and Beckenham on Aldi’s wish list
Aldi, the country’s fourth-largest supermarket chain, is looking to get even bigger, and is on the hunt for new store locations in South Croydon, as well as Beckenham and Bromley, as part of its rapid expansion drive. Last month, Aldi … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Property, South Croydon
Tagged Aldi, Beckenham, Bromley, Lidl, Marks and Spencer, South Croydon
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The Nasty Party gives rape-shaming Slator a job in Bromley
Our Beckenham correspondent, PETTA WOOD, reports Just in case there were any lingering doubts, the Conservative Party in Bromley at election time has doubled down on its reputation as The Nasty Party by giving an important position to a councillor … Continue reading
‘Rape shaming’ councillor Slator welcomed back by Tories
The Nasty Party is alive and well, and delivering election leaflets on a street near you. Inside Croydon reported last year the case of the misogynist Bromley councillor, Shaun Slator, who was suspended from the Conservative Party for his “despicable” … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council
Tagged Bromley Council, Conservative, Jackie Doyle-Price, Mark Coxshall, Nasty Party, Shaun Slator, Thurrock, Tory
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2024 General Election: Bromley’s candidates list for July 4
Nominations of candidates to stand in the General Election on July 4 closed at 4pm last Friday. Bromley has four parliamentary constituencies: Beckenham and Penge; Bromley and Biggin Hill; and Orpington, with Eltham and Chislehurst (which contains the Bromley wards … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bromley Council, Outside Croydon
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley and Biggin Hill, Bromley Council, Conservative, Eltham and Chislehurst, General Election, General Election 2024, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Orpington, Tory
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Tory election candidate warned by police over dodgy leaflet
A Conservative Party candidate in the General Election has been told by the Metropolitan Police to stop distributing a campaign leaflet that has been designed to appear as if it has the endorsement of the force’s local commander. Hannah Gray, … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bromley Council, Crime, London-wide issues, Policing
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beckenham, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley Council, General Election, General Election 2024, Hannah Gray, Metropolitan Police, Penge, Scotland Yard, Superintendent Luke Baldock
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Reigate, Kingston, Sutton: the seats facing ‘The Croydon Effect’
In the second part of our General Election Special, WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, casts his expert eye further afield, to Sutton and Bromley, and even into the Surrey stockbroker belt Compared with Croydon, it’s an entirely different political landscape in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Bromley Council, Chrishni Reshekaron, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Kingston, Luke Taylor MP, Mario Creatura, Paul Scully MP, Reigate and Banstead Council, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Drummond
Tagged Bobby Dean, Bromley, Chrishni Reshekaron, Clive Efford, Conservative, Croydon, Elliot Colburn MP, Eunice O'Dame, Kingston and Surbiton, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Paul Scully, Peter Fortune, Reigate, Sir Bob Neill, Stuart Brady, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Drummond, Tory, Wallington and Carshalton
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Cause of Beckenham Road shop blaze ‘deliberate’ says LFB
The emergency services have declared that the cause of a fire at a shop with flats above in Bromley in the early hours of this morning was “believed to be deliberate”. It took four fire engines and around 25 firefighters … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Beckenham Road, Bromley, LFB, London Fire Brigade
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‘Appalling’ GLL is facing strike by library workers in Bromley
Library workers in Bromley are to take strike action over “low pay and shoddy working practices”, according to their union, Unite. Bromley operates 14 public libraries (more than in bigger borough Croydon), plus a volunteer-run mobile library service, all managed … Continue reading
The Swan upgrades its sports bar credentials for summer
The Swan pub in West Wickham reopened its doors last week following a £250,000 refurbishment and internal refresh by its owners, the Stonegate Group. The investment has provided new flooring, redecoration and new seating booths and additional television screens – … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Pubs
Tagged Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, Stonegate Group, The Swan, West Wickham, Wickham Court
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Sudden closure of West Wickham pool for safety reasons
Bromley Council has been forced to close West Wickham Leisure Centre as a “precautionary” measure, “in support of safety”. The council made the announcement yesterday afternoon, less than three months since agreeing to carry out a multi-million-pound refurbishment of the … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Health, Purley Pool, Swimming
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, swimming, West Wickham, West Wickham Leisure Centre, Yvonne Bear
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Dozens evacuated from fire in Orchard Grove block of flats
A three-storey block of flats in Penge had to be evacuated due to a fire in the early hours of this morning. Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters tackled a fire on Orchard Grove in Penge. A second-floor flat … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Flat fire, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Penge
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