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Build, baby! Build! 626 flats in Mitcham and none ‘affordable’
Housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on a developer-friendly decision which might yet set the trend for all of London This is what you get when you “Build, baby! Build!” Merton Council has granted planning approval for 626 homes on the Mitcham … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Housing, London-wide issues, Merton, Mitcham, Property, Steve Reed MP, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Berkeley Homes, Build Baby Build, GLA, Greater London Authority, Hammersfield, Housing secretary, Labour, Meron, Merton Council, Mitcham, Mitcham Gasworks, St William, Steve Reed OBE, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Video exclusive: man set for trial over Warlingham stabbing
EXCLUSIVE: This website has obtained a video clip from the violent incident at Warlingham Green on Tuesday night, when one man was hospitalised and another was arrested on a range of charges Inside Croydon today publishes a brief video clip … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, Limpsfield Road, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tandridge, Warlingham, Warlingham Green
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Eight people held as slaves for months at Mitcham car wash
Police used Google Translate to speak with captives when they carried out a raid following information from a 15-year-old who was in a group being held against their will A man has been jailed after a police investigation into modern-day … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mitcham
Tagged Hewa Margai, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham, Mitcham car wash, Modern Day Slavery, Modern Slavery Unit
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Police appeal for witnesses after stabbing at Warlingham Green
Surrey Police have issued an appeal for witnesses following a stabbing near Warlingham Green last night. A 22-year-old man from Croydon is in custody following the incident, “on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, possession of a knife/bladed article in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged knife crime, Limpsfield Road, Surrey, Surrey Police, Tandridge, Warlingham, Warlingham Green
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Intriguing secret societies offer more than conspiracy theories
KEN TOWL delved into the little-known world of local literary societies, the ‘Lits’, where talk is cheap and at least the fruitcakes promise ‘no nuts’ I have discovered a hidden world, a world that exists in the shadows, a world … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, History, Ken Towl, Norwood Society, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead
Tagged Addiscombe, CNH&SS, Croydon, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, East Croydon, Ken Towl, Literary Societies, Margaret Thatcher, Purley, Purley Literary Society, Redhill, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Literary Society, Shaw's Corner Literary Society, St Mildred's Literary Society, The Lit
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Bromley traffic wardens in 48-hour strike over ‘poverty pay’
Bromley’s traffic wardens are out on strike today and tomorrow, and will be marching on Bromley’s civic centre tomorrow in protest at a derisory offer from their employers to improve what they call their “poverty pay”. The traffic wardens are … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Outside Croydon, Parking
Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, GMB, GMB Union, Traffic wardens
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£18.7m rail scheme brings contactless ticketing to 50 stations
Rail passengers will be able to use pay as you go with contactless ticket barriers at 21 more stations served by Southern, Thameslink and Great Northern from December 14. The stations getting the updated payment system include Ashtead, Box Hill … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Reigate and Banstead Council, Surrey, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Contactless, Department for Transport, DfT, Dorking, East Grinstead, Great British Railways, Leatherhead, Lord Peter Hendy, Oxted, Pay as you go, Reigate, TfL, Transport for London, Woldingham
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Friends of Chaldon Church Quiz Night, Village Hall, Nov 28
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Community associations, Outside Croydon
Tagged Chaldon, History
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Now Thames Water blamed for blocking River Wandle for fish
Thames Water have been accused of another botched job, this time on the River Wandle near Beddington, where their works have made it impossibly difficult for fish to swim upstream. A local environment campaigner has an email from the Environment … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Carshalton, Environment Agency, Goat Road Bridge, Jim Duffy, London, Mitcham, River Wandle, Thames Water
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Sutton woman banned over pet Pomeranian’s sorry state
A woman from Sutton has been fined and banned from keeping dogs for 10 years after animal charity the RSPCA brought a prosecution against her over her mistreatment of her pet Pomeranian. The dog had become so unwell she had … Continue reading
Tories ignore bully allegations over ‘wicked’ Bromley councillor
A former aide to a Conservative MP has filed a complaint to his own party over serious allegations of a three-year bullying campaign conducted against him by a Westminster colleague who is compared to a psychopath and described as “a … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council
Tagged 2024 General Election, Abena Oppong-Asare MP, Beckenham and Penge, Bromley, Bromley and Biggin Hill, Bromley Council, Conservative, Ellie Reeves MP, General Election, General Election 2024, Jackie Doyle-Price, Kemi Badenoch, Peter Fortune, Shaun Slator, Sir Bob Neill, The Nasty Party, Tory
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Croydon’s 6.6% unemployment rate is among worst in capital
Croydon has one of the worst unemployment rates in London, according to the latest figures. There are 1.8million unemployed across the country, which the Office for National Statistics said, outside the covid pandemic, is the highest level nationally since August … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Merton, Southwark Council, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Budget, Budget 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Conservative, Croydon, Department of Work and Pensions, DWP, Jobseekers Allowance, Labour, Lambeth, London, Merton, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Rachel Reeves, Southwark, Sutton, Tory, Underemployment, unemployment
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Terrorism charges for Wallington teen linked to Islamic State
A teenager from Wallington has been arrested under the Terrorism Act. Chafik Aziz, 18, was charged on November 11 with, according to the Metropolitan Police, “an offence contrary to section 5 (1)(a) of the Terrorism Act 2006”. Aziz’s charges state … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Sutton Council
Tagged Chafik Aziz, Islamic State, Metropolitan Police, Sutton, Syria, terrorism, Terrorism Act, Wallington
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Friends of Chaldon Church Quiz Night, Village Hall, Nov 28
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Community associations, Outside Croydon
Tagged Chaldon, History
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Busiest Bonfire Night for a decade as Brigade repeats warnings
Out-of-control bonfire in Bromley took two dozen firefighters five hours to extinguish, and was among more than 800 incidents on this November 5 Bonfire Night 2025 will go down as the busiest for the capital’s firefighters in a decade, with … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues
Tagged Bonfire Night, Bonfires, Bromley, fireworks, LFB, London, London Fire Brigade
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Chaldon 200 years ago history talk, Chaldon Village Hall, Nov 8
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Bromley’s traffic wardens on work-to-rule before Christmas
Bromley’s traffic wardens are taking industrial action from Monday week, November 10, after rejecting what they call a “poverty pay” offer of a 50p per hour increase which would still leave them earning below the London Living Wage. Bromley Council’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Outside Croydon, Parking
Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, GMB, GMB Union, Traffic wardens
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Nobody thought having two Surrey councils was a good idea
CROYDON (AND SURREY) COMMENTARY: By a stroke of Steve Reed’s ministerial pen, one part of Surrey is to have just 20 councillors to represent 160,000 people. For SHASHA KHAN, pictured right, that is ‘a devastating attack on our representative democracy’ … Continue reading
Posted in East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Outside Croydon, Reigate and Banstead Council, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council
Tagged Cllr Shasha Khan, East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Hooley Merstham and Netherne, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Reigate and Banstead, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council, Woking, Woking Borough Council
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Reed approves Surrey county council split and £500m write-off
Bankrupt Woking to get an unprecedented debt write-off from government, but new West Surrey Council to be burdened with £4.5bn of borrowing from Day 1 in 2027 Twelve local authorities in Surrey, including Tandridge, Epsom and Ewell and Reigate and … Continue reading
Posted in East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Outside Croydon, Reigate and Banstead Council, Steve Reed MP, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council
Tagged East Surrey Council, Epsom and Ewell, Labour, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Reigate and Banstead, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tandridge, Tandridge District Council, West Surrey Council, Woking, Woking Borough Council
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New lifts give step-free access for passengers at Sutton Station
Sutton Station’s old and unreliable lifts have been replaced, giving rail passengers step-free access between platforms and the station concourse once again after a four-month engineering project. Network Rail finished the lift replacement work in quick order for the busy … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Sutton Council, Transport
Tagged Govia Thameslink, Network Rail, Southern Rail, Sutton, Sutton Station, Thameslink
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Bromley’s traffic wardens reject 50p pay offer with 97% vote
Bromley’s traffic wardens are preparing for strike action after their employers made an offer to increase their wages by just 50p per hour. Traffic wardens in Bromley are paid £12.21 an hour. APOCA’s offer would have seen their pay increase … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Outside Croydon, Parking
Tagged APCOA, Bromley, Bromley Council, Traffic wardens
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