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LibDem Webster holds Sutton council seat with 52% of vote
INSIDE SUTTON: Reform makes in-roads in Carshalton South and Clockhouse by-election, but not enough to overtake Tories for second place, reports BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK Sutton’s Liberal Democrats last night maintained their record of always winning by-elections in council wards where they … Continue reading
Posted in Carshalton and Wallington, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council
Tagged Amy Haldane, Arlene Dearlove, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, Conservative, Council by-election, Croydon Constitutionalists, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Lisa Webster, Nigel Farage, Reform UK, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tory
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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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Police name Leon Anderson as the victim of Mitcham murder
The police have named the man killed in a stabbing at his home in Maple Close, Mitcham, on Monday night as Leon Anderson. He was 39. The man charged with his murder, Kemuel Gambicky-Forbes, 24, of Deer Park Gardens, appeared in … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Merton, Mitcham, Policing
Tagged Eastfields, Kemuel Gambicky-Forbes, knife crime, Leon Anderson, Maple Close, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham
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Police arrest 24-year-old man in connection to Mitcham murder
A 24-year-old man has been arrested following a fatal stabbing in Mitcham on Monday night. Around 7.30pm on Monday, police were called to an address in Maple Close, off Oakleigh Way, Eastfields. A 39-year-old man was treated at the scene … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, Merton, Mitcham, Policing
Tagged Eastfields, knife crime, Maple Close, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham
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‘Top fan’ of Islamophobe ‘comic’ is Reform pick for by-election
INSIDE SUTTON: With Nigel Farage’s limited company picking up council seats across the country, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports on how they might impact the latest by-election in Carshalton South and Clockhouse With the far-right Reform UK riding high in the opinion … Continue reading
Posted in Carshalton and Wallington, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council
Tagged Amy Haldane, Arlene Dearlove, Carshalton South and Clockhouse, Conservative, Council by-election, Croydon Constitutionalists, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nigel Farage, Reform UK, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tommy Robinson, 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
Reports of another fuel spill into River Wandle chalk stream
Further concerns are being raised about an ‘environmental disaster’, with criticisms of the government agency’s failed clean-up of spill from February being compounded by more pollution on the river this week For the second time in just a few weeks, … Continue reading
Beddington survives its own Suez crisis at ‘explosive’ meeting
In another set-back for “Hapless Helen” Bailey, the £230,000 per year chief executive of Sutton Council, a planning application to build a “monster” waste plant on Beddington Lane was rejected by councillors last night. The planning committee voted 4-3 against … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Ed Joyce, Hapless Helen Bailey, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Planning, Suez, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Viridor
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Fond sporting memories played out on Norbury’s fine pitches
NEIL BENNETT, the former BBC News reporter, hopes that plans for the redevelopment of a sports ground in Norbury will at least restore some of its past sporting glories It was just the Westminter Bank Sports Ground in the 1950s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Lambeth Council, Merton, Neil Bennett, Norbury, Planning
Tagged Merton Council, NatWest Sports Ground, Neil Bennett, Norbury, Peter Loader, Surrey cricket, Turle Road
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Six doctors lead the objections against ‘monster’ waste plant
Six concerned doctors are among the hundreds of worried Sutton residents who have filed objections to a plan to build what one local councillor calls “a monster” food waste plant on Beddington Lane. The Suez food waste plant proposals are … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dave Tchil, Environment, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Hapless Helen Bailey, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Pamela Marsh, Planning, Suez, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Now developers peddle padel possibilities at Cancer Hub site
Sutton could get its first public padel courts before Croydon following the announcement from the London Cancer Hub at Belmont. Social Sports Society, the padel operator behind ventures like Wembley Park Padel, has resubmitted a planning application for a change … Continue reading
Councillor slams ‘shameful and deceitful’ waste figures
DODGY LEAFLETS: Local elections are still more than a year away, but the colourful flyers with carefully crafted weasel words are already beginning to appear on residents’ doormats. Not all are overtly from political parties, but as BELLE MONT reports, … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, Kingston Council, Liberal Democrats, Merton, Merton Council, Nick Mattey, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Martin, Veolia, Viridor, Waste recycling
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Wandle Forum in legal challenge to council over nature reserve
INSIDE SUTTON: If the council won’t take action against big business for failing to honour its planning commitments, then a coalition of around 150 community groups – backed up by a major legal firm – will. By ROSE HILL The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Environment, London-wide issues, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve, Beddington incinerator, Housing environment and neighbourhoods committee, Leigh Day solicitors, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia, Valencia Waste Management, Viridor, Wandle Valley Forum
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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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500 flats in £250m scheme proposed opposite Sutton Station
Developers have submitted a £250million proposal to build 507 flats on a site opposite Sutton railway centre, the latest tower block for the town centre. The scheme, which has been dubbed “Press Works”, will retain and repurpose a 19-storey office … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Sutton Council
Tagged Amro Partners, Sutton, Sutton Station, The Print Works
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45 houses on Farleigh Meadows is latest battle for Green Belt
Residents in Warlingham are fighting a rearguard action to save the Green Belt, with a succession of applications to build housing, often on sites which were formerly sports grounds or used for recreational purposes. Farleigh Meadows, previously a stables and … Continue reading
Trial date for Carshalton teacher’s murder is set for October
James Madden appeared in court yesterday and was charged with the murder of Gemma Devonish, the school teacher who was found with fatal stab wounds at a flat in Nutfield Close, Carshalton, on December 19 last year. The local MP … Continue reading
Parking wardens stop issuing tickets in four London boroughs
More than 200 parking wardens and environmental officers across Wandsworth, Richmond, Lambeth and Kingston have stopped issuing tickets as a form of industrial action. This is the continuation of a dispute which has seen members of the GMB union take … Continue reading
