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Category Archives: Surrey
Surrey council fined £7,400 over failures for boy with SEND
Croydon is not the only local authority in trouble. Tory-run Surrey County Council has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman after a second investigation into its failures to properly support a young boy with special educational needs. The Ombudsman … Continue reading
Croydon High ‘shocked’ at death of former head at Epsom
Emma Pattison, the headteacher at Epsom College who was discovered dead with her husband and daughter yesterday, had joined the private school in 2022 after six years as head at Croydon High School in Selsdon. Pattison, 45, her husband George, … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon High, Education, Schools, Surrey
Tagged Croydon High, Croydon High School, Emma Pattison, Epsom College
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Pro-pollution Dombey re-states Sutton opposition to ULEZ
Environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION on the cynical games being played with people’s lives by some of the capital’s third-rate politicians Ruth Dombey, the leader of LibDem-controlled Sutton, today declared war on ULEZ, warning Mayor of London Sadiq Khan that she … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Surrey, Sutton Council, ULEZ expansion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, Grant Shapps, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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Coroner confirms woman killed by dogs was from Croydon
It was confirmed at the Surrey Coroner’s Court this morning that the professional dog walker killed near Caterham earlier this month was from Croydon. The court had named 28-year-old Natasha Johnston when releasing documents yesterday. Johnston had been walking a … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, South Croydon, Surrey
Tagged Caterham, Gravelly Hill, Natasha Johnston, Surrey, Surrey Coroner's Court, Surrey Police
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Police investigations continuing after Caterham dog attack
Police cordons in Caterham were being removed this morning after officers finished forensic work relating to the death of a woman in a dog attack on Thursday. The police have described the woman as being “from London”. There has been … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Policing, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Caterham, South Croydon, Surrey Police
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Passenger group concerned over Surrey’s cuts to bus routes
A public transport group representing passengers in Croydon, Sutton and Surrey has warned against widespread cuts to bus services implied in a consultation conducted by Surrey County Council. Surrey CC failed to consult the East Surrey Transport Committee directly, and … Continue reading
More rail cuts coming down the line thanks to Tory Treasury
Funding formula for the country’s biggest railway operator represents ‘levelling down’ for London, according to a member of one of the largest passenger user groups More Southern and Thameslink railway timetable changes were slipped out last week, just ahead of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon North, Croydon South, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Norbury, Norwood Junction, Purley, Selhurst, South Croydon, South Norwood, Surrey, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Charles King, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon South, GoVia, Govia Thameslink, GTR, Norbury, Norwood Junction, RMT, RMT union, Selhurst, Surrey, Sutton, Tattenham Corner, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Oversupply of flats in borough is due to ‘profit over need’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Official government data shows that the council’s build-at-all-cost approach that has blighted parts of the borough has created a glut of over-priced ‘executive apartments’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The proliferation of block after block of expensive flats … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Epsom and Ewell, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Paul Scott, Planning, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Epsom and Ewell, GetAgent, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Surrey, Tandridge District Council
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Surrey course all set for some transatlantic golfing rivalry
Foxhills, the golf club and spa resort in Chertsey, is to stage the PGA Cup in September, a Ryder Cup-style team event pitching club professionals from Great Britain and Ireland against their rivals from the United States for the Llandudno … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Golf, Outside Croydon, Sport, Surrey
Tagged Chertsey, Foxhills Club and Resort, Golf, PGA Cup, Surrey
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Capturing every step of non-league Dorking’s meteoric rise
SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT: A former Croydon school teacher has been ever-present in the relentless rise through the divisions of a Surrey non-league club. DAVID MORGAN interviews football photographer Steve O’Sullivan, who took the pictures… Whatever the dramas involving the super-rich footballers … Continue reading
Posted in David Morgan, Football, Outside Croydon, Sport, Surrey
Tagged David Morgan, Dorking, Dorking Wanderers, Marc White, National League, Steve O'Sullivan
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Tory government rail cuts cause more commuter misery
Conservative ministers might expect us to return to work ‘as normal’, but they’re doing less-than-nothing to provide a transport service at pre-pandemic levels, reports JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent New rail timetables are to be implemented from Monday, with Croydon, Purley … Continue reading
Posted in Caterham, Community associations, Commuting, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, East Croydon, Epsom and Ewell, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norwood Junction, Purley, Selhurst, Surrey, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Charles King, Crystal Palace, Department for Transport, DfT, East Croydon station, East Surrey Transport Committee, GoVia, Govia Thameslink, Norwood Junction, Selhurst, Southern Rail, West Croydon
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Route masters let TfL know what they think of bus changes
Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON takes a closer look at TfL’s proposed changes to 13 routes through Croydon and Sutton, and discovers residents’ groups and ward councillors sceptical about the service reductions London Mayor Sadiq Khan has recently said that … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chipstead, Commuting, East Croydon, Kenley, London-wide issues, Norwood Junction, Purley, Purley Way, South Croydon, South Norwood, Surrey, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, Waddon, West Croydon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Caterham, Charles King, Coulsdon, East Surrey, Kenley, London Buses, Old Town, Purley, Purley Way, Surrey County Council, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Reshuffle sees Philp shunted sideways to the ‘Ministry of Fun’
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the unlucky ‘escape’ in the government reshuffle for Croydon’s only Conservative MP Croydon’s only Tory MP has finally made his escape from the clutches of Priti Patel at the Home Office. There are rumours, unconfirmed, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Improvement Board, Surrey
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Culture, DCMS, Department of Digital, Media and Sport, MHCLG, Michael Gove, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Nadine Dorries, Surrey Heath
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Government cuts £100m from budget for new Sutton hospital
Plans for a new hospital in Sutton have been hit after the government wrote to the local NHS Trust to advise that they would be cutting their contribution to the £511million build costs by around a quarter. The plans to … Continue reading
Whyteleafe league exit raises doubts over property investors
The Steven Gerrard Football Academy has tried to distance itself and the eponymous former Liverpool and England captain from any mention in the public outrage caused by two non-league football clubs being forced to quit their home grounds after they … Continue reading
Eight walks to encompass Croydon’s boundaries and history
Over the course of lockdown, one intrepid geographer has managed to complete the ‘beating of the bounds’ and discover the fascinating history of our parish and civic boundaries, stretching back to Saxon times. Words, pictures and mapping by Dr BEN … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Church and religions, City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, History, New Addington, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, Walks
Tagged Addington, Beddington, Ben Clifford, Chipstead, Coulsdon, Farleigh, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Woodmansterne
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Singapore-based firm buys up Whyteleafe’s football ground
Whyteleafe Football Club’s ground has been bought by a Singapore-based company in a half-million-pound deal which could see the Isthmian League side have to leave their Church Road home. “This could end up finishing the club,” a sports website has … Continue reading
Posted in Property, Sport, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, Whyteleafe FC
Tagged Church Road, Ian Rush, Irama Sport, Whyteleafe FC
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Covid outbreak takes seven Surrey fire engines out of service
The fire brigade in neighbouring Surrey has been hit by an outbreak of coronavirus which has placed nearly one-third of the county’s full-time fire engines out of service. According to the Fire Brigades Union, the outbreak has occurred after Surrey … Continue reading
Tories choose NHS’s birthday to sound death knell for St Helier
The Tory government chose the weekend of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the NHS to sound the death knell for acute services at St Helier Hospital, and at Epsom Hospital in Surrey. A 25-year-long battle to maintain and … Continue reading
Shock as leader of council with £1bn property debts is ousted
The leader of a local council which has gambled hundreds of millions of pounds on the property market has been ousted by party colleagues, and may now face an independent investigation. No, loyal reader, don’t get too excited just yet… … Continue reading
Posted in Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Outside Croydon, Surrey
Tagged Conservative, Ian Harvey, Spelthorne Council, Tory
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Godstone Road water works bring tears to the eyes of traders
Residents and businesses in Purley don’t know whether to laugh or cry as, after stoically enduring nine weeks of covid-19 lockdown, they are now bracing themselves for a two-month closure of a major arterial road. Locals have found out almost … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley, Surrey
Tagged AllBikes, Godstone Road, Purley, SES Water, Surrey County Council
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South of the border, residents brew up a planning rebellion
The Conservatives suffered a near-wipe-out in last week’s council elections held in the usually true blue stockbroker belt of Surrey. Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE has crunched the numbers and found that local issues do matter Croydon’s 70 councillors cost … Continue reading
Surrey’s voters face a multi-coloured swapshop at the polls
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, checks out some straws in the election wind caused by the Brexit storm, as neighbouring councils hold their elections today Londoners might be spared the bother of going to the polling stations today, but for … Continue reading
LibDem councillor who rediscovered herself as an Epsom sort
BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports on how Monica Coleman, having voted through the incinerator in Sutton, has re-invented herself as a residents’ association candidate in West Ewell to jump on the councillor allowance gravy train in local elections in Surrey tomorrow It’s … Continue reading