Category Archives: Epsom and Ewell

Owed £1,000 backpay, St Helier ambulance staff vote to strike

Posted on April 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

Staff who work in patient transfer ambulances for the Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over their employers’ failure to pay backpay. The GMB union, which represents the workers, has warned that … Continue reading →

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Chamber Mead wetlands promise fresh flow to the Hogsmill

Posted on April 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

The South East Rivers Trust is inviting local residents to come and celebrate the newly-created Chamber Mead wetlands with a day of family fun, activities and guided tours. The celebration day on Saturday April 20 will give nature lovers the … Continue reading →

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Creatura left out of sorts after Epsom Tories pick Fraser

Posted on January 16, 2024 by insidecroydon

The Coulsdon Town councillor is fast running out of parliamentary options, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor It looks like the Conservative councillor elected to the Town Hall three times by the residents of Coulsdon has again been reckoned to be … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon councillor Creatura distracted by charms of Epsom

Posted on January 15, 2024 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest flailing efforts of one of Croydon’s third-rate councillors to grab bigger and better things (for himself, of course) The Last Chance Saloon has a new bar room bore, as Coulsdon councillor Mario Creatura … Continue reading →

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Greens, residents and LibDems put squeeze on Tory Surrey

Posted on May 10, 2023 by insidecroydon

Follow the yellow brick road: political editor WALTER CRONXITE takes a flight of fancy over the new political map of south-east England after last week’s local elections, which have given the LibDems much encouragement The fields of Surrey, Sussex and … Continue reading →

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Oversupply of flats in borough is due to ‘profit over need’

Posted on August 3, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Tory government rail cuts cause more commuter misery

Posted on May 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Government cuts £100m from budget for new Sutton hospital

Posted on September 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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South of the border, residents brew up a planning rebellion

Posted on May 8, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Surrey’s voters face a multi-coloured swapshop at the polls

Posted on May 2, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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LibDem councillor who rediscovered herself as an Epsom sort

Posted on May 1, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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