Category Archives: Sutton Council
Croydon’s rewards for failure laid bare in Town Hall Rich List
Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s chief executive who issued three Section 114 notices of effective bankruptcy during her time in charge at the council, was taking home salary and pensions totalling £223,838 in the year before she left Fisher’s Folly. Yet Kerswell … Continue reading
Election countdown: splintered voting could see Davis win
Less than one month until election day, our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, looks at the latest polls and by-elections to assess – or guess – how the Croydon electorate will vote for executive Mayor on May 7 While the government … Continue reading
Corbyn’s party has 1 candidate across Croydon’s 70 seats
With candidate declarations to close tomorrow, even some of the biggest political parties are scrambling around for last-minute volunteers to appear on ballot papers on May 7. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Your Party, the leftist grouping backed … Continue reading
Crowley joins Beddington Independents for election campaign
INSIDE SUTTON: The former leader of the Conservative group at the Civic Centre has deferred his retirement to help see off challenges from LibDems and Reform, as ROSE HILL reports Tim Crowley, for seven years the leader of the Conservative … Continue reading
Councillors make call to divest from Israeli-linked companies
More than 150 councillors from across London’s boroughs and London Assembly members have signed a letter demanding divestment of council pension funds from corporations which fund or support Israeli abuses against Palestinians. Yet only one of Croydon’s 70 councillors has … Continue reading
Radar-based speed cameras to trial in Sutton and Croydon
Roads in Croydon and Sutton are to be among the sites for a trial of radar-based speed cameras. Given that this scheme is being brought in by the Met Police and Transport for London, motorists can expect it to be … Continue reading
Labour councillor finally apologises over vile online slurs
INSIDE SUTTON: The long adios of Sheldon Vestey, the Valencia-based councillor for… checks notes … Hackbridge, has seen him once again hauled before a council disciplinary panel – albeit via video link – after an investigation that has cost the … Continue reading
Planning consent granted for £1bn Cancer Hub in Belmont
Sutton Council has granted planning permission for the £1billion expansion of the London Cancer Hub, near the site of the Royal Marsden Hospital in Belmont. The expansion across a 12-acre site is expected to create 3,000 jobs, mostly in highly … Continue reading
Labour makes new U-turn as Señor Vestey opts to stand down
INSIDE SUTTON: Just days after his local party posted leaflets online calling on supporters to vote for him in May, the controversial councillor on the Costa has changed his mind – but that won’t stop him pocketing thousands of pounds … Continue reading
No apologies from Señor Vestey over three conduct complaints
INSIDE SUTTON: A Labour councillor who moved home to Spain more than a year ago has refused to comply with recommendations of a committee that found him to have broken the Code of Conduct multiple times. EXCLUSIVE by CARL SHILTON, … Continue reading
Drivers in Bromley and Sutton put on red alert over potholes
Road users in Bromley and Sutton need to exercise extra care to avoid troublesome pot holes. That’s according to a register of poorly-maintained roads issued over the weekend by the Department for Transport, which has both south London boroughs given … Continue reading
Former PC found guilty of sexual assault on Sutton cadet
Grant Fulker, the former Met police constable accused of abusing a teenaged cadet from Sutton, was convicted yesterday by a jury at Southwark Crown Court of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault. The offences took place in February 2024 on … Continue reading
Westfield Scrooges stop choir singing carols in Whitgift Centre
The traditional free, charity fund-raising Christmas carol concert by a long-established Croydon choir never took place in the Whitgift Centre this month. Last year, the Scrooges at Westfield turned away the Croydon Male Voice Choir from what was once an … Continue reading
Woodcote garden centre gives away Christmas trees to schools
Four local primaries and pre-schools have each received large, and free, Christmas trees for children, staff and parents to enjoy, all thanks to a community giveaway organised by Dobbies Garden Centre at Woodcote Green. Sunflowers Pre School on Brabazon Avenue, … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
