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From a few lines in Henry V, actor stood alongside the greats
CROYDON CHRONICLES: An outstanding producer-director at The Old Vic who performed alongside the likes of Sir Henry Irving and Sir Laurence Olivier, and appeared in some of the most notable films of the 1940s and ’50s, Harcourt Williams’ acting talent … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, David Morgan, History, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged Around The World In Eighty Days, Audrey Hepburn, Croydon, David Morgan, Gregory Peck, Hamlet, Harcourt Williams, Henry V, John Gelgud, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Roman Holiday, Sir Henry Irving, The Old Vic, Whitgift Grammar Shool, Whitgift School, William Shakespeare
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‘If you think parks are protected, think again’ says CPRE report
Despite receiving £23m in grants for the up-keep of Croydon’s parks, only eight of the council’s 127 open spaces have Green Flag status. GIANELLA A BASILE looks over a new report which details more than 50 green spaces under threat … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton Park, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gianella A Basile, Heathfield House, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Norwood Grove, Refuse collection, Ria Patel, Steve Reed MP, Uncategorized
Tagged CPRE London, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dame Judi Dench, Friends of Lloyd Park, Gianella A Basile, Green Belt, Heathfield House, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Open Land, Norwood Grove, Steve Reed OBE, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers
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Finance chief leaves council three months sooner than planned
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Weeks after the abrupt departure of CEO Katherine Kerswell with a £50,000 ‘farewell present’, the early exit of head of finance Jane West prompts speculation that she has become the latest council boss to receive a generous … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Debbie Warren, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Ian Golland, Jane West, Katherine Kerswell, Kristian Aspinall, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Uncategorized
Tagged Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Council budget, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Debbie Warren, Ged Curran, Ian Golland, Jane West, Kerry Critchlow, Kristian Aspinall, Lambeth, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Newham, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Commissioners critical of Mayor Perry’s risky financial plans
Council Tax UP Borrowing UP Council debts UP An official report ahead of a Town Hall meeting tomorrow night paints a grim picture. And the government Commissioners are unimpressed. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Croydon’s financial position “remains extremely fragile … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Jane West, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Uncategorized
Tagged Auditors, Commissioners, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Ged Curran, Grant Thornton, Jane West, Katherine Kerswell, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Thank you for the music: now you can sing Abba’s songs
Are you ready to Take A Chance on a unique musical experience? You can join the renowned Croydon Bach Choir for a day of singing Abba’s greatest hits next month. This special event will take place on Saturday, October 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Bach Choir, Music, Park Hill and Whitgift, Uncategorized
Tagged Abba, Croydon, Croydon Bach Choir, Park Hill, St Matthew's Church
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Government to conduct Emergency Alert test this Sunday
Support groups helping refuges and women and girls in abusive relationships have offered special advice for those who use ‘secret phones’ The government is carrying out a national test of its Emergency Alerts system this Sunday, September 7, at 3pm. … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Emergency Alerts national test, Emergency Alerts System, London, Metropolitan Police
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Charity Nightwatch appeals for volunteers to help vital service
Croydon homelessness charity Nightwatch has issued an urgent appeal for volunteers to come forward to assist with its vital work. Nightwatch, which has been operating for almost 50 years, offers food and other support to the homeless and working poor … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Nightwatch, Croydon parks, Queens Gardens, Uncategorized
Tagged charity, Croydon, Croydon Nightwatch, Fiona Satiro, Queens Gardens, Volunteers
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Owner Ansari seeks to avoid Leslie Arms planning conditions
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Since 2000, a multi-millionaire property developer has been allowing a Grade II-listed pub to decay. Now, he wants to change the conditions of his latest planning permission. KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on the sorry tale of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs, Tony Newman, Uncategorized
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, Sadiq Khan, Sir Sadiq Khan, The Victorian Society, Tony Newman, Turkish Kangal, Yvette Cooper
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Digital booking system adds 24% extra doctors’ appointments
South-west London’s community doctors are providing thousands of additional appointments through using improved technology. There were more than 738,000 GP appointments in south-west London, including Sutton and Croydon, in March 2025 – up nearly 20,000 on the same period a … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, GP surgeries, Merton, NHS, NHS London, NHS South West London Integrated Care Board, Sutton, Wallington
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Perry slammed for £439,000 in ‘golden hellos’ paid to new staff
Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest revelation about the spendthrift council under its Tory Mayor Croydon Council, which came under fire after this website revealed that it had paid a “golden handshake” of £437,000 in a hush money settlement … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Uncategorized
Tagged 'Golden hellos', Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Daily Torygraph, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Social workers, Tory
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Top law firm campaigns to pardon Sanderstead’s Ruth Ellis
One of the country’s top legal firms is seeking a pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Ellis had lived in Sanderstead before the fateful events of 1955 in which she shot and killed her … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Sanderstead, Uncategorized
Tagged Capital punishment, Derek Bentley, ITV, Mischon de Reya, Ruth Ellis, Sanderstead
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MP Jones issues correction on her inaccurate claim on growth
Sarah Jones, the Labour MP for Croydon West, has had her work in Parliament as the government’s industry minister given an ‘F’ grade, after she made a false claim in the House of Commons. The AI-powered truth checker Full Fact … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon West, Sarah Jones MP, Uncategorized
Tagged Clive Jones MP, Croydon, Croydon West, Elon Musk, Full Fact, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Tesla
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White’s Labour expulsion overturned: ‘Process is corrupt’
After three years, the Labour Party has overturned its expulsion of life-long member David White over disputed allegations of anti-semitism on grounds of “insufficient evidence”. “It’s another admission that the Labour NEC under Secretary General David Evans was operating a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White, Uncategorized
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, David Evans, David White, Labour, Labour Purge, Lord Evans of Penge, Luke Akhurst, Sarah Jones MP
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Football clubs helping obese men score their weight-loss goals
A health group based at a football club in Sutton helped local men to lose half a ton of unwanted weight during 2024. Sutton’s MAN v FAT Football club, which meets every Wednesday at Goals Sutton on London Road, saw … Continue reading
Posted in Football, Health, Sutton Council, Uncategorized
Tagged Dagnall Park, Football, Goals Sutton, MAN v FAT, obesity, Weight loss
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Plans submitted for 288 homes on Norbury sports ground
Housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, looks at a planning application for a £75m scheme that the developers hoped you might never notice What do you mean, you had no idea that there have been plans submitted for a massive development of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Merton, Nicola Townsend, Norbury, Norbury Park, Planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Angela Rayner, Croydon, Dorothea Hodge, Housing, Merton Council, NatWest Sports Ground, Norbury, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Ruach City Church, Streatham Vale, Turle Road
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Trinity School’s Steinway festival is hitting all the right notes
Trinity School is staging piano performances by more than 120 musicians in a week-long festival – with recitals by schoolboys and girl pupils (Trinity has a co-ed Sixth Form) played in the school corridor to renowned international performers making special … Continue reading
MP ‘delighted’ as Coulsdon banking hub set to open by April
Almost three years since the last bank branch in Coulsdon slammed its safe door shut for the final time, residents are about to get a replacement “hub” to provide all the services that were once taken as a standard feature … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Uncategorized
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon banking hub, Croydon South, East Coulsdon RA, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Tory
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YouTuber Miniminter delights primary pupils with shoe delivery
Pupils at a West Croydon primary got a huge surprise when they were visited by YouTuber Miniminter with a delivery of new trainers for each of them – ensuring that they all have proper footwear to wear this winter. Miniminter, … Continue reading
Posted in Schools, Uncategorized
Tagged Chestnut Park Primary, Grand Theft Auto, Miniminter
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Croydon youth among five arrested for Brent Cross Apple raid
A 14-year-old boy from Croydon is among five teenagers arrested by the Metropolitan Police over a shocking, organised raid on the Apple store in the Brent Cross shopping centre on Sunday and made off with an estimated £50,000-worth of hi-tech … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Uncategorized
Tagged Apple, Apple iPhone, Apple Store, Brent Cross, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Crime, Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Shoplifting
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In memory of Arno Rabinowitz, always positive, always a friend
ARNO RABINOWITZ died at the weekend. He had been one of Inside Croydon’s earliest and staunchest of supporters, and one of our most frequent and most sage of comment writers, even gracing the pages of Croydon Commentary on occasion. Here, … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Uncategorized
Tagged #Binmageddon, Arno Rabinowitz, Croydon, GLC, ILEA, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Labour, South Africa
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Children’s theatre receives £50,000 grant for new play garden
Wimbledon, the spiritual home of British tennis, strawberries and cream, Pimm’s and Henman Hill, has donated £50,000 to the nearby Polka children’s theatre to instal special sensory play equipment in their garden. The Wimbledon Foundation Garden at the theatre has … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Education, Merton, Outside Croydon, Schools, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged London, Polka Theatre, Wimbledon, Wimbledon tennis
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