Category Archives: Waddon

Waddon Christmas Fair, St George’s Barrow Road, Nov 17

Posted on November 16, 2018 by

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Colonnades purchase is massive gamble with public money

Posted on November 2, 2018 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Spending millions to buy a private business risks feather bedding property speculators, says DEREK THROWER Under a Conservative government, local authorities, including Croydon Council, are being given public cash to nationalise private assets and land. That’s quite extraordinary … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Purley Way, Waddon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council pays £53m to buy ‘unloved’ Colonnades centre

Posted on November 1, 2018 by

The business “brains” at Fisher’s Folly have gone out and splurged £53million of public money to buy the freehold of the “unloved” and rarely visited Colonnades retail and leisure park – just as industry experts are warning that 200 such … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Property, Purley Way, Simon Hall, Waddon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Public’s Town Hall questions on Binmageddon get censored

Posted on October 10, 2018 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, sat through nearly four hours of Monday’s Town Hall meeting, so that you didn’t have to… A mere 90 days since the last full meeting of the council, and most of the borough’s councillors … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bernadette Khan, Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Niro Sirisena, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Simon Brew, St Andrew's, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood, Veolia, Waddon, Wandle Park, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Toxic rubber causes cancer concern over school sports pitch

Posted on October 8, 2018 by

The council and a local primary school want to rip up large areas of turf and replace it with all-weather sports pitches which are made from toxic material that international research has linked to hundreds of cases of cancer. Our … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Health, Planning, Schools, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Purley Way store gets beauty makeover as part of retail battle

Posted on October 2, 2018 by

One of the Purley Way’s biggest stores, Sainsbury’s, is being used by the company to test a new product range in the latest battle between retail giants. The store has been given a makeover of its own in the past … Continue reading →

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Police make two arrests in drugs swoop on Wandle Park

Posted on September 27, 2018 by

Local police staged a special operation in Wandle Park yesterday, making two arrests and issuing one penalty notice, as they responded to residents’ concerns over increasing incidents of anti-social behaviour and drug-dealing. According to the Waddon ward police, today they … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Crime, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Knife crime, Waddon, Wandle Park | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments