Tag Archives: Ashburton

What Is Autism? council session, Town Hall, July 17

Posted on July 9, 2015 by insidecroydon
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Hopes go up in smoke as LibDems hold Sutton council seat

Posted on June 15, 2015 by insidecroydon

Last week’s Sutton Council by-election result was bad news for Labour and worse news for any campaigns to halt the incinerator at Beddington Lane, reports WALTER CRONXITE Candidates who oppose the Beddington Lane incinerator won 55.9 per cent of the … Continue reading →

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The Big Picnic, Ashburton Park, Sunday June 7

Posted on June 3, 2015 by insidecroydon
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Addiscombe Carnival, Ashburton Park, May 24

Posted on April 16, 2015 by insidecroydon
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Nightmare scenario as O’Connell is lined up as London Mayor

Posted on March 18, 2015 by insidecroydon

It is a nightmare scenario, probably for Tories as much as the rest of Croydon’s residents, and certainly for all Londoners. But greedy Steve O’Connell, at one time the most overpaid local councillor in Britain (© The Daily Wail), could … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Stephen Mann, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Barwell starts to close the gap on Jones in Croydon Central

Posted on March 9, 2015 by insidecroydon

Parliament will be dissolved in three weeks’ time, with the polls suggesting the borough’s one battleground seat, Croydon Central, will be a tighter contest than was previously predicted, reports WALTER CRONXITE The result of the Selhurst ward by-election last week … Continue reading →

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Planning meeting became an Arena for education strategy

Posted on February 28, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Woodside resident PAULA GOODMAN feels betrayed by her Labour councillors over what she sees as an abuse of the planning procedures to permit the development of a 1,300-pupil Oasis academy next to Croydon Arena In a meeting with … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Ashburton, Croydon Council, Education, Gavin Barwell, Hamida Ali, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Woodside’s five-year wait for a bus comes to an end at last

Posted on February 6, 2015 by insidecroydon

Transport for London has announced that bus routes 130 and 312 – which have been unable to operate along their regular routes for five years due to engineering work on Spring Lane Bridge – will get back on the road … Continue reading →

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Pigs and dead dukes more important for O’Connell than TfL

Posted on January 9, 2015 by insidecroydon

Neither the local London Assembly Member nor the MP for the area have taken part in an important public consultation on the future for bus routes 312 and 130. Steve O’Connell and Gavin Barwell are both Conservatives. The 312 runs … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Central, East Croydon, Gavin Barwell, Kenley, London Assembly, Mayor of London, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Pool closure leaves Labour’s Emily Benn high and dry

Posted on December 15, 2014 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE on how Labour has quickly reinforced Croydon’s North-South divide, in moves which it may come to regret Have you got the message? If you live in Purley, Kenley or Coulsdon, Labour don’t expect you to vote for them. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Bishop of Croydon, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Gavin Barwell, Parking, Purley, Purley Pool, Tony Newman, Transport, Waddon, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Still seeking input on services ahead of staging Autism Forum

Posted on October 27, 2014 by insidecroydon

By Andrew Rendle A few weeks ago I wrote on Inside Croydon asking residents for their experience of autism services within Croydon. I said I wanted to hear from those with ASD, their parents and carers, and I’m very grateful … Continue reading →

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Newman takes his group off to Brighton, paid via the rates

Posted on October 19, 2014 by insidecroydon

If you live in one of the Labour-held wards in Croydon, you probably didn’t have an opportunity to meet your publicly funded councillor at a residents’ surgery this weekend. You definitely would not have seen council leader Tony Newman standing … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emily Benn, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell, Nathan Elvery, Purley, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Ashcroft’s polling points to election defeat for Barwell

Posted on October 18, 2014 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE has got some new batteries for his Casio calculator and what he’s worked out adds up to bad news for the sitting MP in Croydon’s marginal parliamentary constituency If you are unlucky enough to get cornered by Gavin … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Ashburton, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Peter Staveley, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Calls for auditor to investigate old Ashburton Library sale

Posted on October 7, 2014 by insidecroydon

There are calls for the deal to sell the council-owned old Ashburton Library at a “discount” of more than £400,000 to be referred to the district auditor for investigation, after the aborted sale was the subject of further acrimonious exchanges … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Church and religions, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Maddie Henson, Mike Fisher, Property, Sara Bashford, Stephen Mann, Timothy Godfrey, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Council considering using CCTV to monitor traveller groups

Posted on September 12, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s Labour council wants to use Big Brother to help to stop groups of travellers from dumping piles of rubbish on the borough’s green spaces. Stuart Collins, the cabinet member for slogans and T-shirts, is understood to be considering calling … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mario Creatura, Mike Fisher, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

New job for former top cop Osland in Croydon Tories’ coup

Posted on September 5, 2014 by insidecroydon

Some within the Croydon Tories are attempting a coup to sack the local Conservative Federation’s chairman and replace him with the controversial retired senior policeman who was criticised in the inquiry into the brutal death of Stephen Lawrence. According to … Continue reading →

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Take a tip: councils often powerless against fly-tippers

Posted on August 21, 2014 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: For all the T-shirts, grandstanding and threats of dire consequences if anyone gets caught dumping rubbish in the borough, Stuart Collins, the cabinet member responsible for the state of our streets, this week all but admitted the council … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Labour’s get-tough policy with tippers looks a bit of a mess

Posted on August 19, 2014 by insidecroydon

“Speak softly and carry a big stick,” was the foreign policy of US President Teddy Roosevelt more than a hundred years ago. “Don’t make an effing threat unless you’re prepared to carry it out,” was the more forthright message which … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Gavin Barwell, Mario Creatura, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

‘Scandal’ of council’s £84,000 sale price for Ashburton Library

Posted on July 10, 2014 by insidecroydon

The outgoing Conservative-run council in Croydon tried to sell-off the publicly owned old Ashburton Library building on the day before the local elections at the knock-down price of £84,000. Independent valuations conducted for the council had suggested that the building’s … Continue reading →

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Ashburton councillors double up on monthly ward surgeries

Posted on June 25, 2014 by insidecroydon

Ashburton’s three new councillors are to double the number of ward advice surgeries at which local residents can meet them each month to discuss any issues they may have with council services. They will have a session on the first … Continue reading →

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Ashburton’s new councillors pledge to work hard for all

Posted on May 26, 2014 by insidecroydon

The three councillors elected for Ashburton ward on Thursday have asked us to publish this open letter to local residents Election day and the very long night that followed was an historic time for the Labour Party team in Ashburton. … Continue reading →

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Ten things we have learned from the 2014 Town Hall elections

Posted on May 23, 2014 by insidecroydon

So the results are in. And a thoroughly fascinating few weeks we have had in Croydon leading up to yesterday’s local elections. Croydon has no UKIP councillors, or councillors from any party other than Labour or the Conservatives. The LibDems … Continue reading →

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Labour takes aim at Ashburton as UKIP charge in Waddon

Posted on May 22, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: Our final assessment from the battleground wards in the Town Hall elections sees a surprising change in fortunes As election day dawns and the overnight rains and morning mists clear, the deployment of the parties’ armies on the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Clare Hilley, Gareth Streeter, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Robert King, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tories accused of ‘lies on a grand scale’ over Council Tax

Posted on May 17, 2014 by insidecroydon

The gloves have come off going into the final week of campaigning for Thursday’s local elections, with Labour accusing the incumbent Tories of outright lies. Leaflets distributed in key wards this week have accused the Croydon Conservatives of deliberately misleading … Continue reading →

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Threat of UKIP sees Croydon’s Tories press the panic button

Posted on May 8, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: The Conservatives, who have run Croydon Council since 2006, have pressed the panic button over the UKIP threat to their control of the Town Hall. The local Tories sent out their distress signal in leaflets distributed across the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Fairfield, Fieldway, Gavin Barwell, Mike Fisher, Peter Staveley, Phil Thomas, Richard Ottaway MP, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon & Ballards, South Norwood, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments