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Coulsdon’s Bell promises ding-dong contest in Gladiators final
A 23-year-old rugby player from Coulsdon is in tomorrow night’s final of Gladiators. Emily Bell says that her background in contact sport – as well as playing for rugby league side London Broncos, she took up judo when at Cambridge … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Coulsdon, Rugby League, Sport
Tagged BBC, Bradley Walsh, Coulsdon, Emily Bell, Gladiators, London Broncos, rugby, Rugby League
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In one-hour interview, pandering PM Starmer offers no answers
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, pictured right, begins the New Year doing a spot of TV reviewing, and reveals how four of Croydon’s mayoral candidates will be invited to take part in his podcast interviews To start 2026, we were treated to … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher
Tagged Andrew Fisher, BBC, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Labour, Laura Kuenssberg, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sir Keir Starmer, The Fraud: Keir Starmer Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, Tory
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Inspired by Attenborough, now Zoom in on some wild talks
NATURE NOTES: The London Wildlife Trust and the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society have activities available – free of charge – for people to find out more about the wildlife in our city Peregrines and foxes, hedgehogs and parakeets … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, City Commons, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, Croydon parks, Environment, Nature Notes, Wildlife
Tagged Attenborough, BBC, CNH&SS, Croydon, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, David Attenborough, Hedgehogs, Hutchinson's Bank, London, London Wildlife Trust, Roundshaw Downs, Sir David Attenborough, Sussex cattle, Wild London
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Strictly’s real glitterball winners are dressmakers from Croydon
Whoever receives the glitterball at the end of the BBC’s pro-celebrity Strictly Come Dancing tonight, they will probably be wearing costumes where every stitch of chiffon, every sequin, has been designed and sewn on by craftspeople at a Croydon-based costume … Continue reading
Former Inside Croydon intern wins national journalism award
Sanjana Idnani, who worked as a multimedia reporter at Inside Croydon in 2021, has won Apprentice of the Year at the National Council for the Training of Journalists’ Awards for Excellence. The NCTJ awards celebrate journalism apprentices’ all-round achievement, and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Inside Croydon, Local media
Tagged BBC, BBC Wales, National Council for Training of Journalists, NCTJ, Sanjana Idnani
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Coulsdon shop owner hits out at BBC over ‘souped-up’ bikes
An angry Croydon retailer has told the producers of Panorama that, ‘Finding a wolf in sheep’s clothing should not be a reason to attack the sheep’ A Coulsdon-based bike shop has filed a formal complaint to the BBC following last … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Cycling, Transport
Tagged Adrian Chiles, BBC, BBC Panorama, Coulsdon, e-bikes, Energise E-bikes, Neil Ridulfa, Panorama, Ray Wookey
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St Helier Hospital stretched to limits by a ‘tidal wave of flu’
By DAVE BURTON The appalling conditions at St Helier Hospital were highlighted on national television last night when a BBC News report showed patients waiting on trolleys in corridors for hours, even days, as staff battled a “tidal wave” of … Continue reading
That was the writer that was: Addiscombe girl called the tunes
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A 20th Century star of musical theatre from Croydon was Caryl Brahms. DAVID MORGAN highlights the life and career of this now too often forgotten and overlooked writer Fairfield Halls has hosted an incredible variety of shows over … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Art, David Morgan, History, Music, Theatre, Uncategorized
Tagged Addiscombe, BBC, Bernard Levin, Caryl Brahms, David Morgan, David Nobbs, Dennis Potter, Doris Caroline Abrahams, Frank Muir, John Cleese, Keith Waterhouse, Kenneth Tynan, Ned Sherrin, Peter Cook, Richard Ingrams, Roald Dahl, Shakespeare in Love, SJ Simon, That Was The Week That Was, Too Dirty For The Windmill
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Will Croydon’s JLS turkey farmer survive his Strictly ordeal?
Croydon’s JB Gill, the JLS-star-turned-turkey-farmer, is rated as the 6-1 fourth favourite to win this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. Jonathan Gill, 37, was brought up in Croydon, went to Whitgift School and played for Warlingham rugby club before fame and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Music
Tagged BBC, BBC One, Biggin Hill, Chris McCausland, Giovanni Pernice, JB Gill, Jonathan Gill, Strictly Come Dancing, Tasha Ghouri, turkey farm, Warlingham RFC, Whitgift School
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Minster choir’s heavenly voices transcend even BBC Radio 3
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Whatever you might be doing at 3pm today, turn on BBC Radio 3. But don’t be late, says STEVEN DOWNES So this must be what a choir of angels sounds like when you arrive in heaven. As I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Music
Tagged BBC, BBC Radio 3, Choral Evensong, Croydon Minster, Croydon Minster choir, Justin Miller, Larry King, Martin How
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Sutton Olympic sprinter gets big chance in BBC’s Gladiators
Carshalton Olympic sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey will be bursting on to your television screens tomorrow night, part of the toughest relay squad he has ever been a member of – the Gladiators in the BBC’s Saturday night retread of the once … Continue reading
Trust’s final shout for volunteers to help at Antiques Roadshow
The Crystal Palace Park Trust has made a final call for volunteer stewards for the visit of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow next month. “We are very much looking forward to welcoming the BBC to Crystal Palace Park on June 4 … Continue reading
Cooks from Croydon stage takeover of BBC MasterChef kitchen
Skilled and talented cooks from Croydon have been staging a quiet takeover of the MasterChef kitchen in this latest series, with a second outstanding contestant from the area impressing the judges in this week’s episodes. The BBC1 programme, the country’s … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, BBC1, Gregg Wallace, John Torode, MasterChef, Vanessa D'Souza
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Podcast with BBC MasterChef contestant Vanessa D’Souza
Posted in Activities, South Croydon
Tagged BBC, Gregg Wallace, John Torode, MasterChef, Vanessa D'Souza
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BBC’s Antiques Roadshow heads for Crystal Palace in June
Fiona Bruce and the Antiques Roadshow team is returning to south London this summer, when the historic Crystal Palace Park will be one of the six locations for the filming of the 46th series of the celebrated BBC programme. First … Continue reading
A great time hunting down antique bargains with Jo Brand
TV antiques expert CATHERINE SOUTHON is staging her first auction of 2023, on February 8 at Farleigh Golf Club. But as she outlines here, she’s been busy driving around the country looking for bargains with a fellow Palace fan I … Continue reading
BBC returns to Minster to hear Croydon’s Choral Evensong
In its centenary year, the BBC is returning to Croydon Minster next month to record a service of Choral Evensong. The recording will take place on Tuesday December 20 at 4pm. Anyone wishing to attend must be seated in Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Music
Tagged BBC, BBC Radio 3, Christmas, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Justin Miller
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Kate Moss is a model of good behaviour on Desert Island Discs
Kate Moss, among the most famous people ever to emerge from Croydon, has sparked a fashion industry row this week with a revealing interview on Desert Island Discs in which she said she was targeted by a sex pest photographer … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Music, Surrey Street
Tagged BBC, BBC Radio 4, Desert Island Discs, Kate Moss
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No encore for Krippner after covid outbreak in Minster choir
A special BBC Radio recording of a Choral Evensong, planned to be held at Croydon Minster tomorrow, has been cancelled after the musical director, Dr Ronny Krippner, and several members of the choir tested positive for covid-19. The news is … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Music
Tagged BBC, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Minster, Dr Ronny Krippner
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Whitgift School old boy appointed as BBC Director-General
The new Director-General of the BBC is an Old Whitgiftian. It was announced today that Tim Davie will become the Corporation’s 17th DG in September, when Lord Tony Hall steps down. A scholarship boy at Whitgift School in the late … Continue reading
Posted in Local media, Whitgift School
Tagged BBC, Tim Davie, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Corbyn aide enters row over Lewis Hamilton’s tax record
Andrew Fisher, the chief policy adviser to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, last night jumped into the simmering row about the BBC’s annual sports review show by suggesting that if Lewis Hamilton wants to win Sports Personality of the Year, … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Sport
Tagged Andrew Fisher, BBC, Lewis Hamilton, Sports Personality of the Year, SPOTY
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