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Wallington groups seek to clean-up for Christian Aid Week
Members of St Michael and All Angels junior choir, siblings Viviene and Jansen Lim are getting ready for a sponsored litter pick on May 23. They will be raising money for international relief and development charity Christian Aid in its … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council
Tagged Beddington, Christian Aid, Christian Aid Week, Wallington
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Boxer Edwards determined to take his chance for world title
South Croydon boxer Sunny Edwards will step into the ring in east London tonight seeking to end the career of one of the hard old game’s toughest champions. Edwards, 25, faces the experienced South African Moruti Mthalane for the IBF … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, Sport, Sunny Edwards
Tagged Beddington, Charlie Edwards, South Croydon, Sunny Edwards
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Eight walks to encompass Croydon’s boundaries and history
Over the course of lockdown, one intrepid geographer has managed to complete the ‘beating of the bounds’ and discover the fascinating history of our parish and civic boundaries, stretching back to Saxon times. Words, pictures and mapping by Dr BEN … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Church and religions, City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, History, New Addington, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, Walks
Tagged Addington, Beddington, Ben Clifford, Chipstead, Coulsdon, Farleigh, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Woodmansterne
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CPRE tells Mayor Khan to make Farmlands a new public park
Beddington Farmlands, the site of disused 20th-century landfill and sewage works, should be turned into one of 10 new parks for London, according to an environmentalist charity. The Campaign for Preservation of Rural England has picked the wildlife-rich but sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Campaign for Preservation of Rural England, CPRE, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Thames Water, Viridor
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Residents declare estate ‘no-go zone’ for Sutton’s LibDems
A entire modern housing development in Wallington has gone into self-isolation, not against the threat of coronavirus, but from Sutton’s Liberal Democrat politicians. In a statement issued by the New Mill Quarter Residents’ Association, they say that LibDem Wandle Valley … Continue reading
RSPB investigation launched after two Wandle egrets killed
Wildlife wardens from the RSPB are investigating what one conservationist has described as “an unusual cluster” of two dead and one injured little egrets from the River Wandle and Beddington Farmlands in the past week. The birds do not appear … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Peter Alfrey, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Peter Alfrey, River Wandle, RSPB
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Report ignored incinerator when assessing school air quality
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on this week’s opening of the Viridor Incinerator Academy, a primary for four- to 11-year-olds, that could literally take their breath away Reports this week from China have offered scientific evidence that air pollution causes … Continue reading
Local contractors hit as Viridor incinerator builders go bust
Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the business collapse of the construction firm working on a £250m project at Beddington Lane The construction firm which has been leading on the £250million build of the Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane has … Continue reading
Splitters! LibDems resort to panic appeal to ‘lend’ votes
KEN LEE reports from another battleground seat, where accusations over a ‘dirty’ campaign have been flying among the bluebottles around the unemptied bins of Sutton It’s all gone a bit Monty Python in the Carshalton and Wallington marginal seat, where … Continue reading
It’s official: Sutton scrutiny chair does have conflict of interest
It’s official: The position of a Sutton councillor on a panel to distribute £1million-worth of “hush money” from incinerator operator Viridor does hold inherent conflicts of interest. That’s the view of Jessica Crowe, one of Sutton Council’s most senior public … Continue reading
Share your memories of the changes around Beddington Park
Posted in Environment, History, Sutton Council
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Park, Sutton
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Sutton’s Dombey is honoured for services to incineration
It’s the Queen’s 90th birthday celebration weekend. Gawd bless ‘er. And so we have the Birthday Honours, in which Ruth Dombey, the leader of Sutton’s LibDem-controlled council, has been awarded the OBE. Was she nominated for the honour by incinerator … Continue reading
The council incinerator report Sutton didn’t want you to see
THE COVER-UP: Last month, we reported how a “cheap energy” scheme that Sutton Council wants to force on to Barratt’s Felnex development at Hackbridge is based on a big, juicy lie. Here, WALTER CRONXITE uncovers the report which shows that … Continue reading
A riverside tale of rats, water voles and another Viridor grant
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest political defection in south-west London, and the influence it may yet have over Viridor’s role with the Beddington incinerator So the Liberal Democrats have reached the final day of their annual conference in Bournemouth, with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Business, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Hackbridge, Labour, Liberal Democrats, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tory, Vince Cable, Viridor
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Yes we Khan! Campaigners lodge incinerator legal appeal
Just after 5pm tonight, Stop the Incinerator campaigner Shasha Khan confirmed that an appeal has been lodged at the High Court against the decision of the judge, Mrs Justice Patterson, over the Judicial Review of Sutton Council’s decision to permit … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammerson, incinerator, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Westfield
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POLL: Should Croydon Council stop the incinerator?
What do you, Inside Croydon’s loyal reader, want your council to do about Sutton’s plans to build a waste incinerator right next to Croydon, on the Beddington Farmlands Metropolitan Open Land site? Do you want Croydon Council to back the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Clean and Green, Conservative, Hammerson, Labour, Mike Fisher, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Incinerator campaign in 11th-hour appeal for legal funds
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign could yet be denied its day in court – all for a lack of money. The campaign was expecting to begin its judicial review of the Beddington incinerator scheme – which has the backing of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Croydon, Croydon Council, incinerator, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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Put in the Groundwork to help reflect the River Wandle on film
An environmental charity is working this summer to produce a film to tell the story of the River Wandle, and they want community groups and locals to help make the film. Groundwork is a national charity, established over more than … Continue reading
Green MEP to join campaign against incinerator
Jean Lambert, the Green Party’s MEP for London, is to visit Beddington, the site of the proposed waste incinerator, to meet concerned residents and give her support to the Stop the South London Incinerator Campaign. With growing evidence of markedly … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, Environment, Gordon Ross, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Croydon, Derry, Green, Incineration, Jean Lambert, London, Sutton
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