Tag Archives: Belmont

Perry left pot-less after failed bid for £20m levelling up money

Posted on January 19, 2023 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall staff reporter, PEARL LEE, on the latest disappointing set-back for the Conservative Mayor Despite growing social deprivation in the borough and its failing town centre economy, Croydon has failed in its bid for £20million of Levelling Up … Continue reading →

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TfL confirms changes to 13 routes across Croydon and Sutton

Posted on September 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

Transport for London is going ahead with three new bus routes to serve Croydon and Sutton, with significant changes lined up for 13 existing south London routes. With no prospect of the long-requested tram extension to the Royal Marsden Hospital … Continue reading →

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Sutton Cancer Hub and south of Croydon to get new bus routes

Posted on October 17, 2020 by insidecroydon

With no prospect of the long-requested tram extension to the Royal Marsden Hospital, TfL is consulting on new and re-routed bus services around Belmont, Sutton, Purley, Addiscombe and Waddon, as our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, reports Croydon and Sutton are … Continue reading →

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ICR’s world-leading work recognised with blue plaque in Sutton

Posted on December 13, 2018 by insidecroydon

The Institute of Cancer Research, based near the Royal Marsden Hospital in Belmont, has been recognised for its many successes in discovering new cancer drugs through the award of blue plaques under the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemical Landmark scheme. … Continue reading →

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Belmont election shock #1: ‘I didn’t want to quit as councillor’

Posted on October 27, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on a stunning admission which fuels speculation that some of the borough’s Tories were keen to find a way to get their deputy leader back on the council In a remarkable admission made to Inside … Continue reading →

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Tories retain Belmont council seat after needless by-election

Posted on October 26, 2018 by insidecroydon

CARL SHILTON, our Sutton reporter, on the outcome of a council by-election which was entirely unnecessary After a six-month absence, Neil “Father Jack” Garratt is back as a councillor in Sutton. Garratt, the deputy leader of the Conservatives in Sutton … Continue reading →

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Transport report for £40m school ‘mysteriously’ disappears

Posted on October 24, 2018 by insidecroydon

Residents in Belmont go to the polls in a council by-election tomorrow, where Tory candidate Neil ‘Father Jack’ Garratt is expected to win. One factor could be the growing concerns over road safety around a new secondary school. Our Sutton … Continue reading →

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Arse! Feck! Drink! Belmont by-election’s own Father Jack

Posted on October 11, 2018 by insidecroydon

Sutton reporter BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK on how a Tory ex-councillor’s foul-mouthed tirades have come back to haunt him, just in time for a Halloween by-election The people of Belmont, one of the quieter, more refined suburbs of quiet and refined south … Continue reading →

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Tories accused of breaking election rules with Belmont leaflet

Posted on September 23, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton correspondent, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, reports on the latest breach of election rules in the council by-election campaign The Belmont ward council by-election, already contentious because of the manner in which the rarely seen Conservative councillor Patrick McManus resigned in … Continue reading →

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LibDems given extra time to campaign in Belmont by-election

Posted on September 17, 2018 by insidecroydon

More allegations of gerrymandering have emerged from Sutton Council, as BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports Lawyers have been consulted to see whether Sutton Council has acted in breach of electoral law over the lengthy delay in the staging of a ward by-election … Continue reading →

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Tory resigns council seat to cause by-election in Belmont

Posted on September 3, 2018 by insidecroydon

Our Sutton reporter, BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK, on an early chance to re-fight some of the arguments from the last local elections It is only four months since the Town Hall elections, but the voters of Belmont ward will now be expected … Continue reading →

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