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#TheLabourFiles: MP Reed provided endorsement for Stanger
Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Croydon North and a prime mover in the notorious “Chicken Coup” attempt to unseat Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in 2016, has been revealed as one of the party’s senior members who provided … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged #TheLabourFiles, Al Jazeera, Brighton, Croydon, Croydon North, Labour, Luke Stanger, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, The Labour Files
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Rail works to cut off Purley and East Croydon for rest of month
Rail passengers in south London and the south-east, after having had direct journeys into Victoria closed off during December and January, now face nine days later this month when routes to the south of the Brighton Main Line are shut … Continue reading
Coast to Capital business grant sessions: July 4
Coast to Capital is offering grants to Croydon businesses that can be worth up to £250,000, and is staging a session to advise local entrepreneurs how they can access this money at Croydon Park Hotel on July 4. Coast to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon FSB, Tech City
Tagged Brighton, Business, Coast to Capital, Croydon, Gatwick, Hammerson, Westfield
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Little bills and big plates make Little Bay not to be missed
STEVEN DOWNES uncovers a hidden gem of a restaurant which combines good food with outstanding value Quirky isn’t the word for it. On Mondays and Wednesdays, they have opera sung to (at?) their customers. For the other evenings in the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Music, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, Harry Potter, London, Purley, Restaurant, South Croydon
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It’s time for Town Halls to take back local powers
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, says that it is long overdue for powers to be returned to local councils so that they can take responsibility for their communities After serving as an elected local … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Tony Newman, Tramlink, URV
Tagged Arts Council England, Brighton, Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Northern Ireland, Whitehall
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London Bridge is falling down… on services for rail commuters
Commuters who travel from East Croydon into London Bridge on the Thameslink service face more than three years’ disruption, with journey times almost doubled during major engineering and re-building work at the city terminus. Thameslink has been leafleting passengers and … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, Gatwick Airport, London, London Bridge, London Bridge station, Network Rail, Thameslink
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Follow the suffragettes’ footsteps on the Walk for Women
Croydon will be joining the Walk For Women march to Hyde Park on July 26, with a walk to central London to help mark a century of fighting for equal rights. “All who are committed to equality for women are … Continue reading
MP Reed’s on his bike – have a heart and sponsor him
Croydon North’s MP Steve Reed appears to be taking Norman Tebbit’s most famous adage to heart. But Reed is getting on his bike to help his and other people’s hearts, as he is joining the London to Brighton bike ride … Continue reading
Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: Wilfried Zaha
Cometh the hour and a half, cometh the man. Even some of Wilfried Zaha‘s most devout fans had acknowledged that, well, maybe the young winger had seemed a little weary, perhaps even distracted, since his stunning start to the season, … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport, Wilfried Zaha
Tagged Brighton, Crystal Palace FC, England, Gianfranco Zola, Glenn Murray, Old Trafford, Palace, Wilfried Zaha
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Streatham-Croydon dig in for the future at Frant Road
RUGBY ROUND-UP: Redevelopment work on Streatham-Croydon’s stand and changing rooms has begun in earnest at Frant Road this week following a “breaking the ground” ceremony after the last home league game of the season against Old Rutlishians. Steve O’Connell, the … Continue reading
Southern issue the wrong sort of timetable before any snow
Not a flake of snow has fallen in south London today, but train operators Southern are already flying the white flag in front of expected snowfall tomorrow in Croydon, Surrey and Sussex. It’s not the wrong kind of snow that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, Gatwick Express, London, Network Rail, Snow, Victoria
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Thorn in taxman’s side is named in accountancy power list
Mention of the council’s woebegone attempts to get the Croydon Gateway site developed with at least a little style and some substance prompted recollection of another local campaigner, Ken Frost, who this month has been named in Accountancy Age‘s Financial … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Planning, Ruskin Square, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Google, Ken Frost, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Pretorius tries strengthen promotion hopes at Frant Road
RUGBY ROUND-UP: There were differing fortunes on Saturday for the local sides at different ends of Croydon and different ends of the national rugby ladder. At Frant Road, Thornton Heath, Streatham-Croydon strengthened their promotion push in lowly Surrey Division 2 … Continue reading
Clegg praises Reeves as “an inspiration to a generation”
In his keynote speech to his Liberal Democrats’ annual conference, Nick Clegg spoke with generous praise for Maurice Reeves, the senior member of the family-run Reeves furniture business in Croydon which was nearly destroyed by fire during the 8/8 riots … Continue reading
Police admit to mistakes over handling of Brighton game
Croydon police want more regular dialogue with Crystal Palace fans and fans’ groups ahead of the new football season, when 16 league matches at Selhurst Park will have no police inside the ground during the game. Policing costs are one … Continue reading
