Tag Archives: Broad Green

Big Local Broad Green Friends’ Food Club, £3 per week

Posted on September 22, 2021 by insidecroydon
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Cityscape painting workshop, Broad Green, from Sep 23

Posted on September 21, 2021 by insidecroydon
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21 vehicles seized as police clamp down on Valley Park ‘cruise’

Posted on September 17, 2021 by insidecroydon

Met operation proscribes offence of ‘anti-social driving’, among all the ‘doughnuts’ and drag races staged near Ikea in Valley Retail Park The Metropolitan Police claim that they impounded 21 vehicles in a single night in Croydon on Thursday, in the … Continue reading →

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Big Local Broad Green Big Clean Up, Canterbury Rec, Sep 19

Posted on September 6, 2021 by insidecroydon
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Big Local Broad Green coffee mornings, first Mon each month

Posted on September 5, 2021 by insidecroydon
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Big Local Broad Green Spelling Club, Mondays in term time

Posted on September 3, 2021 by insidecroydon
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Residents concern as South Norwood’s ‘culture war’ turns toxic

Posted on August 24, 2021 by insidecroydon

Shots have been fired, at least metaphorical ones, on the frontline of a “culture war” in South Norwood, as the latest council consultations over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods come to a close tonight. Residents who support the traffic-reducing schemes accuse the … Continue reading →

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Four more public libraries set to reopen after covid lockdown

Posted on July 29, 2021 by insidecroydon

At least a month later than most local authorities managed, Croydon is to begin “a phased reopening for all library buildings”, after the easing of covid-19 precautions. Four of the borough’s 13 public libraries – at Broad Green, Sanderstead, Shirley … Continue reading →

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Council forced to back down over plan to close five libraries

Posted on May 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

Having created a threat to close five of the borough’s public libraries, the witless Labour administration is now trying to claim the credit for ‘saving’ them. By STEVEN DOWNES For the second time in just two years, hapless Ollie Lewis, … Continue reading →

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Residents take to the streets to protest Parsons Mead LTN

Posted on May 12, 2021 by insidecroydon

The Low Traffic Neighbourhood at Parsons Mead in West Croydon yesterday drew a small crowd of protesters, plus regional news television cameras, as public frustration with the fines being levied by CCTV cameras continues to increase. The LTNs, government-funded and … Continue reading →

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Big Local looking to fund deserving Broad Green groups

Posted on May 3, 2021 by insidecroydon

Got an idea for a small project that will improve the lives of people in Broad Green? There’s an organisation in your neighbourhood that wants to distribute thousands of pounds of grant money to the right causes. In the past … Continue reading →

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Police break up illegal high-speed ‘cruise’ in retail park

Posted on April 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

The Metropolitan Police were out in force last night at Croydon’s Valley Park to take action in dealing with what has become a weekly “cruise” meeting. The gathering of often high-powered cars and motorbikes, attracting crowds of spectators, has been … Continue reading →

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Under-threat libraries missing from council’s re-opening plans

Posted on April 9, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council this morning released details of its phased re-opening of some of the borough’s public libraries – but with no immediate plans for three of the buildings which it has listed for permanent closure in its recent consultation. Broad … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Libraries, New Addington South, Norbury, Old Coulsdon, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley North, South Norwood, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Big Local Broad Green annual meeting via Zoom, Apr 8

Posted on March 16, 2021 by insidecroydon
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Council’s libraries consultation accused of being unlawful

Posted on March 13, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The council’s penny-wise and pound-foolish proposals for library closures could end up costing it more money after a badly-organised consultation, according to a national campaign group. By STEVEN DOWNES The council’s latest consultation, over the proposed closure … Continue reading →

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Broad Green driver has 12 penalty notices dropped by council

Posted on March 5, 2021 by insidecroydon

A traffic adjudicator has ruled that some council signs for restricted-access streets are ‘inadequate’ A motorist who accumulated more than £845 in fines for driving into a Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Broad Green has had 12 of his 13 PCNs … Continue reading →

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‘Email us if you are unable to access our online consultation’

Posted on February 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the council’s latest blunder over a public consultation for the badly polluted Purley Way and false claims for ‘the highest environmental standards’ Croydon Council, which already has a diabolically bad reputation for the way … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Police begin murder inquiry as ‘senseless’ stabbings continue

Posted on February 7, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon police yesterday began a murder investigation into the events that led to a man in his 20s dying from knife wounds after a stabbing in Selhurst on Friday night. Yet even as senior officers were reassuring MPs and council … Continue reading →

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One dead and 10 stabbings in Croydon night of savagery

Posted on February 6, 2021 by insidecroydon

Unconfirmed reports suggest a turf war between south London gangs could be behind the outbreak of violence on Croydon streets last night, with too few police to prevent such deadly incidents In a couple of hours of unprecedented savagery in … Continue reading →

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South Norwood library needs £900,000 more to be fit to open

Posted on January 15, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mounting repair bills has seen the bankrupt council earmark five public libraries for possible closure. But they are not saying how much they might make if they sell the properties. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports More … Continue reading →

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Broad Green roads to become a Low Traffic Neighbourhood

Posted on September 18, 2020 by insidecroydon

Four streets in Broad Green, close to West Croydon Station and bus garage, are to have traffic restrictions installed at the end of this month in the latest phase of the government-funded Streetspace scheme. The council announced today that it … Continue reading →

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Wok fire leaves London Road restaurant badly damaged

Posted on August 14, 2020 by insidecroydon

Five fire engines and around 35 firefighters were called to a restaurant on London Road in Croydon yesterday, after oil in a wok caught fire, heating a steel extractor hood and setting light to the building’s timber frame. No one … Continue reading →

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Five roads are to be closed under emergency covid measures

Posted on May 1, 2020 by insidecroydon

Five Croydon roads are to be closed to motor traffic from Sunday under special coronavirus emergency legislation, in efforts to make streets more pedestrian and cyclist-friendly and to open up new cycle routes for use by key workers riding bikes … Continue reading →

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Councillors ‘gagged’ from questioning incinerator operators

Posted on September 17, 2019 by insidecroydon

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how what is supposed to be a public meeting at Croydon Town Hall tonight has banned questions about the fire at the Beddington Lane incinerator Councillors elected to represent people living across four boroughs … Continue reading →

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Sutton backs scheme to route 60,000 lorries through Croydon

Posted on September 4, 2019 by insidecroydon

BELLE MONT on how the environmental vandals running Sutton Council are pushing a scheme for another industrial plant on Beddington Lane Just a matter of weeks since declaring a climate emergency, Sutton Council is tonight backing a Beddington Lane waste … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator, West Thornton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments