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Tag Archives: Bromley
Cause of Beckenham Road shop blaze ‘deliberate’ says LFB
The emergency services have declared that the cause of a fire at a shop with flats above in Bromley in the early hours of this morning was “believed to be deliberate”. It took four fire engines and around 25 firefighters … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Beckenham Road, Bromley, LFB, London Fire Brigade
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‘Appalling’ GLL is facing strike by library workers in Bromley
Library workers in Bromley are to take strike action over “low pay and shoddy working practices”, according to their union, Unite. Bromley operates 14 public libraries (more than in bigger borough Croydon), plus a volunteer-run mobile library service, all managed … Continue reading
Sudden closure of West Wickham pool for safety reasons
Bromley Council has been forced to close West Wickham Leisure Centre as a “precautionary” measure, “in support of safety”. The council made the announcement yesterday afternoon, less than three months since agreeing to carry out a multi-million-pound refurbishment of the … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Health, Purley Pool, Swimming
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, swimming, West Wickham, West Wickham Leisure Centre, Yvonne Bear
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Fraudsters convicted after decade of online ‘romance’ scams
A couple from south London who tricked victims into sending hundreds of thousands of pounds in a romance fraud have been sentenced. Ibrahim Moro, 33, from Bromley, and Rebecca Patrick, 32, from Croydon, targeted older and vulnerable victims on online … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency, NCA, Romance fraud
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£20m refurb sees Old Town Hall removed from Heritage risk list
Bromley Old Town Hall has been taken off Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, it has been confirmed this week. The Grade II-listed building, which dates back to 1907, served the community until falling vacant and into disrepair in 2007. … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Business
Tagged Brama Hotel, Bromley, Bromley Old Town Hall, Castleforge, Historic England
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Bromley Tories increase their vote share in Hayes by-election
Even with the Tory Government suffering meltdown at Westminster, Labour still can’t manage to win local council by-elections in this part of south London, as our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports Has the curse of Croydon Labour struck again? Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bromley Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, New Addington
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Hayes and Coney Hall, Hayes and Coney Hall ward by-election, Jason Cummings, Josh Coldspring-White, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Tory
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Fantasy football made real with new computer game launch
Fancy your chances of managing a real football club? After years of playing computer games and fantasy leagues and shouting at the telly to tell Pep that you know better, now you could get your chance to take charge in … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Football, Sport
Tagged Andy Woodman, Bromley, Bromley FC, Crystal Palace FC, FM24, Football Manager, Football Manager 2024, Gareth Southgate, Xbox
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Hold the line, please: BT digital phone service comes to London
BT has announced plans to roll out its controversial replacement phone service, called Digital Voice, across Greater London during November and December, with a series of public information events planned for Croydon, Sutton, Bromley and Merton. The events are intended … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged Bromley, BT, Croydon, Digital Voice, Epsom, Merton, Reigate, Sutton
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‘This is a once-in-a-generation chance. We have to get it right’
A public meeting tomorrow at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre aims to outline the plans for a £200m refurbishment – and work is already underway. By STEVEN DOWNES Early arrivers for a presentation tomorrow about the future of the Crystal … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Southwark Council, Sport
Tagged Ben Woods, Boris Johnson, Bromley, Bromley Council, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Seb Coe
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GLL’s library workers in Bromley vote by 86% for strike action
Workers at Bromley’s public libraries have voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. The library workers, employed by swimming pool operators GLL, Greenwich Leisure, are fighting for better pay and an end to zero-hours contracts. Zero hours contracts are effectively … Continue reading
Cannabis ‘farm’ on Bromley’s Downham Way goes up in smoke
The London Fire Brigade was called to a blaze thought to have been caused by an electrical fault at a suspected cannabis factory in a terraced house in Bromley on Wednesday night. Ordinary suburban homes are frequently being converted by … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues
Tagged Bromley, Cannabis, LFB, London Fire Brigade
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Perry should apologise for anti-ULEZ Facebook group says MP
EXCLUSIVE: Tory Mayor’s Facebook group that encourages criminal damage only had a rule forbidding illegal behaviour added after he was approached by the media. By STEVEN DOWNES A Labour MP has called on Croydon Mayor Jason Perry to close down … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Bromley, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, James Hillam, Luke Shortland, Mayor Jason Perry, Rachel Cromie, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone, William Perry
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Builders’ refurb works in Bromley house cause major blaze
It took six fire engines and around 40 firefighters to tackle a house fire on Springfield Road in Bromley. A three-storey detached house under refurbishment was destroyed by fire. There were no reports of any injuries. One of the Brigade’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Bromley, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Springfield Road
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Tory minister is member of online group that salutes vandals
EXCLUSIVE: A secret Facebook group where members celebrate criminal vandalism carried out against ULEZ cameras is being run by the Tory Mayor of Croydon. By STEVEN DOWNES The Tory Government’s policing minister, Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South, is … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Coulsdon, Crime, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Bromley, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, James Hillam, Luke Shortland, Mayor Jason Perry, Rachel Cromie, Tory, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone, William Perry
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Police investigating 300+ cases of ULEZ camera vandalism
Criminal damage to public property in Greater London could cost taxpayers tens of millions. The Metropolitan Police is investigating more than 300 cases of vandalism and theft of CCTV cameras, which have been installed as part of the expansion of … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, TfL, Transport, ULEZ
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, GLA, Greater London Authority, London, M25, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Metropolitan Police, Orpington, Selsdon, TfL, The Bladerunners, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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Tory councils wasted £1m on High Court challenge to ULEZ
Pro-pollution Tory politicians in and around London were dealt a heavy blow as a High Court judge dismissed their challenge against the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone. The politically-inspired legal case is estimated to have cost Council Tax-payers … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Bexley, Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Surrey County Council, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, Ultra Low Emission Zone
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1,606: Croydon among worst in London for empty homes
London has £20billion-worth of homes sitting vacant, according to official figures, a situation which has been described as a “scandal”. And Croydon is among the boroughs with the most vacant properties, according to analysis conducted by City Hall on data … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Sadiq Khan, Southwark Council, Sutton Council
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, Housing, Lambeth, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Southwark, Sutton
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Bromley turns Town Hall asset into an ‘ecosystem of amenities’
While regeneration of Croydon’s town centre remains stalled – whatever became of part-time Perry’s ‘plan’ for the Allders building? – a long-loved public building in a neighbouring borough has been repurposed. By our hotels correspondent, JOANNA PLUMLEY The next time … Continue reading
MP’s assistant expelled by Tories after ‘vile’ rape-shaming tweet
A Conservative councillor who works as a parliamentary assistant to a former Government minister has been expelled from the Tory Party. Shaun Slator, elected to Bromley Council last May for St Mary Cray ward, was fiercely criticised for posting “despicable” … Continue reading
Average house prices in Croydon almost double in a decade
Estate agents and buy-to-let landlords feel the squeeze as Trussonomics begins to have an impact The cost of an average house in Croydon has increased by 92.4per cent in the 10 years since 2013, according to research based on figures … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Council Tax, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Bank of England, Bromley, Council Tax, Croydon, house prices, Interest rates, Mortgages, Sutton
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Four officers injured as youth fighting breaks out in Bromley
Croydon town centre is not alone in having problems with youth violence, as an incident at The Glades, Bromley’s shopping centre, on Friday afternoon demonstrated, with four police officers suffering injury while performing their duties, and six arrests made. A … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Crime, Knife crime
Tagged Bromley, Metropolitan Police, The Glades, youth knife crime, Youth violence
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Lick of paint and a new logo won’t get our axed bus routes back
Is it a bird, is it a plane… no, it’s Superloop! Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON takes a look at the London Mayor’s latest wheeze and finds he’s going round in circles… There’s been nothing like it since Jeffrey Archer’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Commuting, East Croydon, Kingston, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Waddon
Tagged Bromley, Heathrow, Heathrow Airport, Kingston, Mayor of London, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, Superloop, Sutton, TfL, Transport for London, X26, X68
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Dinosaur sculptures get help from Heritage Lottery Fund
Crystal Palace Park has received £304,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to help with the improvements and restoration of its “dinosaur island”. The Lottery grant is part of a wider £5million regeneration project being undertaken in the park by … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Charity, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, History
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, National Lottery, National Lottery Heritage Fund
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Bromley’s £1.2m design tender to overhaul Crystal Palace Park
After years of delay and dither, local authority moves to start a nine-year improvement project to realise park’s ‘potential to be a national asset for the benefit of the local community’ Bromley Council is looking to spend at least £1.2million … Continue reading
‘Despicable’ Tory councillor under fire for rape-shaming victim
Remarks made by a Conservative councillor have been described as “despicable” and “dangerous and stupid”, while women’s support groups and his political opponents have demanded that Shaun Slator should be suspended by his party and resign immediately. Slator is a … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Colin Smith, Crime, Policing
Tagged Bromley, Bromley Council, Conservative, Shaun Slator, Tory
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