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Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Sat July 4 from noon
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Cinatra’s Summer Reunion, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, June 19
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Posted in Addiscombe West, Advertisement, Advertisement features, Business, Coulsdon, Music
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Old Coulsdon Village Fair, Grange Park, Sat July 4 from noon
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Great British Railways trains getting on track through Croydon
Transport secretary greets the unveiling of GBR liveried train: ‘This isn’t just a paint job – it’s an important step towards building a more joined‑up, publicly owned railway that puts passengers first’ The first trains in the new Great British … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport
Tagged Brighton, Coulsdon, Croydon, Department for Transport, East Croydon station, Gatwick, Gatwick Express, GBR, Govia Thameslink, Govia Thameslink Railway, Great British Railways, GTR, Heidi Alexander, Purley, Southern Rail, Victoria
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‘The vote on the left split more than the vote on the right’
ELECTION COMMENTARY: Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, may have been handed another four years in office, but the voting numbers declared yesterday spell trouble for the borough’s other Conservatives. By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Flook, Chris Philp MP, Conrad Hall, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Elaine Jackson, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Pusey, Natasha Irons, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Ben Flook, Chris Philp MP, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Richard Howard, Rowenna Davis, South Norwood, Tory
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Mayor Perry’s secret plan to privatise Croydon’s public parks
Buried deep in their uninspiring election manifesto, Croydon Tories have let slip that they want to hand over at least one of the borough’s public open spaces to a private company. SANDRA STEAD reports Jason Perry, the Croydon Mayor who … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood Country Park, Tory, Wandle Park, Wettern Tree Garden
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Coulsdon’s Marlpit Lane bowls and putting greens now open
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#DigitalDebate: Inside story from Croydon’s first e-hustings
Our hustings correspondent, KEN TOWL, has seen plenty of pre-election meetings before, but never one quite like this, as Inside Croydon brings the candidate debate into the 21st Century Charmingly chaired by Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, this was like no other hustings … Continue reading
Posted in #DigitalDebate, 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Flook, Croydon Greens, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Pusey, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, Rowenna Davis, Under The Flyover
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Network Rail in late decision to postpone Coulsdon works
The works to the railway bridge over the Brighton Road at Coulsdon South Station have been postponed, as detailed here last week, Network Rail has announced. The works were due to begin today, with intermittent partial and full closures of … Continue reading
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Tagged A237 Brighton Road, Coulsdon, Coulsdon South, Coulsdon South Station, Network Rail
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Council’s £68m write-off as Brick by Brick goes into liquidation
The housing company that borrowed £200m but never made a penny profit is finally to be closed down after a six-year winding-up process. By STEVEN DOWNES Brick by Brick, the council-owned housing company that bankrupted the borough, has gone into … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Regen Coulsdon, Tory
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‘Third time lucky?’ Week of road closures at Coulsdon South
APRIL 23 UPDATE: Network Rail has now postponed these works. For details, click here The A237 Brighton Road by Coulsdon South Station is to be subject to closures for at least a week, with works to begin next Thursday, April … Continue reading
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Learn to putt like Rory McIlroy: Marlpit Lane bowls and putting
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The truth is simple: we need to solve Croydon’s financial crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Even before her own party bosses censored her manifesto, there were spending commitments being made by Rowenna Davis, Labour’s candidate for Croydon Mayor, that just don’t add up. LibDem candidate RICHARD HOWARD, pictured left, explains Rowenna Davis’s mayoral … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Council Tax, Richard Howard, Rowenna Davis
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Richard Howard, Rowenna Davis
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Coulsdon’s Bell promises ding-dong contest in Gladiators final
A 23-year-old rugby player from Coulsdon is in tomorrow night’s final of Gladiators. Emily Bell says that her background in contact sport – as well as playing for rugby league side London Broncos, she took up judo when at Cambridge … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Bradley Walsh, Coulsdon, Emily Bell, Gladiators, London Broncos, rugby, Rugby League
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43 days to go and desperation is appearing in election leaflets
After all the calamities inflicted on Croydon by Tory Mayor Jason Perry, from his 33% Council Tax hikes to his unlawful LTN fines, has Labour fallen into their old trap of over-promising before under-delivering? WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Chris Clark, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Croydon West, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jeet Bains, London-wide issues, New Addington North, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Paul Scott, Ria Patel, Richard Howard, Shirley North, Shirley South, Tony Newman
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Ria Patel, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Peter Underwood, Rowenna Davis, Tory
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Bruising drama that delivers a punch against the patriarchy
KEN TOWL goes 12 rounds with the latest must-see play to be staged at the Coulsdon Community Centre. Photos by STEVE NORTH Director Anya Destiney has not made things easy for herself. The Sweet Science of Bruising makes big demands. … Continue reading
Historic Commercial Vehicle Brighton run, A23, May 3
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The Sweet Science of Bruising, TW Coulsdon, from Mar 21
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For ticket bookings for The Sweet Science of Bruising and more information about Theatre Workshop Coulsdon, visit their … Continue reading
‘Red v Blue’ at Town Hall elections could suffer a Green-wash
Polling day in Croydon’s local elections, including its second mayoral vote, is on May 7. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, sifts through recent opinion polls and by-election results, but has a warning from history of how ‘challenger parties’ can be swept … Continue reading
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Coulsdon flats, women boxing, tram troubles – and Council Tax
The latest episode of our Croydon Insider podcast takes a deep delve into the news behind the headlines, as the borough’s residents face another above-inflation increase to their Council Tax, just as Mayor Jason Perry awards himself and senior council … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Gianella A Basile, Inside Croydon, Johnny Dobbyn, Under The Flyover
Tagged Brian Finegan, Brick by Brick, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Trams, Gianella A Basile, Johnny Dobbyn, New Addington, Patreon, Paul Ford, Podcast, The Croydon Insider, The Sweet Science of Bruising, Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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It was a bad deal for Croydon. Why did they allow it to happen?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With Tory Mayor Jason Perry using £½million of public money as a hush fund, RICHARD HOWARD, pictured right, the LibDem mayoral candidate, lays out all the obvious flaws with the council’s Red Clover Gardens scheme Two years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Brick by Brick, Business, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Housing, Ian Parker, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Howard, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, The Penn Report, Tony McArdle
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Brick by Brick, Cllr Ian Parker, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Ian Parker, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Liberal Democrats, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Major Richard Howard, Peter Underwood, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Regen Coulsdon, Richard Howard, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Tory
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Mayor candidates call for investigation into Red Clover Gardens
LibDems and Greens say that only a thorough, deep dive into the council’s accounts and records conducted by an outside body – such as HM Revenue and Customs – can get to the bottom of the latest multi-million-pound financial scandal … Continue reading
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Perry agrees to pay £½m to reclaim flats at Red Clover Gardens
Inside Croydon has obtained a top-secret, ‘Part B’ council report providing key financial details on the collapsed property deal for Red Clover Gardens – all because someone at Croydon’s cash-strapped and incompetent council posted it on their own website EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
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