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London Mayor ducks Night Czar questions to speak in Croydon
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest instance of non-accountability of our elected representatives, and how the borough’s new top cop will need to address the Bashment ban Amy Lamé will make one of her first, if not the first, public speech … Continue reading
We need quality homes, not quantity, to avoid ghettoes
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Location. Location. Location. LEWIS WHITE is less concerned about the need to build flats in the redevelopment at College Green, provided they offer enough open spaces and are of the right quality, and not mega-sized tower blocks David … Continue reading
Can two-bedroom flats really be solution for Fairfield Halls?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The scheme to redevelop Fairfield Halls and College Green could cost more than £70m, with Council Tax-payers taking much of the risk, says DAVID WICKENS Those that study regeneration and city centre proposals will have noticed that there … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Education, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Planning, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon College, David Wickens, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Croydon College free school proposal gets fobbed off by DfE
GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports on the surprising reasoning given by Whitehall to block expansion plans around College Green It’s official: according to the Department for Education, there is no school places crisis in Croydon. That was the reason … Continue reading
Ofsted reports signal concerns over College’s free school plan
The school places shortage has already prompted a range of daft ideas in Croydon, from the notion of sticking a primary school in a listed building overlooking a six-lane urban motorway, to building on Metropolitan Open Land with barely a … Continue reading
Steve Reed MP: “Here’s my end-of-term report”
The House of Commons is in recess for the summer, marking the end of a very busy few months as the new MP for Croydon North‘s for STEVE REED It is eight months since the Croydon North by-election, where local … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon North, London, Mayor, Thornton Heath, Tories, Tory
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Fisher and council condemned for missing jobs fair
Croydon’s Conservative-run council has already been described as cynical, callous and calculating, and with some justification. Now, headed by Mike Fisher, the elusive leader of the Tory group on the council, they have added “condemned” and “incompetent” to their growing … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Allders, Business, Centrale, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Education, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Shirley North, Steve Reed MP, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon North, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Jobs Fair offers help for long-term unemployed youth
There are nearly 1,000 young people out of work in the northern part of Croydon – almost half the total unemployed in the whole of the borough. Which is why Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Croydon North, is hosting … Continue reading
Store at beating centre of making Croydon a Heart Town
Croydon is to become a “Heart Town”, with the borough’s new mayor, Yvette Hopley, choosing the British Heart Foundation as one of her official charities for the coming year and endorsing the campaign to reduce the amount of heart disease … Continue reading
“Favoured” Halls, £4.5m debts and the commercial interests
Using the Fairfield Halls’ trustees’ own annual reports and accounts since 2010, together with official council documents, SEAN CREIGHTON examines what is going on at the town’s arts venue, ahead of £25m of public money being spent to refurbish it … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Charity, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Croydon Council, Dance, David Fitze, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, London Mozart Players, Music, Property, South Croydon Community Association, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Hall, Legal & General, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Former mayors Hecks and Millard have died
Two former Mayors of Croydon, Pat Hecks and Derek Millard, have died.
Croydon gets ready for a royal visit from the Queen of Shops
Croydon is readying itself for a royal visit today: Mary Queen of Shops may be heading into town. This is not to be confused with Kate Middleton’s in-laws pressing the flesh along London Road, back 13 months after last year’s … Continue reading
College opens itself up for a day with the community
ANDREW PELLING has yet another good news story, as Croydon College celebrates its first community day on tomorrow It is time to party and to celebrate what Croydon College can offer. With a self-confident disregard for the recent crisis in … Continue reading
Crocus conference key part of LGBT History Month
Crocus, Croydon’s Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community organisation, is staging a conference on February 22 as part of the activities of LGBT History Month which will be attended by the borough police commander and senior figures from Croydon … Continue reading
