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Tag Archives: Croydon Riots
Mystery over Reeves furniture store withdrawal from auction
Three sites in Croydon Old Town that were to be offered for sale to developers, with combined guide prices totalling nearly £4million and including the long-established House of Reeves furniture store, were abruptly withdrawn from auction this morning. Neither the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon 8/8
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Riots, Graham Reeves, House of Reeves, reeves corner, Whitgift Foundation
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House of Reeves furniture store is put up for sale at £2.5m
Another part of the fabric of Croydon society could face major changes after 150 years, following the past decade of frustration and disappointment with the way the Old Town area has been allowed to become run-down. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon 8/8
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Riots, Graham Reeves, House of Reeves, reeves corner, Whitgift Foundation
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Council arts fund ignites row 11 years after deadly night of riots
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The decision by the Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, to call a Borough of Culture funding stream “The Ignite Fund” has been slammed for being crass, ill-judged and insensitive by victims of the Croydon Riots. The … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Boris Johnson, Borough of Culture 2023, Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, West Croydon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Borough of Culture, Broad Green, Bushra Ahmed, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Old Town, Croydon Riots, Ignite Fund, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Old Town, reeves corner, West Croydon
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Croydon riots 10 years on: Arson land put up for sale at £2m
It is being marketed as a “design and build opportunity”, a patch of land close to the town centre, less than one-fifth of an acre, on the market this summer from the borough’s largest landowners, for a mere £2million. It … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Stiles Harold Williams, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged 8/8, 8/8 Riots, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Riots, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Maurice Reeves, reeves corner, Trevor Reeves, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon riots 10 years on: Risks greater now than in 2011
The key risk factors which led to rioting in Croydon and across the country 10 years ago are “even greater today than in 2011”, leaving London at risk of riots. That’s according to a review by Steve Reed OBE, the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 8/8, 8/8 Riots, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon Riots, Labour, London, London Assembly, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, West Croydon
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Croydon riots 10 years on: ‘I was in real fear for my family’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: On August 8 2011, the night that Croydon burned, photographer JAN PODSIADLY captured some of the scenes close to his home that he witnessed and terrified him, and here, 10 years on, recalls some of the events Ten … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, West Croydon
Tagged 8/8, 8/8 Riots, Croydon Riots, Jan Podsiadly, Metropolitan Police, West Croydon
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Croydon riots 10 years on: A decade of missed opportunity
Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the Croydon riots, an outbreak of disorder that followed similar violence elsewhere in the capital that week in August 2011. Here, local lawyer and community activist MARINA AHMAD says that the government has failed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad
Tagged 8/8 Riots, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Riots, London, London Assembly, Marina Ahmad, Metropolitan Police
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Evening all: Police commissioner Hogan-Howe visits Croydon
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, is addressing a public meeting in Croydon next week. The event is free and does not require booking, but places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The event … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Croydon Riots, Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
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Bear Grylls visit is spur for Scout scheme in community
The recent visit of Bear Grylls to Croydon’s Pinewood Scout Centre has led to a collaborative partnership between local Scouts and the Croydon Forest School and Adventure Project to make the centre more accessible to non-Scouting groups. This is Scout … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Croydon 8/8, Scouts and Guides
Tagged 8/8 Riots, Bear Grylls, Croydon Riots, Croydon Scouts, reeves corner
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Innovative youth group forced to close for lack of volunteers
Tabula Rasa, the South Norwood youth project created by a group of young friends out of the ashes of the 2011 riots, has had to close, in many ways a victim of its own success. The project managers reluctantly took … Continue reading
MP Reed condemns “disgraceful” failures over riot pay-outs
More than two years after the 2011 riots, and there’s still 133 people who claimed official compensation who are yet to receive a penny to help them re-build their homes and businesses. Those are the findings of Steve Reed OBE, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve Reed MP
Tagged 2011 London Riots, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon Riots, David Cameron, London, riots
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