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Let the heartaches begin as Baldry starts job as Perry’s gofer
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The thing is with the Conservatives and spending public money, they have no qualms when it comes to lavishing hundreds of thousands of pounds on themselves. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Did someone mention jobs for the Tory … Continue reading
Posted in Andrea Perry, Croydon Council, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, Ryan Baldry
Tagged Adecco, Andrea Perry, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Conservative Central Office, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dean Shoesmith, HR, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor's office manager, Ryan Baldry, Tory
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How Croydon got its first shopping centre, 750 years ago
CROYDON CHRONICLES: As the town centre’s ancient market reaches its 750th anniversary, DAVID MORGAN charts its growth from its beginnings as Butchers Row, aided by the patronage of commercially-minded Archbishops of Canterbury “Where there are two or three people gathered … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Surrey Street
Tagged 1276, 750th anniversary, Archbishop John de Stratford, Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Robert Kilwardby, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, King Edward I, Surrey Street, Surrey Street Market
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Dirty Shoes at The Oval Tavern for Halloween, Sat Oct 31
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Music, Pubs, The Oval Tavern
Tagged Croydon, Dirty Shoes, halloween, Oval Tavern, The Oval Tavern
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Museum of Croydon Art Book Club, Clocktower Café, Nov 14
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Coulsdon’s Red Clover Gardens gets a new coat of whitewash
A housing scheme in Coulsdon has won the country’s top architecture award. Yet there’s not been a peep from the council’s propaganda department, usually desperate to spin anything as ‘good’ news in Croydon. STEVEN DOWNES on the desperate efforts of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lion Green Road, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Red Clover Gardens, RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects, Stirling Prize
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Day Of The Dead Supper Club, South Norwood, Tue Nov 3
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With Love From South at The Village Table, Thu Oct 29
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Music
Tagged Black History Month, Croydon, Queens Gardens, The Village Table
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Mayor forced to order inquiry into children’s home contract row
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has been forced to authorise a review into the procurement omnishambles that saw the council cancelling a £8.6million contract for the management of a children’s home within six months of the … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins, Stuart King
Tagged Children's home, Children's Services, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, St Christopher's Fellowship, Stuart Collins, Tory
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London’s bus and tram fares to rise by 10p from November 1
The fares freeze on London’s buses and trams ends this month. From November 1, the adult bus and tram fare, including the Hopper fare, will increase by 10p from £1.75 to £1.85, Transport for London confirmed in a statement this … Continue reading
Award-winning comic Mark Steel on Keir, Keegan and cancer
Award-winning stand-up Mark Steel sits down with our columnist, Andrew Fisher, for a frank, wide-ranging and often hilarious interview, the latest podcast from the Inside Croydon ‘multiverse’. As our brief extract clip illustrates, the interview switches between the poignant and … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Inside Croydon, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Andy Burnham, antisemitism, Cancer, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, FA Cup final, Green Party, Keir Starmer, Kevin Keegan, Labour, Mark Steel, Patreon, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Steve Reed OBE, Wembley, Zack Polanski, Zionism
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After five years, council finally acts to clean up country park
Sluggish council has finally acted to clean up local streams that have been turned into ‘sludge’ by sewage pollution After a five-year campaign by residents and environmentalists, backed by their Labour councillors and MP, Croydon Council has finally confirmed that … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Natasha Irons, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Cargreen Road, Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Environment, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Norwood Junction, Pollution, Sewage, South Norwood, Thames Water, Woodside
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Perry’s CALAT lies exposed as up to 200 jobs are put at risk
In four years under Croydon’s Tory Mayor, the borough’s adult education service has gone from paying its own way to operating a £500,000 overspend – after its landlords, the council, doubled its rent to more than £800,000 a year. ‘It … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, UCU, University and College Union
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Council could face legal battle over £8.6m children’s home deal
Findings of Ofsted inspectors are ‘difficult to reconcile’ with council’s report about care at a children’s home, as Town Hall says that it needs to be ‘clearer’ with service providers. By STEVEN DOWNES The establishment of a children’s home to … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Natalie Vesty, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins
Tagged Children's home, Children's Services, Cllr Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, St Christopher's Fellowship, Stuart Collins, Tory
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Children’s home in contract row given a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating
Government inspectors who visited the council-owned children’s home contradict the Town Hall’s critical report that prompted the cancellation of an £8.6m, seven-year contract. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Croydon children’s home where the council cancelled its management contract with a … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins
Tagged Children's home, Children's Services, Cllr Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ofsted, Ofsted inspection, St Christopher's Fellowship, Stuart Collins, Tory
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‘Everything must go!’: TG Jones joins Whitgift Centre exodus
Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest signs of the times in the Whitgift Centre “Everything must go!” scream the bright yellow signs stuck to the windows of the recently re-styled TG Jones on North End. Thing is, as … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Fairfield, Post Office, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Modella, Private equity, TG Jones, Westfield, WH Smith, Whitgift Centre
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Haunted House Extreme, at Crystal Palace NSC, Oct 30 and 31
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Council admits it has no idea who it paid £1.1m in legal fees
EXCLUSIVE by JOSHUA STEIN Croydon Council has admitted that it does not know how it spent £1.082million of public money on legal fees over the past two years. Croydon’s cash-strapped council has debts totalling £1.7billion. In July 2025, following the … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Croydon Council, Inside Croydon Investigates, Joshua Stein, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Joshua Stein, Legal fees, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory
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Greenvale Community Bookshop, open Saturday, 10am-4pm
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The 2026 Croydonites Festival, from Wed Nov 4 to Sat Nov 21
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Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Art, Business, Comedy, Croydonites Festival, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, Theatre
Tagged Advertisement, Anna Arthur, Clocktower Cafe, Croydon, Croydonites, Croydonites Festival, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Hannah Maxwell, James Rowland, Rosa Garland, South Norwood, St George's Walk, Stanley Halls, Team Viking, The Front Room, Turn Your Fucking Phones Off, Victoria Melody, Vincent Gambini
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Croydon roads under Perry among London’s most dangerous
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on the clear and present danger of a car-obsessed Mayor who has no consideration for road safety for Croydon’s children Croydon is the second most dangerous area in the whole of London for traffic collisions outside … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, TfL, Transport
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Transport, DfT, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Scrap Car Comparison, TfL, Tory, Transport and Parking Strategic Direction, Transport for London
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Handel’s Messiah, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Sat Dec 19
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Bingo! Plus live music, quiz nights, darts at Surrey Cricketers
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T Click here for all events at the Surrey Cricketers, 23 West St, CR0 1DJ
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Business, Darts, Fairfield, Music, Pubs, Sport
Tagged Bingo, Croydon, Darts, Fairfield, Music, The Surrey Cricketers
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Greens call for audit investigation into possible fraud at council
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Perry spent £53.4m on temporary staff at the council in 2024-2025. Yet the council sacked a whistleblower who raised serious concerns about staffing agency Adecco’s possible overcharging for workers in the children’s services department. With an … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Ainscough, SEND
Tagged Adecco, Cllr Paul Ainscough, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Daniel Cox, Employment Tribunal, Fairfield, Grant Thornton, His Honour Judge James Tayler, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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‘Digital first’ council fails to achieve basic level of competence
By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon Poet Brian Bilston was on stage at the Ashcroft Theatre last night*. In between frequent references to Clare Grogan, his cat and the seemingly unstoppable onward march of AI, Bilston read from his poem … Continue reading
Posted in 'Future Croydon', Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Williams, Opama Khan, Poetry, Theatre
Tagged AI, Ashcroft Theatre, Brian Bilston, Clare Grogan, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Digital Service, Digital-first council, Fairfield Halls, How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Microsoft, Waterstones, Whitgift Centre
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Sarah Reynolds’ partner guilty of murder and coercive control
Earlston Bennett was yesterday found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of the murder in 2025 of his partner, Sarah Reynolds. Bennett has been remanded in custody until his sentencing in December. Bennett, 58, from Towpath Way, South Norwood, was also … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Earlston Bennett, Metropolitan Police, murder, Sarah Reynolds, Selhurst, South Norwood
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