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Council agrees to take closer look at Grange Road speedsters
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on a small victory for residents of Upper Norwood after more than a decade of lobbying their council Steve Reed is claiming his first success in his newly restored role as a backbench MP. The Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Grange Road, Labour, Labour Together, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Spa Hill, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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MP Steve Reed needs help. And he’ll pay £40,000pa to get it
As one Croydon MP adjusts to life on the back benches, another has made her first move up the greasy pole of Westminster preferment, reports our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North, when … Continue reading
Posted in Amy Foster, Croydon East, Louis Carserides, Natasha Irons, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Atticus Partners, Cromwell Green, Croydon, Croydon East, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, House of Commons, Labour, Labour Together, Louis Carserides, Louise Szpera, Morgan McSweeney, Natasha Irons MP, Oscar Harman, Parliament, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Sawalha threatens legal action against ITV over Loose Women
Forthright and opinionated actress says she was told she was dropped from the panel show because ‘It’s all a bit noisy out there for us’ Nadia Sawalha has threatened legal action against her erstwhile employers, ITV, after she was “cancelled” … Continue reading
Public outcry helps save Triangle trees from death by tarmac
Our environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION reports on the latest piece of sheer stupidity from Jason Perry’s council, carried out in the middle of a drought during the climate crisis, and while damaging a cherished conservation area As the latest example … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Mark Adderley, Natalie Vestey, Tom Bowell
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Mark Adderley, Cllr Natalie Vestey, Cllr Tom Bowell, Conservative, Conway, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Triangle, Geen Party, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tarmaced trees
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‘It put my family at great risk and under huge mental anguish’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Croydon councillor MARK ADDERLEY, and his wife Nadia Sawalha, have won some vindication with the apology and legal settlement from the publishers of the Mail and Metro. Here, he explains how his support for Palestine was deliberately twisted … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mark Adderley, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged antisemitism, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Adderley, Nadia Sawalha, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Councillor Adderley still left waiting for Green Party’s decision
WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports on the delayed internal party disciplinary process which has taken longer than it took the Daily Mail to capitulate into issuing its own apology and pay ‘substantial’ damages Mark Adderley, the newly elected Croydon councillor … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mark Adderley, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged antisemitism, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Daily Mail, Labour, Mark Adderley, Metro, Nadia Sawalha, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, The Green Party, Zionism
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£130m Crystal Palace sports centre scheme is given go-ahead
Bromley Council last night granted planning permission for a £130million refurbishment of the long-neglected sports centre at Crystal Palace, with plans backed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan that are to be funded by the Greater London Authority. Councillors on Bromley’s … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Basketball, Bromley Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming, Tennis
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace sports centre, Crystal Palace Sports Partnership, London, Mayor, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan
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LibDems win in Streatham as Greens retain Lambeth control
WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, on another bad night for Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North when he can be bothered) “‘Burnham bounce’ in London could stop so many voters deserting Labour to the Greens and LibDems” chirped … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Mark Adderley, Martin Abrams
Tagged Brixton Town Hall, Clapham Park, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, Lambeth council, Liberal Democrats, Mark Adderley, Martin Abrams, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Streatham St Leonard's, The Green Party
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Demolition works get underway for Selhurst £200m main stand
Almost nine years since the proposal was first aired to build a modern main stand and increase home capacity for Crystal Palace games to 34,000, physical, visible works have begun in and around Selhurst Park on a project that may … Continue reading
Westow Hill stab victim had criminal record for GBH and drugs
Kamahl Cameron-Williams, the 31-year-old stabbed to death on Westow Hill in Crystal Palace last week, was a convicted criminal who was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison in September 2018 for grievous bodily harm – GBH – and for … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Knife crime
Tagged Amari Auguste-Francois, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Ellis Shakiem, Isaiah Adio-Weathers, Kamahl Cameron, Kamahl Cameron-Williams, knife crime, Met Police, Metropolitan Police, murder, Westow Hill
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Three men appear in court charged with Westow Hill murder
Three men have been charged with the murder of Kamahl Cameron-Williams on Westow Hill on Sunday. The men were due to appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court today. The Metropolitan Police have named them as: Isaiah Adio-Weathers, 23, of Evelyn Street, … Continue reading
Perry’s go-slow council could take 5 years to pay LTN refunds
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Figures from the council show that it has issued refunds to fewer than 1-in-10 of the motorists who were fined for driving through Low Traffic Neighbourhoods which the High Court ruled as ‘unlawful’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Conrad Hall, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Leila Ben-Hassel, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fine refunds, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTN fine refunds, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Six arrested on suspicion of murder over Westow Hill stabbing
Six people have now been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death on Westow Hill, Crystal Palace, in the early hours of Sunday morning. The Metropolitan Police have named the victim as Kamahl Cameron-Williams. He … Continue reading
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after Westow stabbing
A man was stabbed to death on Westow Hill in Crystal Palace in the early hours of Sunday morning. The Metropolitan Police have yet to name the victim, a man believed to be in his 30s. Another man, aged 30, … Continue reading
We’re glad all over! The Croydon Insider looks back on Leipzig
The Croydon Insider returns to its more eclectic look at recent local news, with a visit from the website’s football correspondent to share his experience of travelling to Leipzig for the European Conference League final. Plus, the panel discusses how … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Andrew Sinclair, Annabel Smith, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Inside Croydon, Ken Towl, Old Palace, Schools, SEND, Tom Bowell, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Whitgift School
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Annabel Smith, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Ken Towl, Leipzig, Oliver Glasner, SEND, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Steve Parish, The Croydon Insider, Trinity School, Under The Flyover, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School, Yusuf Osman
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Desperate Perry is denied his victory parade for a second year
Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed and increasingly desperate Mayor, has been snubbed for a second time in 12 months, as Crystal Palace Football Club announced today that there would be no immediate trophy parade following their triumph in the UEFA Conference … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve Parish
Tagged Conservative, cpfc, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Football Club, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Oliver Glasner, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve Parish, UEFA, UEFA Conference League, UEFA Conference League final, Victory parade
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Perry’s anti-democratic council has created constitution crisis
For the first time since it was created in 1965, Croydon Council has councillors from five political parties. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, looks at whether they will make any difference – or even be allowed to try While other councils … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Adam Kellett, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Gill Hickson, Mark Adderley, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Paul Ainscough, Ria Patel, Scott Holman
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Adam Kellett, Cllr Claire Bonham, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Gill Hickson, Cllr Scott Holman, Conservative, Council constitution, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Adderley, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Ria Patel, The Green Party, Tory
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King faces possible leadership challenge after election defeats
Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the immediate fall-out from Labour’s Rowenna Davis failing to become Mayor of Croydon There will be a Labour Party leadership contest this week – but in Katharine Street, rather than Downing Street. While … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Amy Foster, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Chrishni Reshekaron, Christopher Herman, Janet Campbell, John Wentworth, Manju Shahul Hameed, Rowenna Davis, Stuart King
Tagged Carole Bonner, Cllr Amy Foster, Cllr Janet Campbell, Cllr John Wentworth, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Cllr Stuart King, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Janet Campbell, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Labour National Executive Council, Labour NEC, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman
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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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Minister Reed received hacked files from Labour candidate
While Steve Reed undertakes a witch-hunt against Green election candidates, his own party has selected someone who admitted distributing 77MB of illegally hacked data – including passing the stolen material to Reed himself. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES One of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Crime, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Evans, Inside Croydon, Southwark Council
Tagged Brixton, Clive Fraser, Croydon East, Croydon East CLP, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Evans, Dulwich Wood, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Ruth Bannister, Southwark, Southwark Council, Southwark Labour, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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Face-less and word-less: fringe candidates who want your vote
Just who are these people wanting you to entrust them with your precious vote on May 7? As KEN TOWL discovered, some appear very reluctant to let you know who they are, or what they really stand for There’s this … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Adam Kellett, Donald Speakman, Jose Joseph, London-wide issues, New Addington North, New Addington South, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 local elections, Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Green Party, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Adderley, Mel Mullings, Michael Castle, Nadia Sawalha, New Addington, New Addington North, Reform Ltd, Reform UK, Tory, TTIP, Your Party
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Perry dodges scrutiny as council delays refunds of LTN fines
CROYDON IN CRISIS: What do you mean, you can’t easily find how to claim a refund of the unlawful low traffic neighbourhood fine you were forced to pay? Do you expect the council to make the repayments system simple and … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Leila Ben-Hassel, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Venetia Reid-Baptiste
Tagged Alasdair Stewart, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fine refunds, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, Leila Ben-Hassel, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTN fine refunds, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Tory, Upper Norwood
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