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BINMAGEDDON!: Veolia are ‘failing’ says ex-council leader
Veolia, Croydon’s rubbish contractors, are “a failing organisation” who cannot be taken seriously and “can’t even collect the bins in south London”. That’s according to a former deputy mayor of London and ex-leader of Croydon Council, Valerie Shawcross. Indeed, Shawcross … Continue reading
Queen’s Hotel planning inquiry is a case of David v Goliath
Whose side is Croydon Council on? As JOE PAXTON reports from the Town Hall, Crystal Palace Council Tax-payers face a four-day public hearing having had little support from their own local authority A David v Goliath battle commences at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Queen's Hotel, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman
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BINMAGEDDON!: Ex-deputy mayor’s Kafkaesque bin misery
Former Croydon Council leader Val Shawcross has called for Veolia to be sacked because of its rubbish service, as KEN LEE reports “What chance do ordinary residents have of getting the sort of service that they pay for if even … Continue reading
Pool plans would make swims less accessible at Crystal Palace
The draft plans for the future of the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre being presented as the “final” consultation at the venue tomorrow would, if finally approved by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, make it virtually impossible for the elderly … Continue reading
Seconds out: champ Duke fights for survival at Victory Place
Three-time boxing world champion Duke McKenzie is facing the toughest fight of his life yet – a battle for the survival of the gym in Crystal Palace which he has worked hard over eight years to establish as a thriving … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, Business, Crime, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Duke McKenzie, Health, Knife crime, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Sport, Stephen Mann
Tagged Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Duke McKenzie, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, St Aidans Developments, Stephen Mann, Upper Norwood, Victory Place
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Dinosaurs, parks and Concretopia: Norwood’s diverse talks
The Norwood Society’s 2019 programme gets under way at Upper Norwood Library next week, with the first in a series of invigorating walks and inspiring talks arranged by its hard-working volunteers. The Norwood Society’s area covers parts of Lambeth and … Continue reading
‘Hostile environment’ charity linked with homes scheme
A council scheme to get vulnerable rough sleepers off the streets and into the warmth and security of somewhere they can call “home” has signed up its first of 10 properties. But none of the homes will be available to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Butler, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Homelessness, Thames Reach
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Residents’ anger over builders’ mess at Auckland Road
“Auckland Road is a mess,” residents living in a conservation area in Upper Norwood say, blaming sloppy building practices on a couple of sites, including one run that is run by Brick by Brick, the council’s house-builders. And they accuse … Continue reading
After 50 years, Crystal Palace gets its Picture Palace back
Half a century after it closed, Crystal Palace’s cinema has re-opened, following a £3m makeover. RICHARD WEEKES took a look inside The Everyman Crystal Palace opened its doors for the first time on Tuesday night, treating scores of invited guests … Continue reading
Wanderers seek help for a settled home in Upper Norwood
Wanderers FC, the first winners of the FA Cup in 1872, have agreed a three-year partnership with Virgo Fidelis Convent School in Upper Norwood to allow the club’s two men’s teams and women’s XI to host home matches there. However, … Continue reading
Brick by Brick’s first new homes won’t be occupied until 2019
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on how the borough’s ‘award-winning’ house building company has taken nearly four years to build its first house The first homes built by Brick by Brick, Croydon Council’s loss-making house builders, won’t be available to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
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Public’s Town Hall questions on Binmageddon get censored
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, sat through nearly four hours of Monday’s Town Hall meeting, so that you didn’t have to… A mere 90 days since the last full meeting of the council, and most of the borough’s councillors … Continue reading
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Labour councillor alleges planning bias for Brick by Brick
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how a Town Hall veteran has broken ranks over some of the council’s inappropriate over-development It is no longer just disgruntled residents, unhappy over the way the council and their slow-motion house-builders, Brick by … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Auckland Rise, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott
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Bookseller Crow stages a night of memoirs and wildlife
Crystal Palace’s foremost independent book shop, the Bookseller Crow, on Westow Street, is staging a series of talks and events over the coming weeks, offering readers and fans to meet some of their favourite authors and ask them about their … Continue reading
