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Tag Archives: Crystal Palace
Higher rents and rising costs force Paxton Centre to close
The Paxton Centre, the popular arts and crafts café and bar on Anerley Hill, is to close next March. The surprise announcement was made by the centre’s founder, Beth Mander, and comes little more than 10 years since she opened … Continue reading
Family Haunted House Spook Fest, Crystal Palace, Oct 16-18
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Parish admits Palace don’t have funding for £200m new stand
Plans could be altered to reduce costs on the long-delayed project, and that could even require another renewal of planning permission from Croydon Council, according to club chairman Crystal Palace has yet to secure the funding necessary for its £200million-plus … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, John Textor, Planning, Property, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Woody Johnson
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, John Textor, Lendlease, Selhurst Park, Selhurst Park redevelopment, Steve Parish, Wooderson Close, Woody Johnson
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Family Haunted House Spook Fest, Crystal Palace, Oct 16-18
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Council’s all-clear for second 24/7 gambling addiction centre
A Croydon councillor has called on the Labour government to “do the right thing” and act urgently against addictive adult gambling centres, after the council’s licensing sub-committee granted an application for a slot machine shop on Westow Hill in the … Continue reading
Posted in Claire Bonham, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood
Tagged Admiral, Admiral slots, Cllr Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Triangle, Gambling, Kryptonite, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Westow Hill, Yusuf Osman
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Diver Snode makes a splash with Crystal Palace’s Gallery 56
A new art gallery is to open in the Crystal Palace Triangle, and they are inviting the public to a social evening later this month to mark the occasion. Gallery 56 calls itself “a contemporary art space located in the … Continue reading
Adderley suspension lifted by Greens after six-month wait
Husband of TV personality Nadia Sawalha is finally allowed to sit at Croydon Town Hall as an official Green Party councillor. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports Croydon Council, as of this morning, now has eight councillors from the Green Party, … 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, Streatham and Croydon North, The Green Party, Zack Polanski, Zionism
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Climate documentary lays out full horror of our catastrophe
The Everyman cinema in Crystal Palace last night screened People’s Emergency Briefing, a shocking new documentary that emphasises the reality and urgency of the climate crisis, at which a group called the Penge Climate Collective added their voices to a … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Environment
Tagged Chris Packham, Climate Crisis, Climate emergency, Crystal Palace, Everyman Cinema, floods, Food emergency, Friends of Love Lane, Glacier collapse, Himalayas, Jennifer Saunders, Nepal, Penge Climate Collective, People's Emergency Briefing, Tibet
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Fanatics shock Palace fans with end to Selhurst activities
Controversial pundit Stan Collymore adds his support, as long-standing fans and youngsters are being forced out of ‘the people’s game’ by corporatist interests of the Premier League and football bodies FIFA and UEFA Crystal Palace play their first home game … Continue reading
‘There needs to be drastic shift at Palace towards younger fans’
Here is the Holmesdale Fanatics’ statement in full: Group Update: 27 August 2026 “For more than 20 years, the HF has stood on the Holmesdale and travelled across the country and beyond supporting this great football club. “Born from a … Continue reading
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
‘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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Crystal Palace’s dinosaurs are no longer at risk of extinction
Crystal Palace Park’s Grade I-listed dinosaurs have been removed from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, after years of painstaking work by expert restorers and local volunteers. The move comes as the multi-million-pound restoration project across the whole park has … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Education, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History
Tagged Bromley Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Hot air balloon, National Lottery Heritage Fund, Victoria Pinnington
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Up! Up! And away! You’re invited to Crystal Palace celebrations
After more than a year of regeneration works, key areas of Crystal Palace Park have been transformed, including the world-famous Grade I-listed dinosaurs, while the new Visitor Centre is ready to open and a dinosaur adventure playground has been built. … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, History, Music
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Crystal Palace Park, Crystal Palace Park Trust, Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Hot air balloon, National Lottery Heritage Fund
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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
From cabaret to the World Cup, from Sea Cadets to LTN refunds
PODCAST: The Croydon Insider returns with a new panel of readers to discuss the latest Croydon news, in a Croydonites Fringe special that picks some of the must-see shows at the festival from July 1 to 5. There’s even a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Commissioners, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Croydonites Festival, Elaine Jackson, Inside Croydon, Johnny Dobbyn, Music, Poetry, Sea Cadets, Stanley Halls, The Front Room, The Front Room, The Oval Tavern, Theatre, Under The Flyover
Tagged Anna Arthur, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Sea Cadets, Croydonites, Croydonites Fringe, Crystal Palace, heatwave, Johnny Dobbyn, LTN, LTN fine refunds, Mark Windsor, Sea Cadets, World Cup
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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
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
FT reports: Palace’s US billionaire owners look to sell shares
Bankers on Wall Street and in The City have been tasked with finding potential buyers for Crystal Palace Football Club in a possible £1billion-plus sale. Palace’s American billionaire owners, Josh Harris, David Blitzer and Woody Johnson, are making moves to … Continue reading
Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Oliver Glasner, Pierre Sage, Sport, Steve Parish
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Crystal Palace Football Club, David Blitzer, FA Cup, John Textor, Josh Harris, Lens, Ligue 1, NBA, New Jersey Devils, NFL, NHL, Oliver Glasner, Pierre Sage, RC Lens, Steve Parish, UEFA Conference League, Washington Commanders, Woody Johnson
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