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CronxWatch delivers up some ghostly tales for Halloween
CronxWatch, the off-beat local YouTube video channel, has served up a ghoulish collection of stories of murderers and hauntings just in time for Halloween. Though it delivered up one small mystery of its own: what happened to the tale of … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged CronxWatch, Croydon, Croydon Airport, Croydon High Street, David Weir, YouTube
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Podcast: Our Croydon Insider panel looks at council’s crisis
What will the appointment by government of Commissioners to run Croydon Council mean to you as a resident? After five years of ever-increasing bail-outs for Croydon’s cash-stapped council, what alternative actions were there? And is Mayor Jason Perry right to … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, Inside Croydon, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Under The Flyover
Tagged Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Commissioners, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Insider, David Weir, Jim McMahon, Katherine Kerswell, Ken Towl, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Podcast, Sharon Owen, Tory
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CronxWatch video plumbs the murky depths of Thames Water
CronxWatch’s latest video report is out, taking a close look into the murky depths of monopoly supplier Thames Water. From Thames Water’s company’s head office in Reading, to the much-polluted River Wandle, via the Croydon Water Tower, Cronxwatch tries to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, CronxWatch, Environment, Local media, Thames Water
Tagged CronxWatch, Croydon, David Weir, Thames Water, YouTube
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Council’s failing finances, Nigel Farage on the Trams and BHM
The latest, packed edition of The Croydon Insider is now available, where our panel of expert guests add insight and context to a range of issues in the news in Croydon. Did you know Nigel Farage has done the recorded … Continue reading
Academies’ privatised secondary schools are putting profit first
You might not have noticed. After all, any process done by “stealth” is, by definition, being undertaken in the hope that no one notices. But since 2007, the state education system in Croydon has effectively been stealthily privatised, with every … Continue reading
CronxWatch returns asking: ‘Where are Croydon’s police?’
CronxWatch is back with its latest YouTube report, this time on the trail of Croydon’s low-profile police force. It’s another recommended, excellent video report – although we would say that, since much of it is based on previous news coverage … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Brittain, Business, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Inside Croydon, Local media, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Policing, Rowenna Davis, Waddon
Tagged Burglaries, Ch Supt Andy Brittain, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Crime, CronxWatch, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, David Weir, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Raggio di Sole, Rowenna Davis, Superintendent Mitch Carr, Waddon
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Purley Downs golfers pitch in with £5,691 for Weir’s charity
We’re entering peak marathon season, with thousands of ordinary Londoners gearing themselves up for next month’s London Marathon and other long-distance challenges. On Sunday, in the Vitality Big Half, one far-from-ordinary Londoner, David Weir, the record-breaking wheelechair racer, was in … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Golf, Purley, Sport
Tagged David Weir, Purley, Purley Downs Golf Club, Weir Archer Academy
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Record-breaker Weir in line-up for his 20th London Marathon
Wallington’s David Weir – the most successful wheelchair racer in the history of the London Marathon – will return to the race for a remarkable 20th consecutive year on Sunday April 28. Weir started his racing career in the London … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Sport, Sutton Council
Tagged David Weir, London Marathon, Wallington
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Roundshaw’s golden hero Weir faces a BBC date with destiny
David Weir has had a fantastic year, winning four gold medals at the Paralympic Games and several awards as a result, including the Paralympic Sportsman of the Year prize last week from the nation’s sportswriters. But the south Londoner will … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Outside Croydon, Sport, Sutton Council
Tagged BBC, Bradley Wiggins, David Weir, London, Paralympic, Paralympic Games, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Weir
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Croydon trio start to scale the Olympian heights in style
It is, in case you had not noticed, Olympic year, and last weekend saw three local athletes put down strong markers for the London Games, with Martyn Rooney and Lawrence Okoye both setting world-leading performances, and wheelchair racer David Weir … Continue reading
