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Perry’s council fails to spend £74,000 from road safety budget
Under the Tory Mayor, Croydon axed six lollipop patrols outside primary schools last year in a cost-cutting measure. Yet now, according to Croydon East MP Natasha Irons, the council is sitting on a pot of grant money while children’s lives … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Forestdale Primary, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons, New Addington, Schools, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
Tagged Addington, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Featherbed Lane, Fickleshole, Forestdale, Forestdale Primary School, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, road safety, Tory, White Bear Pub
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Ashen Grove is up for auction again – as site for 27 houses
Alarm bells are sounding among concerned residents in Selsdon, after a patch of public open space that sold at auction last month for more than five times its guide price has now been put straight back on the market – … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Planning, Property, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Wildlife
Tagged Andy Stranack, Ashen Grove, Cllr Andy Stranack, Croydon parks, Forestdale, Parks and open spaces, Peacock Gardens, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Taylor Wimpey, Wimpey
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Selsdon woodland open space offered for sale at just £20,000
A small patch of woodland in Selsdon, used as a public open space for decades, has been put up for sale for just £20,000 – and the local Tory councillor says that there is nothing Mayor Jason Perry or his … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Community associations, Croydon parks, Environment, Planning, Property, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Wildlife
Tagged Andy Stranack, Ashen Grove, Cllr Andy Stranack, Croydon parks, Forestdale, Parks and open spaces, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Taylor Wimpey, Wimpey
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‘Sadistic and twisted’ killer Sansom is given full life sentence
WARNING: This report includes disturbing details of the nature of a crime which were discovered during the police investigation and later recounted in open court during sentencing at the Old Bailey Murderer Steven Sansom, who was released from prison on … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, New Addington, New Addington North, Policing
Tagged Croydon, Forestdale, Gemma Watts, Metropolitan Police, murder, New Addington, Old Bailey, Rowdown Fields, Sarah Mayhew, Steve Sansom, Sutton
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National paper names Sansom as Urfan Sharif’s cell attacker
Steve Sansom, the New Addington murderer who was released on parole and killed again in the gruesome attack on Sarah Mayhew, has been named as the Belmarsh Prison inmate who savagely assaulted Urfan Sharif, recently convicted of the murder of … Continue reading
Parole review ordered into release of murderer Steve Sansom
Convicted killer pleaded guilty to Sarah Mayhew’s gruesome murder in September and yesterday at the Old Bailey, his partner, Gemma Watts, also admitted murder The couple who killed Sarah Mayhew and dismembered her body will be given life sentences, after … Continue reading
Killer of Sarah Mayhew has previous conviction for murder
Steve Sansom, the man charged with the savage murder of Sarah Mayhew earlier this year, had been jailed previously for killing a New Addington mini-cab driver in 1998. Reporting restrictions on Sansom’s previous murder conviction were lifted today after the … Continue reading
Murder victim’s body parts discovered in River Wandle
The gruesome discovery of dismembered human remains in the River Wandle in Mitcham yesterday have been confirmed as being those of Sarah Mayhew, the Croydon woman found murdered in April. Police established a crime scene at Rawnsley Avenue, in Ravensbury … Continue reading
Murdered woman’s body was ‘cut into pieces’ Old Bailey told
UPDATED 6PM: The body of a murdered woman was “cut into pieces with powertools”, a court at the Old Bailey was told this morning. Sarah Mayhew’s remains were found in Rowdown Fields in New Addington last week, prompting a murder … Continue reading
Man and woman appear in court for murder of Sarah Mayhew
Gemma Watts and Steve Samson appeared in Bromley Magistrates’ Court today, charged with the murder of Sarah Mayhew, whose remains were discovered in Rowdown Fields, New Addington, just after Easter. Watts, 48, from Holmbury Grove, Forestdale (and not as previously … Continue reading
MP offers advice sessions to help cope with cost of living crisis
Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s Labour MP, today begins a series of advice sessions to try to help her constituents through the cost of living crisis. The MP is holding eight advice sessions in locations across her constituency, where she will … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged cost of living crisis, Croydon, Croydon Central, Forestdale, Monks Hill, New Addington, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley
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Take your pick: our ward-by-ward guide to council elections
With a complete listing of all the candidates in Croydon’s May 5 councillor vote, political editor WALTER CRONXITE provides a guide to where the contest for the Town Hall might be won or lost The introduction of Croydon’s first democratically-elected, … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Pelling, Badsha Quadir, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Felicity Flynn, Gareth Streeter, Hamida Ali, Helen Redfern, Jade Appleton, Jan Buttinger, Janet Campbell, Jason Perry, Jose Joseph, Kenley, Leila Ben-Hassel, Mike Bonello, New Addington North, Norbury, Norbury Park, Ola Kolade, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Oni Oviri, Park Hill and Whitgift, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Scott Roche, Selhurst, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, Simon Hall, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Hollands, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, 2022 Mayoral election, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Forestdale, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, New Addington, Paul Scott, Purley, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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