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Hundreds of opportunities on offer at Gatwick jobs fair
Hundreds of work positions at Gatwick Airport are on offer at a jobs fair being held at Croydon’s Fairfield School of Business next Tuesday, January 24 – with anyone looking for a job encouraged to book a free appointment Twenty-three … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Addiscombe West, Business
Tagged Fairfield Business School, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, jobs, jobs fair
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Passenger group concerned over Surrey’s cuts to bus routes
A public transport group representing passengers in Croydon, Sutton and Surrey has warned against widespread cuts to bus services implied in a consultation conducted by Surrey County Council. Surrey CC failed to consult the East Surrey Transport Committee directly, and … Continue reading
Official: East Croydon among Britain’s worst stations for delays
‘The failures of privatisation are coming home to roost financially and in terms of dysfunctionality’, according to one railways expert after research shows half of services through Croydon’s busiest station are delayed East Croydon has been named as one of … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged Blackfriars, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Gatwick Airport, GoVia, Govia Thameslink
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All change for Elizabeth Line trains on faster track to Heathrow
‘Going anywhere nice for your holidays?’ Gatwick has long been the obvious airport of choice for people from Croydon looking to jet away, but the completion of the £17.6bn CrossRail could finally provide a viable public transport route from south … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, Ken Towl, TfL, Transport
Tagged Crossrail, Elizabeth Line, Gatwick Airport, Heathrow Airport, Ken Towl, TfL, Transport for London
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Biggest rail strike for 30 years could see network in meltdown
Even Southern, a rail network where its workers are not striking, is asking passengers not to travel next week. By JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Train operators are appealing to their regular passengers and commuters not to travel next week, when … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged #SouthernFail, Coulsdon, East Croydon, Gatwick Airport, Gatwick Express, Govia Thameslink, London Bridge station, Norwood Junction, Purley, Southeastern Railway, Southern Rail, Thameslink, West Croydon station
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Rail works to cut off Purley and East Croydon for rest of month
Rail passengers in south London and the south-east, after having had direct journeys into Victoria closed off during December and January, now face nine days later this month when routes to the south of the Brighton Main Line are shut … Continue reading
Huge blow to Croydon as British Airways looks to quit Gatwick
Croydon council leader Tony Newman’s flawed and failing business strategy for the borough was dealt another hammer blow yesterday when a leaked internal memo revealed that British Airways is considering quitting Gatwick Airport. Newman’s Labour council has wedded itself to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Outside Croydon, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged British Airways, Croydon Council, Gatwick Airport, Labour, Tony Newman
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Court ruling against airport expansion is problem for Newman
This morning’s Court of Appeal ruling that a third runway at Heathrow is unlawful could put Croydon’s council leader Tony Newman’s bollocks in a vice. For not only has the ruling managed to coalesce opposition, legally and environmentally, against airport … Continue reading
Croydon’s links with Gatwick ‘incompatible’ with carbon target
Environmental activists have reacted with disbelief and barely disguised scorn at the announcement that Croydon Council has accepted a £75,000 sponsorship from Gatwick Airport for the borough’s newest youth centre. Extinction Rebellion protests around the capital earlier this year brought … Continue reading
Gatwick buys council’s silence over air pollution with £75,000
A matter of weeks after grandstanding in the Town Hall chamber over a vacuous declaration of a climate emergency in Croydon, Tony Newman has linked one of the council’s youth centres to a sponsorship deal with… Gatwick Airport. Newman’s latest … Continue reading
Newman thinks solar planes are answer to Gatwick expansion
Tony Newman, Croydon Labour’s Great Leader, could be heading for a Nobel Prize. He might just save the planet, too. Not previously known for his expertise in physics, climate science, or much else for that matter, Newman appears to have … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Tony Newman
Tagged Gatwick Airport, Labour, London, Tony Newman
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Gatwick embarrassment for MP Jones as CLP opposes runway
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on a display of democracy in the local Labour Party which proclaims ‘we can’t be afraid of speaking against our council leadership when they are wrong’ The Constituency Labour Party of Sarah Jones, the MP for … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gatwick Airport, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Tory
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Plane nonsense is choking Croydon, one toxic gasp at a time
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In the week when the Airport Commission is expected to deliver its verdict on runway expansion – Heathrow or Gatwick – PETER UNDERWOOD expresses his concern at the uncritical outlook of our local politicians One of Chris Philps’ … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Gatwick, Gatwick Airport, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon, Westfield
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East Croydon’s new platforms put borough on track for growth
East Croydon Station is to get two new platforms to help it cope with the increased number of passengers anticipated in a plan for growth by the Labour council, which forecasts 16,000 new jobs being created in the borough and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, URV
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Gatwick Airport, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
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London Bridge is falling down… on services for rail commuters
Commuters who travel from East Croydon into London Bridge on the Thameslink service face more than three years’ disruption, with journey times almost doubled during major engineering and re-building work at the city terminus. Thameslink has been leafleting passengers and … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged Brighton, Croydon, Gatwick Airport, London, London Bridge, London Bridge station, Network Rail, Thameslink
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Gatwick plan should have Croydon ready for take-off
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Opportunities for prosperity for our borough should increase if the Sussex airport’s expansion scheme goes ahead, writes DAVID CALLAM Croydon should be jumping for joy at the prospect of a £9 billion investment in Gatwick that would add … Continue reading
May the force be with you: Rugby 7s tournament launched
Does the Road to Rio begin at Hamsey Green? With Rugby 7s an Olympic sport from 2016, the path of a budding Olympic medal-winner might just begin at Warlingham rugby club on “Star Wars day“, May 4 (“May the Force … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Croydon, England, Gatwick Airport, Hamsey Green, London, Star Wars, Star Wars Day, Warlingham
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Bishop says he will always defend the poorest in society
Jonathan Clark, the Bishop of Croydon, says that the government is “placing an additional and unfair burden on the poorest members of our society”. In an interview to be aired on local radio this weekend, Bishop Clark explains why he … Continue reading
In to the Valley: Croydon’s wrong turn on road to future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: So a massive retail-based regeneration scheme in the centre of town will go ahead. DAVID CALLAM says it may yet prove to be yesterday’s solution for tomorrow’s problems Behold Boris Johnson, Croydon’s saviour, appearing in person at the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Ikea, Valley Park, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Gatwick Airport, Hammerson, London, Purley Way, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
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