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Abuse and insults fly after ‘not guilty’ plea over Grenfell effigy
Millionaire property owner Paul Bussetti this week entered not guilty pleas at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to charges brought following the filming and sharing last year of a sick video of a burning effigy of Grenfell Tower. This week’s court hearing, … Continue reading
Manchester and Birmingham join Croydon’s sprinkler campaign
The council press office described it as “doorstepping” the Prime Minister, as MP Sarah Jones and council deputy leader Alison Butler were part of a group which handed in a letter signed by 15 local authorities to try to shame … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Grenfell Tower, Sarah Jones MP
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Hundreds march through South Norwood to support Grenfell
More than 300 people, plus TV crews and newspaper reporters, turned out in South Norwood last night to show solidarity with Grenfell and reject racism. But who was the only one to talk to the reporter from The Sun? KEN … Continue reading
Grenfell bonfire effigy prompts South Norwood silent march
Residents and community groups in South Norwood are coming together for a silent march next Wednesday, in solidarity with the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire and to demonstrate their rejection of the racist bigotry displayed earlier this week in … Continue reading
Grenfell Tower and the impact on communities, CVA, Sep 20
Off The Record Youth Counselling service, in association with the Croydon BME Forum, is staging a panel discussion next week on the impact on the community response to last year’s Grenfell fire in north London, which claimed the lives of … Continue reading
Xmas4Grenfell: Fund-raiser at Ruskin House, Dec 9
Xmas4Grenfell this Saturday, December 9, at Ruskin House is all about the spirit of the season — raising awareness and expressing solidarity with the residents of Grenfell Tower who suffered unimaginable tragedy in the summer. Throughout the day, there will … Continue reading
Tory government still refusing to pay for fitting sprinklers
Work has begun to install sprinklers in 1,250 council-managed flats in tower blocks in Croydon, but the Tory government continues to refuse to provide any financial assistance towards the £10million costs, despite the horrific tragedy at Grenfell Tower earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, London Fire Brigade, Planning, Schools
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grenfell Tower
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Tory ministers ignore councils’ pleas for help on fire safety
The Tory government is refusing calls to provide funding to help make residential tower blocks safer following the Grenfell Tower fire. Croydon Council has committed to spending £10million of public money on retro-fitting sprinklers in the borough’s residential blocks, a … Continue reading
‘This land is classist’: Croydon rapper seeks justice for Grenfell
A Croydon rapper has produced a track, Justice for Grenfell (See All The Links), which seeks to provide context to the tragedy in Kensington last month. Sense (real name Jenniah Brown), who grew up in West Croydon, often performs at … Continue reading
Tower developers used loophole to avoid fitting sprinklers
BARRATT HOLMES reports on the half-million-pound-plus Croydon flats which are 40 storeys up but which were built without any sprinkler system The private developers who built Croydon’s tallest residential tower block used a loophole in planning laws and so avoided … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Saffron Square
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Central, Grenfell Tower, Saffrom Square, Wellesley Road
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Tower block families left waiting for fire safety results
Residents of Balaam House, the 60-flat tower block in Sutton, have good cause to be confused and worried this morning as, three weeks since the dreadful events at Grenfell Tower in Kensington, they still await some degree of certainty from … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council
Tagged Balaam House, Grenfell Tower, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council
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Sutton residential tower block fails fire safety tests
A nine-storey residential tower block in north Sutton which had a multi-million-pound “upgrade” completed only last October, has failed fire safety checks on its exterior cladding. The residents of 96 homes in Chaucer House received letters today informing them of … Continue reading
Council writes to residents to state its blocks are safe
A senior Croydon Council official has written to all residents in the borough’s residential blocks to reassure them and confirm that the hazardous cladding which is suspected of contributing to so much death and destruction in the Grenfell Tower blaze … Continue reading
‘Right to Buy is an organised high-yield industry’
“Artwashing”. “Estate regeneration”. “Gentrification”. Profit. All words which have been used, accusingly, against other London local authorities, Labour- and Tory-run, and which are increasingly being used to describe aspects of Croydon’s plans. SIMON ELMER is a leading figure in ASH, … Continue reading
Council spent £2m per block on fire safety measures in 2012
In the absence of any definitive statements from Croydon Council’s leadership to reassure residents regarding building materials and techniques used on the borough’s residential towers following this week’s horrifying fire at Grenfell Tower in Kensington, a senior official with direct … Continue reading
Fire Brigade issues safety advice for tower block residents
The Croydon Council website tonight published this statement from the London Fire Brigade in relation to safety issues around residential tower blocks: “At this stage we do not know yet what caused the fire. We do not know where it … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Grenfell Tower, London Fire Brigade
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BBC: Grenfell cladding company worked on Croydon towers
Residential tower blocks in Croydon have had cladding work carried out by the same company which undertook the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower in Kensington, the BBC is reporting tonight. At least 17 people are known to have lost their lives … Continue reading
