Tag Archives: Leila Ben-Hassel

‘Lack of trust’ sees arts venue selling just 26% of tickets

Posted on February 17, 2020 by

With the Fairfield Halls refurbishment costs now confirmed as £42.6m, and still rising, the venue is struggling to win back its audiences, as KEN LEE reports The costs of refurbishing the Fairfield Halls rose by another £1.6million in just five … Continue reading →

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Creatura’s Town Hall promotion could signal early end of May

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

The next full meeting of our council is Monday’s anachronistic annual ‘mayor-making’ ceremony in the Town Hall chamber. Ahead of it, the council’s two political groups have been tinkering with their line-ups. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that one … Continue reading →

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Politicians’ posturing and positioning as Brexit chaos reigns

Posted on March 25, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE tracks the activities of Croydon’s Town Hall and Westminster elites over a weekend where the fate of the nation appeared ever more precarious, in some part thanks to the ill-judged interventions of sometime MP Gavin Barwell … Continue reading →

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Tory vote slumps to 15% as Ben-Hassel wins in Norbury

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

KEN LEE reports from a draughty church hall in south London where … nothing much was learned Leila Ben-Hassel is the new councillor for Norbury and Pollards Hill, following yesterday’s ward by-election, where the Tory vote collapsed amid the current … Continue reading →

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Barwell blamed for Brexit vote chaos on eve of by-election

Posted on March 14, 2019 by

The chair of Croydon Tories has accused Theresa May of having ‘betrayed’ her party and the country. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how the Conservative Party’s deep divisions at Westminster could be demonstrated in today’s Norbury and Pollards Hill council … Continue reading →

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Seven in the running for Norbury and Pollards Hill by-election

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, goes through the runners and riders for next month’s council by-election There are to be seven candidates in the Norbury and Pollards Hill ward by-election being staged on March 14, after UKIP and the … Continue reading →

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Ben-Hassel is overwhelming winner for Labour in Norbury

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on how a ward selection meeting last night capped off an altogether bad day for the council leadership Leila Ben-Hassel was last night selected as Labour’s candidate to stand in the Norbury and Pollards Hill … Continue reading →

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