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Palace fans accuse New Addington councillor of persecution
Crystal Palace fans are accusing Tony Pearson, a Croydon councillor who represents New Addington, of conducting a persecution campaign against them and the club, after a favourite match-day pub, the Portmanor on Portland Road, has been threatened with losing its … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, New Addington, Policing, Selhurst, Sport, Tony Pearson
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Eagles, Holmesdale, Holmesdale Fanatics, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Palace, Police, Tony Pearson, Tory
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Croydon calls for Army help after they run out of sandbags
Croydon Council has called in the Army to help with the week-long battle against flood water in Purley and Kenley, after the borough ran out of sandbags, having claimed to have distributed 10,000 to properties in high-risk areas. In common … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Hayley Lewis, Kenley, Purley
Tagged army, Croydon, Croydon South, flooding, floods, Hayley Lewis, Kenley, London Borough of Croydon, Purley, South Croydon
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Councillors received no updates during a week of flooding
Elected councillors in Croydon and the borough’s senior staff were not sent any updates on the flooding situation for six days at the height of the crisis. Croydon councillors and officers received a situation report just after 6pm last night, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Purley
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, flooding, floods, Kenley, London Borough of Croydon, Purley, South Croydon
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After Purley Pond, emergency services now create Lake Roke
The Purley Pond was not enough. Despite emergency services having pumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of floodwater up from flood-threatened areas of Kenley and into the pedestrian underpass at Purley Cross since the weekend, even more “overflow capacity” has … Continue reading
Labour promises proper choices and people’s priorities
Inside the 100-day countdown to the Town Hall elections on May 22, TONY NEWMAN, pictured left, the leader of Croydon’s Labour group, outlines his party’s fresh approach All elections are important, of course. But the council elections on May 22 … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Community associations, Croydon Central, Environment, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Woodside
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory
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“Cheap” Hoar is now taking a fracking liberty in Waddon
Senior Croydon Conservative councillor Simon “I’m Cheap But I’m Not Free” Hoar says he “doesn’t see anything wrong” with allowing oil and gas multi-nationals to drill under people’s homes with exploratory fracking. Prime Minister David Cameron fired the starting gun … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Coulsdon, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fracking, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Simon Hoar, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Fracking, Green Belt, Labour, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Council snubs local tech companies over smart phone app
The contract for Croydon Council’s latest innovation, the My Croydon smart phone app, was never put out to competitive tender. Instead, the deal – estimated to be worth a low five-figure sum – was awarded to a company which did … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Graham Cadle
Tagged app, Business, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Tech City, London Borough of Croydon, My Croydon, Sensemble, tech
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Going Underground: Purley underpass used as flood overflow
Has Croydon Council hired Noah as a consultant? Nathan Elvery, the chief executive (the sometime entrepreneur seems to have discreetly dropped the “interim” part of his title from official correspondence) seems to be expecting floods of Biblical proportions, since he … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Nathan Elvery, Purley, Roke Primary, Schools, South Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, flooding, floods, Kenley, London Borough of Croydon, Purley, Purley Cross, South Croydon, South Croydon
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Tories whine as local businesses sip wine with Labour
Croydon’s Labour Party went on a charm offensive yesterday, spending the afternoon meeting local small businesses over wine and canapés, fronted by the shadow London minister Sadiq Khan – a likely 2016 London Mayoral candidate – and Steve Reed OBE, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon FSB, Croydon North, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Citizen Reed, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Hammerson, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Sadiq Khan, Selhurst Park, Steve Reed, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Tories snub report on Croydon’s rubbish reputation
Croydon Council should dump its £10 charge to residents for removing bulky items of waste; there’s a need to return to weekly bin collections; it should ensure regular jet-washing of the streets; and more enforcement action against fly tippers is … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Fly tipping, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Street lighting
Tagged Citizen Reed, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, East Croydon station, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Kenley and Purley flooding declared ‘a major incident’
The flooding in the south of Croydon has been declared “a major incident” by the council this afternoon. According to official emails, “We are now in an official multi-agency gold command situation and the borough emergency control centre (BECC) has … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Purley, Roke Primary
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, flooding, floods, Kenley, London Borough of Croydon, Purley, Roke Primary
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Storm warning at Altitude 25 as ‘lethal’ metal falls from tower
Croydon’s tallest tower block needed the police and the fire brigade to be called out overnight, to secure loose metal fittings outside the unsold penthouse flat at Altitude 25. With further storms and high winds forecast for the coming days, contractors were … Continue reading
Croydon Arts Network – initial meeting: Sat Feb 15
Following last autumn’s Croydon Arts Debate chaired by Lord Harries, a further meeting is being held at Croydon Conference Centre on Surrey Street on Saturday, February 15 at 3pm to establish an independent body which can co-ordinate activity across the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community associations, Dance, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Fairfield Halls, Music, Riesco Collection, South Croydon Community Association, Theatre
Tagged Arts, Croydon, Croydon North, Fairfield Halls, London Borough of Croydon, SCCA, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association
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Upper Norwood Library’s activities programme gathers pace
Thanks to the dedication of its librarians and the volunteers who run its trust, the Upper Norwood Library continues to operate, despite Croydon Council slashing its share of funding and thus ending a century’s worth of tradition and co-operation with neighbouring … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, History, Libraries, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Upper Norwood Library
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Yeo, Perry and the ‘unacceptable face of Conservatism’
Croydon can rest easy: there is only one Jason Perry (and no, this is not suggested as a new chant from the Holmesdale End, “One Jason Perry, there’s only one…”). Inside Croydon’s loyal reader points out that, if you dig … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, South Croydon, URV, Waddon
Tagged "Sir" Tricky Dicky Ottaway, Carlton Building Plastics, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Iain Dale, Jason Perry, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Richard Ottaway, South Croydon, Tim Yeo, Tory, Waddon
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Council-funded ‘community group’ gets closer to the council
More questions have arisen about the independence from Croydon Council of the council-funded “Croydon Communities Consortium”, after Inside Croydon had sight of an email to the CCC’s chairwoman, Elizabeth Ash, from David Freeman. Freeman works in the office of Nathan … Continue reading
Posted in Anthony Brooks, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, CVA, Fly tipping, Libraries, Refuse collection
Tagged Anthony Brooks, Bernard Weatherill House, CCC, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Communities Consortium, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Elizabeth Ash, Fisher's Folly, London Borough of Croydon, Moriarty, Save Croydon Libraries, Tory
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Perry’s double life as building supplier and planning official
BBC London News featured Croydon on its early evening news on Friday, stating that the building industry in the borough is booming. Oh yeah! This is the same south London borough where the number of affordable homes built in the borough … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Business, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jason Perry, Planning, South Croydon, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged affordable housing, Carlton Building Plastics, Conservative, Councillor Jason Perry, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Homelessness, Housing, Jason Perry, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, South Croydon, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Road outside £140m council offices relaid twice in four months
DANIE LEIBOVITZ, our resident photo-journalist, with an exclusive report on less than vital roadworks conducted by Croydon Council There’s no expense spared for florid-faced Mike Fisher and his group of Conservatives who “run” (used in the broadest sense of the … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mike Fisher, Parking, Planning, Property, URV
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Cost Us A Mint Walk, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Mint Walk, Tory
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Requiem has sounded for Mozart Players’ Croydon future
Turtle’s. The Mela. Nestle. The Warehouse Theatre. The Riesco Collection. Allders. The David Lean Cinema. Next, the London Mozart Players? It is looking increasingly likely that the London Mozart Players will soon be added to the litany of Croydon institutions that … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Art, Cinema, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Education, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Music, Riesco Collection, Schools, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, LMP, London Borough of Croydon, London Mozart Players, Mozart, Music, Tory
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Hoardings and mud or affordable homes? It’s your choice
Croydon has more than 9,000 families on the waiting list for a home, yet the current council administration is refusing to insist that property developers – among them Conservative party donors – include the levels of social housing in their plans which even London … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, Housing, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning
Tagged Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor of London, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Carillion cuts jobs just weeks after taking over libraries
Up to eight professionals working across Croydon’s network of 13 branch libraries face redundancy, just a few weeks after a firm of builders which had never pitched for the job took over the running of the borough’s libraries. Four of … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Croydon Council, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Carillion, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central Library, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, JLIS, John Laing, John Laing Integrated Services, Labour, Libraries, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Palace fans protest against harassment from Croydon Council
Crystal Palace season ticket-holders in the Holmesdale end at Selhurst Park launched a protest against Croydon Council during the vital Premier League relegation match against Hull City last night. A large section of fans raised banners that stated: 6 STABBINGS IN 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, New Addington, Policing, Selhurst, Sport, Tony Pearson
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace FC, Eagles, Holmesdale, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Pillock, Selhurst, Selhurst Park, Tony Pearson, Tory
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Mozart Players’ cut-backs forces managing director to leave
A further signal of how Croydon Council’s mishandling of the arts is having a detrimental impact on the whole of the local cultural scene – even among those organisations which benefit from the backing of the Town Hall Establishment – came through today … Continue reading
