Top Posts & Pages
-
Recent Comments
Tag Archives: London
Tory O’Connell gets it wrong on Commissioner’s retirement
Not for the first time, City Hall figures are asking whether Croydon’s representative, Steve O’Connell, is up to the task as a London Assembly member. O’Connell yesterday made a desperate grasp for some political capital over the retirement announcement of … Continue reading
Developer offers new homes in Addiscombe on 5% deposit
House builders at Penhurst Square, off Addiscombe’s Grant Road, have decided to offer their new homes on a 5 per cent deposit, as they try to push through the sales using public subsidies of up to £3,000 through a government … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe, Ashburton, Housing, London-wide issues, Property
Tagged Addiscombe, Ashburton, Conservative, London, Tory
Leave a comment
The Shawcross redemption: transport deputy changes gear
The former leader of Croydon Council was a surprise appointment by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. But it is already proving to be a shrewd decision. By WALTER CRONXITE Val Shawcross, the former leader of Croydon Council who has been … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon North, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Malcolm Wicks MP, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon North, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Member of parliament, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Val Shawcross
Leave a comment
‘Ruthless’ funding cuts to Mayday put improvements at risk
Croydon’s biggest hospital’s finances remain a mess, but progress is being made on the wards, which could be compromised by an announcement expected at tomorrow’s Croydon CCG meeting, as JAMES KILLDARE, our health correspondent, reports Croydon is in the uniquely … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital
Tagged London, Croydon, Thornton Heath, Mayday Hospital, Croydon CCG
1 Comment
Fire tower in Croydon will be used ‘seven days a week, 24/7’
London’s fire authorities have confirmed that an £11-million training tower they want to build in Croydon will be operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, potentially producing dense smoke close to a densely populated residential area and four … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Fiona Twycross, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Waddon
1 Comment
Assembly Member’s lunch at the Hilton excludes smaller firms
Steve O’Connell, the very well-paid London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton, clearly has no belief in the old adage that “There’s no such thing as a free lunch”. The elected representative is the star turn at a local business … Continue reading
Alarms raised over Fire Brigade’s £11m training tower scheme
A £11.1 million scheme to build a six-storey training tower at Croydon fire station seems likely to be given the go-ahead at a meeting on Friday, though local figures have accused London Authority officials of being “arrogant” and expressed concerns … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fiona Twycross, Joy Prince, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Peter Underwood, Planning, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, Green Party, Joy Prince, London, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, Peter Underwood, Robert Canning, Waddon
5 Comments
No joke: Croydon comedian Steel reads the bans for Labour
Mark Steel, the stand-up comedian and broadcaster from Croydon who was barred from joining the Labour Party because of his support for another political group nearly a decade ago, has called for some Labour MPs to be banned for supporting … Continue reading
Mum’s the word: LibDem fraudster’s link with council leader
Ruth Dombey, the leader of Sutton Council, is facing further questions over how much she knew, and when, about the fraud case involving a charity serving local old people which led to the resignation of one of her fellow Liberal … Continue reading
Open House weekend: see where your money’s spent
Croydon’s somewhat curmudgeonly attitude towards Open House London, the annual opportunity to sneak a peek behind normally firmly closed doors, appears to have been shaken off, finally. But not as far as the not-so-dynamic team in the council’s press office … Continue reading
High-rise flats without space threaten a road to ruin
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In the midst of National Trust tours and an architectural re-appraisal of the development of central Croydon in the 1960s, DAVID WICKENS expresses his fears that 2016’s planners risk not only repeating some of the mistakes of the … Continue reading
Southern Failways: the questions that need urgent answers
Day 2 of Southern’s ’emergency timetable’, and JEREMY CLACKSON reports on the impact on commuters and their reactions to the do-nothing Tory rail minister Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has today added his voice to the calls for Southern … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon South, East Croydon, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Charles King, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Department of Transport, East Croydon station, London, Mayor, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, West Croydon
Leave a comment
Greens’ Berry seeks views on ‘crisis’ in private rental sector
Sian Berry, the Green Party London Assembly Member, has launched a survey to find out more about the problems faced by London’s 2.3 million private renters. The short survey asks about problems with costs, contracts and letting agents, maintenance and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Sian Berry
Tagged Green Party, Housing, London, Mayor, private rental sector, Sian Berry
Leave a comment
White calls for apology after ‘grossly unfair’ Labour suspension
David White, the erstwhile secretary of the Croydon Central Constituency Labour Party who has had his membership suspended for two months without being informed what offence he is alleged to have committed nor who are his accusers, has written to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David White
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, David White, Labour, London
1 Comment
Police warn minorities to ‘stay vigilant’ against hate crimes
Muslims and other minority groups in Croydon have been warned by the police to “stay vigilant” and report hate crime following a spike of racist attacks after the Leave result in last week’s EU Referendum. The Muslim Association of Croydon … Continue reading
Environment campaigners take protest to Viridor shareholders
The Stop the South London Incinerator Campaign is staging a demonstration in Beddington Lane tomorrow evening, June 29. Protestors will be gathering on the public footpaths outside the entrance to the Viridor incinerator site before a photo-call at 7pm. The … Continue reading
Fight back against pollution with your own air monitor
How polluted is the air that you and your family breathe? Air pollution is the biggest cause of early deaths in Britain, after smoking. It’s an invisible killer, so you aren’t even aware that you’re breathing it in. Croydon, with … Continue reading
Croydon really is ‘put on the map’ with latest Tube guide
It is undoubtedly one of the laziest and nonsensical of cliches – “putting Croydon on the map”. Which is probably why we hear it used so often by local politicians and attention-seekers. Because, of course, Croydon has been on maps … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, London, TfL, Tramlink, Trams, Transport for London, West Croydon station
Leave a comment
Brexit would cost London tourism billions, Twycross claims
Fiona Twycross, the London Assembly Member who lives in Croydon, has today joined the European Union referendum debate by claiming that Brexit would create a “devastating loss to London’s tourist economy”. London has been named as the world’s most popular … Continue reading
