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Tag Archives: Love Lane Green
Old Bailey jury finds man guilty in South Norwood murder case
Dajour Jones was yesterday found guilty by a unanimous verdict of the “murder in cold blood” of 20-year-old Jamie Gilbey, whose remains were found in undergrowth off Cantley Gardens in South Norwood in 2022. The jury in the Old Bailey … Continue reading
Gruesome South Norwood ‘murder in cold blood’ trial begins
The murder trial began at the Old Bailey this week, following the brutal death nearly three years ago of a young man who was dismembered and had his body parts dumped near South Norwood Lake, with blood-stained clothing and bedding … Continue reading
Mayor Perry has 48 hours to save Love Lane’s playground
Croydon’s first elected Mayor, Tory Jason Perry, is showing himself to be just as useless and unreliable as Labour’s discredited Tony Newman, one of his predecessors in the role as council leader. The failures of both third-rate politicians could now … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Gardening, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Love Lane Green, Labour, Love Lane, Love Lane Green, Mayor Jason Perry, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Suspicion over £20k offer from council to vacate green space
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Community group suspects council is accepting money from developers to help them build on a piece of protected open space A community group that through years of hard work has transformed a piece of Woodside ward wasteground … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Planning, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged ACV, Asset of Community Value, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Love Lane Green, Green Belt, Love Lane Green, Metropolitan Open Land, MOL, South Norwood, Woodside
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Love Lane Green International Picnic, Woodside, Jun 11
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Tagged Friends of Love Lane Green, Love Lane, Love Lane Green
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Council bureaucrat gives red light to Love Lane Green’s future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A children’s play area, reclaimed from wasteland by volunteers over the last eight years, has had its important status erased with the stroke of a pen by a senior council official. EMMA HOPE-FITCH and the other Friends of … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Property, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Emma Hope-Fitch, Friends of Love Lane, Friends of Love Lane Green, Gavin Handford, London Borough of Croydon, Love Lane Green, South Norwood, Woodside
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Police make arrest in South Norwood murder investigation
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Jamie Gilbey have made an arrest. According to a Metropolitan Police statement issued at lunchtime today, a 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He has been taken to a south London police … Continue reading
Love Lane Christmas Street Party, Woodside, Dec 11
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Tagged Friends of Love Lane, Love Lane Green, Woodside
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Croydon In Crisis: Now council wants to charge kids to play
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our cash-strapped council is so hard-up, they want to charge kids hundreds of pounds for the simple pleasure of playing in the street outside their homes. EMMA HOPE-FITCH explains Back in 2015, I had the pleasure of organising … Continue reading
Residents petition for Scott and Newman to CPO Love Lane
Residents trying to save the Love Lane community garden from developers have been told by one of their ward councillors that Croydon will not step in with a compulsory purchase order for the plot of land. As Inside Croydon first … Continue reading
Residents fear Love Lane’s garden could face the bulldozers
“You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive”. That’s a quote from Margaret Thatcher which appears prominently, approvingly, on the website of a firm of property consultants who have been leafleting residents in Woodside ward over … Continue reading
