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Crystal Palace at risk as London squanders its Olympic legacy
Britain’s Olympic heroes and heroines had barely stepped off their homecoming flights from Tokyo than coaches and administrators were warning that the promised “sporting legacy” of greater participation and increased achievement and excellence is being squandered through neglect and lack … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Park, Herne Hill Harriers, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Alex Yee, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace NSC, diving, Joe Choong, John Powell, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, swimming
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Readers’ poll: Will you continue to wear a mask after July 19?
On Monday, the government confirmed that it would be moving to the next stage of lockdown easing on July 19, writes Sanjana Idnani. This means that almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be lifted. This also removes the … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged Boris Johnson, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Face masks, London, Mayor of London, TfL, Transport for London
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London Mayor insists on masks on capital’s public transport
Face coverings must be worn on London’s buses, trains, Tube and trams, despite lockdown restrictions easing on Monday, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, announced overnight. Mayor Khan has made “the right decision”, according to Croydon Central MP Sarah Jones. … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Elly Baker, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Central, Croydon Tramlink, Elly Baker, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Transport for London
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Mayor Khan takes the stage to launch city’s tourist drive
Sadiq Khan used his formal signing-in ceremony for his second term as London Mayor this morning to reveal his cunning plan to revive the capital’s economy post-covid: tourism. Mayor Khan announced a £6million advertising campaign to encourage tourists back to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Theatre
Tagged David Hockney, Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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Khan wins second term as Tories claim Pyrrhic success
Sadiq Khan will serve a second term as Mayor of London, after beating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey “quite comfortably”, according to the capital’s leading political pundit. The London Mayoral election result was declared late on Saturday night, with Khan requiring … Continue reading
Mayor’s relocation plans place City Hall on ‘at risk’ register
The 20th Century Society expresses fears for landmark building and for under-threat social housing at Cressingham Gardens On the eve of the sixth election for the Mayor of London, City Hall, the building which has been the home of the … Continue reading
Silvertown build costs Khan backing from Friends of the Earth
The hugely polluting Silvertown Tunnel scheme, backed by both Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Tories’ Shaun Bailey, could see both candidates in Thursday’s Mayor election lose the support of Londoners who are rightly concerned about the climate crisis and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Tory
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Delay in despatching ballot papers could reduce vote numbers
EXCLUSIVE: The distribution of postal ballots for council by-elections is running behind schedule, reports STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council’s struggles to administer even the most straightforward of matters could reduce the number of residents taking part in the borough’s five ward … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington North, Park Hill and Whitgift, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Kenley, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, New Addington North, Park Hill and Whitgift, South Norwood, Woodside
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Ombudsman starts investigation into damp and mouldy flats
Croydon’s Labour-run council is likely to come under renewed pressure to publish the findings of its “urgent” investigation into the appalling conditions in residential towers in South Norwood, after the Housing Ombudsman announced today a full-scale national investigation of his … Continue reading
Khan’s lead at the polls could be enough to elect Cummings
If the pollsters have got their numbers right, history could be about to be made in next month’s London Assembly elections, according to our resident psephologist WALTER CRONXITE This time next month, for the first time in history, Croydon and … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Claire Bonham, Croydon Greens, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Peter Underwood, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, South Norwood
Tagged Conservative, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Tory
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Croydon’s ‘crime capital’ to get share of Mayor’s £6m fund
London Road, which one council-appointed official described today as “Croydon’s crime capital”, is one of eight areas in the capital to receive a share of £6million-worth of new funding from the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit. The Violence Reduction … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, CVA, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Steve Phaure, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon CVA, London, London Road, Mayor, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, West Croydon
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Mayor Khan announces further £30m to tackle London crime
In the midst of what he called “huge financial challenges”, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has today announced a further £30million investment in policing to ensure that more than 1,000 Met officers will continue to patrol the streets of the capital … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan
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CPRE tells Mayor Khan to make Farmlands a new public park
Beddington Farmlands, the site of disused 20th-century landfill and sewage works, should be turned into one of 10 new parks for London, according to an environmentalist charity. The Campaign for Preservation of Rural England has picked the wildlife-rich but sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Lane incinerator, Campaign for Preservation of Rural England, CPRE, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Thames Water, Viridor
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Mayor declares covid emergency as 1-in-30 Londoners infected
5pm UPDATE: ELLA HOPKINS reports on the rapidly worsening situation around the capital’s hospitals, including Croydon, as the death toll rises to a record number London Mayor Sadiq Khan has declared a major incident, as coronavirus cases continue to rise … Continue reading
Posted in Health, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, London, London Assembly, Mayday Hospital, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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‘Extremely serious’: Croydon’s 600 new covid cases every day
The coronavirus situation in Croydon “is extremely serious”, according to an internal email sent by the council’s director of public health last night. The email from Rachel Flowers, sent to councillors and seen by Inside Croydon, explained that by 6pm … Continue reading
Great North Wood goes virtual to plant the ecology message
A wildlife festival has gone online, and an online search engine is offering to plant a tree for you, as PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports This is National Tree Week. But like most things in 2020, this year’s events … Continue reading
Tories accused of ‘playing childish political games’ over TfL
JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent, on the latest last-gasp arrangement forced on the capital by anti-London Dominic Cummings and his government Croydon South MP Chris Philp and his Tory government have consigned the whole of London to significant Council Tax rises … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Caroline Pidgeon, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scully MP, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pid, Caroline Pidgeon, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Loss of free travel for children is another Tory-made mess
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Tory transport minister is ‘stealing free travel from young Londoners just when they need it most’. By CAROLINE RUSSELL, the Green Party London Assembly Member Schools are now going back but nobody can yet tell under-18s in … Continue reading
London’s free school travel to end in October, Tories insist
The Conservatives – the party of “Maggie Thatcher – Milk Snatcher!” when they took away kids’ school milk in the 1970s – is now pushing ahead with demands to remove free travel on London’s buses, Tubes and trams for most … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Caroline Pidgeon, Commuting, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Charlotte Vere, Conservative, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Pandemic risks wrecking public transport, expert warns
London’s public transport network, which millions of Londoners depend on daily and which has taken two centuries to develop, could be permanently wrecked because of the covid-19 pandemic. That’s the warning from world-renowned transport expert Christian Wolmar. Wolmar, who sought … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Wolmar, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London
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Tories play politics over covid emergency funding for TfL
The emergency cash bail-out for London’s transport system sees the capital’s Labour Mayor hand much control to the Tories running the government, reports WALTER CRONXITE The Tories have put political point-scoring ahead of public health, after the government last night … Continue reading
Posted in London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Link, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London
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Cummings wins Labour’s Assembly selection race by 25 votes
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on a close-run thing Patsy Cummings, the councillor for South Norwood, will be Labour’s candidate in Croydon and Sutton for the London Assembly elections in May after winning a ballot of party members in the two … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Marina Ahmad, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Rory Stewart, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon and Sutton, Croydon and Sutton (London Assembly constituency), Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Patsy Cummings, Rowenna Davis, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Tory
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TfL backs Sutton Tram Link – but lacks £420m to pay for it
Transport for London has plumped for a tram extension that links Sutton town centre with the Northern Line Tube at Colliers Wood. But they just don’t have the £420million needed to pay for it just yet. The outcome of a … Continue reading
Posted in Merton, Sutton Council, Sutton Link, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Mayor of London, Merton, Merton Council, Sutton, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport for London
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Transport expert asks RAIB to re-open tram safety investigation
Transport for London has been accused of covering up a second safety report into fatigue among tram drivers – when driver tiredness thought to be one of the prime causes of the 2016 Croydon tram crash, in which seven people … Continue reading
Posted in Caroline Pidgeon, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Croydon tram crash, Florence Eshalomi, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Michael Liebreich, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, TOL, Tram Operations Ltd, Transport for London
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