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We could be on the verge of providing a wildlife haven
CROYDON COMMENTARY: By not cutting the grass verges alongside the borough’s major A-roads, Transport for London might – perhaps unwittingly – be providing a valuable new home for plants, insects and other wildlife, writes ANTHONY MILLS, pictured left I worked … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Purley Way, TfL, Wildlife
Tagged London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London
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Khan’s kerbside wildernesses are leaving Croydon in a mess
JEREMY CLACKSON reports on the rapidly growing problem at the side of many of the borough’s roads As Mayor of London, never let it be said that Sadiq Khan doesn’t let the grass grow under his feet. Because everywhere you … Continue reading
Posted in London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, Shirley North, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Purley, Sadiq Khan, Shirley, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Norbury project wins grant from £1.1m knife crime funding
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced £1.15million-worth of grants to projects around the capital, including four which operate in Croydon, and which are working to reduce knife crime and its impact on families and communities. A total of … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Crime, Knife crime, Mayor of London, Norbury, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Croydon, knife crime, Mayor, Mayor of London, Norbury, Sadiq Khan
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Mayor’s ‘affordable’ rents in Westfield will be £1,157 per month
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports on the likely rents for the ‘affordable’ flats in the towers to be built over the top of a shopping mall car park It is a rarely mentioned – by everyone except Sadiq Khan … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, City Hall, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor of London, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Old Coulsdon residents ready for back-garden developers
As BARRATT HOLMES reports, the opening moves in the battle for your back gardens have just begun Croydon’s Tories really know no shame. Publicly, they are keen to try to score petty political points by claiming to be opposed to … Continue reading
Police complaints meant Uber could not get an easy ride
CROYDON COMMENTARY: London taxis have been highly regulated, to protect passengers and other road-users, for centuries. Then Uber came along. CHRISTIAN WOLMAR says that concerns from the Met left TfL with little choice The non-renewal of Uber’s licence is the … Continue reading
Posted in TfL, Transport
Tagged Christian Wolmar, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport for London, Uber
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Under-threat St Helier only London hospital to hit A&E target
St Helier was the only NHS hospital trust in the capital with an accident and emergency department which actually met its waiting time targets, according to the most recent data available. St Helier, of course, is under constant threat of … Continue reading
More questions than answers as Mayor ducks burning issue
JONNY BROGDALE reports on an unsatisfactory exercise organised by City Hall that was more about justification than any real accountability The People’s Question Time session with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, staged in Carshalton on Thursday night, offered a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Jessica Crowe, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Policing, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, TfL, Tim Crowley, Tramlink, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor
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Sadiq Khan answers your questions, Carshalton, Mar 2
Croydon and Sutton residents get their chance to put the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on the spot at a special question time event coming to south London next month. When will City Hall go-ahead with the long-delayed tram extension … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Carshalton, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan
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Air pollution in central Croydon reaches ‘dangerous’ levels
Deadly air pollution close to Croydon town centre is reaching levels almost double the legal limits, in a borough where the Labour council set out its ambition “to be the cleanest and greenest in London” when elected in 2014. That’s … Continue reading
Croydon could be about to get its first black top cop
Croydon could be about the get its first BAME top cop. According to information shared at a Safer Neighbourhood Team event this week, Andy Tarrant, the present Borough Commander, is to step down and be replaced by Chief Superintendent Jeff … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Tarrant, Jeff Boothe, Policing, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Andy Tarrant, Croydon, Jeff Boothe, Mayor, Mayor of London, Metropolitan Police, Sadiq Khan
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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
Labour’s London Mayor candidates coming to Croydon, Aug 10
Croydon’s Ruskin House will stage a Labour London Mayoral hustings on Monday week, August 10. The event is being co-ordinated on behalf of 10 outer London constituency Labour parties by the same officials from Croydon Central who are staging an … Continue reading
Jowell criticises Boris plan to ‘rip up iconic athletics track’
Tessa Jowell, the former Olympics Minister, has joined the campaign to keep viable athletics and sports facilities at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, in a submission to the Greater London Authority’s consultation which is highly critical of the way … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Planning, South London Harriers, Sport, Swimming
Tagged Boris Johnson, Coe, Conservative, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Lord Coe, Mayor, Mayor of London, Olympics, Seb Coe, Sebastian Coe, Tessa Jowell, 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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Director says council has not lost money on Davis House
It is little wonder that Croydon Council lacks the money to pay for lollipop school traffic patrols or to maintain the borough’s historic links with Arnhem, and is making more than 60 staff members jobless just in time for Christmas, … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, Planning, URV
Tagged Christmas, Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor of London
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MP Reed calls on Gove to turn police station into school
The police station in South Norwood, closed by London Mayor Boris Johnson and put up for sale to be turned into flats, ought to be used to provide a new school for the area. That’s the view of Steve Reed … Continue reading
Lives Not Knives founder recognised as a real Young Star
Congratulations – yet again – to Eliza Ribeiro, the 20-year-old from South Croydon and inspiring founder of the Lives Not Knives anti-violence charity, whose work was recognised last night when she was presented with the Young Star prize at the … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Eliza Ribeiro, Lives Not Knives
Tagged Boris Johnson, Code Club, Croydon, London, Mayor of London, Regina Coeli, South Croydon
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Community group rejects Crystal Palace plan as “a fantasy”
The leadership of a respected local community group has dismissed the sketchy scheme by a Chinese businessman to build a vast new Crystal Palace over part of the park as “a fantasy”. They have also expressed the fear that while … Continue reading
Croham promises that arrive full of sleight of fact
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Noticed any leaflets pushed through your letterbox lately that are offering you much, much more that free delivery on pizza? There must be an election coming, writes DAVID CALLAM They say truth is the first casualty of war. … Continue reading
Labour calls on Boris for freeze on London commuter fares
Last week it was revealed that Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, wants to close every ticket office at stations operated by Transport for London over the next two years. The move would mean no ticket offices at the TfL-operated … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Steve Reed MP, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, London, Mayor, Mayor of London, Oyster card, Sadiq Khan, Transport for London
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Election questions: Andrew Stranack, Conservative
The Croydon North by-election is on November 29, and Inside Croydon has put to candidates a set of questions. We will be putting the responses on the record, published without the artifice, interruptions and grandstanding of the usual hustings. We … Continue reading
