Tag Archives: Metropolitan Police Service

Croydon appoints Negrini as fifth planning chief in two years

Posted on November 26, 2013 by

Croydon Council has hand-picked someone to be our borough’s executive director of planning and environment who has spent the last four years working closely with developers Westfield on their Stratford mega-mall. Jo Negrini will become Croydon’s fifth planning chief in … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Nathan Elvery, Outside Croydon, Paul Spooner, Planning, Property, Taberner House, URV, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Follow in the footsteps of “Puff Puff” Pirie: Dec 1

Posted on November 15, 2013 by

Run in the footsteps of south London’s greatest distance runner in a special race staged over some of the most beautiful country, and demanding hills, in south-east England. Six decades before Mo Farah, Britain had a world record-breaking distance runner … Continue reading →

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Met Police figures show muggings in Croydon up by 12%

Posted on October 14, 2013 by

Not for the first time, Croydon risks becoming known as the muggings capital of south London, as “robberies against the person” have soared by almost 12 per cent over a 12-month period, when the rate of similar crimes in neighbouring … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Friends of Millers Pond Annual Fayre: Saturday July 20

Posted on July 9, 2013 by
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Steve Reed MP: Cameron must honour promises to riot victims

Posted on June 5, 2013 by

Most of the victims of the Croydon riots are still waiting for the help they were promised by David Cameron and Boris Johnson. STEVE REED MP, right, says it is long overdue to put this right It’s almost two years … Continue reading →

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More scepticism about the role of the riots’ non-inquiry inquiry

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

All right, so it is in The Grauniad, the must-have accessory of every left-leaning commuter on the 8.16 from East Croydon. But a piece by Alison Benjamin in yesterday’s Society section (yes, the one with all the local government jobs … Continue reading →

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Police turn their back on Croydon’s riot review panel

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

‘ello, ‘ello, ‘ello, what’s going on ‘ere then? Not a lot as far as police evidence to Croydon’s riots review panel, ANDREW PELLING has discovered Croydon police appear to have opted not to help the borough’s riots review panel with … Continue reading →

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