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Tag Archives: Mitcham Common
Emergency water depot set up at Ikea – but only for car drivers
The car park at Ikea off the Purley Way is being used as an emergency depot for those across Croydon, Mitcham and Streatham who have been without water supplies since a main burst on Mitcham Common yesterday. By 6pm last … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Thames Water
Tagged Burst water main, Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Thames Water, Watneys Road
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Burst main affecting water supplies to 18,000 households
Up to 18,000 households across Croydon and three other boroughs have been affected by a burst water main today “on a field” near to Watneys Road, which borders Mitcham Common. Homes have encountered reduced water pressure, or no supply at … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Thames Water
Tagged Burst water main, Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Thames Water, Watneys Road
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Driver charged by police after Mitcham Road gas mains crash
A man has been charged with drink driving and driving without due care and attention after police were called to the scene of a car crash on Mitcham Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. The vehicle’s collision ruptured … Continue reading
Gas leak evacuation sees residents furious at Croydon Council
Residents from Wingate Crescent, Moys Close and other roads near Mitcham Common were subject to an emergency evacuation in the early hours of this morning, after a vehicle swerved off the A236 main road and crashed into a trench that … Continue reading
Mitcham killing: police failed to deliver the ‘complete picture’
Three men were sentenced at the Old Bailey yesterday for the April 2023 Mitcham Common killing of Tyrese Miller, with the Metropolitan Police forced to concede that the outcome of the trial failed to provide the victim’s family “with the … Continue reading
Mitcham Common walk – uses of local plants, July 10
Posted in Education, Environment, Nature Notes, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Friends of Mitcham Common, Mitcham Common
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Brigade sounds the alarm after house fire in Sutherland Road
A fire caused by an electrical fault in what emergency services described as “a consumer unit” damaged part of the ground floor of an end terrace house on Sutherland Road last night. A woman who had evacuated the house before … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, London Fire Brigade
Tagged Broad Green, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Mitcham Common, Sutherland Road
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Police arrest four men in connection with Mitcham shooting
Four men have been charged with the murder of Tyrese Miller, who was shot dead near Mitcham Common in the early hours of April 4. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police made the arrests last Wednesday. The four charged are Manuel … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged Metropolitan Police, Mitcham, Mitcham Common, Mitcham Common murder, Tyrese Miller
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Detectives name Mitcham Common murder 22-year-old victim
Detectives investigating Tuesday’s murder near Mitcham Common have identified the victim as 22-year-old Tyrese Miller. A post-mortem examination conducted earlier this week confirmed that Miller had died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Newspaper reports suggest that as a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged Metropolitan Police, Mitcham Common, Mitcham Golf Club, Tyrese Miller
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Murder investigation underway after shooting in Mitcham
The police have begun a murder investigation after a man, in his 20s, was shot dead on Croydon Road, Mitcham, close to the junction with Beddington Lane, in the early hours of this morning. The Met Police said it was … Continue reading
Shirley and Mitcham grass fires add to litany of call-outs
Despite a full-on media campaign last week to try to persuade the public to take special care in the capital’s tinder-dry parks and open spaces in the exceptionally hot weather, the London Fire Brigade were called out to “a large … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Purley, Shirley North
Tagged LFB, London, London Fire Brigade, Mitcham Common, Purley, Shirley
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Police appeal for witnesses after cyclist killed in hit-and-run
A cyclist was killed in a hit-and-run collision in the early hours of this morning near the BP petrol garage on Mitcham Road. Metropolitan Police detectives are appealing for witnesses. The police were called to the scene by the London … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, Cycling, London Ambulance Service, Policing, Transport
Tagged hit-and-run, Metropolitan Police, Mitcham Common, Mitcham Road
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Friends of Mitcham Common open day, walks and talks, Jun 18
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Environment, Outside Croydon
Tagged Friends of Mitcham Common, Mitcham, Mitcham Common
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Viridor’s heating claims “don’t stand up to scrutiny”
A leading anti-incinerator campaigner claims that plans for waste management company Viridor and Sutton Council to provide heating for local residents “don’t stand up to scrutiny” and that a £1 billion waste incinerator scheme could even be in breach of … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Gordon Ross, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Boris Johnson, European Parliament, Labour, London, Metropolitan Open Land, Mitcham Common, Sutton, Viridor
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Lawyers’ letters call on Boris to stop the incinerator
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign has written to Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, today to ask formally that he refuses the proposal by Viridor to build an incinerator on land earmarked for the Wandle Valley country park and wildlife … Continue reading
Boris’s objections are set-back for Beddington incinerator
Croydon’s Greens and other groups opposed to the £1 billion Beddington Lane waste incinerator scheme were in celebratory mood last night thanks to help from a most unexpected source: Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The Greater London Authority has submitted … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, Jenny Jones, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norbury, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, England, Greater London Authority, London, London Mayor, Mitcham Common, Viridor
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Cancer risks from £1bn Croydon incinerator, warn Greens
Next week marks a turning point in a process that could determine the health and well-being of generations of south Londoners. Here, Inside Croydon’s GREEN MAN explains some of the risks we all face if plans for a waste incineration … Continue reading
