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All change! Rail works close part of tram network for eight days
There’s to be a closure of the London Trams network in central Croydon, for more than a week over the Easter holidays for “essential engineering works”, according to Transport for London. Maintenance works see the parts of the tram network … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Church Street, Croydon, Croydon Trams, East Croydon station, George Street, London Trams, New Addington, TfL, Transport for London, Wimbledon
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Serious concerns after latest spate of youth knife crimes
A fight involving a large group of young teens outside a burger restaurant and two other violent incidents have prompted the Metropolitan Police to order special measures for the town centre A teenager was in hospital fighting for his life … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Crime, Knife crime, Policing
Tagged Church Street, Croydon High Street, knife crime, McDonald's, Metropolitan Police, Nando's, New Addington, youth knife crime
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Council’s once-prized listed building Heathfield House left to rot
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The borough’s built heritage is crumbling into a worrying state of disrepair, with no one at the council seemingly aware of the seriousness of the situation. By PEARL LEE, our south of the borough correspondent Any Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Art, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Heathfield House, History, Property, Riesco Collection, Wildlife
Tagged Addington Hills, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Ecology Centre, Gravel Hill, Heathfield House, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Raymond Riesco, Riesco collection
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Hutchinson’s Bank nature reserve: 2023 expert guided walks
Posted in Activities, Croydon parks, Environment, Hutchinson's Bank, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington
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37-34: Mayor’s 15% Council Tax hike rejected in budget vote
ANDREW FISHER sat through the three-and-a-half hours of last night’s budget non-setting meeting, so that you didn’t have to Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat councillors voted together last night to reject the budget proposal from the borough’s Conservative Mayor, Jason … Continue reading
Posted in Adele Benson, Andrew Fisher, Andrew Stranack, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, New Addington North, Rowenna Davis, Tamar Nwafor
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Adele Benson, Andrew Fisher, Andy Stranack, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jason Cummings, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Rowenna Davis, STUART KING, Tamar Nwafor, Thornton Heath, Tory
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New Addington Community Hub, Central Parade, every Wed
Posted in Charity, CVA, New Addington, New Addington North
Tagged Croydon CVA, CVA, New Addington, New Addington Community Hub
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Parents facing ‘hollowed-out’ half-term of council activities
When Jason “It’s going to get worse before it gets better” Perry referred to the “hollowed-out council” that he took charge of last May, the Tory Mayor must have had in mind the borough’s library service, which has been run … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Children's Services, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, GLL - Better, Leisure services, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Schools, South Norwood
Tagged Better, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Selsdon, South Norwood, Tory
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Cherry Orchard Garden Centre could be offered CAT reprieve
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council’s efforts to reduce its operating costs could see up to seven public-owned assets transferred to community groups, including a much-loved garden centre in the town centre that was under threat of closure. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, CYTO, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Cherry Orchard Garden Centre, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Harlow Hall, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Norbury, Sanderstead Rec, Shirley Community Centre, South Norwood, Tory, Waterside Centre
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Fatal dog attack prompts council to review licensing scheme
A week after the horrific death of a dog walker at a beauty spot near Caterham, the police are yet to name the victim, or to release any of the eight dogs that they seized following what was reported to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, City Commons, Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, New Addington, Policing, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon
Tagged Caterham, dog attack, dog walkers, Lloyd Park, New Addington, Selsdon Woods, Surrey, Surrey Police, Wallington
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Who do you think you are? Census data offers many insights
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The latest release of data from the 2021 national census has given PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, much to consider I have always been fascinated by the sort of data contained within the latest release from the 2021 census, … Continue reading
Fuel crisis takes grip of borough leisure centres’ opening times
Times are tough. Now Croydon’s leisure centres and swimming pools – owned by the cash-strapped council and operated for them by Greenwich Leisure – are reducing their opening hours because they can’t afford the steepling costs of heating the buildings, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, GLL - Better, Leisure services, Libraries, New Addington, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, Swimming, Thornton Heath, Waddon
Tagged Better, cost of living crisis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Energy crisis, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, New Addington, New Addington Leisure Centre, Purley, Purley Pool, South Norwood, South Norwood Leisure Centre, Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Leisure Centre, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Civic service to mark 6th anniversary of Croydon tram crash
Croydon will remember those who lost their lives in the Sandilands tram crash at a civic ceremony in New Addington this Wednesday, November 9. The ceremony is set to begin at 11am at Central Parade, where a memorial was installed … Continue reading
Posted in Sandilands derailment, Tramlink
Tagged Croydon tram crash, New Addington, Sandilands, Sandilands derailment
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Food banks issue dire warnings as demand outstrips supplies
Some of Croydon’s biggest and busiest food banks have issued a stark warning of how the cost of living crisis is already affecting some of the borough’s most vulnerable families. “We are facing really dire times,” Julia Lee, the leader … Continue reading
Proposal to limit high street off licences in Portland Road area
The council wants to extend its licensing control measures, adding a fifth “Cumulative Impact Area” along South Norwood High Street and Portland Road. It intends to do so as part of its latest review of its licensing policy, which sets … Continue reading
Good Shepherd Christmas Bazaar, New Addington, Nov 26
Posted in Activities, Church and religions, New Addington
Tagged Good Shepherd, New Addington
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MP offers advice sessions to help cope with cost of living crisis
Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s Labour MP, today begins a series of advice sessions to try to help her constituents through the cost of living crisis. The MP is holding eight advice sessions in locations across her constituency, where she will … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged cost of living crisis, Croydon, Croydon Central, Forestdale, Monks Hill, New Addington, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley
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89-year-old murdered in Brigstock Road and three stabbings
A murder investigation is underway following the death of a 89-year-old woman at Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath, on Tuesday. The incident was one of at least four stabbings in Croydon on Tuesday. According to Scotland Yard, the police were called … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, New Addington, Policing, Thornton Heath
Tagged Brigstock Road, London Road, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Thornton Heath
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Plan for 5G mast next to primary school causes locals concern
There’s a degree of trepidation in New Addington over proposals to erect a 5G telecoms mast next to a local primary school. Preliminary surveying work has been carried out, and a pre-application process undergone on behalf of CK Hutchinson Networks, … Continue reading
Posted in Castle Hill Academy, New Addington, New Addington North, Schools
Tagged 5G, Castle Hill Academy, CK Hutchinson Networks, Fieldway, New Addington
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After nearly six years, TfL pleads guilty over Sandilands crash
Transport for London will plead guilty to health and safety failings over the Croydon tram crash. Seven died and 61 were injured when a tram derailed approaching Sandilands on November 9, 2016. Prosecutions against TfL, Tram Operations Limited, the tram … Continue reading
Labour officials pick ‘worst-ever’ candidate for by-election
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Emergency resolution from constituency party blames Local Campaign Forum for multiple failures in local elections. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Labour officials have hand-picked as a candidate for the South Croydon election re-run someone who three weeks … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Cane Hill Park Residents' Association, Carole Bonner, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Fieldway, Jason Perry, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, New Addington, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, South Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King, Waddon
Tagged Ben Taylor, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Labour, New Addington, South Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Labour’s Town Hall group in rush to crown King as new leader
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest behind-the-scenes moves by some of those who helped bankrupt the council The Labour group at the council, now reduced to 34 councillors, is moving swiftly to anoint Stuart King as their new leader. … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Callton Young, Hamida Ali, Joy Prince, Manju Shahul Hameed, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Callton Young, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Hamida Ali, Manju Shahul Hameed, New Addington, Stuart Collins, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
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No Overall Control: full election results for Croydon’s 28 wards
No overall control. After weeks of campaigning, all the voting and, eventually, all the counting was concluded three days after the polls closed, the final results of the 2022 Croydon local elections were in. With the borough’s first Green councillors … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Claire Bonham, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Kenley, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury, Norbury Park, Old Coulsdon, Park Hill and Whitgift, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, New Addington, Purley, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tory, Waddon
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