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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, 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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Labour ‘most worried’ about losing Croydon in local elections
As election day looms ever closer, WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, finds the borough’s third-rate politicians fretting over the possible loss of their first-rate council allowances Croydon Council is the London borough which the Labour Party says it is “most worried” … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe West, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Jason Perry, Jo Negrini, New Addington, New Addington North, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, New Addington, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Royal Marsden Man Van has New Addington on health drive
The Man Van, an innovative new outreach programme from the Royal Marsden, is offering appointments to the public in efforts to improve early diagnosis of prostate and other urological cancers. The mobile health clinic will be based at Parkway Medical … Continue reading
Posted in Health, New Addington
Tagged David Harewood, New Addington, prostate cancer, Royal Marsden Hospital
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The Tories’ record on policing numbers does not add up
Crime is an important issue in Croydon’s council and Mayoral elections. Or at least it should be. ANDREW FISHER polices the claims of the competing camps, and adds some essential context Policing matters. The amount of violent crime is higher … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon BID, Dave Stringer, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, New Addington North, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, knife crime, Labour, Metropolitan Police, New Addington, Sadiq Khan, Stephen Lawrence, Tory, Val Shawcross, youth knife crime
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Murder investigation under way after Addiscombe stabbing
Three men were arrested last night as the police began a murder investigation after a man was found dead in Leslie Grove Place, off Cherry Orchard Road in Addiscombe. It is the third violent knife crime incident in the borough … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Crime, Knife crime, New Addington
Tagged Addiscombe, knife crime, Metropolitan Police, New Addington
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Take your pick: our ward-by-ward guide to council elections
With a complete listing of all the candidates in Croydon’s May 5 councillor vote, political editor WALTER CRONXITE provides a guide to where the contest for the Town Hall might be won or lost The introduction of Croydon’s first democratically-elected, … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Pelling, Badsha Quadir, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Felicity Flynn, Gareth Streeter, Hamida Ali, Helen Redfern, Jade Appleton, Jan Buttinger, Janet Campbell, Jason Perry, Jose Joseph, Kenley, Leila Ben-Hassel, Mike Bonello, New Addington North, Norbury, Norbury Park, Ola Kolade, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Oni Oviri, Park Hill and Whitgift, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Scott Roche, Selhurst, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley, Shirley South, Simon Hall, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Hollands, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, 2022 Mayoral election, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Forestdale, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, New Addington, Paul Scott, Purley, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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CEO of loss-making Brick by Brick gets cosy job with architects
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the latest turn of the revolving door between the council and commercial firms it hires Colm Lacey, the man who single-handedly probably did more to bankrupt Croydon Council than anyone, has landed himself a … Continue reading
‘Women shouldn’t be defined by abusive past’ says campaigner
A woman who endured appalling domestic abuse through coercive control by her former husband and is now a campaigner to help other victims, with support and encouragement from Croydon’s first woman MP. Andrea Aviet is using events around today’s International … Continue reading
Countryside charity slams Local Plan threat to green spaces
One of England’s biggest conservation and countryside charities has accused Croydon Council’s revised Local Plan of “lacking ambition” and once again putting the borough’s green spaces under threat of development. What the council is calling a “review” of the Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Lloyd Park, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Planning, Shirley, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Coombe Farm, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, Heather Cheesbrough, Labour, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Purley, Shirley, Waddon
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Appeal for volunteers to help run charity café in New Addington
The Royal Voluntary Service has made an urgent call for more volunteers in Croydon to support in a fundamental role. Volunteers are needed to take on the operation of newly opened cafés at the New Addington Leisure Centre and Crystal … Continue reading
Council’s misleading Open+ and shut case for public libraries
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The bankrupt council is spending £1.6m on an untried system that will allow it to reduce staffing hours at our libraries, a decision passed without debate at a Town Hall meeting. Our libraries correspondent, GENE BRODIE, investigates … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Heather Cheesbrough, Libraries, Manju Shahul Hameed, New Addington, Norbury, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green Library, Central Library, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Library, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Public Libraries, Heather Cheesbrough, Manju Shahul Hameed, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Sanderstead Library, Selsdon Library, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Croydon 2021: Where Eagles care and people power takes hold
DID WE HAVE NEWS FOR YOU: In the second part of our review of the year, loyal readers step up to report raptor sightings, there’s the retirement of a much-admired Palace manager, worrying election results for Labour and the council … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace FC, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, New Addington North, Patsy Cummings, Planning, Roy Hodgson, Sadiq Khan, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Emma Hope-Fitch, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, New Addington, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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The Shawcross Redemption: coming back to fix Croydon
Val Shawcross has spent her life in public service – a charity worker, then New Addington councillor and Croydon council leader in the 1990s; London Assembly member for nearly 20 years; London’s deputy mayor at City Hall in the 2010s; … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Callton Young, Jason Perry, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, No1 Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Labour, London, London Assembly, New Addington, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross
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New Addington Boxercise Club, Dec 20, 23 and 29
Posted in Activities, Boxing, New Addington, New Addington ABC, Sport
Tagged New Addington, New Addington Amateur Boxing Club
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£13m special school in New Addington has now opened
Addington Valley “Academy” (it’s really what used to be called a school) in Fieldway has celebrated its launch, the £13million building being officially opened 16 months after the school held its first lessons in temporary accommodation. Operated in partnership between … Continue reading
Posted in Addington Valley Academy, Croydon Council, Education, New Addington, Schools
Tagged Addington Valley Academy, Croydon, Croydon Council, New Addington, SEND
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